Concerts
Concert Diary
2018
Saturday 1st Sept., 7:30pm
Binham Priory, Norfolk
Glazunov Reverie Orientale
Sholdice New Work for basset clarinet and string quartet
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K581
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Saturday 5th May, 7:30pm
St Helen's Church, York
Glazunov Reverie Orientale
Sholdice New Work for basset clarinet and string quartet
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K581
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Saturday 10th February, 7:30pm
Edenbridge Parish Church
Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 'American'
Woodworks Nordic Folk
Mozart String Quartet No. 15
2017
Thursday 2nd Nov., 1:05pm
St Olave's Church
Saturday 7th October, 7:30pm
Milton Rooms, Malton
Finzi Five Bagatelles
Dvorak String Quartet No. 12
Mozart Allegro K.516c
Brahms Clarinet Quintet
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Thursday 20th July, 7:30pm
Hermitage Hall
29th August - 3rd September
Borders Tour: Coldingham, Stichill, Caddonfoot, Kirkhope, Allanton
Monday 27th March, 1:05pm
St Martin-within-Ludgate
Elgar String Quartet in E minor
Sunday 22nd January, 6:30pm
Evensong at St. Mary's Hendon
2016
Thursday 17th Nov., 1:05pm
St Olave's Church, Hart Street
Haydn String Quartet in D, op. 76 no. 5
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
Monday 17th October, 1:05pm
St Martin-within-Ludgate
Schubert - String Trio in B-flat, D 471
Rob Busiakiewicz - Three's A Crowd
Beethoven - String Trio No. 5 in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Friday 7th October, 7:30pm
The Milton Rooms, Malton
Crussel, Krommer & Mozart Clarinet Quartets
Busiakiewicz Three's A Crowd
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Thursday 6th October, 7:30am
Royal Festival Hall Terrace
Providing live music for Radio 3 sound frontiers classical yoga session.
Thursday 7th July, 6:30pm
Knights' Chamber, Peterborough Cathedral
Crussel & Mozart Clarinet Quartets
Busiakiewicz Three's A Crowd
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Sunday 3rd July, 7.30pm
Lodsworth Church, Sussex
Sunday 26th June, 7:30pm
Swavesey Festival, Cambridgeshire
Crussel, Krommer & Mozart Clarinet Quartets
Busiakiewicz Three's A Crowd
with Jonathan Sage, clarinet
Saturday 25th June, 7:30pm
St Michael & All Angels, Hughenden
Brahms Clarinet Quintet
with Rod Morris, violin and Greg Laing, clarinet
Tuesday 17th May, 1:05pm
Wesley's Chapel
49 City Road, London EC1Y 1AU
Brahms Clarinet Quintet
with Rod Morris, violin and Greg Laing, clarinet
FREE
Sunday 8th May, 7:30pm
Trinity United Reformed Church, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1BJ - part of the Wycombe Arts Festival
Howells Fantasy
Busiakiewicz Three's a Crowd (premiere)
Britten Three Divertimenti & 'Alla Marcia'
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet in Eflat
Tickets available on 01628 483597.
Thursday 7th April, 1:05pm
St Olav Hart Street, EC3R 7NB
Haydn Quartet in G major, Op. 64, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet
FREE
Tuesday 5th April, 1:00pm
Heath Street Baptist Church
84 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 1DN
Haydn Quartet in G major, Op. 64, No. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet
FREE
Monday 8th February, 1:05pm
40 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DE
Schubert Quartettsatz
Haydn Quartet in G major, Op. 64, No. 4
Britten Three Divertimenti and Alla Marcia
FREE
2015
Saturday 17th October, 2015, 7:45pm
St Dunstan’s RC Church, Shaftesbury Road, Woking, GU22 7DT
Keats Quartet joins Epworth Choir in concert.
