BBC

Mendelssohn's Octet with the Elias and Emmeline Quartets string quartets

The Elias and Emmeline Quartets string quartets let us inside their Manchester rehearsals for a performance of Mendelssohn's amazing Octet. Show more The Elias Quartet join forces with the Emmeline ...
BBC

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The Australian

Brodsky and Calder quartets take the Mendelsohn octet challenge

Fortunately the work happens to be a showstopper that never fades, full of vibrant energy, exciting virtuosity and dramatic ­pathos. Written, almost unbelievably, when the composer was only 16, the ...
The Guardian

‘It’s quartet Disney World!’ Getting to grips with world’s biggest string quartet ...

This year’s String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam saw big names and rising stars play 113 works from Beethoven to Larcher, plus masterclasses, a DJ – and free biscuits. Can you have too much of a good ...