Programme
Haydn String Quartet Op.33 (No. 4 )
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135
Elgar String Quartet Op 83
First in our 2024-25 Classical Series, the Eusebius Quartet performs regularly at venues throughout the UK, including Kings Place, Conway Hall and Fidelio Cafe. Selected highlights include performances of the Mendelssohn Octet with the Heath Quartet at the Tetbury Festival, and Vaughan Williams ‘On Wenlock Edge’ with tenor Nicky Spence. In 2018 they were finalists in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, and continue to frequently perform live on BBC Radio 3.
They have appeared at numerous chamber music festivals including Aldeburgh Festival, Tetbury Festival, Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival and the Lewes Chamber Music Festival, of which first violinist Beatrice Philips is the Artistic Director and founder.
The quartet takes its name from one of the two fictional characters invented by Robert Schumann for his musical journal writings. These characters became symbolic of Schumann’s opposing moods: the fiery and impassioned Florestan contrasted the philosophical and dreamy Eusebius.
Praised as “convincing and stylish” by Gramophone, the Eusebius Quartet was formed in 2016 out of a passion for the extraordinary music written for this formation. They have gained a reputation for “personal yet authentic” performances (The Strad) and their debut CD, featuring the chamber music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold was released in October 2021 by SOMM Recordings to widespread critical acclaim, including being named as Recording of the Month by BBC Music Magazine in January 2022.