The Aeolian Quartet from 1944 to 1981 (disbanded)[1][2] A number of other personnel took inner parts for brief periods e.g. Robert Cooper (2nd violin in February 1962).
[9] Humphreys, a Canadian violinist, studied in Vancouver and Toronto and in Europe trained with Frederick Grinke and George Enescu.
He was eminent both as a concertmaster and as a chamber player, notably in the St Cecilia Trio (1954–1965) and as first violin in the Purcell String Quartet (1979–1987).
[10] Emanuel Hurwitz (leader) won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in a contest adjudicated by Bronisław Huberman.
In 1937 he was a member of the Scottish National Orchestra under George Szell, and in 1938 joined the London Philharmonic under Thomas Beecham.
After the war he formed the Hurwitz string quartet, and led the small orchestra in the Glyndebourne premiere of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia.
He was guest leader for two seasons of the New Philharmonia Orchestra working with Carlo Maria Giulini and Otto Klemperer.
Returning to England he won the Queen's Prize and the Moulton-Meyer Award and soon afterwards made his debut in London recital.
By 1973 they had completed 33 concerts in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including a performance of Haydn quartets at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
They held an international summer school in northern Italy, and established a similar course for chamber music players at the 1976 York Festival.
[11]: 5 During the early 1970s they maintained a busy schedule in the UK, including appearances at universities for concerts or master classes.
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