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Ireland Tour, 24th-26th November

November 24, 2023
All-day event

A tour with the National String Quartet Foundation of Ireland. Works by Rachmaninov, Gribbin, Dvorak, Schubert and Smetana in various venues including the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Bar Musical Society: The Snowman, Children’s Concert narrated by Sir Richard Stilgoe

November 19, 2023
12:00 – 13:00
Middle Temple Hall, London

A fun children’s concert at Middle Temple Hall to raise funds for Orpheus Centre Trust. Sir Richard Stilgoe narrates The Snowman!

Julius Drake and the Piatti Quartet in aid of The Music Therapy Charity

November 2, 2023
19:30 – 21:00
The Grosvenor Chapel, London, W1K2PA
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Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80

Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor

Kings Place: Rush Hour Lates

October 25, 2023
18:45 – 19:35
Kings Place, London
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We kickstart our Kings Place residency with two stunning works and begin our survey of Dvořák’s imaginative and joyous late string quartets.

Audience are invited to have a drink and meet us afterwards in the Kings Place bar.

Scubert: Quartetsatz in C minor

Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op,96, ‘American’

Luton Music

October 16, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Luton

Mendelssohn: Octet

Ilkley Concert Club

October 11, 2023
19:30 – 21:30

Piatti Quartet and Friends

Brahms: Sextet in B flat major No.1, Op.18

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op.70

Cello: Jonathan Aasgaard

Viola: Rachel Roberts

Wigmore Hall

October 7, 2023
14:00 – 15:00
Wigmore Hall, London
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Phibbs: String Quintet (world premiere)

Phibbs: Cantus After Bach

Schubert: String Quintet in C D956

Cello: Tim Lowe

Wigmore Hall

October 7, 2023
11:00 – 12:30
Wigmore Hall
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Phibbs: String Quartet No.1

Phibbs: Cantus After Bach

2 concerts will be dedicated to the composer Joseph Phibbs, a composer we’ve worked with for nearly 10 years and which began with this magical String Quartet No.1 we commissioned.back in 2014 at the Rye Arts Festival.

Sarratt Festival of Music

September 22, 2023
19:45 – 21:45
Sarratt Village Hall The Green, Sarratt, Nr Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 6AS

Schubert: Quartetsatz in C minor D703

Dvorak: Quartet in F major, ‘American’, Op.96

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.11

Clarinet: Sacha Rattle

St. Martin-in-the-Fields

September 20, 2023
19:30 – 21:00
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
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Turner Sims

September 19, 2023
20:00 – 21:30
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
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Schubert Quartet in C minor, D703 Quartettsatz
Dvořák Quartet No 12 in F, Op 96 American
Charlotte Harding Iorsa (Piatti commission)
Smetana Quartet No 1 in E minor From my life

Conway Hall

September 17, 2023
18:30 – 20:30
Red Lion Square, Holborn
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Felix Mendelssohn  Quartet in E flat Op.12
Vaughan Williams  Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes ‘Household Music’
Brahms  Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115

Clarinet: Sacha Rattle

Music in Monkstown Festival

September 10, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Dublin, Ireland
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Schubert: Quartetsatz in C minor

Dvorak: Quartet in F major, ‘American’

Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op.10

Clarinet: John Finucane

Music in Monkstown Festival

September 9, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Dublin, Ireland
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Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op.12

Stanford: Phantasy Clarinet Quintet, No.2

Beach: Piano Quintet, Op.67

Piano: Lance Coburn

Clarinet: John Finucane

Hyperion Record Label: Fauré

September 4, 2023
All-day event
London
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Music at Paxton

July 21, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Scottish Borders

Purcell: Chaconne in G minor, Z.730
Charlotte Harding: Iorsa (Scottish première TBC)
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.1 in E flat, Op.12
Smetana: String Quartet No.1 in E ‘From My Life’

St. James’s Piccadilly

July 13, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Piccadily Circus, London

Vaughan Williams: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

Rachmaninov: String Quartet No.1

INTERVAL

Charlotte Harding: Iorsa

Smetana: String Quartet No.1 ‘From My Life’

Great Comp Festival

July 9, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Great Comp Gardens, Kent

Joseph Phibbs: Cantus after Bach (Cantata BWV 4)
Vaughan Williams: Household Music – Three Preludes on Welsh Hymns
Rachmaninov: Romance from Quartet No. 1
John Ireland: Holy Boy
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12

Outreach and other chamber music events

June 16, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
New Cross Gate

We will be delivering Cavatina workshops in June to schools local to us in London. Other opportunities to hear chamber music by members of the quartet this month include Schuberts’ Trout Quintet at St. Catherine’s Church, New Cross Gate with pianist Jocelyn Freeman

Nailsworth Festival

May 21, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Christ Church, Gloucestershire

Vaughan Williams: Household Music, Three Preludes on Welsh Hymns

Charlotte Harding: Iorsa (Piatti Commission 2022)

Rachmaninov: String Quartet No.1

Smetana: String Quartet in E minor, ‘From My Life’

Imperial College

May 18, 2023
13:00 – 14:00
London

Phibbs: Cantus, After Bach

Schubert: Quartetsatz in C minor

Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op.12

Chipping Sodbury

May 16, 2023
19:30 – 21:30
Town Hall

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Stapleford Granary

April 22, 2023
19:45 – 21:00
Cambridge
stapleford

Vaughan Williams: Household Music, Three Preludes on Welsh Hymns

Charlotte Harding: Iorsa (Piatti commission 2022)

Rachmaninov: String Quartet No.1

Smetana: String Quartet in E minor, ‘From My Life’

NMC Release: Mark-Anthony Turnage

April 7, 2023
All-day event
London
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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.

Ryedale Festival

March 31, 2023
20:00 – 21:00
Helmsley, Yorkshire
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Smetana: Quartet in E minor ‘From My Life’

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Aberystweth

Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat, Op.12