Hailed for their ‘powerful individuality of sound’ and ‘instinctive singularity of musical intention’ (The Scotsman) whose performances are ‘full of poetry, joy and sorrow’ and ‘realised to such perfection’ (The Observer), the Castalian String Quartet are quickly emerging as one of the most exciting and in-demand quartets on the world stage.

Concerts

  • Wed 06 Nov 24

    Venue

    Ensemble Music Society

    7.30pm

    Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center

    Indianapolis, US

    Programme

    Joseph Haydn – Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 no. 3

    Mark-Anthony Turnage – ‘Awake’

    Franz Schubert – Quartet in G major, D877

  • Sun 10 Nov 24

    Venue

    The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

    7.30pm

    Gildenhorn Recital Hall

    University of Maryland

    College Park, MD, US

     

    Programme

    Joseph Haydn – Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 no. 3

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Five Fantasiestücke, Op. 5

    Ftanz Schubert – Quartet in G major, D877

  • Wed 13 Nov 24

    Venue

    Bourgie Hall

    7.30pm

    Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Programme

    Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’

    Franz Schubert – Quartet in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Five Fantasiestücke, Op. 5

    György Kurtàg – Six moments musicaux, Op. 44

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