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Conway Hall Sunday Concerts – 6.30pm

February 11, 2018
18:30 – 20:00
Conway Hall, London
Bridge – Three Idylls Richard Reason – Dylan Thomas Song Cycle (Premiere Performance) Debussy – Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 Aidan Smith, baritone

HHH Concerts – 7.30pm

February 10, 2018
19:30 – 21:00
Haslemere

Bridge – Three Idylls
Debussy – Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Beethoven – Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, no. 2, ‘Razumovsky’

Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton – 8pm

January 23, 2018
20:00 – 22:00
Turner Sims, Southampton

Mendelssohn – Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Beethoven – Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’
Debussy – Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

Linlithgow Arts Guild – 7.30pm

January 13, 2018
19:30 – 21:00
Linlithgow

Beethoven – Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’
Mendelssohn – Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Debussy – Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

Vaughan-Williams: ‘On Wenlock Edge’

Tenor: Ian Bostridge

Piano: Julius Drake

Weston Music Society, 7:30pm

November 18, 2017
19:30 – 21:30
Holy Trinity Church

Haydn: String Quartet in C Op.33 No.3 ‘The Bird’

Beethoven: Op.95 in F minor, ‘Serioso’

Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Champs Hill Concert Series, 7:30pm

November 17, 2017
19:30 – 21:00
Champs Hill

Haydn: Op.33 No.3 ‘The Bird’

Beethoven: Op.95 in F minor, ‘Serioso’

Brahms: String Quartet Op.51 No.1 in C minor

Jacqueline du Pré Concert Series, 7:30pm

November 11, 2017
19:30 – 21:00
Oxford

Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op 33, No. 3, ‘The Bird’

World premiere of Jacques Cohen: ‘From Behind Glass’

Britten: Three Divertimenti

Brahms: Quartet in C Minor, Op 51, No. 1

Ischia, Italy, 9-16th October

November 9, 2017
All-day event
Italy

The Kirker Ischia Music Festival: Over the past eleven years Kirker have presented a series of high-level concerts on the beautiful island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples with some of the world’s most distinguished chamber musicians, pianists and singers. All six concerts are held in the concert hall at La Mortella, next to the study where Sir William Walton composed. The hall is reached via the glorious garden at La Mortella which was created by Lady Walton over many years and is now universally recognised as one of the world’s great gardens.

Beethoven: Op.95, ‘Serioso’

Hawkins: Fuzon

Ravel: Quartet in F major

Oxford Leider Festival, Late Night Salon, 9:30pm

October 23, 2017
21:30 – 22:30
Oxford

The Mad Hatter Pub,43 Iffley Rd, Oxford OX4 1EA, UK

Schoenberg: String Quartet No.2

Guest artist: Raphaela Papadakis (Soprano)

Oxford Lieder Festival, 5:30pm

October 23, 2017
17:30 – 19:00
Oxford

Brahms: String Sextet No.2, Op.36 in G major

Zemlinsky: Song for soprano and string sextet, Maiblumen blühten überall

Guest cellist: Guy Johnston

Guest soprano: Raphaela Papadakis

Bude Chamber Music Society, 3:00pm

October 22, 2017
15:00 – 17:00
Bude

Haydn Op.33, No.3, ‘The Bird’

Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Brahms: String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51

Bidart, église Notre Dame, France, 8:30pm

October 19, 2017
20:30 – 21:30
France

Haydn: Op.20 No.2 in C

Britten: 3 Divertimenti

Brahms: String Quartet No.2 in A minor

Arcangues, Château d’Archanges, France, 8pm

October 18, 2017
20:00 – 22:00
France

Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op.95, ‘Serioso’

Lucien Durosoir: Quartet No.3 in B minor

Walton: Quartet in A minor

Ischia, Italy

October 15, 2017
All-day event
Italy

Haydn: String Quintet in G, Hob.2

Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor

Performers also include Carole Presland (piano) and Simon Rowland-Jones (viola). Luis Gomes (tenor) will also be performing in this concert.

Ischia, Italy

October 14, 2017
All-day event
Italy

Walton: Passacaglia for solo cello

Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello

Brahms: String Quartet No.2 in A minor

Carole Presland will also be performing works by Liszt

Ischia, Italy

October 13, 2017
All-day event
Italy

Programme to include Dvorak Terzetto

Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op.73 for cello and piano

Piatti Quartet, Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Carole Presland (piano), Luis Gomes (tenor) will all be performing in this concert.

Ischia, Italy

October 12, 2017
All-day event
Italy

Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op.95, ‘Serioso’

Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Dvorak: String Quintet in E flat major, Op.97

Guest violist: Simon Rowland-Jones

Ischia, Italy

October 10, 2017
All-day event
Italy

Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op.33 No.3, ‘The Bird’

Walton: String Quartet in A minor

Brahms: String Quartet No.1, Op.51 in C minor

New Scientist Live, The Music of Proof, 2:15pm

September 28, 2017
14:15 – 15:15
Excel Centre

World premiere of a new work for string quartet: a poetic translation of mathematical ideas into sound.
Composer Emily Howard’s music is known for its particular connection with science and she has a background in mathematics and computer science. Regular conversations with mathematicians and scientists enhance her creative work and over the last year Emily has been exchanging ideas with mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

Sidmouth Music Society, 7:30pm

September 23, 2017
19:30 – 21:00
Sidmouth

Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Phibbs: String Quartet No.1

Bridge: 3 Idylls

Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op.95, ‘Serioso’

Dorset County Museum Music Society, 7:30pm

September 20, 2017
00:00 – 00:00
Dorset

Beethoven: Op.95 in F minor, ‘Serioso’

Walton: Quartet No.2 in A minor

Brahms: Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51

Recording for Champs Hill Records, 19th-22nd September

September 19, 2017
All-day event
Champs Hill

We will be releasing a disc this season with Champs Hill Records; recording our very own commission by Joseph Phibbs, alongside works by Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge.

Music in Allendale, 7:30pm

September 16, 2017
19:30 – 21:00
Allendale

Haydn: Op.33 No.3, ‘The Bird’

Walton: String Quartet No.2 in A minor

Brahms: Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51