Arnold Bax – Oboe Quintet with Nick Daniel
Peter Warlock – The Curlew with Iain Burnside and Nick Daniel

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Brahms - Ophelia Lieder
Schumann - Sechs Gesänge, op. 107
Mendelssohn - Oder soll es Tod bedeuten?

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Schubert - Quartet no.10 in E flat major
Ligeti - Quartet no.1 'Metamorphoses Nocturnes'

We're returning to St James's Piccadilly as part of the Park Lane Group scheme, to perform two highly contrasting quartets. The Schubert, written when he was only 16, is full of melodic charm and lyricism whilst the Ligeti contains some of the most exciting and influential quartet writing of the 20th Century.

Schubert - Quartet no.10 in E flat Major
Adès - The Four Quarters
Beethoven - Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2

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Thomas Adès – The Four Quarters
Britten Quartet No. 3
Janacek Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer" in motion

The programme features two of our favourite works for quartet by Britten and Ades, linking in with Omnibus's ‘96 festival’. The Janacek which follows is full of themes of jealousy, love and deception. We play it standing and from memory in a performance which allows us to get closer to the drama of the work and show the interaction of the four distinct, and sometimes violently juxtaposed, voices of the quartet.

We are performing Mendelssohn Octet with the Brodsky Quartet at this special gala dinner for City Music Foundation who have helped us so much over the past few years.

Over to beautiful Saddleworth for an evening featuring Thomas Adès' latest quartet. We'll be giving an introduction to the piece: its subtle textures, innovative sound world, and extraordinary flights of fancy. Framing the Adès are two favourites from Haydn and Ravel. 

Haydn Op. 74 No. 1 in C major
Adès 'The Four Quarters' (with introduction and excerpts)
Ravel Quartet

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We're travelling to the beautiful Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold for some of our all-time favourites. Haydn at the top of his game, the inimitable Ravel quartet, and Brahms' extraordinary C minor masterwork. 

Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1 in C major
Ravel – Quartet in F major
Brahms – Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor

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A trip to Somerset promises Haydn's gleeful surprises and Ravel's impressionistic delights – perfect foils for Brahms' dark masterpiece. 

Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1 in C major
Ravel – Quartet in F major
Brahms – Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor

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A rare chance to hear Britten's breathtaking third quartet. As his last completed work, it features haunting church bells overheard from his bed in Venice, undulating duets, and some of his most extreme spectral colours, culminating in a heartbreaking finale. It's not all doom and gloom though, as Beethoven rescues us with a stunning vision of hope and a rousing rondo to finish the evening. 

Wolf: Italian Serenade
Britten: Quartet No.3
Beethoven: Quartet op. 59 No. 2

Wolf – Italian Serenade
Howard Skempton – "Catch"
Haydn – Op. 74, No. 1
Beethoven – Op. 59, No.2

Sextets and Octets aplenty. Over three days, we'll be touring Scotland with our buddies from the Aurea Quartet, giving performances of Korngold Sextet, Strauss Sextet, and Mendelssohn Octet in Dundee (Nov. 1st), Glasgow (Nov. 2nd), and Kelso (Nov. 3rd). We can't wait!

The music is all around you. We're playing Janacek's "Kreutzer Sonata" quartet whilst moving through the Conway Hall to bring you closer than ever to Tolstoy's tale of lust, jealousy, and murder. This is part of a larger "Music in Motion" programme at Conway Hall with the London Musical Arts Orchestra. 

The music is all around you. We're playing Janacek's "Kreutzer Sonata" quartet whilst moving through the Conway Hall to bring you closer than ever to Tolstoy's tale of lust, jealousy, and murder. This is part of a larger "Music in Motion" programme at Conway Hall with the London Musical Arts Orchestra. 

We are excited to take part in Howard Skempton's birthday concert at Kings Place, performing his Clarinet Quintet with Jack McNeill, 'Catch' for string quartet and a London premiere of 'Expectancy' for choir and string quartet.

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We're returning to the Barber Institute with clarinettist Jack McNeill for a Brahms' late masterwork, along with some lush Howells. 

