Repertoire

Classical Repertoire

J. Haydn - String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, Op. 33 (18 mins

J. Haydn - String Quartet No. 5 in F major ‘The Dream’, Op. 50 (18 mins)

  • Allegro moderato (05:34)

  • Poco Adagio (03:48)

  • Tempo di Menuetto (03:52)

  • Vivace (04:11)

B. Britten - String Quartet No. 2 in C (30 mins)

F. Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (30 mins)

L. van Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 in B-flat major, (25 mins)

L. van Beethoven - String Quartet No.16, Op.135 (25 minutes) (upcoming)

F. Schubert -  String Quartet No. 14, ‘Death and the Maiden’ (40 mins)

F. Hensel - String Quartet in E-flat major (20 mins)

  • Adagio ma non troppo (04:15)

  • Allegretto (03:47)

  • Romanze (06:36)

  • Allegro molto vivace (05:50)

L. Janáček - String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ (20 mins) (16mins)

  • Adagio (04:25) (03:55)

  • Con Moto (05:00) (04:09)

  • Con Moto - Vivo - Andante (04:27) (03:40)

  • Con Moto - Adagio - Più Mosso (06:00) (05:03)

A. Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 (40 mins)

R. Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Major Op. 44 (30 mins)

  • Allegro brillante (09:07)

  • In Modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente (09:00)

  • Scherzo. Molto vivace (04:26)

  • Allegro ma non troppo (07:00)

G. Fauré - String Quartet in E  minor, Op. 121 (25 mins)

H. Purcell - ‘Chacony’ in G minor, arr. B. Britten (7 mins)

Contemporary Repertoire

C. Shaw - ‘Entr’acte’ (12 mins)

C. Shaw - ‘Valencia’ (06:10)

Jonathon Dove - ‘Out of Time’ (17mins)

  • Quite fast (03:23)

  • Slow (04:29)

  • Stomping (01:19)

  • Lively (01:57) attaca

  • Fast (01:28) attaca

  • Gently moving (05:22)

Omri Kochavi - ‘Arugot’ (15 mins)

  • I. solo (i) - Violin I

  • II. shumarim | שׁוּ ַמ ִרים - full quartet

  • III. solo (ii) - Cello

  • IV. shablulim | ַשׁ ְבּלוּ ִלים - full quartet

  • V. duo - Violin II + Viola

  • VI. anafim | ֲע ָנ ִפים - full quartet

(Commissioned for the Aestus Quartet by Britten Pears Young Artists Chamber Futures Scheme 2024)

Ben Nobuto - Playtime (7mins)

Cassandra Miller - Warblework (17mins)

Hellawell - The Still Dancers: Invocation - Floating (8mins)

Michael Oesterle - String Quartet No.3 ‘Alan Turing’ (13 mins)

Hoadong Wang - ‘Through Frail Shadows’ for String Quartet and Fixed Media (11 mins)

Samual Kane - ‘Into the Stratosphere’ (for string Septet) (world premiere)

Alternative Repertoire

Jasdeep Singh Deegun - ‘Veer’ arr. Sitar, Tabla, and String Quartet (9mins)

Donald Grant:

  • Callum’s Road etc

Samual Kane:

  • Trio of Irish tunes

Danish String Quartet: 

  • AE Rømeser (4 mins)

  • Hur Var Du i Aftes Så Sildig (2 mins)

  • Shine You No More (4 mins)

  • Brudestykke from Sønderho Bridal Trilogy - Part II (4 mins)