The start of the VQ’s eighth season is marked with a new major premiere, a third Quartet by Anthony Payne. This is followed, throughout the season with many new Quartets written for the Villiers Quartet as their focus turns to living composers: new Quartets from Alexander Goehr, Martyn Harry, Elizabeth Kelly, and Andrew Waggoner. The […]
Read moreVilliers Quartet will be taking part in the launch of new chamber music festival in our home base, Nottingham. Nottingham Chamber Music Festival 2018 will take place July 13th to 15th, and Villiers Quartet will perform two concerts with innovative programme and exciting collaboration with emerging artist, Konya Kanneh-Mason. More info at https://nottchamberfest.com
Read moreVilliers Quartet collaborated with eminent musicologist, Dr. Richard Taruskin at his Kyoto Prize Lecture at Blavasnik School of Government at University of Oxford. Villiers Quartet performed Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet with Jeremy Young. www.kyotoprize.ox.ac.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skAFru23KTk
Read moreA new VQ’s disc – Chamber Works of Sterndale Bennett will be released in October 2018. This disc will contain his string quartet, sextett, and the piano trio. Villiers Quartet collaborated with UK’s leading chamber music artists, Jeremy Young and Leon Bush, and recording took place earlier this year at Royal Northern College of Music. […]
Read moreDelius/Elgar CD has gained an excellent review from Netherland’s leading music magazine – Luister in November 2017. It was mentioned as “ beautiful equalized total-sound” and “ a first class performance” Read entire review from the link here.
Read moreVilliers Quartet will return to US this autumn, presenting the music of Fricker, Alan Bush and Delius. The tour includes residencies at Dartmouth College where the VQ continue in their role as visiting artists, Duke University for a Symposium on British Quartet Music and finally to Jacksonville, the home of their muse, Delius. The trip […]
Read moreDelius/Elgar CD has been reviewed widely in Europe, and was chosen for Record of the week for Klara Radio in Germany. See the reviews in here.
Read moreThe VQ’s recording of Delius & Elgar Quartets debuts at #3 on Specialist Classical Charts The Villiers Quartet’s latest recording, Delius and Elgar String Quartets, recorded for Naxos Records, has debuted this week on the UK Specialist Classical Charts at #3. Find out more about the charts here: Official Charts UK, 19th – 25th May […]
Read moreThe Villiers Quartet’s latest disc, The String Quartets of Peter Racine Fricker, has been chosen as “Recommended Pick” in the May 2017 issue of The Strad Magazine. Read the full review by Peter Quantrill here: Review: Fricker: String Quartets nos. 1-3 (The Strad Magazine)
Read moreThe Villiers Quartet releases their landmark recording of string quartets by Frederick Delius and Edward Elgar. Recorded with producer Michael Whight and released on Naxos Records, the recording is the culmination of a Delius research project initiated with Professor Daniel M. Grimley of Oxford University where the VQ is Quartet-in-Residence. The recording notably contains the World […]
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