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The Windermere String Quartet's 2008-2009 concert series continues this Sunday (Nov. 16) with a concert program that takes a string quartet lover's sojourn around Europe: first to France and the Basque region of Spain to hear rarely performed quartets by Pierre Vachon and Juan Crisostomo Arriaga; then to Vienna (with a detour through Prussia) to hear one of Mozart's well-loved "Prussian" Quartets.

The Windermere String Quartet was formed in the spring of 2005 to perform the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries on period instruments.

Violinists Rona Goldensher and Cristina Zacharias, violist Anthony Rapoport, and cellist Laura Jones are well-known to audiences as long-time performers with leading period instrument ensembles throughout Canada and the U.S., between them. They've performed with Tafelmusik, Toronto Consort, Aradia, Theatre of Early Music (Montreal) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), Aston Magna (New York), and many others.

Along with their experience in Baroque and Classical styles, the members of the Windermere String Quartet have a wide range of musical tastes and have also been acclaimed for their performances with such groups as Sinfonia Toronto and Talisker Players and Klezmer music with the ensemble HuTsaTsa.

The concert takes place Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Olave's Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. (just south of Bloor, between Runnymede Road and Jane Street). Tickets are $12 and $18. Visit www.windermerestringquartet.com