Name: Chamber Music at the Portico: The Talland Quartet
Start: 2026-04-02T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-02T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Portico Library

Chamber Music at the Portico: The Talland Quartet

Join the Talland Quartet for one of Beethoven's most revered quartets, which inspired T S Eliot to write The Four Quartets, under our dome.
About this Event

Dobrinka Tabakova - The Smile of the Flamboyant Wings

Ludvig van Beethoven - String Quartet No 15 in A Minor, Op 132

Join the Talland Quartet for one of Beethoven's most revered quartets, his turbulent exploration of morality which begins in in the shadows and is reborn into the light. Before this you will hear Tabakova's 2019 piece inspired by one of Joan Miró's paintings. Simplicity and repetition give a folk like quality to the music, the lilting energy matched with moments of grounded repose.

The Talland Quartet

The Talland Quartet formed during their time at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and are dedicated to sharing their passion for chamber music with others. Named after the serene yet wild Talland Bay in Cornwall, the quartet have won multiple prizes at the RNCM and are currently continuing their studies at the college on the Quartet Studio programme. They were the Young String Quartet in Residence at South Downs Summer Music Festival in 2025 and look forward to attending West Cork Music Festival in 2026 as Young Artists.

The Quartet enjoy a diverse range of projects, from supporting Anna Meredith at Manchester International Festival to delivering primary school workshops in the North of England. They are keen to support the creation of new music and are currently working on a commission with composer and drummer Eden Longson, which has been generously supported by the Nicholas Boas Trust.

They have performed at concert societies and festivals across the UK such as Manchester Middays and Lake District Music, and have enjoyed trips further afield for the Danish String Quartet Academy and Delft Chamber Music Atelier. Most recently, the Quartet joined Italy's esteemed Le Dimore del Quartetto network. They have been fortunate to study with esteemed musicians such as Donald Grant, Pavel Fischer, Sini Simonen, Richard Ireland, Cecily Ward, Tim Frederiksen and John Myerscough.