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Carducci String Quartet

Wigmore Hall, 03-Jan-2024 / 19:30

Purcell Room, 04-Nov-2023 / 22:00

Purcell Room, 04-Nov-2023 / 20:30

Royal Albert Hall, 9-Aug-2023 / 22:15

The Carducci String Quartet consists of Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming on violins, Eoin Schmidt-Martin on viola and Emma Denton on cello.

Wigmore Hall, 9-Apr-2023 / 11:30

  • Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat K458 'The Hunt'
  • Dvořák: String Quartet in F Op. 96 'American'

Milton Court Concert Hall, 24-Nov-2022 / 19:30

  • Fanny Mendelssohn:
    • String Quartet
    • July, October and Postlude from Das Jahr (arr Emma Denton)
  • Mendelssohn:
    • Movements from String Quartets Nos 1, 2 and 6

Favourite pieces

Bartók's String Quartet No. 2 BB75 (Sz67) performed in 2018 (September) and 2018 (July).

Bartók's String Quartet No. 4 Sz91 performed in 2018 (October) and 2014 (February).

Haydn's String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 performed in 2018 (May) and 2017 (March).

Philip Glass' String Quartets Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 performed in 2018 (March, 23 at St John's Smith Square) and 2015 (April, 16 at Kings Place).

Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 2 'Company' performed in 2020 (September), 2018 (see above) and 2015 (see above).

Shostakovich' String Quartet No. 2 in A Op. 68 performed in 2022 (January, 22) and 2021 (March).

Shostakovich' String Quartet No. 5 in B flat Op. 92 performed in 2022 (January, 22) and 2015.

Shostakovich' String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108 performed in 2022 (January, 22), 2021 (July) and 2015.

Shostakovich' String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 performed in 2022 (January, 23), 2020 (September) and 2015.

Shostakovich' String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 122 performed in 2017 (March), 2022 (January, 23) and 2015.

Kings Place, 9-Oct-2022 / 19:30

  • Haydn

Wigmore Hall, 23-Jan-2022 / 19:30

  • Shostakovich, String Quartets:
    • No. 14 in F sharp Op. 142

Wigmore Hall, 23-Jan-2022 / 11:30

  • Shostakovich, String Quartets:
    • No. 9 and No. 10 in A flat Op. 118

Wigmore Hall, 22-Jan-2022 / 19:30

  • Shostakovich, String Quartets: No. 5 , No. 6 in G Op. 101, No. 7 and No. 8 in C minor Op. 110

Wigmore Hall, 22-Jan-2022 / 13:00

  • Shostakovich, String Quartet: No. 1 in C Op. 49

Milton Court Concert Hall, 9-Nov-2021 / 19:30

  • Shostakovich: A selection of movements from string quartets.

Kings Place, 17-Oct-2021 / 18:30

Their complete cycle of the 15 Shostakovich quartets in 2015 elicited rave reviews.

The quartet played Stravinsky's 3 Pieces for string quartet and Pribaoutki scored for medium voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon on the 20th of July 2021 in a concert also featuring Michael Collins.

Wigmore Hall, 11-Jul-2021 / 11:30

  • Haydn: String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise'
  • Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'

The Carducci String Quartet concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic.

On the 31st of January 2021 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 10th of May 2020 at Kings Place.

On the 15th of March 2020 at the Purcell Room.

Wigmore Hall, 16-Mar-2021 / 19:30

  • Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80
  • Rebecca Clarke: Poem

Barbican Hall, 1-Nov-2020 / 20:00

  • Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge:
    • ‘On Wenlock Edge’
    • ‘From far, from eve and morning’
  • Chausson

Wigmore Hall, 28-Sep-2020 / 13:00

  • Haydn: String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 'The Joke'

The Quartet performed:

  • > Moeran's Quartet No. 2 in E flat on the 17th of November 2019 at the Conway Hall.
  • > the Clarinet Quintet by Brahms and the world premiere of Stephen Johnson's Clarinet Quintet with Emma Johnson on the 24th of January 2019 at the Cadogan Hall,
  • > all Bartók's six string quartets: No. 2, No. 6 Sz114, No. 4, No. 5 Sz. 102, No. 1, No. 3 Sz. 85 and Kurtág's Hommage à Mihály Andráson, Officium breve and Six moments musicaux on the 19th of September 2018, on the 17th of October 2018 and on the 7th of November 2018 at Kings Place,
  • > Haydn's String Quartets in E major Op. 17 No. 1 and C major Op. 50 No. 2 on the 12th of July 2018 in the Wigmore Hall.

The Quartet are The Carne Trust Ensemble in Residence at Trinity Laban Conservatoire

Philip Glass: String Quartet no.3 ‘Mishima’ VI Mishima/Closing

The Quartet:

  • > played Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 and String Quartet in F minor Op.80 by Mendelssohn at Kings Place with pianist Reiko Fujisawa on the 6th of May 2018,
  • > gave a performance and masterclasses at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance on the 29th of March 2018
  • > played at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance on the 1st of February 2018,
  • > played at Mansfield Street on the 17th of October,
  • > gave a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert at LSO St Luke’s on the 6th of October 2017,
  • > performed Beethoven's Septet with Emma Johnson on the 5th of October 2017 at St. Peter Eaton Square,
  • > gave a lunchtime concert on the 19th of June 2017 at the Wigmore Hall with the programme including Dvořák's String Quartet in F major (American).

Wigmore Hall, 1-March-2017 / 19:30

  • Webern: Langsamer Satz
  • Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 (Serioso)

Wigmore Hall, 14-Jun-2015

Recital with cellist Guy Johnston

  • Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major (The Joke)
  • Anthony Gilbert: Haven of Mysteries (world premiere)
  • Schubert: String Quintet in C major D956

The Quartet founded the Carducci Trust in 2009 to support music education.

The Quartet was founded in 1997.

Wigmore Hall, 28-Nov-2014

  • Mozart:
    • Violin Sonata K526
    • String Quartet in D minor K421
    • Quintet in Eb for piano and winds K452
  • Players of Aurora Orchestra
  • Carducci String Quartet

Wigmore Hall, 5-Feb-2014

  • Haydn: String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5
  • Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 (Razumovsky)