The “London” Joachim Quartet 1859-1897
Before the Berlin Quartet was formed, Joachim played regularly on the London Popular Concerts from 1859 onwards. These were not pure Quartet concerts, but included other forms of chamber music and singers between the main works. His most constant collaborator was the cellist Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901). Ludwig Straus (1830-1897) was usually the violist. Second violinist was Louis/Ludwig Ries (1830-1913). Straus retired in 1893, Ries and Piatti retired in 1897. Thereafter the Berlin quartet traveled with Joachim to London. In their last decade they actually played more concerts in Britain than in Berlin.
The Beethoven-Haus Bonn Chamber Music Festivals
The chamber music festivals at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn began in May of 1890. The Joachim Quartet was a mainstay of these for the subsequent festivals in 1893, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905 and 1907.
Other places in Germany
Leipzig was the most frequent destination in the 1880s. In the 1890s they played on the venerable Frankfurt Museum Concert series four times.
Further Afield
…but not to America. (They were invited to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 but Joachim was too busy.)
2 January 1877: Dresden
31 October 1880: Göttingen
26 November 1881: Leipzig
21 November 1883 Leipzig
2 January 1884 Leipzig
19 December 1885 Leipzig
January 1887 Paris
September/October 1888 Copenhagen
21 and 23 January 1890 Vienna
14 May 1890 Bonn
23 November 1890 Frankfurt
January 1891 Bremen
15 November 1891 Frankfurt
20 November 1892 Frankfurt
15 January 1893 Neubrandenburg
10-13 May 1893 Bonn
17 January 1894 Strassburg
18 January 1894 Wiesbaden, Frankfurt
1 March 1894 Cambridge
17 June 1894 Basel
11 November 1894 Frankfurt
27 September 1895 Meiningen
30 October 1895 Dresden
March 1896 Cambridge
April 1896 London
December 1896 Leipzig
2 January 1897 Vienna
April 1897 Leeds, London
23-26 May 1897 Bonn
March 1898 London, Newcastle, Oxford
23 October 1898 Königsberg
December 1898 Vienna and Budapest
29 December 1898 Leipzig
March 1899 London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds
7 April 1899 Munich
7-9 May 1899 Bonn
7 October 1899 Meiningen
November 1899 Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich
29 December 1899 Leipzig
February 1900 Nantes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Rome, Florence
March 1900 Milan, Zurich
23 April 1900 Amsterdam
April-May 1901 London
7 May 1901 Cambridge
12-16 May 1901 Bonn
December 1901 Vienna
February 1902 Brussels, Liege
April 1902 Mannheim, Carlsruhe
April-May 1902 London
10 and 12 February 1903 Paris
April 1903 London
May 1903 Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh
May 1903 Bonn
8 December 1903 Vienna
March 1904 Brussels
March 1904 Paris
April-May 1904 London
April May 1904 Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle
December 1904 Vienna
February 1905 Rome
March 1905 Hannover
March 1905 Paris
May 1905 London, Cambridge
May 1905 Bonn
November 1905 London
March 1906 Munich, Stuttgart, Zurich
April-May 1906 London
April 1906 Newcastle, Manchester
May 1906 Oxford, Cambridge
May 1906 Cologne
November 1906 London
November 1906 Bristol
January 1907 Elbing, Königsberg
March 1907 Teplitz, Vienna
July 1907 London
