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 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. They added southern German cities last.
Further Afield
Starting in 1890, Vienna became an almost yearly destination. Trips to Italy, Switzerland, and Paris were added on to their schedule…but not to America. (They were invited to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 but Joachim was too busy.)
List of all known concerts outside of Berlin
24 November 1871: Hamburg
15 December 1871: Hamburg
2 January 1877: Dresden
31 October 1880: Göttingen
26 November 1881: Leipzig
21 November 1883: Leipzig
2 January 1884: Leipzig
19 December 1885: Leipzig
PARIS 1887
September/October 1888: Copenhagen
21 and 23 January 1890: Vienna
VIENNA 1890
11, 12, 14 May 1890 Bonn
BONN 1890
23 November 1890 Frankfurt
January 1891 Bremen
15 November 1891 Frankfurt
5, 7, 9 December 1891: Vienna
December 1891: Budapest
20 November 1892 Frankfurt
15 January 1893 Neubrandenburg
9, 10, 13 May 1893: Bonn (Beethoven-Haus Fest)
21 and 22 November 1893: Brussels
January 1894: Wiesbaden
17 January 1894: Strassburg
18 January 1894: Frankfurt
1 March 1894 Cambridge
17 June 1894: Basel (Beethoven festival)
11 November 1894: Frankfurt
27 September 1895: Meiningen
25 October 1895: Zurich (Tonhalle opening festival)
30 October 1895 Dresden
January 1896: Vienna
March 1896 Cambridge
April 1896 London
December 1896 Leipzig
December 1897: Vienna (4 concerts)
7 April 1897 Leeds
3, 5, 10, 12 April: London
23, 25, 26 May 1897: Bonn (Beethoven-Haus Fest)
15 March 1898: Oxford
14, 19, 21, 26, 28 March 1898: London
29 March 1898: Newcastle
2, 4 April 1898: London
23 October 1898 Königsberg
29 October 1898: Leipzig
5, 7, 12 December 1898: Vienna and Budapest
29 December 1898: Leipzig
28 January 1899: Leipzig
21 March 1899 Newcastle
22 March 1899: Leeds
23 March 1899: Glasgow
25 March 1899: London
7 April 1899 Munich
8 April 1899: Monaco
7, 8, 9, 10 May 1899 Bonn (Beethoven-Haus Fest)
7-8 October 1899: Meiningen (Brahms Fest)
12 November 1899: Cologne
November 1899: Düsseldorf
14 November 1899: Frankfurt
16 November 1899: Stuttgart
17 November 1899: Munich
November 1899: Mannheim
November 1899: Freiburg i. Bresgau
December 1899: Vienna
29 December 1899 Leipzig
February 1900 Nantes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Rome, Florence
6 March 1900: Milan
8 March 1900: Zurich
23 April 1900 Amsterdam
3 June 1900: Nuremberg (Baverian Musikfest)
6 June 1900: Stuttgart (Swabian Fest)
8 June 1900: Zwickau (Schumann Denkmal)
December 1900: Vienna (3 concerts)
April-May 1901 London
7 May 1901 Cambridge
12-16 May 1901: Bonn (Beethoven-Haus Fest)
5, 6, 7, 9 December 1901: Vienna
February 1902: Brussels, Liege
12 April 1902 Mannheim (Concert hall dedication), Carlsruhe
April-May 1902 London
10 and 12 February 1903 Paris
April and May 1903 London
May 1903 Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh
17-21 May 1903 Bonn (Beethoven-Haus Fest) (Beethoven cycle)
7, 8, 10, 12 December 1903: Vienna
March 1904 Brussels (Beethoven cycle)
17, 19, 20 March 1904 Paris
April-May 1904 London
April-May 1904 Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle
December 1904 Munich
5, 7, 12 December 1904 Vienna
March 1905 Rome (Beethoven cycle)
March 1905 Hanover
13-16, 18 March 1905 Paris (Beethoven cycle)
May 1905 London (6 concerts), Cambridge
28-31 May 1905 Bonn (Beethoven-Haus)
20-24 November 1905 London (Beethoven cycle)
5, 7, 9 December 1905: Vienna
12 December 1905: Prague
March 1906 Munich, Stuttgart, Zurich, Basel
April-May 1906 London
April 1906 Newcastle, Manchester
May 1906 Oxford, Cambridge
20 May 1906 Cologne (concert hall dedication)
22 May 1906 Bonn (Schumann Fest)
November 1906 London (all the Brahms chamber music)
22 November 1906 Bristol
January 1907 Elbing, Königsberg
March 1907 Teplitz
5, 7, 8, 9 March 1907: Vienna (Beethoven cycle)
5-8 May 1907: Bonn (Beethoven Haus fest)
13 May 1907: Munich
July 1907 London (Halir, Klingler, Wirth, Hausmann)
