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Elias String Quartet launches Beethoven cycle at Suntory Hall in Tokyo

Elias String Quartet
© Koji Iida | Suntory Hall
Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant
© Koji Iida | Suntory Hall
Simone van der Giessen and Marie Bitlloch
© Koji Iida | Suntory Hall
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“their playing flowed between the human and the celestial worlds”
Reviewed at Suntory Hall: Blue Rose (Small Hall), Tokyo on 3 June 2023
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 1 in F major, Op.18 no.1
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.18 no.3
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132
Elias String Quartet
Sara Bitlloch, Violin
Donald Grant, Violin
Simone van der Giessen, Viola
Marie Bitlloch, Cello
A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival
****1
A concert of masterworks from Ensemble 360 and guests
****1
Audacious and captivating Schubert
*****
Haydn, Mendelssohn, Britten... and passing seagulls
***11
Accomplished renditions of Haydn, Beethoven and Hindson from the Elias String Quartet in Sydney
****1
The Elias String Quartet begin their Beethoven cycle at Turner Sims
****1
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