Doric String Quartet
The Doric String Quartet is a string quartet based in the UK. It was formed in 1998. As of 2024, the members are Maia Cabeza and Ying Xue on violin, Emma Wernig on viola and John Myerscough on cello. Past members include Alex Redington (violin; 1998-2024), Hélène Clément (viola; 2013-2024), Jonathan Stone (violin; 1998–2018), Simon Tandree (viola; 2004–2013) and Chris Brown (viola; 1998–2004). In 2008, the quartet won first prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and second prize at the "Premio Paolo Borciani" International String Quartet Competition. Their repertoire includes Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Bartók, Janáček, Korngold and Britten, as well as the work of contemporary composers such as John Adams, Thomas Adès and Brett Dean. They have given premieres of works by Dean, Peter Maxwell Davies and Donnacha Dennehy. The Doric is Teaching Quartet in Association with the Royal Academy of Music (from 2015) and artistic director of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival (from 2018). They have recorded for Chandos since 2009.
Genre: classical, chamber-music
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Top Tracks
- String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87, MWV R 33: IV. Allegro molto vivace
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- Memory and Imagination
- A Painted Life: No. 4, Painted Life
- A Painted Life: No. 3, Memory and Imagination
- A Painted Life: No. 2, The Interpretation of Dreams
- A Painted Life: No. 1, Berlin Tango
- String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo
- String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2: IV. Finale. Presto
- String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: IV. Finale. Allegro
- String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: III. Sostenuto
- String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
- String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34: I. Allegro moderato
- String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Finale. Tempo di Valse
- String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: III. Larghetto. Lento
- String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto
- String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. Allegro
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegretto amabile e comodo
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 16: II. Adagio quasi Fantasia
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