Elios Ensemble

Boccherini – Quintet in C for flute and strings
Max Reger – Serenade for flute, violin and viola in G, Op.141a
Turina – The Bullfighter’s Prayer
Mozart – Quartet for flute and strings in D, K 285
Copland – Two Threnodies
Ginastera – Impressiones de la Puna for flute and string quartet

Founded in 2007, the Elios String Quartet seeks to explore an extensive variety of well known and unusual repertoire and to extend their programming options by collaborating with guest musicians. They are joined for this concert by the flautist Karen Batten.

A delightful Quintet by Boccherini opens this varied programme.

A Serenade by the intense, dramatic German composer Reger follows, and the first half closes with Turina’s best-known work, the atmospheric Bullfighter’s Prayer.

A sparkling Mozart quartet opens the second half and is followed by Two Threnodies by Copland and a work by his pupil Ginastera, Impressiones de la Puna.