Well Met by Moonlight

A programme based on the deceptions and hazy mistaken identities of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Mendelssohn Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Schubert String Quartet in G major, D887 (3rd movement)
Haydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 50 No. 5, ‘The Dream’
Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 13

The Butter Quartet formed after the members met at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. At the 2019 York International Young Artists’ Competition they were awarded a place on the prestigious EEEMERGING+ professional development scheme for young European ensembles.