Elias String Quartet – February 23, 2020 Pollack Hall

The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club presents

ELIAS STRING QUARTET

Sara Bitlloch – violin                  Simone van der Giessen – viola
Donald Grant – violin                  Marie Bitlloch – cello

“Few quartets at any stage of their evolution have this much personality,” claimed the Washington Post of the Elias String Quartet. Formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Quartet took its name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah (Elias in German), and quickly established itself as one of the leading lights of the younger generation of string quartets. In 2009, it was a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. With the support of the Trust, the Elias Quartet mounted The Beethoven Project, studying and performing all of Beethoven’s string quartets as cycles while sharing their experience through social media and a website (www.thebeethovenproject.com). The project culminated with performances at Wigmore Hall, where all six concerts were recorded live for the hall’s own label. The final volume of their complete Beethoven quartet cycle was recently released. The ensemble’s discography also includes quartets by Mendelssohn and Schumann, as well as piano quintets by Schumann and Dvořák with pianist Jonathan Biss.
First LMMC appearance.

Program

HAYDN    (1732-1809)
String Quartet in G major, Opus 77, No. 1 (1799)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Menuet: Presto – Trio
Finale: Presto

MENDELSSOHN  (1809-1847)
String Quartet in A minor, Opus 13 (1827)
Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio non lento
Intermezzo – Allegretto con moto –
Allegro di molto
Presto

BEETHOVEN    (1770-1827)
String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Opus 131 (1826)
Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
Allegro molto vivace
Allegro moderato
Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
Presto
Adagio quasi un poco andante
Allegro

To learn more about the Elias String Quartet visit www.eliasstringquartet.com

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