Friday 29 April 2022

20:00

St George's 

Bristol, United Kingdom  

Haydn Op 54 no 2

Britten No 2

Ravel String Quartet in F

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Thursday 12 May 2022

20:00

St George's 

Bristol, United Kingdom  

Borodin Scherzo in D 'Les Vendredis'

Beethoven Op 135

Shostakovich No 15

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Thursday 19 May 2022

20:15

De Vereeniging

Nijmegen, Netherlands  

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor

Turina La Oración del Torero 

Shostakovich No 4

Respighi ll Tramonto

Wantenaar New work

   with Virpi Räisänen (Mezzo Soprano)

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Saturday 21 May 2022

time tbc

Muziekgebouw

Amsterdam, Netherlands  

Purcell Chaconne

MacMillan To Sonny

MacMillan Memento

Shostakovich No 4

Respighi ll Tramonto

Wantenaar New work

   with Virpi Räisänen (Mezzo Soprano)

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Wednesday 25 May 2022

19:30

Abbotsholme School

Rocester, United Kingdom   

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor

Turina La Oración del Torero 

Beethoven Op 132

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Saturday 28 May 2022

19:30

Christ Church

Nailsworth, UK

Bach Violin son in Gm arr. PC 

Shostakovich no 2

Beethoven op 132

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Sunday 29 May 2022

18:00

Sheldonian

Oxford, United Kingdom   

Bach Chaconne

MacMillan To Sonny

Woolrich New Work

Shostakovich no 11

Tanaka At the Grave of Beethoven

MacMillan Memento

Woolrich New Work

Shostakovich no 4

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Tuesday 31 May 2022

19:30

St Mary's Church

Richmond (Yorkshire), United Kingdom   

Purcell Chaconne

Shostakovich No 2

Schubert String Quintet in C

   with Laura van der Heijden (cello)

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Thursday 23 June 2022

Time TBC

Walled City Music Festival

Derry-Londonderry, NI

Mozart Flute Quartet No 2 in G

Shostakovich No 5

Dvorak Piano Quintet 

   with Cathal Breslin (piano) and Sabrina Hu (flute)

 

Sunday 26 June 2022

19:30

Thaxted Church

Thaxted UK

Purcell  Chaconne

MacMillan ‘To Sonny’

Shostakovich No 3

Elgar Piano Quintet

   with Martin Roscoe (piano)

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Monday 27 June 2022

19:30

St Nicholas Church

Bradfield Sheffield, UK

Purcell  Chaconne

MacMillan ‘To Sonny’

Shostakovich No 3

Ravel Quartet in F

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Tuesday 28 June 2022

19:30

St Wilfrid's 

Harrogate, UK

Purcell  Chaconne

MacMillan ‘To Sonny’

Shostakovich No 2

Ravel Quartet in F

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Thursday 7 July 2022

Time TBC

Lichfield Festival

Lichfield, UK

Haydn op 54 no 2

Beethoven op 135

Dvorak Piano Quintet

   with Danny Driver (piano)

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Monday 11 July 2022

Time TBC

Cheltenham Festival

Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, UK

Tanaka ‘At the Grave of Beethoven’

Britten No 3

Shostakovich No 9

 

Tuesday 12 - Saturday 16 July 2022

Dante Festival

Blisland, Cornwall, UK

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Tuesday 12 July 

19:30

Stoke Climsland Church

Haydn Op 54 no 2

Ravel Quartet in F

Dvorak Piano Quintet

   with Danny Driver (piano)

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Wednesday 13 July 

14:00

Lavethan Concert Barn, Blisland

Open rehearsal exploring Beethoven

18:30

Brodsky Encores 

30 minute programme of our favourite encore arrangements 

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Thursday 14 July

19:30

Mary Magdalene Church, Launceston 

Borodin Scherzo (Les Vendredis)

Beethoven Op 135

Shostakovich no 14

Khachaturian Sabre Dance

(pre-concert talk by the Quartet at 18:30)

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Saturday 16 July 

18:00

St Petroc's Church, Bodmin

Turina Bullfighter's Prayer 

Sarasate Playera and Zapateado 

Casals Song of the Birds 

Britten Simple Symphony 

Elgar Piano Quintet

   with Danny Driver (piano)

