Coull Quartet

This event is one of the Society's two contributions to the 2015 Barnes Music Festival

Roger Coull violin
Philip Gallaway violin
Rose Redgrave viola
Nicholas Roberts cello

Programme

Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op.95
Britten String Quartet No.2 in C major, Op.36
Sibelius String Quartet in D minor (Voces Intimae), Op.56

‘…the magnificent, seasoned ensemble of the Coull’. (The Strad)

Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Warwick since 1977, the Coull Quartet has performed and broadcast extensively throughout the UK, the USA and Western Europe, and has also toured China, India, the Far East, South America and Australia. The Quartet has appeared at most of the major music societies and festivals in the UK, and gives an annual series of recitals at Warwick Arts Centre, where it is actively involved in the University of Warwick’s flourishing musical life.

The rare combination of maturity and freshness which characterises the Quartet’s performances is often singled out by reviewers:

“Here the playing is so brimful with enthusiasm and commitment, and at the same time so infused with the accumulated wisdom of three decades, that the music simply reinvents itself as it should”. (The Strad

The Coull Quartet currently records for Somm Records, and their disc of quartets by Maw and Britten 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 latest two CDs, of music by Sibelius and Ian Venables have recently received excellent reviews in the major musical publications.

“I have nothing but praise for a display so full of wisdom and musicality”
(The Gramophone)

In addition to performing most of the standard string quartet repertoire, the Coull Quartet often features modern British repertoire in its programmes. Their impressive list of commissions includes works by Sally Beamish, Edward Cowie, Joe Cutler, David Matthews, Nicholas Maw, and Robert Simpson.