With a British violinist and cellist, a Finnish violinist and a French viola player, the Castalian String Quartet is well placed for an international career after being accepted by the Young Concert Artist Trust.

They have enjoyed a residency at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and have been chosen by Wigmore Hall to take a prominent role in its forthcoming Haydn quartet cycle. Early in 2018 the quartet were presented with the inaugural Merito String Quartet Award/Valentin Erben Prize and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award in recognition of their achievements. In April 2019 they gave a five-concert tour of the USA and Canada ending at Lincoln Center for a concert in the Great Performers Series.

Program

Orlando di Lasso: La nuit froide et sombre

Thomas Adès: Arcadiana, Op. 12

John Dowland: Come, heavy sleep

Franz Schubert: String quartet No. 15 in G major D 887

First performed at the Cambridge Elgar Festival o 16 November 1994. The quartet was commissioned by the Endellion String Quartet who gave the first performance.