

26 May: Divertimento
Divertimento- A String Quartet highly acclaimed for their performances, their informal approach and their enlightening introductions.
They have a large following for their regular concerts with at least three different programmes each year.
Playing a broad repertoire range from Haydn and Mozart to Walton and Shostakovich. The Quartet also gives concerts with a mixture of styles from classical to light classics.
‘Quite simply it was great’; ‘Deeply moving’; ‘Something strange happened, & it was as though the quartet was playing as one’; ‘The ensemble was superb’; ‘One of the many reasons for attending DSQ concerts is the careful & interesting choice of programming. For pieces both familiar and unfamiliar, the players introduce the music so that the listening is enhanced by entertaining explanations’; ‘ If you feel intimidated by chamber music DSQ is the ideal group to hear. They will hook you in gently, with utmost charm, & open up a whole new world of delight’.
Listen to them here: https://youtu.be/lAjcgKtMQ5s
And here: https://youtu.be/rYI1VGERXv0