Corina Belcea-Fisher - Violin Laura Samuel – Violin Krzysztof Chorzelski – Viola Antoine Lederlin – Cello Program (subject to change): Beethoven: String Quartet Op.18, No.6 Bartok: String Quartet No.3 Schubert: Death and Maiden The Belcea Quartet has gained an enviable reputation as one of the leading quartets of the new generation. They continue to take the British and international chamber music circuit by storm, consistently receiving critical acclaim for their performances. The Belcea Quartet has an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics and won the Gramophone Award for best debut recording in 2001. Subsequent recordings for EMI include Schubert quartets, Brahms’ String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1 and second String Quintet with Thomas Kakuska, Fauré’s La Bonne Chanson with Ian Bostridge, Schubert’s Trout Quintet with Thomas Adès and Corin Long, a double disc of Britten’s string quartets, Mozart’s “Dissonance” and “Hoffmeister” quartets, and most recently, the complete Bartók quartets.