VILLIERS QUARTET

News​
Watch the Villiers Quartet play Ethel Smyth's String Quartet in E minor for Classic FM here
VILLIERS QUARTET: Portrait of a Friendship at St John's Smith Square
Bennett - String Quartet in G
Mendelssohn - String Quartet in A minor Op. 13
Smyth - String Quartet in E minor
3rd March 2019
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Villiers Quartet live at St John's Smith Square, London, 23rd September 2018 (details)

A new Villiers Quartet CD, Chamber Works of Sterndale Bennett, due for release in October 2018 (more)
Biography​
Villiers Quartett

James Dickenson - violin
Tamaki Higashi - violin
Carmen Flores - viola
Nicholas Stringfellow - cello
Named after Villiers Street in London, the Villiers Quartet encompasses the grand and iconic spirit of the extraordinary music tradition in Britain.
Described as one of the most charismatic and "adventurous" quartets of the international stage (The Strad), the Villiers have been praised for their "exquisite ensemble playing" (Seen & Heard International), and their absolute "commitment and virtuosity" (The Sunday Times). Last year, the Villiers made their Amsterdam Concertgebouw debut which was broadcast live on NPO Radio 4. Highlights of the 2018-19 season include the VQ's debut appearances in California, concerts at the Alwyn, Swaledale, and Music-Next-the-Sea Festivals, return visits to the Netherlands, a new chamber music residency at Wells Maltings, and the world premieres of four new quartets written for the Villiers by British composers Anthony Payne, Elizabeth Kelly, Martyn Harry, and Alexander Goehr. They have released acclaimed recordings of chamber music by Elgar, Delius, Peter Racine Fricker, and David Matthews. Their next disc for Naxos Records of music by the English romantic composer William Sterndale Bennett will be released in October 2018.

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Contact

Andrew Logan | Director
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Videos

Discography
 William Sterndale Bennett (2018, Naxos)
- Sextet in F sharp minor (Leon Bosch, Jeremy Young)
- Chamber Trio (Jeremy Young​)
- String Quartet in G
"...these delightful scores could have no better advocates." - MusicWeb International
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Delius & Elgar (2017, Naxos) ​
- Delius String Quartet
- Elgar String Quartet
"A first class performance" - Luister (Netherlands)
Reviews
William Sterndale Bennett
- "The Villiers play with admirable warmth..." (Gramophone)
- "Cellist Nick Stringfellow applies some lovely legato con portamento in the first movement..." (Gramophone)
- "These ambitious chamber works ... get sympathetic, well-considered treatment here from the Villiers Quartet..." (AllMusic)

Delius & Elgar
- "...moments of supreme radiance..." (Europadisc)
- "...playing of exquisite beauty..." (Yorkshire Post)
- "...exquisitely balanced chamber music..." (Rondo Magazine (Germany))
- "...beautiful, homogenous sound..."(Record of the Week in BR Klassik (Germany))

Fricker
- "...superb throughout..." (The Observer)
- "...compelling, challenging and deeply satisfying British music..." (The Strad)

Lake District Summer Music Review
- "...a polished performance ... full of energy and melodic charm..." (The Westmorland Gazette)