The new season opens with this multi-award winning quartet which originally met at the Royal Academy of Music, playing three great and contrasting quartets by masters of the genre:

PROGRAMME:

Haydn
String Quartet in Bb Major, Op.50 No.1
Bartok
String Quartet No.4 in C Major
Schubert
Quartet No.15 in G Major, D.887

Sara excited us with her dynamic playing back in 2022 with the
Odysseus Trio, since when she has been in high demand across
the UK and Europe both as a soloist and chamber musician.
She & Ivana, a renowned soloist in her own right, have been
collaborating for a number of years to great critical acclaim.

PROGRAMME:

Mozart
Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304
Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82
Doreen Carwithen
Sonata for Violin & Piano
Ravel
Tzigane M.76

Will Duerden is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician with a growing international career spanning four continents. A winner at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions, he was subsequently nominated as a Classic FM ‘Rising Star’ in 2024. Ukrainian pianist Svitlana Kosenko, as well as winning many international solo piano competitions, is a superb accompanist. She was an Official Staff Pianist at The Yehudi Menuhin School, and since 2022 she’s been an accompanist in the String Department at the Royal College of Music.

PROGRAMME:
Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op.70
Ravel
Deux mélodies hébraïques
Vilmos Montag
Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano
Frank Proto
Carmen Fantasy
Faure
Berceuse
Giovanni Bottesini
Fantasia ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
Manuel M Ponce
Estrellita

The Zemlinsky Trio brings together three acclaimed London based musicians whose shared passion for expressive chamber music and distinctive repertoire shapes the ensemble’s vibrant artistic identity. Known for their refined ensemble playing, the trio performs across the UK and Europe, presenting both core works and lesser known gems of the repertoire.

PROGRAMME:

Felix Mendelssohn

Three pieces for clarinet, cello and piano

Rhian Samuel

The Angry Snail Trio in one movement for clarinet, cello and piano commissioned by the Zemlinsky Trio

John Ireland

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in D minor

Ludwig van Beethoven

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in E flat major, Op.38

Arundo 5 brings together five versatile, passionate and innovative UK woodwind players to celebrate the chamber music of a unique line-up, the reed quintet. Featuring only instruments that use reeds, Arundo5 explores the distinctive palette of this ensemble, with the influence of orchestral, theatre, chamber, jazz and popular music. This exciting combination of five reed instruments promises an exhilarating evening of spectacular arrangements and virtuosic playing.

PROGRAMME:

Nigel Wood

Schwarzer Tänzer

Orlando Gibbons

The Silver Swan

Rhian Samuel

A Garland of Welsh Folk Songs

Albeniz

Three Pieces from Suite Española

Billy Strayhorn

Lush Life

Brahms

Intermezzo No 2, Op.118

Ravel

Ma Mere L’Oye

Nigel Wood

Man Mou

Horn player Ben won the 2016 Young Musician of the Year Brass category, since when he’s carved a glittering international career as soloist and chamber musician. His trio, which includes the outstanding violinist Benjamin Baker along with pianist and composer Huw Watkins, will be playing a brilliant programme to round off the season, with works by Mozart, Huw Watkins and Clara Schumann along with the famous Brahms Horn Trio.

PROGRAMME:

Mozart

Horn Quintet K.407 in Eb (arr. for trio)

Huw Watkins

Horn Trio

Clara Schumann

Three romances for violin and piano Op.22

Brahms

Horn Trio in Eb major, Op.40