The Duke Quartet

The Duke Quartet

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The Duke Quartet is a contemporary string quartet based in Europe. Its members are Louisa Fuller (violin), Rick Koster (violin), John Metcalfe (viola), and Sophie Harris (cello).This quartet specialises in contemporary music, and its repertoire is similar to that of the Kronos Quartet. The Duke Quartet has a strong relationship with some modern composers such as Kevin Volans and Joby Talbot.They are also widely known in the popular music field, and appeared on Morrissey's Viva Hate album, and have also worked with The Pretenders, Blur, Catatonia, Simple Minds, The Cranberries, Pete Doherty and The Corrs.They played with The Bootleg Beatles during 1993 and 1994

Members

	Sophie Harris vc GB
	John Metcalfe vl GB
	Louisa Fuller vn GB
	Rick Koster vn, str GB
	Ivan McCready vc

Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Different Trains, Piano Phase / String Quartet No. 2	Steve Reich / Marc Mellits - The Duke Quartet	2006	Album
The English Song Series • 4	Adrian Thompson, Christopher Maltman, The Duke Quartet, John Constable, Peter Warlock	2003	Album
Hunting: Gathering	The Duke Quartet, Kevin Volans	2002	Album
The English Song Series • 2	Sir Arthur Somervell, Patricia Rozario, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson, The Duke Quartet	2002	Album
Frame	Simon Haram - The Duke Quartet - Michael Nyman, Graham Fitkin, Philip Glass & Ryuichi Sakamoto	2001	Album
The English Song Series Vol.5	Roger Quilter, Lisa Milne, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Duke Quartet, Graham Johnson	1998	Album
Baltic Elegy: String Quartets By Vasks, Tüür & Pärt	The Duke Quartet - Pēteris Vasks, Erkki-Sven Tüür & Arvo Pärt	1996	Album
The English Song Series Volume 1	Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson, The Duke Quartet, Ralph Vaughan Williams	1996	Album
The Celestial Country, Pslam Settings, Easter Carol, Crossing The Bar	Charles Ives	1996	Album
The Ramanujan Notebooks / Dancers On A Plane / 'Movement' For String Quartet	Kevin Volans - The Duke Quartet	1995	Album
Ikon Of Light • Two Hymns To The Mother Of God • Today The Virgin • The Tiger • The Lamb • Eonia	John Tavener, The Sixteen, The Duke Quartet, Harry Christophers	1994	Album
Barber, Dvořák, Glass	The Duke Quartet	1993	Album
246	The Duke Quartet	1989	Album

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