The Duke Quartet

Different Trains arrives at Kings Cross

2008-09-23T07:48:00.002Z

The Duke Quartet will be performing Steve Reich's Different Trains at Kings Place, the new venue in Kings Cross, on Wednesday 1 October as part of the venue's opening festival. The performance starts at 2.45pm in Hall Two. More information can be found here http://kingsplace.co.uk

Dartington Summer School

2008-05-26T16:57:00.002Z

The Duke Quartet will be in residence at Dartington Summer School 9 - 16 August. More information here http://www.dartington.org/summer-school

Soundwaves Festival

2008-05-26T16:48:00.003Z

The Duke Quartet will be closing Brighton's Soundwaves Festival performing Bartok String Quartet No 6, Part Fratres, Philip Venables String Quartet and a new work by Rolf Hind The concert takes place in the Pavilion Theatre on Sunday 29 June, 7.30pm. More information www.soundwaves-festival.org.uk

Back in the Studio

2007-08-08T21:40:00.001Z

The Dukes were in the studio last week to record a new work by Joby Talbot. Genus, a work co-written with Ben Wynne and also featuring the choir Tenebrae, with feature in a new dance piece by Wayne McGregor to be premiered at Opera National de Paris on 21 October

Rosas Tour

2007-04-08T19:50:00.001Z

The tour has nearly finished. The final performances are

27 & 28 April, Festpielhaus Bregenz, Austria
9 - 13 May Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France
7 June Stadsschouwburg Kortrijk, Belgian

For more information visit http://www.rosas.be/Rosas/index.html

Rosas in France

2007-02-26T21:27:00.000Z

If you're in Northern France this March don't miss the chance to hear the Duke Quartet perform Bartok, Beethoven and Schoenberg in the Rosas dance company's Repertory Evening at Theatre de Caen on Thursday 22 March. For more information visit http://www.theatre.caen.fr/20062007/frameDanse.htm

The Dukes on BBC Radio 3

2007-01-30T08:57:00.000Z

Hear the Duke Quartet on BBC Radio 3, 90-93FM on Saturday 3 February 2007, 11pm when 'Here and Now' will be broadcasting a concert recently recorded at Wigmore Hall, London. The performance includes Schnittke's Piano Quintet, Rolf Hind's Eye of Fire and world premieres of works by Naomi Pinnock, Shiori Usui and Philip Venables. More information www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/hearandnow

2006-12-17T18:09:00.000Z

Reviews of the Duke Quartet's recent performances at Wigmore Hall, London and Queen's Hall, Edinburgh can be found at http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-2495309.html and http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/76221-print.shtml

Listen Again to The Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind

2006-12-10T17:31:00.000Z

Listen to the Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind talk about their recent Eye of Fire tour on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. The programme was broadcast on Monday 4 December and you can hear it by going to the 'listen again' section of Radio 3's website http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind

2006-11-14T23:01:00.000Z

Tickets are on sale for Eye of Fire, where the Duke Quartet will be peforming with SPNM artistic director Rolf Hind Schnittke's Piano Quintet, Rolf Hind's own Eye of Fire and music by some of the UK's best up-and-coming composers. Performances take place on Tuesday 5 December at Wigmore Hall, London, on Wednesday 6 December at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh and on Thursday 7 December at The Gate, Cardiff.

Different Trains

2006-10-05T16:55:00.000Z

The Dukes superlative recording of Steve Reich's Different Trains is now available on Black Box (CD BBM1097).

"The Dukes plunge in Different Trains with decisive biting bows. Reich's most famous work has never had a punchier start.....The voices of the Kindertransport victims inspire the Dukes' most passionate responses. Some groups plays this repetitive music like automatrons, but not the Dukes...the whole disc is a fitting tribute to his [Reich's] 70th birthday this Tuesday."
Rick Jones, The Times

"The Dukes has significantly refreshed the pre-recorded backtrack and deliver an energetic yet sweetly nuanced account for the composer's 7oth birthday."
Evening Standard, CD of the Week

The Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind - Eye of the Fire

2006-09-11T19:04:00.000Z

In December 2006, The Duke Quartet joins forces with Rolf Hind - pianist, composer and artistic director of the Society for the Promotion on New Music - for three concerts in December.

Eye of the Fire includes Schnittke's String Quintet and Rolf Hind's own Eye of Fire - a blend of spiritual quest and gypsy frenzy, structured around different yoga positions, and named after the third eye which in Hindu tradition can be discovered during meditation.

Concerts take place in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff.

For more information see www.spnm.org.uk

The Rosas Tour 2006

2006-09-10T18:56:00.000Z

The Rosas tour begins. 6 countries, 21 performances, 3 composers and 1 Belgian Dance company. Repertory II starts on 22 September and will take the players to Luxembourg, London, Grenoble, Rotterdam, Brussels, Caen, Paris and Kortrijk.

For more information see www.rosas.be

The Dukes at the Dartington International Festival

2006-09-09T18:47:00.000Z

The Duke Quartet made their annual pilgrimage to the Dartington International Summer School in August where they performed Beethoven's Grosse Fugue, Ravel's Quartet in F and Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht.

Welcome to thedukequartet.net

2006-09-08T19:02:00.000Z

Welcome to thedukequartet.net, the new official website of The Duke Quartet.