Turnage, An Invention on Solitude
Finnissy, Liederkreis
LeFanu, Invisible Places
Skempton Clarinet Quintet
Skempton Duo for Clarinet and Cello
Skempton Duo for Clarinet and Violin

We're rejoining the brilliant soprano Raphaela Papadakis for a programme of rarely heard masterworks. Brahms' Ophelia Lieder and Mendelssohn's Oder soll es Tod bedeuten? have been recently reimagined by Aribert Reimann for quartet and voice, highlighting their haunting lyricism, while the Schumann edges towards its own madness.

Brahms, arr. Reimann – Ophelia Lieder
Schumann – Sechs Gesänge, Op. 107
Mendelssohn, arr Reimann – Oder soll es Tod bedeuten?

We're pleased to bits to join forces with clarinettist Jack McNeill as part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Music Festival for some Fantastic Howell's and Mozart's inimitable quintet. And we might just have time for a short number from everyone's favourite little mushroom.

Howells – Fantasy Quintet, Op. 31
Schubert – Quartettsatz, D. 703
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 518

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An evening of baroque delights as Christopher and Gemma play Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Bach's Concerto for Two Violins with the London Musical Arts Orchestra. 

Mozart – Divertimento in D
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Vivaldi – Four Seasons

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We are performing three staples of the quartet repertoire in the beautiful church of St Peter in Wallingford. 

Haydn - op. 64 no. 5 'The Lark'

Ravel - Quartet 

Beethoven - Quartet in E minor op. 59 no. 2

Classic favourites at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Anna, Gemma, and Christopher are featured playing concertos by Bach and Vivaldi. We're joined by Huw Clement-Evans on oboe and the fantastic players of the London Musical Arts Orchestra.

Vivaldi – ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ from Four Seasons
Vivaldi – Cello Concerto in C minor
Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D minor
Bach – Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor

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Join us for a hearty late-morning concert of two cherished cornerstones of the string quartet repertoire. Haydn and Beethoven are at the height of their powers for "Fifths" and Razumovsky 2. Also, we're delighted to be presenting a new work by young composer Ben Pease-Barton. 

Haydn - op. 76, no. 2, 'Fifths'
Ben Pease-Barton - 'Flytande'
Beethoven - op. 59, no. 2

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We're delighted to join clarinettist Matthew Scott for an afternoon treat. Haydn's soaring "Lark" quartet is followed by the Brahms' brooding late masterwork. 

Haydn - op. 64 no. 5 'The Lark'
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet, op. 115.

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We are delighted to return to Cheltenham Festival with the New English Ballet Theatre to perform Camargo Guarnieri's String Quartet as part of the ballet 'Vertex' by Daniella Cardim Fonteyne. 

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We're delighted to return to Wotton-under-Edge for a musical feast! Programme to feature sumptuous Korngold, whirling Wolf, and one of Beethoven's greatest. A tour de force and a grand old lark in the same evening! Great fun for all!

Haydn  Op 64 No. 5 "The Lark”
Korngold No. 2
Wolf Italian Serenade
Beethoven Op 59, No 2

Join us in the round as we come together with the wonderful Edinburgh Quartet for two rarely heard octets. The programme pairs Shostakovich's young (and ever so slightly bonkers!) octet with Svendsen's critically acclaimed romantic masterwork. Youthful exuberance and full-blooded romance – sounds like an evening well spent!

Alasdair Nicolson  Quartet No. 3 “Slanting Rain”
Shostakovich   Octet
Janáček  Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”
Svendsen   Octet in A, Op. 3

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We're pleased to bits to be heading to the St Magnus Festival in Orkney this June to give the world première of Philip Cashian's latest quartet. This concert also marks the first concert of our First Nights, Last Rites concert series, where we commission new works from some of our favourite composers to be paired with a late masterwork of the composer's choosing. In this case, Philip was very enthusiastic to write a piece to be paired with Schubert's "Death and the Maiden", his favourite quartet. This is a concert not to be missed!

Philip Cashian String Quartet No. 2  *World Première*
Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D.810 "Death and the Maiden"

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