Gabrieli Quartet
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The Gabrieli Quartet is a well-known string quartet
musical ensemble founded in 1966. It has a long residency association with Essex University, UK.
2nd violin
viola
'cello
, 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.
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
musical ensemble founded in 1966. It has a long residency association with Essex University, UK.
Personnel
1st violin:- Kenneth Sillito (1966-1986)
- John Georgiadis (1986-1990)
2nd violin
- Brendan O'ReillyBrendan O'ReillyBrendan O'Reilly was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, actor, athlete, singer and songwriter. He is best known as presenter of the long-running Sports Stadium....
viola
- Ian Jewell
'cello
- Keith Harvey
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 FestivalAldeburgh Festival
The Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on the main concert hall at Snape Maltings...
, the City of London Festival
City of London Festival
The City of London Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in the City of London, England, over two to three weeks in June and July. The Festival is strongly geared towards classical music, but also offers a programme that includes jazz, world music, opera, film screenings, lectures...
and the Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most prestigious meetings in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, and has race prize money second only to the Grand National...
. It also performs every year in the Mostly Mozart Festival of the London Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
. The Quartet have been resident artists at Essex University since 1971. They have given world premieres of works by William Alwyn
William Alwyn
William Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.-Life and music:...
, Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
, Alan Bush
Alan Bush
Alan Dudley Bush was a British composer and pianist. He was a committed socialist, and politics sometimes provided central themes in his music.-Personal life:...
, Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones (composer)
Daniel Jenkyn Jones OBE was a composer of classical music, who worked in Britain. He used both serial and tonal techniques...
, Gordon Crosse
Gordon Crosse
Gordon Crosse is an English composer.-Biography:Crosse was born in Bury, Lancashire and in 1961 graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford with a first class honours degree in Music. He then undertook two years of postgraduate research on early fifteenth-century music before beginning an academic...
, Nicholas Maw
Nicholas Maw
John Nicholas Maw was a British composer.-Biography:Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence Frederick Maw and Hilda Ellen Chambers. He attended the Wennington School, a boarding school, in Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 14...
, Panufnik
Panufnik
Panufnik may refer to* Andrzej Panufnik , Polish composer* Roxanna Panufnik , British composer, daughter of Andrzej...
and John McCabe
John McCabe (composer)
John McCabe CBE is an English composer and pianist.- Biography :John McCabe was born in Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside. A prolific composer from an early age, he had written thirteen symphonies by the time he was eleven...
. They also gave the British premiere of the Sibelius piano quintet. They have made many recordings.