Wednesday 11 December 2024, 7.30pm
St Mary's Creative Space, Chester
Mozart: String Quartet in G major
Prokofiev: String Quartet No 1 in B minor
Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Razumovsky
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Roger Coull violin
Philip Gallaway violin
Jonathan Barritt viola
Nicholas Roberts cello
Formed in 1974 by students at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of renowned quartet leader, Sidney Griller, the Coull Quartet, which still includes two founder members, have performed and broadcast extensively throughout the UK, and have made tours of Europe, the Americas, Australia, China, India and the Far East. They were appointed Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Warwick in 1977, a post they held for more than 40 years.
Since the mid-1980s the quartet have made over 30 recordings featuring a wide selection of the repertoire closest to their hearts, from the complete Mendelssohn and Schubert quartets to 20th-century and contemporary British chamber music. Their CD of quartets by Maw and Britten on the Somm label has received universal acclaim; in addition to being featured in ‘Editor’s Choice’ in The Gramophone, it was also described as the ‘Benchmark Recording’ by BBC Music Magazine. Their recordings of music by Sibelius and Ian Venables have also received excellent reviews in the major musical publications, as has their recent CD, Treasures from the New World, with pianist Clelia Iruzun.
Their impressive and unusual list of commissions includes works by Sally Beamish, Edward Cowie, Joe Cutler, David Matthews, Nicholas Maw, Robert Simpson and Howard Skempton. These include string quartets, quintets with piano or wind player, works with solo voice or choir, and even a piece for quartet and table tennis players!
The Coull Quartet’s New Music 20x12 award for the Cultural Olympiad involved working with the University’s Sports Centre for the first time, and assisting them in welcoming teams from across the world as they visited Warwick to take part in the 2012 Olympic Games football tournament.