With guest pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Opus 20, No. 6 in A Major, “Sun” György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 ”Métamorphoses Nocturnes”. Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 Our first concert with this Spanish ensemble. “Virile, clean, surging with expression, the Cuarteto Casals’ sound is arresting… playing of extreme … Continue reading Casals Quartet »

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Opus 77, No.2 Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.6 Sz.114 (1939) Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Opus 127 A return engagement with an audience favourite. “One of the world’s great string quartets.” (New York Times).” “What endures about the Takács Quartet, year after year, … Continue reading Takács Quartet »

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus 97 “Archduke” Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Opus 8 Another returning ensemble, this “super-trio” is an audience favourite. “…the stuff of legend. When a chamber music performance is both easygoing and insanely precise, the underlying substance of it has a way of … Continue reading Han Finckel Setzer Trio »

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Opus 33 No. 5 “Russian” Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Opus 133 Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D956 This concert marks the end of our 43-year relationship with this much-loved ensemble. The Emerson is performing a cello quintet with founding … Continue reading Emerson Quartet with Eric Wilson, cellist »

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Major, Opus 130, with published finale Jörg Widmann: String Quartet No. 8, Study on Beethoven III Jörg Widmann: Cavatina – String Quartet No.10, Study on Beethoven V Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fugue, Opus 133 This outstanding quartet has performed for us on numerous occasions and also celebrates … Continue reading Juilliard Quartet »

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Trio Elegiaque in G minor, in one movement Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Trio No.3 in C major, Opus 332 Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 We welcome back this venerable Czech chamber ensemble. “The Smetana Trio’s performances…are totally compelling… their imaginative approach to balance and texturing ensures that the listener is … Continue reading Smetana Trio »

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major, Opus 18, No.6 Wynton Marsalis: Selections from “At the Octoroon Balls” Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From my Life” Our first concert with this California-based ensemble. “The Calidore Quartet, founded ten years ago at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, balanced the … Continue reading Calidore Quartet »

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, from String Quartet No.1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 11 Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No.1 in B Minor, Opus 50 Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major We welcome back the Cremona Quartet from Italy, who performed for us in 2018, and recently debuted at Lincoln Centre to great acclaim: “The … Continue reading Quartetto di Cremona »

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, Opus 7, Sz40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No.22 in B-flat major, K589 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Opus 132 A much-loved ensemble that has delighted us for many years. “…complemented their customary power, finesse and unanimity with a fresh, palpable vigor… technically … Continue reading Emerson String Quartet »

Franz Schubert: Notturno in E flat major, Opus 48, D897 Felix Mendelsohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Opus 49 Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op.99, D898 A thrilling programme to bid farewell to this trio, who retire at the end of the season. “The Vienna Piano Trio’s liquidity, marvelous shaping and … Continue reading Vienna Piano Trio »