Quatuor Van Kuijk captures enigmatic Ligeti in Liverpool

By Leighton Jones, 13 January 2019

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Reviewed at St George's Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool on 13 January 2019

Haydn, String Quartet no. 64 in D major, Op.76 no. 5, Hob III:79

Ligeti, String Quartet no. 1 "Metamorphoses nocturnes"

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810

Poulenc, Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia (arr Masson)

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Structure over sentiment for the Quatuor Van Kuijk in Lugano

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st June

The Van Kuijks communicated with great directness the obsessive nature of Bartók’s music in his Fourth Quartet.

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Collaboration in action at Cadogan Hall

Nick Boston, 24th July

An exploration of expression within controlled structure from Van Wauwe and the Quatuor Van Kuijk, in passionate Webern, tense Durupt and spirited Mozart.

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Winning French programme from Quatuor Van Kuijk

Hedy Mühleck, 4th November

Since its formation four years ago, the young ensemble Quatuor Van Kuijk has been bagging numerous competition prizes and accumulating international acclaim.

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Les quatuors Van Kuijk et Magenta en fusion aux Bouffes du Nord

Tristan Labouret, 10th February

Réunis par La Belle Saison, les deux ensembles se sont parfaitement harmonisés dans un beau Quatuor de Bacewicz et un formidable Octuor de Mendelssohn... au risque de lisser les aspérités de La Nuit transfigurée.

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L'élégance de Mendelssohn par le Quatuor Van Kuijk aux Bouffes du Nord

Clara Leonardi, 26th May

Ce devait être la clôture d’une année consacrée à l’intégrale des quatuors de Mendelssohn : le concert des Van Kuijk est en fait l’un des premiers d'une série qui commence bien.

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Emotion und Wagemut: Das Quatuor Van Kuijk in Lugano

Rolf Kyburz, 22nd April

Das Quatuor Van Kuijk bot in Lugano ein anspruchsvolles Programm mi Debussy, Weberns Fünf Sätzen und Mendelssohn.

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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.