Diary 2024 archive

  • Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 7.30pm

    Temple Music

    Temple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB

    Roxanna Panufnik: Heartfelt
    Ravel: String Quartet in F major
    Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

    Full details at the Temple Music website.

  • Sunday 1st December 2024 at 6.00pm

    Blackheath Halls

    The Hearn Recital Room, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London, SE3 9RQ

    with Matthew Rose (bass) and Anna Tilbrook (piano)

    A Concert for Stephen Oliver by Matthew Rose and Friends

    Barber: Dover Beach
    Whitley: Mew Settings for String Quartet
    Whitley: This is My Love Poem for You
    Schubert: Notturno
    Schubert: Songs
    Britten: Songs
    Britten: Pasacaglia from String Quartet No. 3

    Full details at the Blackheath Halls website.

  • Sunday 17th November 2024 at 3.00pm

    Norwich Chamber Music

    John Innes Conference Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH

    with Daniel Tong (piano)

    Roxanna Panufnik: Heartfelt
    Smetana: Quartet No.1 in E minor
    Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A, Op.81

    Full details at the Norwich Chamber Music website.

  • Saturday 16th November 2024 at 3.00pm

    Tippett Festival Weekend

    The Green Room, The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2XL

    Tippett: String Quartet No. 2

    Full details at the Sounds Folkestone website.

  • Monday 11th -Thursday 14th November 2024

    Kirker Music Festival

    The Star, High St, Alfriston, Polegate BN26 5TA

    with Simon Rowland-Jones (viola)

    11th November:
    Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op.80 No.27
    Smetana: String Quartet No.1in E minor ‘From My Life’
    Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
    American composer Caroline Shaw was born in 1982 and won Pullitzer for Music in 2013.
    A Haydn Quartet will be also be included in this concert.

    12th November:
    Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130
    The Sacconi Quartet will include a performance of the Grosse Fugue in B flat major, Op.133. Beethoven composed this quartet to include the Grosse Fugue as an integral part of the piece although it is sometimes not included or indeed played separately. Here, the Sacconi Quartet will play the piece as Beethoven intended.

    Roxanna Panufnik: Heartfelt
    Roxanna Panufnik was born in 1968 and is one of Britain’s favourite contemporary composers. Her music was included in the Coronation of King Charles. Heartfelt was commissioned and played by the Sacconi Quartet in 2020.

    13th November:
    Brahms: String Quintet in G major Op111
    Ravel: String Quartet

    Full details can be found on the Kirker Holidays website.

  • Friday 25th October 2024 at 8.00pm

    Canterbury Festival

    Colyer-Fergusson Hall, Gulbenkian Arts Centre, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB

    with Richard Navarro (vocals, instruments) and Nicholas Thurston (guitar, double bass)

    For this very special Festival programme, the quartet will complement Navarro’s songs with works by Roxanna Panufnik, Jessie Montgomery and Maurice Ravel.

    Full details at the Canterbury Festival website.

  • Saturday 19th October 2024 at 7.30pm

    Welwyn Garden Concert Club

    St Francis Church, Church Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6Q

    Roxanna Panufnik: Heartfelt (commissioned by the Sacconi Quartet in 2020)
    Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 From My Life
    Jessie Montgomery: Strum
    Ravel: String Quartet

    Full details at the Welwyn Garden Concert Club website.

  • Friday 4th -Sunday 6th October 2024

    Folkestone Residency Weekend

    Folkestone Residency Weekend 4-6 October


    Friday 4th October

    2-5pm Decomposing Bach’s Art of Fugue - Experimental workshop with Terry Smith

    Venue: Studio 69
    69 Tontine Street
    Folkestone CT20 1JR

    Saturday 5th October

    10.30am - 6.45pm PRO-AM Event  

    With six Participants

    Bach: Double Violin Concerto 1st mvt
    Brahms: Piano Quintet 1st mvt
    Weber: Clarinet Quintet 1st mvt
    Schumann: Piano Quintet 1st mvt
    Nardini: Quartet in B flat 1st mvt

    Venue: Holy Trinity Folkestone
    Sandgate Road
    Folkestone CT20 2HQ

    Sunday 6th October

    11am - 4pm Shostakovich 8 (workshop and performance) with Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company

    Venue: The Green Room
    The Grand
    The Leas
    Folkestone CT20 2LR

  • Thursday 26th September 2024 at 1.00pm

    The Assembly House

    The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RQ

    Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor Death and the Maiden, D.810

    Tickets can be bought here.

