Mivos Quartet tackles all-British program at Phillips Collection

The Mivos Quartet, formed in 2008 at the Manhattan School of Music, has put admirable focus and resources into expanding the string quartet repertoire, conducting workshops and competitions for new composers. Its all-British program Sunday at the Phillips Collection seemed a bit musty then; the most recent piece, Thomas Adès's "Arcadiana," was written 20 years ago, and it was followed by an arrangement of a choral work by the Renaissance composer William Byrd and Benjamin Britten's Quartet No. ...