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Saxon Barn, Leonard Stanley 4th June 2022 Quartet Draig returned to Saxon Barn for a concert in celebration of HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee! The quartet performed a range of English music alongside celebratory favourites traditionally performed at the last night of the proms. The programme included music from Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Butterworth, BridgeContinue reading “Jubilee Celebration at Saxon Barn”

Saxon Barn, Leonard Stanley 26th February 2022 In February 2022, Quartet Draig returned to Saxon Barn, a beautiful venue in Gloucestershire where they always receive a warm reception, to perform a programme of film music. The quartet’s aim with this concert was to perform a mixture of well known, popular film music alongside some lesserContinue reading “String Music from Film”

Chichester University, Chichester 9th August 2021 In August 2021, Quartet Draig were Young Quartet in Residence at the European String Teachers Association (ESTA) Summer School. As part of this, the quartet gave a recital where they performed Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat major, op. 18 no. 6, Schumann’s String Quartet no. 1 in AContinue reading “Recital at the ESTA Summer School”

Saxon Barn, Leonard Stanley 11th December 2021 We enjoyed performing a varied, Christmassy programme including works by Vivaldi, Tavener, Joy Webb, Tchaikovsky, Corelli, Leroy Anderson, Handel, Gershwin, Dvorak and Billy Joel, as well of some beloved Christmas carols and popular Christmas songs! This programme was creatively programmed to connect varied works in order to createContinue reading “Christmas by Candlelight”

Saxon Barn, Leonard Stanley 25th September 2021 In September 2021, Quartet Draig Performed a candlelight concert of music by Vivaldi inluding The Four Seasons, arranged for string quartet, in the beautiful setting of Saxon Barn, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire. We were pleased to receive positive feedback from this event and to have returned to Saxon BarnContinue reading “Vivaldi Candlelight Concert”

Urban Crofters, Cardiff 18th September 2021 In September 2021, Quartet Draig enjoyed performing a programme of contemporary music in Urban Crofters, Cardiff, as the first half of a concert which also included a contemporary opera by composer Julia Plaut. For this concert we performed Woodworks, a collection of folk pieces arranged by the Danish StringContinue reading “Contemporary Concert”

Wigmore Hall, London 7th May 2021 Quartet Draig were pleased to give their debut performance at the Wigmore Hall in May 2021, when they were nominated to represent the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama at the CAVATINA Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition, where they performed Beethoven’s String Quartet in A major, op. 18 no.Continue reading “Cavatina Intercollegiate Competition 2021”

Chichester University, Chichester 12th August 2021 While in residence at the European String Teachers Association Summer School in the Summer of 2021, Quartet Draig rehearsed and performed Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E flat major, op. 20, with the Bingham String Quartet who were also performing on the course. The quartet enjoyed collaborating with the BinghamContinue reading “Mendelssohn with the Bingham Quartet”