Endellion String Quartet

The Endellion String Quartet is in its 41st and final season. It has performed at Wigmore Hall over 100 times.

Beethoven’s String Quartet Op 18 No 2 (nb change of programme) is fresh, imaginative and affectionate and its Finale is full of playful high spirits. Bartók’s highly expressive and striking last quartet was one of the first pieces in the Endellion's repertoire. Mendelssohn’s E minor quartet veers between extreme turbulence and captivating lyricism and includes a delightful Scherzo in his unique Midsummer Night's Dream style.

‘There’s always a feeling when listening to the Endellion Quartet that you’re listening to the Urtext method of quartet playing. Maybe 35 years of playing together has brought a uniformity of thought and instinct to them as a group that allows them to play as a single entity’ — Gramophone Magazine

‘The Endellion is a quartet of the first rank: precision, clarity of articulation, and beauty of sound characterize both the individual playing and the stimulating interplay of the four team-mates.’ — La Presse, Montreal

‘ … The Endellion’s warm sound and impeccable style … they function as an indivisible expressive unit, playing with that innate understanding of each other that only comes from a long experience of making music together … superb … real eloquence and passion … outstandingly done’ – Guardian, May 2019

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