            East Cornwall Youth Orchestra

            Trigg Strings

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Tuesday 19 July 2022

15:00

Buxton Festival

Buxton Octagon, UK

Elgar Introduction and Allegro 

   (with Manchester Camerata)

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Wednesday 20 July 2022

15:00

Buxton Festival

St John’s Church, Buxton, UK

Beethoven op 135

Britten No 3

Shostakovich No 15

 

Saturday 6 - Friday 13 August 2022

Dartington Arts Festival

Dartington, Devon, UK

Masterclasses and performances of the complete Shostakovich Cycle 

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Friday 2 September 2022

19:30

Clun Valley Music

Shropshire, UK

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata in G minor

Shostakovich No 14

Schubert String Quintet in C 

   with Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)

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Saturday 3 September 2022

19:30

Redcliffe Concerts of British Music

Wellhayes Vineyard, Devon, UK

Borodin Scherzo in D from Les Vendredis

Shostakovich No 10

Schubert String Quintet in C 

   with Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)

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Sunday 4 September 2022

16:00

Lympstone

UK

Haydn Quartet in C

Shostakovich No 11

Schubert String Quintet in C 

   with Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)

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Thursday 29 September 2022

19:30

Malvern Concert Club

Malvern, UK

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata in C

Shostakovich No 8

Schubert String Quintet in C 

   with Laura van der Heijden (cello)

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Wednesday 5 October 2022

20:00

Ilkley Concert Club

Ilkley, UK

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata in C

Shostakovich No 8

Schubert String Quintet in C 

   with Laura van der Heijden (cello)

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Friday 7 October 2022

Leamington Music

Malvern, UK

18:15 - Pre-concert Talk with Paul Cassidy and Jacqueline Thomas

19:30 Performance

Borodin Scherzo in D from Les Vendredis

Beethoven Op. 135

Shostakovich No 3

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Thursday 27 October 2022

19:30

Norwich Chapel Concerts Series

Norwich, UK

Bach (arr. Paul Cassidy) Violin Sonata in G minor

Shostakovich No 11

Borodin Scherzo in D from Les Vendredis

Shostakovich No 14

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Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 October 2022

Shostakovich Cycle

Kings Place

London, UK

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Saturday 29 October

11:30 - 12:50

Quartets 1 & 2, with conversation 

14:00 - 15:35

Quartets 4 & 3, with conversation 

16:30 - 18:05

Quartets 6 & 5, with conversation 

19:00

Quartets 7, 8 & 9, with conversation (and interval)

 

Sunday 30 October

11:30 - 12:15

Pre-concert Talk with Brodsky Quartet and Liza Wilson 

12:30 - 13:15

Quartets 11 & 12

14:30 - 15:30

Quartets 13 & 14

16:00 - 16:45

Lecture on Shostakovich's Life by Marina Frolova Walker

17:30

Quartets 10 & 15, with conversation 

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Thursday 3 November 2022

Time tbc

Kulturhaus Dornbirn 

Dornbirn, Austria

with Sir Willard White

A diverse selection of works and arrangements from classical, folk, and popular, through Barber, Britten and Gershwin to the great American songbook.

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Wednesday 9 November 2022

Alnwick Playhouse & Arts Centre

Northumberland, UK

18:30 - Pre-concert Talk with Paul Cassidy and Jacqueline Thomas

19:30 Performance

Haydn Quartet in C

Shostakovich No 6

Schubert Death and the Maiden

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Saturday 12 November 2022

Stadsgehoorzaal

Leiden

Time tbc

Shostakovich No 11

Schubert Quartet No 13 'Rosamunde'

Britten No 2

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Monday 14 November 2022

Wimbledon International Music Festival

Wimbledon, London

19:30

Haydn Quartet No 2

Shostakovich No 8

Schubert Death and the Maiden

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Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 November 2022

Stoller Hall

Manchester

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Wednesday 23 November

Masterclass Workshops

Chetham's School

 

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Thursday 24 November

19:30

Shostakovich No 11

Shostakovich Adagio & Polka

Elgar Serenade for Strings

Borodin Scherzo

Barber Adagio

Shostakovich No 8

   with students from Chatham's School