Upcoming events

Hear Michael and Jessie in a range of concerts covering the Piano Quartet repertoire with pianist extraordinaire, Simon Callaghan! Works to include compositions by Brahms, Bridge, Mozart, and William Busch.
5th February, Watford
11th February, Horsham
12th February, Norwich
25th February, Clonter
26th February, Conway Hall, London
Please get in touch for more details.

We’ll be releasing Mark-Anthony Turnage’s 2nd Quartet, ‘Contusion’ with the NMC label. The work is based on Sylvia Plath’s last poem before her suicide. We were awarded the best performance prize for this work at the Wigmore Hall International SQ Competition and Turnage subsequently revised the piece and dedicated it to us.
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op.12
Shostakovich: Quartet No.10, Op.118
Purcell: Chacony
Smetana: Quartet in E minor, ‘From My Life’
Works to include:
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Debussy: Piano Trio
Mahler: Piano Quartet
Pianist: Melvyn Tan
Smetana: Quartet in E minor ‘From My Life’
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Aberystweth
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat, Op.12
Past events

A long anticipated release of rarely heard and special quartet works by RVW, Moeran and Ireland, along with the premiere recording of Ina Boyle’s Quartet in E minor (1934). These are all composers that have links and interconnected and it is a recording packed full of memorable folk tales and tunes from the far corners of Ireland and Wales.
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80
Smetana: Quartet in E minor, ‘From my Life’
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
A tour of the Netherlands including our debut at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. It will include a new Piatti Quartet commission from the composer Emily Howard
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
Charlotte Harding: Iorsa (2022)
Smetana: Quartet in E minor
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op.59 No.1, ‘Razumovsky’
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
John Hawkins: Fuzon
Beethoven: Op.59 No.1 in F major, ‘Razumovsky’
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op.59 ‘Razumovsky’
Elgar: Quartet in E minor
Moeran: Quartet No.2 in E flat major
Beethoven: Quartet in F major ‘Razumovsky’
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Household music; Three preludes on Welsh folk tunes
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Household music; Three preludes on Welsh folk tunes
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Household music; Three preludes on Welsh folk tunes
Beethoven: Op.59 No.1
RVW: Household Music
Smetana: Quartet in E minor
Ireland: The Holy Boy
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We travel to Scotland for four concerts in the beautiful Highlands.
Details tbc
Mozart Quartet in E Flat, K.428
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E flat Op 44
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34
Pianist: Simon Callaghan
Borodin: Quartet No.2 in D major
Charlotte Harding: Iorsa (Piatti commission)
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80
Shostakovich: Quartet No.8
Stanford: Clarinet Quintet Fantasy in G minor
Borodin: Quartet No.2 in D major
Clarinet: John Finucane
Moeran: String Quartet No.2 in E flat major
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34
Pianist: Barry Douglas
A weekend of music celebrating the composer Stanford with the renowned clarinettist John Finucane. Another highlight includes the Brahms Piano Quintet with the international superstar pianist, Barry Douglas.