ELIAS QUARTET
SCHUMANN SERIES ASSOCIATE ARTISTS
ELIAS QUARTET SCHUMANN SERIES
Following his year-long immersion in song in 1840 and orchestral music in 1841 Robert Schumann spent 1842 focussing almost exclusively on chamber music, producing three string quartets, a piano quartet and a piano quintet. For the last of their three years as Associate Artists the Elias Quartet
present an exclusive series centred around the three quartets. Across three concerts the Elias place Schumann’s works in context with the composers who influenced him, as well as British music from the past 40 years and today. Each event is preceded by an introduction to Schumann the composer and the music for the evening.
Sara Bitlloch: Violin
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Donald Grant: Violin Martin Saving: Viola Marie Bitlloch: Cello Jonathan Biss: Piano (9 June only)
The Elias Quartet Schumann Series is supported by the Friends of Turner Sims