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Quartet - String Quartet

Instrumentation

• Steve Bingham - violin
• Hilary Sturt - violin
• Brenda Stewart - viola
• James Halsey - cello

Repertoire

The Bingham Quartet enjoys juxtaposing mainstream repertoire with lesser-known works, but will always tailor a programme to suit the promoter.

Sample programmes:

1)

Caroline Shaw.....Entr'Acte

Elizabeth Maconchy.....Quartet no.5

Mendelssohn.....Quartet in D, op.44 no.1

2)

Haydn.....Quartet op.54 no.2

Michael Nyman.....Film Music suite for live and pre-recorded string quartets

George Crumb.....Black Angels, for amplified quartet

Trad. arr. Stephan Koncz.....Waltzing Matilda

3)

Shostakovich.....Quartet no.3

Michael Tippett.....Quartet no.2

Janacek.....Kreutzer Sonata

4)

Rebecca Clarke.....Two movements for Quartet

Beethoven.....op.18 no.4

Elgar.....Quartet

Biography

The Bingham String Quartet has gained an international reputation for both its interpretation of the classical repertoire and its fresh and exciting approach to new music. It has toured extensively in the United Kingdom and also performed in Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Regular appearances in London include concerts at the Purcell Room and St Martin in the Fields. The quartet has performed and recorded with many other notable musicians including clarinettist David Campbell, pianist Nigel Clayton and cellist Raphael Wallfisch. The Quartet’s education activities have included several residencies, a busy programme of visits to schools and music centres, and a variety of coaching courses.

Amongst the Bingham String Quartet’s notable recordings are the middle period quartets of Elizabeth Maconchy, two CDs of the quartet’s own commissions from young British composers and a musical version of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” by Richard Allain, narrated by Richard Stilgoe. Several other albums are also available which include works by Shostakovich, Barber, Haydn and more.

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