Active from 1966 | ||
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Members Ian Jewel, John Georgiadis, Keith Harvey, Brendan O'Reilly Albums Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Trio Record labels Decca Records, Universal Music LLC Similar Thea King, Aeolian Quartet, Barry Tuckwell, Kenneth Sillito, Hungarian Quartet | ||
The Gabrieli String Quartet is a well-known string quartet musical ensemble founded in 1966. It has a long residency association with Essex University, UK.
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Personnel
1st violin:
2nd violin:
viola
'cello
Origins and activities
The foundation date of the Quartet is given as 1966 or 1967. It has toured to Europe, North America, the Far East and Australia. In UK it performs at Aldeburgh Festival, the City of London Festival and the Cheltenham Festival. It also performs every year in the Mostly Mozart Festival of the London Barbican Centre. The Quartet have been resident artists at Essex University since 1971. They have given world premieres of works by William Alwyn, Benjamin Britten, Alan Bush, Daniel Jones, Gordon Crosse, Nicholas Maw, Panufnik and John McCabe. They also gave the British premiere of the Sibelius piano quintet. They have made many recordings.
Songs
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No1 in D - Op11 - 1 Moderato e sempliceTchaikovsky: The String Quartets/Souvenir de Florence · 1997
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No1 in D - Op11 - 4 Finale Allegro giustoTchaikovsky: The String Quartets/Souvenir de Florence · 1997
String Quartet no 1: Andante cantabile1991