Repertoire

Repertoire

The Archaeus quartet has a broad repertoire offering the quartets by HAYDN, MOZART and BEETHOVEN in addition to the composers listed below.

BARBER quartet op.11

Granville BANTOCK “In a Chinese Mirror”

BARTOK no.1 op.7
no.2 op.17
no.3 Sz.85

 Amy BEACH quartet (in one movement) op.89 (recorded on LORELT)

BEETHOVEN any
quintet in C Op.21

York BOWEN quartet no.2 op.41 in D minor
quartet no.3 op.46 in G
“Phantasy Quintet for Bass Clarinet op.93 -Timothy Lines, Bass Clarinet
(All these works are available on Naxos 8.571366)

BRAHMS quartet op.51 no.1 in C minor
clarinet quintet op.115 in B minor
piano quintet op.34 in F minor

BRITTEN “Rhapsody” for quartet (1929)
quartet no. 1 Op.25
quartet no.3, op.94

BRUCKNER “Adagio” quintet (viola)

CRAWFORD-SEEGER quartet (1931)
piano quintet (UK concert premiere:8/3/1992  ICA, London)

DEBUSSY quartet

DVORAK “Andante appassionata”
op.9 in F minor
op.34 in D minor
op.96 in F “The American”
op.106 in G
quintet op.97 (viola)
“Cypresses”

GERSHWIN “Lullaby”

HAYDN  any

JANACEK quartet no.2 “Intimate Pages”

JOSEPH quartet (world premiere:24/7/1994 Blackheath Concert Halls)

KEAL op.1 (recorded LORELT)

MARTINU no.3

McCABE no.2 (1972)
“Caravan” (1987-8)

MENDELSSOHN op.44 no.1 in D
op.44 no.2 in E minor

MOZART  any
Quintet K515 in C (viola)
Sinfonia Concertante for string sextet. arr.Erdelyi  (UK premiere 25/4/13 Poole Arts Centre)

PUCCINI “Crisantemi”

RAVEL quartet in F

RAWSTHORNE no.2
no.3

RODITI quartet (world premiere:3/10/1997 BMIC London)

SALZEDO no.1 op.1
no.2 op.3 (recorded DUTTON)
no.4 op.17
no.5 op.32/1
no.7 “Cuatro voces ladinas”(London premiere:23.10.1994 Blackheath Concert Halls. Recorded DUTTON)
no.8 op.130 (world premiere 26/6/1995,Wigmore Hall))
no.9, op.134 (world premiere:1/12/1996, Purcell Room)

SCHUBERT D112, op.168 in Bb
D703, op. posth. “Quartet-satz” in C minor
D804, op.29 in A minor
D810, op. posth. In d minor “Death and the Maiden”
D887, op.161 in G
Cello quintet op.163 in C

SCHWERTSIK “Wake”
“Baumgesang III”

 Cyril SCOTT no.1 (recorded DUTTON)
no.2 (recorded DUTTON)
no.3
no.4 (recorded DUTTON)

SHOSTAKOVICH no.1, op.49 in C
no.8 op.110 in C minor

SIMPSON no.10 “For Peace”(1983)

SKALKOTTAS “Five Greek Dances”

SMETANA no.1 in E minor “From my Life”

SMYTH quartet in E minor (recorded LORELT)
Cello quintet in E

SPAIN-DUNK “Fantasy Quartet” (recorded LORELT)

SZYMANOWSKI no.2 op.56

STRAVINSKY “Three Pieces” (1914)

TCHAIKOVSKY no.2 op.22 in F

Antonin TUCAPSKY quartet (world premiere; 1/12/1994, Blackheath Concert Halls)