The Saint John String Quartet‘s active concertizing schedule of over 125 concerts a year has taken them throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Their second CD won the ECMA “Best Classical Album of the year” award. The group can be often heard on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio waves, the Internet and on four award-winning albums. In 1995 the Saint John String Quartet presented the first chamber music concert on the world wide web. The Quartet has played for the Prime Minister of Canada, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth the Second and at the prestigious festivals such as the Tochigi Music Festival in Japan, the Arcady festival in the USA and the Forbidden City Festival in Beijing China.

Tracks/Works

Johannes Brahms – Quintet in b minor, Op. 115 (1891)
1 Allegro (13:05)
2 Addagio (10:54)
3 Andantino. Presto non assai, ma con sentimento (4:43)
4 Con moto (9:10)

Jacques Hétu – String Quartet No. 2 Op. 50 (1991)
5 Adagio (5:55)
6 Vivace-adagio-vivace (4:29)
7 Andante (5:56)

Flor Alpaerts – String Quartet in E flat Major No. 4 (1950)
8 Allegro, non vivo (6:40)
9 Adagio, con molto expressivo (6:04)
10 Scherzando (5:32)
11 Allegro moderato (5:30)