Stamford Strings Christmas Concert - Cirrus String Quartet - 13 December
Stamford Strings is delighted to present The Cirrus String Quartet as the guest performers for our Christmas Concert 2026
Enjoy a festive evening of beautiful music and wonderful company in the atmospheric and historic surroundings of the Tudor Common Room at Brownes Hospital.
Sunday 13 December | 3pm | Brownes Hospital, Broad Street, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1PF
Programme:
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade
Borodin: Nocturne
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet no.1 in D
George Gershwin : Two pieces, I got rhythm and Lullaby
Frank Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverley
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Arr. Martelli: Medley of Christmas Carols
Seasonal refreshments including mulled wine and mince pies will be available to buy on the evening during the interval.
CIRRUS QUARTET
" Artists of real distinction ".....................................................Belfast Telegraph
" A spellbinding performance of style and elan "......................Musical Opinion
"A beautiful, lively performance, full of atmosphere"……........Roskilde, Denmark
**Please note tickets are non-refundable
The members of the Cirrus String Quartet are all leading solo and chamber music performers, and between them, have played with all of the top chamber orchestras in Great Britain. Amongst their recordings are music for strings and wind by Mozart, string quintets by Mozart and Schubert, Tchaikovsky’s sextet ‘Souvenir de Florence’ the two quartets of Leoš Janáček, and more recently, a CD of String Quartets by W. H. Reed and a CD which includes a recording of the Clarinet Quintet by Percy Hilder Miles. Cirrus has been recorded by BBC radio, appeared on ITV, and performed at the Wigmore Hall.
Martin Smith (Violin )
Martin Smith was a scholarship winner at the Royal Academy of Music. For some years he was a member of the Duke String Quartet, and he has also appeared with the Allegri and Bridge Quartets As an orchestral player Martin plays with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the English Chamber Orchestra and the London Mozart Players, of which he has been a member for many years. He also leads New London Sinfonia and Orchestra Nova, and has appeared as guest leader of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Martin is also active as a conductor. He has appeared with the London Mozart Players, and has led orchestral workshops for them and for ESTA. He has been conductor and artistic director of Enfield Chamber Orchestra since 2008, and of the Richmond Orchestra since 2016. Martin plays on a violin made by Domenico Busan in Venice c.1770
Suzanne Loze (Violin)
After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Suzanne joined the Bournemouth Sinfonietta in 1988 as co-principal second. Since then she has freelanced with many of the London orchestras including the RPO, Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, CLS, ENO and Britten Sinfonia of which she is a member. She has been leader of the Essex Chamber Orchestra since 2006 and was soloist in the Beethoven violin concerto in 2013. Suzanne’s violin is a very fine copy of a Gagliano by George Wulme Hudson, Walthamstow, c.1930. Her grandfather bought it from the maker.
Morgan Goff (Viola)
Morgan Goff works extensively as a session, chamber and solo violist alongside holding the post of Principal Viola in the London production of Les Miserables. He was the violist of the Kreutzer Quartet for ten years. He has performed and recorded extensively with numerous chamber ensembles in London, including the Locrian Ensemble, the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, the Fiorini Trio, the English Piano Trio, Aurora Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Morgan has recorded for many Hollywood films and video games He has a large discography of English works for viola and piano with Raphael Terroni. Morgan’s viola was made by Daniel Parker, London, 1715.
David Burrowes (Cello)
Born in Dublin, David Burrowes sang as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. Later, he was a choral scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read music. He has played as guest principal cello with the London Mozart Players and City of London Sinfonia, as well as performing extensively with the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. He held the post of Principal Cello in the London production of Phantom of the Opera from 1998- 2020, and is currently Principal Cello for English Classical Players and Southern Pro Musica.
David has performed in chamber concerts at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room with Cirrus and Primavera, and has appeared on a considerable number of chamber CDs with both groups. David holds a number of teaching posts in London, Guildford and Chelmsford. He plays on a cello made by Thomas Kennedy in London in 1801.
David is local to Stamford, having lived in Elton since 2020.