  • Friday 20th September 2024 at 7.00pm

    Hastings Chamber Music Festival

    Kino-Teatr, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EQ

    Mozart: Quartet in B flat K589
    J.Rautio: String Quartet (World Premiere)
    Schubert: ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet 

    Includes ‘artists in conversation event’

    Full details can be found at the Hastings Chamber Music Festival website, and tickets can be bought here.

  • Saturday 7th September 2024 at 8.00pm

    Wallingford Chamber Music

    St Mary-le-More, St Martin's Street, Wallingford OX10 0EG

    with Alice Neary (’cello)

    Anton Arensky: String Quartet in A minor Op. 35
    Schubert: String Quintet D. 956

    Full details at the Wallingford Chamber Music website

  • Tuesday 23rd July 2024 at 7.30pm

    The Petworth Festival

    St Mary the Virgin Church, Church St, Petworth GU28 0AD

    with Ben Goldscheider (French horn)

    Rachmaninov: Romance in G major
    Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-flat major, K.407/386c 
    Robin Holloway: Quintet for Horn and Strings, Op.135 
    Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor Death and the Maiden, D.810 

    Full details at the Petworth Festival website

  • Thursday 4th July 2024 at 7.30pm

    Budleigh Music Festival

    St Peter's Church The Lawn Budleigh Salterton Devon EX9 6LT

    with the Salomé Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet
    Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
    Felix Mendelssohn: Octet

    Full details at the Budleigh Music Festival website

  • Friday 24th May 2024 at 7.30pm

    Cranbourne Farm Concerts

    R Panufnik: Heartfelt
    Mozart: Quartet in B flat K589
    Beethoven: Quartet in B flat op.130 with Grosse Fuge op.133

    Email here for tickets: mirpaterson@gmail.com

  • Thursday 23rd May 2024 at 7.30pm

    Forde Abbey

    Forde Abbey House and Gardens, Chard, TA20 4LU

    R Panufnik: Heartfelt
    Mozart: Quartet in B flat K589
    Beethoven: Quartet in B flat op.130 with Grosse Fuge op.133

    Full details can be found at the Forde Abbey website.

  • Friday 17th May-Sunday 19th May 2024

    Sacconi Festival 2024

    Folkestone

    See Sacconi Festival page for all programme details. Box Office Opens in Feb 2024.

  • Sunday 5th May 2024

    RCM Super String Sunday

    Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS

    Strauss: Metamorphosen

    Further details at the Royal College of Music website

  • Monday 22nd April 2024 at 7.00pm

    The Razumovsky Trust

    Razumovsky Academy, 56 College Road, London NW10 5ET

    with Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola)

    Concert and Reception in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association

    Britten: String Quartet No.3
    Mozart: String Quintet in C major

    Full details at the Razumovsky Trust website.

  • Saturday 20th April 2024 at 7.30pm

    Sevenoaks Music Club

    Walthamstow Hall Senior School, Holly Bush Ln, Sevenoaks TN13 3UL

    Mozart: Quartet in B flat, K 589
    Britten: Quartet No 3
    Schumann: Quartet Op 41 No 3

    Full details can be found at the Sevenoaks Music Club website.

  • Wednesday 17th April 2024 at 6.30pm

    Fundacion Juan March

    Fundacion Juan March, Castelló 77, 28006 Madrid

    Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
    Britten: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94
    Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor Op.131

    Full details at the Fundacion Juan March website.

  • Sunday 31st March 2024 at 11.30am

    Wigmore Hall

    Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

    Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K. 589
    Britten: String Quartet No. 3

    Full details at the Wigmore Hall website.

  • Sunday 24th March 2024 at 2.00pm

    Oxford Coffee Concerts

    Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3SD

    Mozart: String Quartet no. 22 in B flat major, K 589
    Britten: String Quartet no. 3 in G major, op 94

    For full details, see the Oxford Coffee Concerts website.

  • Tuesday 12th March 2024 at 7.30pm

    Barnes Music Festival

    All Saints' Church, Putney Common, London SW15 1HL

    with Amy Harman (bassoon)

    Roxanna Panufnik: Cantator and Amanda
    Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K. 589
    Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op 133

    Full details can be found at the Barnes Music Festival website.

  • Saturday 9th March 2024 at 7.30pm

    Ipswich Chamber Music Society

    The Great Hall, Ipswich School Ipswich IP1 3QW

    Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
    Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major, K. 589
    Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Opp. 130/133

    Full details at the Ipswich Chamber Music Society website.