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
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Tue 26 Nov 24
Venue
Faculty of Music, Oxford University
7.30pm, pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street, OX1 3SB
Programme
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5
Francesco Antonioni – String Quartet no. 2 ‘Surfarara’
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
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Sun 01 Dec 24
Venue
Concertgebouw Brugge
4pm
Programme
Orlandus Lassus – La nuit froide et sombre (arr. for string quartet)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’
John Dowland – Come, heavy sleep (arr. for string quartet)
Charlotte Bray – Ungrievable lives
Franz Schubert – Quartet in G major D887
Latest Media
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Introducing our new violist: Natalie Loughran
Drumroll please… It is finally time for us Castalians to crack open the Champagne and announce, with tremendous excitement, that Natalie Loughran is our new violist! Our first official concert together will be at the Wigmore Hall on May 13th and…
Blog
Read about quartet life, travels and concerts
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Lambs on the Sidewalk
Castalian String Quartet Blog
If one more person reacts like that, I thought, then I’ll do away with life in civilisation and set-up camp off-grid. Casual superstition—can’t stand it. Leave it to the pros. Take me, a bona fide expert: if Liverpool are playing it’ll be the same socks, the same boxer briefs, a You’ll…
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Curl It Like Carlos
Castalian String Quartet Blog
It was the 1998 football World Cup and my parents had bought me the tournament’s seminal hardback guide—a hefty bible of star players, colourful kits and vital statistics. Decked out in Colombia’s banana-yellow strip and sporting a wild mop of blond curls, one footballer captured my imagination above all…
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