ELIAS QUARTET
(PSC DEBUT)

arens series
saturday, march 8 at 7:30 PM at washington Irving

virtual concert available MONday, march 10 - sATURDAY, march 15

One of Europe's great young ensembles, the Elias String Quartet, performs the last quartet compositions of Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn, as well as Fanny Mendelssohn's sole quartet

PROGRAM:

F. J. Haydn: Quartet in d minor, Op. 103
Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major
~ intermission ~
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80

Elias String Quartet
Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant, violins
Simone van der Giessen, viola
Marie Bitlloch, cello

Bio: 

The Elias String Quartet take their name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is its German form, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. The Quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where they worked closely with the late Dr. Christopher Rowland. They also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg quartet. Between 2005 and 2009 they were resident String Quartet at Sheffield’s “Music in the Round” as part of Ensemble 360, taking over from the Lindsay Quartet. They are now ensemble in residence at the RNCM and regularly go back there to teach and perform. Read more…

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Photo credit: Kauppo Kikkas