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York Early Music Christmas Online Festival

Butter Quartet Online

Well Met By Moonlight

Anna Jane Lester, Chloe Prendergast (violins) Isabel Franenberg (viola) Evan Buttar (cello)
Butter Quartet Online
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.

Available to watch on demand from Friday 15 December 2.00pm – Wednesday 31 January.

  • festival York Early Music Christmas Online Festival
  • date Fri, 15 December 2023Wed, 31 January 2024
  • location ncem.co.uk
  • time 2:00pm
  • ticket £10 (Box Set of 10 concerts £50)

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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.

Available to watch on demand from Friday 15 December 2.00pm – Wednesday 31 January.

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