fi Sorrel Quartet HAYDN String Quartet Op. 64, No.5 - 'The Lark' bas Belfast Music Society BARBER String Quartet Op.11 DVORAK String Quartet No12 in F- 'The American' Saturday 4th October 2003 7.30pm, Harty Room, QUB Tickets £10.00 Senior Citizen £8.00 Student / Unwaged £2.50 Booking Office Elmwood Hall, QUB Tel 028 9066 8798 Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm Details correct at time of going to press.

Sorrel Quartet Formed in 1987, the Sorrel Quartet is now recognised as one of the finest British quartets of today. The group is well known for the spontaneity, fiery commitment and powerful atmosphere it brings to its performances as reviewed by critics nationwide: the "Sorrel Quartet...played with rare intensity and complete technical mastery." (the Daily Telegraph, January 2000) The quartet has recorded nine discs for the Chandos label: three volumes of the complete cycle of Shostakovich quartets, works with which they have built up a strong association and empathy; all the major works of Britten and Carwithen; and CDs of Elgar, Mendelssohn and Schubert. A busy concert and broadcasting schedule has taken the Quartet to all the major venues and festivals in Britain, including recent live recitals for BBC Radio 3 from Cheltenham, Belfast, Bristol and Swansea. Abroad, the Quartet has toured throughout Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Many composers have written works for the Quartet, including Elena Firsova, Geoffrey Palmer, John Pickard and Simon Rowland-Jones. Premieres have also included works by John Tavener, Diana Burrell and Gerard McBurney. bas Belfast Music Society visit our website at www.belfastmusicsociety.org ARTS COUNCIL of Northern Ireland Making Music THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOC