The Moeran Quartet & Meritus Collective

Lauderdale House are happy to announce a new Artists Residence programme featuring The Moeran Quartet and Meritus Collection. These groups of musicians have been working together in different combinations over the past few years and they will perform singly and together over the coming year.

The Moeran Quartet: The Moeran Quartet take their name from the composer Ernest John Moeran (1894 – 1950), a British composers, who was known for the collecting of Norfolk folk songs and his talent for the lyrical capturing of Britain and Ireland’s rural landscapes.

The four members of the quartet are all experienced chamber musicians with a passion for the championing of British music. They lead diverse and varied musical careers playing regularly with orchestras such as the Hanover Band, Urban Soul Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Pauls and Opera Holland Park. Between them they have studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire and Royal College of Music.

Tom Leate-Violin
Charlotte Fairbairn-Violin
Helen Sanders-Hewett-viola
James Greenfield-Cello

Meritus Collective: The Meritus Collective was established to bring together musicians of all instruments who share a passion for chamber music. Members have trained at most of the major conservatoires in Britain and between them have performed as parts of chamber groups all around the world and for orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonia Orchestra. Meritus was the pseudonym of Felix Mendelssohn given to the young composer by Robert Schumann.

John Cuthbert-Piano
Kathleen Greenfield-Flute
George Sleighthome-Clarinet
Jade Brightwell -Violin
Davina Panjanaden-Viola
James Greenfield-Cello

Programme to launch the new chamber residency of the Moeran Quartet and Meritus Collective:
Haydn: 'Razor' quartet Op. 55 no. 2, first movement.
Dvorak: Dances 1 and 3 from Slavonic Dances, arr. flute, violin, cello and piano
Rabl: Quartet for clarinet, piano, violin and cello Op. 1, first movement
Schubert: String Trio in Bb
Moeran: String trio in G major, 4th movement.