Chester Music

This work was commissioned by the Naxos Recording Company, and is the eighth in a series of ten quartets. It was first performed on 10th March 2006 by the Maggini Quartet, at St. Gregory's Centre, Can...

This work was commissioned by the Naxos Recording Company, and is the eighth in a series of ten quartets. It was first performed on 10th March 2006 by the Maggini Quartet, at St. Gregory's Centre, Can...

Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Kevin Volans (the compo...

String Quartet No. 10 Is A Delightful Piece Expertly Composed By Kevin Volans In Memory Of His Brother. Kevin Volans Is The Best Known South African Composer Active Today, With Well Over 50 Published...

This work was commissioned by the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition through the generosity of the Arts Council Norway. Date of the performance: 23rd September 2009.

Score for Scatter Roses Over My Tears, a meditation on Jalalu-d-din Rûmi by John Tavener for string quartet.

This the string quartet version, now available with score and parts, was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association with Gustavo Dudamel as Music Director.

Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) was an Italian composer, musicologist, and editor. He drew on his extensive research into Italian musical history when he wrote his first String Quartet, Rispetti...

Study score for Moeran String Quartet In A Minor.

Premiered by the Stratton Quartet at the Cambridge Theatre in June 1941. Parts available: SOS00881

Transcribed by Peter Warlock and edited by Andre Mangeot.

Commissioned by the BBC and premiered by the Dartington String Quartet. Parts available: SOS00998

Maconchy String Quartet No. 11 was commissioned by the City Music Society 1976. Duration 16 minutes. Study score edition. Separate parts are also available on sale.

This is - so far - the earliest composition by Davies to be available for performance, and mighty interesting it is. Written while he was still a young student, it provides a candid glimpse of the thi...

Commissioned by the Lyndsay Quartet in 2000 to celebrate the opening of an arts studio in Sheffield, with the premiere on 5th October 2001. Wood's 5th quartet pays respects to the Classical heritage o...

The second of the Quartets commissioned by the Naxos label was completed in January 2003. This work swings between nervous virtuosic energy to the serene calm of an extended Lento, with exotic harmoni...

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet, on the occasion of Rosalind Strover's 100th birthday. It was first performed by the Maggini Quartet on 5th November 2004, at S...

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet, on the occasion of Rosalind Strover's 100th birthday. It was first performed by the Maggini Quartet on 5th November 2004, at S...

Miniature score for the ninth Naxos Quartet by Peter Maxwell Davies.