Piatti Quartet
Two lyrical works by Mendelssohn and Moeran, written when both were just 29, frame Richard Blackford’s new piece, premiered by the Piatti Quartet last year to mark his 70th birthday
Moeran Quartet No.2 in E flat Major
Blackford Spirit of Delight
Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat Major Op.44 No.3
Michael Trainor violin
Emily Holland violin
Miguel Sobrinho viola
Jessie Ann Richardson cello
Resident Quartet at Kings Place, London, the distinguished Piatti Quartet are widely renowned for their ‘profound music making’ (The Strad) and their ‘lyrical warmth’ (BBC Music Magazine). Since their prizewinning performances at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, they have performed all over the world and made international broadcasts from many countries.
The Piattis are famed for their diverse programming and for passionate interpretations across the spectrum of quartet writing, and have commissioned and recorded some of the most major and impressive works added to the quartet canon in recent years.
