LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Quartet Concrète
FREE ADMITTANCE
Retiring Collection
The Programme
Anna Brown – violin 1
Leon Human – violin 2
Dominic Stokes – viola
Joseph Barker – cello
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Please do not film or record any part of the proceedings
String Quartet No 14 in D minor
1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Scherzo. Allegro Molto – Trio
4. Presto – Prestissimo
The Artists
Quartet Concrète formed at the Guildhall School in 2021 and throughout their time together they have earned praise for their natural chemistry, well-blended sound and colourful atmospheres. They were winners of the 2023 St James’s Chamber Music Competition and have performed at venues across Europe, including the Barbican, St James’s Piccadilly, Holker Hall and Cité Musicalé Metz. In 2023, they were selected to be part of Chamber Studio’s Hans Keller Chamber Forum, receiving mentorship from John Myerscough, Alasdair Beatson and Richard Ireland in three residencies across the 2023/24 season. In summer 2024, they were a resident string quartet at the Lake District Music Summer Festival where they gave numerous recitals as well as performing alongside Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch and the Alkyona Quartet. Whilst there, they also received coaching and masterclasses from the Brodsky and Heath Quartets. Quartet Concrète are also keen educators themselves and have worked at both GYA King’s Cross and on the GSMD Summer Courses.
Quartet Concrète collaborate across genres, including theatre and ballet. With Ballet Nights, they showcase the String Quartet repertoire alongside classical and contemporary ballet around the UK. They have also worked with the NEST, and most recently collaborated on ‘Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven’, a play by Tama Matheson at Opera Holland Park 2025, working alongside Jayson Gillham as music director, receiving much critical acclaim: “Quartet Concrète delivered exquisite interpretations of Beethoven’s chamber works” – London Theatre Reviews.
Amongst other music collaborations the quartet perform recitals internationally, as well as across London and the UK, bringing their programmes to a wide range of audiences. Quartet Concrète also love to perform works, not traditionally written for string quartet, arranged by their violist, Dominic Stokes. Recent arrangements include Bach’s ‘Komm, süßer Tod’ and Paul Mealor’s ‘Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal’.
