Carducci Quartet

Matthew Denton violin Michelle Fleming violin Eoin Schmidt-Martin viola Emma Denton cello Simon Callaghan piano (guest artist).

Haydn: Quartet in D Op.20/4 Debussy: Quartet in G minor Op.10 Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 The Carducci Quartet is recognised as one of today’s most successful string quartets. Performing over 90 concerts worldwide each year, the Quartet also run their own recording label Carducci Classics; an annual festival in Highnam, Gloucester; and in September 2014, curated their first Carducci Festival in Castagneto-Carducci, the town from which they took their name.
"... high-octane playing balanced control with devil-may-care spontaneity..." The Guardian
This concert features Debussy’s only string quartet, which premiered in Paris, 1893 at the height of the fin de siècle.