February 2025

An illustrious, witty and virtuosic collective playing everything from beautiful folk ballads to Carolan, Vivaldi, hot-swing fiddle, tangos and rags… and a comic ditty or two!

Featuring mandolins, mandola, mandocello, mandobass, violin, violoncello, classical guitar and voices. ‘Wicked and wonderful’ BBC Radio 3 ‘Wit and sparkle from the eclectic, virtuosic quartet.’
BBC Radio 2 ‘A stunning acoustic tour de force, played by a quartet at the top of its game.’
Sing Out! Simon Mayor: mandolin, guitar, fiddle, voice ‘One of the world’s leading mandolinists’ (BBC Radio 3), as well as a fine fiddle player, guitarist, composer and wit, Simon’s many-faceted career two nights at Wembley Arena as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, his own series on BBC Radio 2, an album in the Classic FM Top Ten chart, causing mayhem at a Canadian humour festival, having a song featured on The Simpsons, and, most memorably, a trip through the square window on BBC TV’s iconic Play School! Florence Petit: mandocello and violoncello An innovative and exciting young violoncellist, and the recipient of a diverse host of awards, Florence has appeared many times on BBC Radio 3, and is in huge demand in the world of baroque music. She joins the Mandolinquents adding the mandocello to her armoury. Elias Sibley: guitar, mandolin, mandola, ukulele Given his consummate skill as a classical guitarist, it’s easy to overlook Elias’ other talents. He’s one of the finest finger-style ukulele players of his generation, and an authority on classic banjo (pre-bluegrass styles of ragtime and early jazz). Going back a few tears, Elias was a young musical prodigy feted for his fine mandolin playing Now, after a long absence he’s been tempted