Elias String Quartet and String Quartets in London

Favourite pieces

Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 in F Op. 18 No. 1 performed in 2019 (September) and during their 2014-2015 complete Beethoven quartets cycle.

Beethoven's String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky' performed in 2020 (October, 6) and during their 2014-2015 complete Beethoven quartets cycle.

Beethoven's String Quartet No. 10 in E flat Op. 74 'Harp' performed in 2023 (January) and during their 2014-2015 complete Beethoven quartets cycle.

Beethoven's String Quartet in B flat Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133 performed in 2019 (March) and during their 2014-2015 complete Beethoven quartets cycle.

Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor Op. 131 performed in 2022 (November), 2020 (October, 7) and during their 2014-2015 complete Beethoven quartets cycle.

Arthur Bliss' Clarinet Quintet F20 performed in 2022 (July with Robert Plane) and 2020 (November).

Donald Grant's Scottish Folk Music arrangements performed in 2021 (July, 12) and 2021 (May).

Haydn' String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 performed in 2023 (May), 2021 (May) and 2019 (October).

Schubert's String Quartet in C minor D703 'Quartettsatz' performed in 2023 (December) and 2018 (January).

Schumann's String Quartet in A Op. 41 No. 3 performed in 2021 (May) and 2019 (May).

Wigmore Hall, 30-May-2024 / 19:30

Mendelssohn String Quartets:
- No. 3 in D Op. 44 No. 1

Wigmore Hall, 7-Apr-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 17-Dec-2023 / 11:30

Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84

Jonathan Biss

Wigmore Hall, 2-May-2023 / 19:30

Fauré: La bonne chanson Op. 61
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

Wigmore Hall, 3-Jan-2023 / 19:30

Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for string quartet
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57

Steven Osborne

Wigmore Hall, 20-Nov-2022 / 11:30

Haydn: String Quartet in F sharp minor Op. 50 No. 4
Sileas na Ceapaich: Tha mi am chadal (arranged by Donald Grant)

Wigmore Hall, 17-Jul-2022 / 19:30

Haydn: String Quartet in G Op. 54 No. 1

Wigmore Hall, 14-Jul-2021 / 19:30

Recital with clarinetist Robert Plane

Haydn: String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 81
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

Wigmore Hall, 12-Jul-2021 / 13:00

Haydn: String Quartet in E flat Op. 64 No. 6
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Wigmore Hall, 03-Jun-2021 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Daniel Tong

Purcell, Fantasias a 4: No. 8 in D minor Z739 and No. 9 in A minor Z740
Ivan Moseley: Fourscore
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op. 81

Wigmore Hall, 27-May-2021 / 19:30

Haydn: String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5

The quartet consistst of Sara Bitlloch on Violin, Marie Bitlloch on Cello, Donald Grant on violin and Simone van der Giessen on viola.

Wigmore Hall, 23-Nov-2020 / 13:00

Recital with Robert Plane

Beethoven: String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3

Wigmore Hall, 7-Oct-2020 / 19:30

Beethoven:
- String Quartets Op. 131, B flat Op. 130 and Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133

The quartets concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic

On the 29^rd of September 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 23^rd of July 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 26^th of April 2020 with Michael Collins at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 6-Oct-2020 / 19:30

Beethoven: String Quartets in E flat Op. 127 and Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky'

The Quartet performed Matthew Hindson String Quartet No. 2 and Schubert's String Quartet in A minor D804 'Rosamunde' and Donald Grant's Elildh and Guust's Waltz on the 14^th of October 2019.

They played Sally Beamish' String Quartet No. 3 Reed Stanzas on the 20th of September 2019.

Wigmore Hall, 23-May-2019 / 19:30

Mozart: String Quartet in B flat K458 'The Hunt'
Robert Laidlow: Aroha (world première)
Bach: The Art of Fugue BWV1080 (extracts)

Wigmore Hall, 9-Mar-2019 / 19:30

Mozart: String Quartet in D minor K421
Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36

The Quartet performed Schumann's String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1 on the 22nd of February 2019 at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 1-Feb-2019 / 19:30

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Britten: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat Op. 87

Allan Clayton - Tenor
Lawrence Power
Christian Ihle Hadland - Piano
Unfortunately, Martin Fröst withdrew from the concert.

Wigmore Hall, 28-Sep-2018 / 19:30

Schumann:
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105
- String Quartet in F Op. 41 No. 2
- Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44

Jonathan Biss

The Quartet performed on the 25^th of June 2018 at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 22-Jun-2018 / 19:00

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor Op. 108
Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (From my life)

The Quartet performed Kurtág's 6 Moments Musicaux Op. 44 on the 6^th of April 2018.

Wigmore Hall, 12-Jan-2018 / 19:30

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor D810 (Death and the Maiden)
Dvořák: String Quartet in A flat major Op. 105

The Guardian described the first of the Razumovsky's quartet as: "confident, glowing, exploratory".

Wigmore Hall, 31-Oct-2017 / 19:30

Webern: Langsamer Satz
Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 BB95
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor Op. 51 No. 2

The Quartet played all 16 Beethoven's string quartets and even the second version of No. 13 in B flat major between the 20^th of February 2014 and the 7^th of March 2015 at the Wigmore Hall.

Sarah Bittloch playing was described in 2013 as remarkable throughout, her bold, rich tone and expressive nuances contributing to an intense and deeply felt interpretation by the New York Times".

Wigmore Hall, 19-May-2014

Recital with Violaist Malin Broman

String Quintet in C major (Storm)

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