English madrigals
Hayden 'Lark' Quartet
Mozart Missa Brevis in C (Spatzenmesse / Sparrow Mass
Sunday 2nd August, 7:00pm
Redpath Village Hall, Scottish Borders
Tickets: £10 (including buffet and glass of wine), 01896 849042
Part of the Borders Live Touring Scheme
Friday 31st July, 7:30pm
Kirkhope Parish Hall, Scottish Borders
Tickets: £8, 01750 52257
Part of the Borders Live Touring Scheme
Thursday 30th July, 7:30pm
Cockburnspath Village Hall
Tickets: £10 (U12 £7.50), 01368 830482/ www.borderevents.com
Part of the Borders Live Touring Scheme
Wednesday 29th July, 7:30pm
Stichill Village Hall, Scottish Borders
Tickets: £8/£4, 01573 470707
Part of the Borders Live Touring Scheme
Tuesday 28th April, 1:05pm
Wesley's Chapel, London, EC1Y 1AU
Mendelssohn Octet
Keats Quartet and friends
Sunday 15th March, 4pm
St George's Bloomsbury
Mendelssohn Octet
Keats Quartet and friends
Tuesday 17th February, 7:30pm
Ashkirk Village Hall, Scottish Borders
'I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm'
Part of the Borders Live Touring Scheme
Monday 19th January, 1:10pm
Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Rd, London, SE3 9RQ
with Rachel Spencer, violin
2014
Thursday 20th Nov., 6:30pm
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hughenden, High Wycombe HP14 4LA
Holst Brook Green Suite
Mozart Oboe in F major
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
with Rachel Spencer, violin
Sunday 12th October, 3pm
Keats Quartet perform at Keats House
Featuring the premiere of 'When I Have Fears' by Lewis Wolstanholme, based on the similarly named sonnet by John Keats.
Monday 22nd September, 1pm
St Martin-within-Ludgate, Ludgate Hill
Programme to include Janáček's String Quartet No. 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata'
August 26th-30th
Scottish Borders Tour:
27th - Heriot, MacFie Hall
28th - Caddonfoot Hall
29th - Longformacus
30th - Cocksburnpath
Saturday 19th July, 7:30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Westcliff, SS0 8LL
Concert with Southend Festival Chorus
Copland, Tippett, Barber
www.southendfestivalchorus.org.uk
Monday 30th June, 7:30pm
Vernon Ellis Foundation, 49 Queen's gate Terrace, London, SW7 5PN
Accompanying the London Youth Choir Choral Scholars. http://londonyouthchoir.com/news/
Wednesday 5th June, 2014, 8pm
All Saints Church Edmonton, Church Street, London, N9
Keats Trio Collaboration with pianist Anna Tilbrook, 'Manic Expressions', part of the Lamb Festival
www.allsaintsedmonton.org.uk/lamb-festival.html
Monday 31st March, 2014, 1pm
St Martin-within-Ludgate, Ludgate Hill
Dvorak: String Quartet in F Major, 'American'
Bernstein: 'Maria' from West Side Story
Cole Porter: 'Anything Goes'; 'Let's Do It'; 'Every Time We Say Goodbye'
*with Christiane Eidsten Dahl on 1st violin
Tuesday 4th March, 2014, 1pm
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Boccherini: Trio No.1
Beethoven: Grand Trio
Friday 30th August, 2013, 8pm
Coldingham Village Hall (Borders Tour)
Thursday 29th August, 7:30pm
Cockburnspath (Borders Tour)
Wednesday 28th August, 7.30
Longformacus (Borders Tour)
Tuesday 27th August, 2013, 2
Museum of Edinburgh, Foyer
Monday 26th August, 7.30pm
Stichill Church (Borders Tour)
Wednesday 17th July, 2013
Peterborough Cathedral
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet in C minor
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden'
Sunday 7th July, 2013, 6:30pm
The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet in C minor
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden'
Thursday 27 - Friday 28 June
The Keats Quartet will participate in a chamber music course with Michael Bochmann, culminating in a performance at the Birmingham Medical Institute. Vaughan Williams: String Quartet in C minor
Bridge: 3 Novelletten
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden'
Sunday 2nd June, 2013, 3pm
20th Century Theatre, 291 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2QA
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet in C minor
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden'
Sunday 2nd May, 2013, 7:30pm
