Sunday 5th May 2019 at 11.00am

Winchester Chamber Music Festival

Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB

Haydn:  String Quartet in D, op. 64 no 5 Lark
Korngold:  String Quartet in D, op. 34

All details at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival website.

Sunday 5th May 2019 at 7.00pm

Winchester Chamber Music Festival

Theatre Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB

with Esther Hoppe, Timothy Crawford, Max Mandel, David Adams, Kate Gould & Graham Mitchell

Mozart:  Sinfonia Concertante in E♭ KV 364 (arr. for string septet)
Dvořák:  String Quartet in F op. 96 American
Bruch:  String Octet in B♭ major, op, posth

All details at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival website.

Monday 13th May 2019 at 7.30pm

Newbury Spring Festival

Highclere Castle, Newbury RG20 9RN

Haydn: Quartet in D op 64 no. 5, The Lark
Korngold: Quartet no. 3 in D
Grieg: Quartet in G minor op. 27

All details can be found at the Newbury Spring Festival site.

Friday 17th May 2019 at 7.00pm

Sacconi Festival

St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

Haydn: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 ‘Sunrise’
Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34
Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27

Join the Sacconis on the opening night of their Festival. Hear Haydn’s “Sunrise” to herald the start of their nature-inspired weekend of music making. Ticket details will be available here.

Saturday 18th May 2019 at 7.00pm

Sacconi Festival

St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

with the Salomé Quartet: Haim Choi (violin), Inês Delgado (violin), Kasia Zimińska (viola), Shizuku Tatsuno (cello) and the Royal College of Music String Ensemble

Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3 ‘The Bird’
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136 
Woolrich: ‘Ulysses Awakes’ for viola and strings 
Bartok:  Divertimento for string orchestra

Haydn’s ‘Bird’ Quartet opens tonight’s concert, performed by the award-winning Salome Quartet from the Royal College of Music. After a break of two years, our very own RCM String Ensemble returns to perform three greats of the string orchestra repertoire including John Woolrich’s haunting Ulysses Awakes for Viola and Strings.  Expect to hear strings like you’ve never heard them before! Ticket details will be available here.

Saturday 18th May 2019 at 9.30pm

Sacconi Festival

Quarterhouse, Folkestone

with the Kosmos Ensemble: Harriet MacKenzie (violin), Meg Hamilton (viola), Milos Milivojevic (accordion)

We’re delighted to have the dynamic trio ‘Kosmos’ perform for our late-night slot this year. Kosmos re-defines the relationship between classical and world music. Gypsy, Scottish, Jewish and Greek music glide into hot-blooded tango and Japanese melody, referencing classical composers including Brahms, Dvorak and Sarasate. Ticket details will be available here.

Sunday 19th May 2019 at 3.00pm

Sacconi Festival

St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

with Tom Poster (piano)

Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’, for violin and piano
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821, for cello and piano

Ben and Cara join forces with Festival favourite Tom Poster at the piano. Enjoy new beginnings with the freshness of Beethoven’s ‘Spring’ Sonata followed by the lyrical beauty of Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione. Ticket details will be available here.

Sunday 19th May 2019 at 7.00pm

Sacconi Festival

St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

with Phil Dukes (viola) and Tom Poster (piano)

Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’
Beethoven: String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Korngold: Piano Quintet in E major, Op.15

Haydn’s fresh and ebullient ‘Lark’ quartet will set the scene, followed by Beethoven’s tempestuous ‘Storm’ quintet with violist Phil Dukes. For the finale, Tom Poster joins the Sacconis for Korngold’s sumptuous and thrilling piano quintet. Ticket details will be available here.

Tuesday 4th June 2019 at 7.30pm

Salisbury Festival

St Martin’s Church, St Martin's Church St, Salisbury SP1 2HY

with James Gilchrist (Tenor)

Arvo Pärt: Summa
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor
Jonathan Dove: In Damascus

All details at the Salisbury International Arts Festival website.

Saturday 29th June 2019

Great Comp Music Festival, Kent

More details to follow.

Thursday 4th July 2019 at 7.15pm

Etchingham Music Festival

The Assumption of Blessed Mary & St Nicholas, High St, Etchingham, Suffolk TN19 7AW

Haydn: Quartet in D op 64 no. 5, The Lark
Grieg: Quartet in G minor op. 27
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor

All details at the Etchingham Music Festival website.

Friday 26th July 2019 at 7.30pm

The Barn, Carlton

The Barn, Hill House Farm, Carlton, North Bedfordshire MK43 7ND

Haydn: String Quartet No. 53 in D major "Lark"
Korngold: String Quartet No. 3
Grieg: String Quartet

All details at The Barn website.

Tuesday 30th -Wednesday 31st July 2019

Aberystwyth Festival

More details to follow.

Friday 2nd August 2019 at 7.30pm

Absolute Classics, Dumfries

Theatre Royal, 66-68 Shakespeare St, Dumfries DG1 2JH

Haydn: Quartet No. 53 'Lark' 
Schubert: Quartett-Satz
Beethoven: Quartet Op. 131

All details at the Absolute Classics website.