Sunday 4th October 2026 at 2.00pm

Sacconi Residency Weekend – What The Trees Know

14 Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone CT20 2QW

WHAT THE TREES KNOW – A celebration of trees through music, art and storytelling directed by Alise Kirtley and performed by the Sacconi Quartet.

Meet at the Weeping Ash in Kingsnorth Gardens, w3w:///overtones.fidgeting.composer

Full details can be found here.

Saturday 3rd October 2026 at 5.30pm

Sacconi Residency Weekend – LOST

The Loft Studio, 9-17 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone CT20 1SB

LOST is a new performance work by Terry Smith, created with the Sacconi Quartet, composer/ sound designer Ian Dearden and performers Zoë Glen, Katrina Binks and Henry Uniacke.

Built around Bach’s The Art of Fugue, LOST brings four musicians and three performers into a shared system of repetition, duration and change.

Music and movement are constructed from short sequences governed by a simple set of instructions. These sequences loop, overlap and move in and out of sync, with changes in speed, volume, intensity and silence.

As the sequences repeat, things begin to shift and disappear.

Full details can be found here.

Friday 2nd October 2026 at 6.00pm

Sacconi Residency Weekend – The Big Music Draw

Docker Brewery & Taproom, acre estate, Unit C, Five, Folkestone CT19 5DS

THE BIG MUSIC DRAW – Come and join a fully led art group with local artist Shane Record in response to a range of music performed by the Sacconi Quartet.

Beer, Music, Pizza and Art – what more could you ask for?!

Ticket Prices
Free event, no booking required – please note this event takes place in a brewery and taproom open to the general public, where the atmosphere is relaxed and potentially noisy!

Full details can be found here.

Saturday 19th September 2026 at 11.00am

Music at Malling

Pilsdon Barn, 27 Water Lane, West Malling, Kent ME19 6HH

with Ben Goldscheider (Horn)

Howard Skempton: Catch
Huw Watkins: Horn Quintet (world premiere)
Ravel: String Quartet

Tickets can be bought here.

Saturday 12th September 2026 at 7.30pm

Wallingford Chamber Music

St Mary-le-More Church, Market Place, Wallingford OX10 0EG

with Philip Dukes (viola) and Josephine Knight (cello)

Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85
Haydn: Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 (The Bird)
Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major Op. 36

Full details at the Wallingford Chamber Music site.

Tuesday 21st July 2026 at 7.30pm

Fishguard Music Festival

St Mary's Church, Haverfordwest , SA61 1NF

Mozart: String Quartet No.19 in C major 'Dissonance', K 465
Freya Waley-Cohen: 'Dances, Hymns and Songs for Friendship'
Smetana: String Quartet No.1 in E minor 'From My Life'

Full details at the Fishguard Music Festival website.

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.