Diary 2026 archive

  • Monday 20th July 2026 at 7.30pm

    Fishguard Music Festival

    Bethel Baptist Church, Fishguard, SA65 9LD

    With Steffan Morris (cello)

    Rachmaninov: String Quartet No.1: Romance
    Arensky: String Quartet No.2 in A minor for violin, viola and two cellos, Op 35
    Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D 956

    Full details at the Fishguard Music Festival website.

  • Saturday 18th July 2026 at 6.00pm

    Treeline

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

    with Graham Fitkin (composer)

    Graham Fitkin: TREELINE

    Full details can be found here and a short video by Graham introducing the project can be found here.

  • Saturday 11th July 2026 at 7.30pm

    Absolute Classics

    Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, DG1 4TA

    with Simon Callaghan (piano)

    Rachmaninov: Romance
    Schumann: Piano Quintet
    Dvořák: Piano Quintet

    Tickets can be bought here.

  • Friday 10th July 2026 at 3.00pm

    Buxton International Festival

    St John's Church, 6 St John’s Road, Buxton SK17 6XN

    Mozart: String Quartet in C, K.465, ‘Dissonance’
    Freya  Waley-Cohen: Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship, written for the Sacconi Quartet on their 25th anniversary
    Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, ‘From My Life’

    Full details at the Buxton International Festival website.

  • Monday 6th July 2026 at 7.30pm

    Deal Festival

    St George’s Deal, High Street, Deal, CT14 6ED

    with Timothy Orpen (clarinet)

    Haydn: String Quartet in C major Op.33, No.3 “The Bird”
    Luke Styles: Ripples of Como
    Purcell: Chacony in G minor
    Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581

    Full details at the Deal Festival website.

  • Thursday 2nd July 2026 at 7.30pm

    Etchingham Music Festival

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

    Haydn: Quartet Op 33 no 3 'The Bird'
    Freya Waley-Cohen: ‘Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship’ for string quartet
    Beethoven: Quartet Op 132

    Tickets are available here.

  • Sunday 28th June 2026 at 3.30pm

    Side by Side

    Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS

    with RCM Students

    Including Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings. 

    Tickets can be bought here.

  • Saturday 20th June 2026 at 11.00am

    Aldeburgh Festival

    St Bartholomew's Church, Front Street, Orford, Woodbridge IP12 2LN

    Rachmaninoff: Romance
    Freya Waley-Cohen: Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship
    Ravel: String Quartet in F

    Full details at the Aldeburgh Festival website.
     

  • Sunday 14th June 2026 at 11.30am

    Wigmore Hall

    Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

    Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C K465 ‘Dissonance’
    Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'

    Full details at the Wigmore Hall site.

  • Friday 12th June 2026 at 7.00pm

    Hay Music

    St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB

    Mozart:   Quartet No. 19, ‘Dissonance’
    Freya Waley-Cohen:  Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship 
    Smetana:   Quartet No. 1, ‘From my life’

    Full details at the Hay Music site.

  • Sunday 17th May 2026 at 3.00pm

    Sacconi Chamber Music Festival

    St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone, CT20 1SE

    with Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips (violin)

    John Woolrich: ‘A Single Sound of Strings’
    *Newly Commissioned by Ian Gordon (World Premiere)*
    Fauré: Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115
    Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet, Op. 2

    Full details on the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival website.

  • Sunday 17th May 2026 at 11.00am

    Sacconi Chamber Music Festival

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

    with Ben Hancox (violin), Hannah Dawson (violin) and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

    Boulanger: Nocturne & Cortège
    Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2
    Franck:  Sonata in A major for violin & piano

    Full details on the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival website.

  • Saturday 16th May 2026 at 7.00pm

    Sacconi Chamber Music Festival

    Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ

    with Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra

    Warlock: Capriol Suite
    Britten: ‘Young Apollo’, Op. 16 for piano, string quartet and string orchestra
    Walton: String Quartet in A minor
    Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22

    Full details on the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival website.

