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08 August 2007
Back in the Studio
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
08 April 2007
Rosas Tour
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
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
26 February 2007
Rosas in France
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
30 January 2007
The Dukes on BBC Radio 3
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
17 December 2006
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
10 December 2006
Listen Again to The Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind
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/
14 November 2006
Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind
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.
05 October 2006
Different Trains
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 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
11 September 2006
The Duke Quartet and Rolf Hind - Eye of the Fire
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
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
10 September 2006
The Rosas Tour 2006
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
For more information see www.rosas.be
09 September 2006
The Dukes at the Dartington International Festival
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.
08 September 2006
Welcome to thedukequartet.net
Welcome to thedukequartet.net, the new official website of The Duke Quartet.
Meet The Duke Quartet
The Quartet has been performing together for over 15 years and is acclaimed for its musicianship,
technique and diversity of repertoire.
It has worked with artists as diverse as Jessye Norman, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Morrissey,
the Pretenders, Joby Talbot, Michael Nyman, Blur and the dance company Rosas.
These four superb musicians bring a passion and flair to music making helping
the Duke Quartet to be one of the most sought after string quartets
Read the full Biography.
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