Victoria String Quartet

BENEDICT HOLLAND (violin) 

DAVID GREED (violin)

KIMI MAKINO (viola) 

JENNIFER LANGRIDGE (cello)

Haydn

String Quartet in Bb major Op 33 #4

Dvorak

Six Cypresses (1,2,3,9,11,12)

Elgar

Six Fragments (ed. Iain Farrington) – Premiere

Mendelssohn

String Quartet in D major Op 44 #1

“The Quartet began life in 2017 in a swimming pool, with a gala concert in aid of the historic Victoria Baths in Manchester’s Hathersage Road. Since then we have moved on from pools to perform for music societies and festivals across the UK. The day after PMF, we will make a return visit to Manchester's Stoller Hall and later in the season we'll be performing in the fabulous Bridgewater Hall.

“Bringing a wealth of chamber music experience, we are a quartet of friends and colleagues of long standing who share a passion for chamber music-making at a high level and communicating this to our audience.”

They open with a charming Haydn string quartet – from a set he described as “new and special”, brimming with typical humour – and end with a sunny work by Mendelssohn, energetic and joyful, with a gorgeous slow movement. Between, we shall hear 6 of Dvorak’s 12 Cypresses, typically melodic and infused with love, and Six Fragments by Elgar, in what we believe to be their first public performance, as edited by Iain Farrington for the Elgar Complete Edition.