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London The Keats perform as a trio for Session 4 of MusicUpClose at Conway Hall
Wednesday 17 May, 2013, 7:30
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (on baroque instruments) with Lyn Alcantara, Wolfson College Choir, and soloists from the BBC Singers
February 28th - March 2nd, 7:30
Rosemary Branch Theatre 2 Shepperton Road, London, N1 3DT
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (on baroque instruments) with Black Robin Opera
Sunday 18 November, 2012, 5:45pm
Foyer, Kings's Place 90 York Way, London, Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, 'Razumovsky'
Puccini: Crisantemi
Thursday 15 November, 2012, 1.10pm
St Alfege's Church, Greenwich
Monday 22 - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
The Keats Quartet will participate in a chamber music course with Michael Bochmann, culminating in a performance at the Unicorn Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sunday 5 August, 2012, 8pm
Trinity College, Cambridge
Concert for the Real Tennis Association
Saturday 14 July, 2012, 7.30pm
St John's Church, Glastonbury
Saturday 14 July, 2012, 3-5pm
Outdoor performance at Glastonbury Abbey
Programme to include Borodin's String Quartet no.2, Haydn's 'Lark' Quartet, Corelli's Concerto grosso op.6 no.8, Shostakovich's String Quartet no.8
Thursday 12 July, 2012, 7.30pm
Wells Cathedral (Quire)
Early Music Wells: Purcell's Dido & Aeneas (on period instruments) with the Early Music Wells Consort, Mattthew Owens (director), Lesley Jane Rogers (Belinda), Ali Darragh (Dido), Dominic Bowe (Aeneas)
Sunday 3 June, 2012, 6pm
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
Schubert, Mass in G, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Monday 30 April, 2012, 1pm
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Theatre Studio
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, K414 (with James Fraser-Andrews)
Sunday 4 March, 2012, 9pm
Trinity Hall Master's Lodge, Cambridge
Borodin: Quartet no.2 in D
Shostakovitch: Quartet no.8
Sunday 26 February, 2012, 5.30
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
Borodin: Quartet no.2 in D- followed by -Purcell: My Beloved spake in Evensong with Clare College Choir
Saturday 18 February, 2012, 11
Coffee Break Concert, St Peter's Church, Nottingham
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, K414 (with James Fraser-Andrews)
Borodin: Quartet no.2 in D
Saturday 11 February, 2012, 1.15pm
Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Haydn: Quartet in D, op.64 no.5, 'Lark'
Borodin: Quartet no.2 in D
Choral Societies
The Keats Quartet offers an exciting opportunity to choirs and choruses wishing to hire a small ensemble, adding immeasurably to the concert experience without the logistical challenge and expense of a full orchestra.
This solution is perfect, for example, for masses by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, as well as cantatas by Bach and Vivaldi, and baroque operas such as Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
The quartet's members are accomplished period-instrument specialists alongside their modern instrument playing, affording the choir the choice of either modern or baroque instruments, and an exciting historically-informed approach. The quartet members collectively have extensive choral experience (King's College, London; St Mary's, Nottingham; Old Royal Naval College Choir, Greenwich), thus proffering heightened intuition and a knowledgeable approach to accompanying singers.
We are happy to collaborate with your own harpsichordist or organist, or to provide a continuo player and additional musicians (e.g. woodwind) as required.
The Keats Quartet, on baroque instruments, worked with the Early Music Wells Consort in a musically sensitive and professional manner, and the concert was very well received.
Matthew Owens Organist and Master of the Choristers at Wells Cathedral
Your ensemble and stylish playing really held the evening together.
Lyn Alcantara, Director of Music, Wolfson College, Cambridge