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Opus13 – Friday 9 October

Opus13

Sonoko Miriam Wilde and Edvard Erdal violins
Albin Uusijärvi viola, Daniel Thorell cello

Beethoven   String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
Thomas Adès   Arcadiana, Op. 12
Brahms   String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1

 

First Prize winners at both the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition,  and now BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Oslo-based Opus13 is rapidly building a reputation on the international chamber music scene. Evergreens from Beethoven and Brahms balance an early work by Thomas Adès written in 1994 and designed to evoke images of the idyll.

 

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student

 

Martinů Quartet – Friday 6 November

Martinů Quartet

Lubomír Havlák and Adéla Štajnochrová violins
Martin Stupka viola, Jitka Vlašánková cello

Ravel   String Quartet in F major
Martinů   String Quartet No. 2
Smetana   String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, ‘From My Life’

 

The much-loved Martinů Quartet return for their thirty-fourth concert in Leamington and Warwickshire since first coming in 1998 (by far the most visits for any quartet!) with a signature mix of Czech composers to continue Leamington Music’s forte for the music (and musicians) of that land plus Ravel’s arresting work to make for a very special evening.

Concert generously supported by Diane Holt

 

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student

 

 

Maxwell Quartet – Friday 15 January

Maxwell Quartet

Colin Scobie and George Smith violins
Elliott Perks viola, Duncan Strachan cello

Haydn    String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2 in C major
Prokofiev   String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Eleanor Alberga   String Quartet No. 4 (2026)
arr. Maxwell Quartet   Folk Music of Scotland

 

First Prize and Audience Prize winners at the 9th Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, the Scottish Maxwell Quartet is now firmly regarded as one of Britain’s finest young string quartets, with a strong connection to their folk music heritage and a commitment to bringing together wide-ranging programmes to expand the string quartet repertoire.

 

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student

 

 

Van Kuijk Quartet – Friday 12 February

Van Kuijk Quartet

Nicolas Van Kuijk and Sylvain Favre-Bulle violins
Emmanuel François viola, Anthony Kondo cello

Mozart   String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K428
Henriëtte Bosmans   String Quartet (1927)
Schumann   String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 No. 2

 

 

Winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in April 2015, the Parisian Van Kuijk Quartet became BBC New Generation Artists and performed for Leamington Music the following November with a totally French programme. Further prizes including the Trondheim have followed as the Quartet’s flourishing career has taken them all over the world. This is their third visit to Leamington, and this time they bring the quartet by the Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans to take its rightful place with music by the masters, Mozart and Schumann.

 

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student

 

 

Bridge Quartet – Friday 12 March

Bridge Quartet

Colin Twigg and Catherine Schofield violins
Michael Schofield viola, Lucy Wilding cello

Haydn   String Quartet in D minor ‘Fifths’, Op. 76 No.2 
Bridge  String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, H. 115
Tchaikovsky   String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

 

Over their 30 year career, the Bridge Quartet have given concerts all over the world. Their history has been sprinkled with “discoveries” of British music, and their extensive, highly praised recording legacy began with three CDs of chamber music by their namesake Frank Bridge. We are treated to the second of his quartets in this programme along with Haydn’s famous ‘Fifths’ and Tchaikovsky’s incredibly beautiful First Quartet which, astonishingly, will be a first for a Leamington Music audience – what a way to finish the season!

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 9.30pm

Tickets

Front Nave: £29 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £24 full price | £12 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student