  • Friday 15th May 2026 at 7.00pm

    Sacconi Chamber Music Festival

    St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone, CT20 1SE

    with Daniil Margulis (double bass)

    Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No.3 ‘The Bird’
    Freya Waley-Cohen: ‘Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship’ for string quartet
    Dvořák: String Quintet in G major, Op.77 with double bass

    Full details on the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival website.

  • Thursday 14th May 2026 at 6.00pm

    Sacconi Chamber Music Festival

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

    with Adrian Bradbury (cello), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Joseph Havlat (piano), Karen Jones (flute), Alessandro Ruisi (violin)

    Harrison Birtwistle: Ookooing Bird, for piano            
    Louise Drewett: Isola, for piano
    Colin Matthews: Gavotte and Berceuse                      
    Isabella Gellis Bowed and Blowed
    Mark-Anthony Turnage: Amelia’s March                    
    Joseph Havlat: new piece for piano
    Howard Skempton: Lullaby, for clarinet & cello        
    Michael Finnissy: Regen beschreiben
    John Woolrich: In the Mirrors of Asleep                      
    Tansy Davies: Proem, for cello
    Hans Abrahamsen Storm and Still, for vioin              
    Philip Cashian: Bone Machine
    Howard Skempton: Catch, for string quartet             
    Morgan Hayes Film Studies
    Dominic Muldowney: Pierrot Pirouettes
    Brett Dean: Notes from the Twittersphere, for piccolo
    Thomas Ades: Berceuse from The Exterminating Angel

    Full details on the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival website.

  • Saturday 9th May 2026 at 7.30pm

    Music at St Peter's

    St. Paul's Church. Church Street (St Paul's), Canterbury. CT1 1NH

    Haydn: Quartet Op 33 no 3 'The Bird'
    Smetana:  'From my Life'
    Beethoven: Quartet Op 132

    Full details at the Music at St Peter's website.

  • Sunday 22nd March 2026 at 6.00pm

    London Chamber Music Society

    St John's Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY

    With Levi Andreassen (double bass)

    Haydn: String Quartet in C Op.33 No.3 ‘The Bird’ 
    Boccherini: String Quintet in E G.275 
    Dvořák: String Quintet in G Op.77

    Full details at the London Chamber Music Society website

  • Wednesday 18th March 2026

    Ilkley Concert Club

    King’s Hall and Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, LS29 8HB

    Haydn: String quartet in C, op 33 no. 3, The Bird
    Freya Waley-Cohen: String quartet
    Beethoven: String quartet in A minor, op 132

    Full details at the Ilkley Concert Club website.

  • Thursday 12th March 2026 at 7.30pm

    Dulwich Concert Series at Alleyn's

    Alleyn's School: The MCT Townley Rd East Dulwich, London, Greater London, SE22 8SU

    Beethoven: String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132
    Freya Waley-Cohen: Dances, Songs & Hymns for Friendship

    Full details at the Alleyn's website.

  • Friday 20th February 2026 at 7.30pm

    Sacconi 25th Birthday Concert

    Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

    Haydn: Quartet in C Op. 33 No. 3 'The Bird'
    Freya Waley-Cohen: New work (world première, co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall)
    Beethoven: Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132

    Full details can be found at the Wigmore Hall website

  • Sunday 8th February 2026 at 8.30pm

    Bailliol College Musical Society

    Balliol College, Broad St, Oxford OX1 3BJ

    Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (Op. 132)

    Further details at the Bailliol College Musical Society website.

  • Saturday 31st January 2026 at 7.30pm

    Bollington Chamber Concerts

    Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Rd, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5JR

    Haydn: Quartet no. 32 in C major, "The Bird", Op.33 no.3, Hob III:39    
    Beethoven: String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132

    Full details at the Bollington Chamber Concerts site.