Doric String Quartet – February 26, Pollack Hall LiveEvents February 19, 2017 2594 The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club presents DORIC STRING QUARTET Alex Redington – violin Hélène Clément – viola Jonathan Stone – violin John Myerscough – cello The Doric String Quartet was founded in 1998 at Pro Corda in England, one of Europe’s leading organizations for the training of young musicians. In short order, the Quartet began receiving glowing responses from audiences and critics around the world. It was described by Gramophone magazine as “one of the finest young string quartets”, whose members are “musicians with fascinating things to say”. In 2006, the Quartet won first prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, and in 2008 the second prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. In 2009 the Doric String Quartet’s first CD was released to critical acclaim on the Wigmore Live Label and was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, which noted that “the Doric’s Haydn sparkles with wit on their impressive [and] very auspicious recording debut”. Since 2010 the Quartet has recorded exclusively for Chandos Records. Their CD of the complete Korngold quartets was released in September 2010 and became one of the 2010 Critic’s Choice discs in Gramophone. Their latest investigations have led them to the music of Australian composer Brett Dean. In September of 2015 they became the Teaching Quartet in Association at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Return LMMC engagement. PROGRAMME: HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 64 No. 3, Hob.III:67 (1790) Vivace assai Adagio Menuetto: Allegretto Finale: Allegro con spirito BERG (1885-1935) Lyric Suite, Opus 6 (1925-26) Allegretto giovale Andante amoroso Allegro misterioso – Trio estatico Adagio appassionato Presto delirando – Tenebroso Largo desolato SCHUBERT (1797-1828) String Quartet in G major, Opus 161, D. 887 (1826) Allegro molto moderato Andante un poco moto Scherzo: Allegro vivace Allegro assai To learn more about the Doric String Quartet, visit: www.doricstringquartet.com The LMMC is a non-profit organization. For more information and to purchase tickets: online at www.lmmc.ca (Please note that web reservations must be done by 1pm on the Friday before the concert.) By phone at 514-932-6796 Monday to Friday, from 10am to 1pm. Reservations are recommended as concerts often sell out. If tickets are still available, they can be purchased at Pollack Hall’s box office as of 2:30pm on the day of the concert.
