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
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
LANO String Quartet
Shuwei Zuo and Yuwen Fan violins,
Jinhe Huang viola, Nick Stringfellow cello
Caroline Shaw Plan and Elevation (2015)
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5 in D major, ‘The Lark’
Elgar String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
The winners of the 2025 Leamington Music Prize competition Audience Prize come to us fresh from performances at the Elgar Festival and elsewhere across the UK and beyond. It was this work by Caroline Shaw that won over the audience in our competition and the piece, together with these beautiful works by Haydn and Elgar will make for a wonderful morning’s enjoyment.
The finer details…
Coffee served from 11am
Interval: none
Estimated finish: 12.30pm
Tickets
Unreserved: £19 full price | £9.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Coull Quartet
Roger Coull and Paul Barritt violins
Jonathan Barritt viola, Nicholas Roberts cello
Haydn Quartet, Op. 74 No. 1 in C major
Dvořák String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34
Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
Plus a special guest appearance by the Rugby-based
Ukrainian Shchedryk Choir
A fundraising concert for Ambulances for Ukraine.
With this concert, one Leamington-based charity will help another – Leamington Music is supporting the work of Belveder CIC, which purchases decommissioned vehicles from the UK ambulance service and drives them to Poland, where they are collected by the Ukrainian military and taken to the front line of the battlefields.
So far nearly 70 ambulances have been purchased and driven over in this way, stocked with medical supplies including dressings and also, particularly at Easter and Christmas, with presents for children in war affected areas of the country. Since 2022, between 10,000 and 20,000 lives of soldiers fighting to defend Ukraine have been saved by these ambulances and the supplies that they have been stocked with.
We aim to raise the £7,000 needed for an ambulance from this concert, and so all proceeds from ticket sales, programmes, and refreshments will be donated to achieve this.
With support from the Edith and Jack Griffiths Charitable Trust
The finer details…
Interval: 20 mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Unreserved: £25 full price | £12.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Henschel Quartet
Christoph Henschel and Hannah Perowne violins
Monika Henschel viola, Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj cello
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
Freda Swain String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘Norfolk’
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
The Henschel Quartet from Germany returns for its eleventh visit since first playing in Leamington in February 2000, the last time opening the 2018/19 Winter Season. For this concert, the Quartet sandwiches two works we know and love with a new one for many of us: the First Quartet of Freda Swain (written in 1924), whose oeuvre is currently being rediscovered and who should undoubtedly have been recognised as one of the most prominent composers of her time.
Concert generously supported by Diane Holt
The finer details…
Interval: 20 mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Front Nave: £28 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student
Marmen Quartet
Johannes Marmen and Laia Valentin Braun violins
Bryony Gibson-Cornish viola, Sinéad O’Halloran cello
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 5 in F major ‘Dream’
Bartók String Quartet No. 2
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Chosen by Peter Cropper as the very first winners of Music in the Round’s Bridge scheme, the Marmen Quartet return to us having won first prizes at the prestigious Bordeaux and Banff International String Quartet Competitions. The quartet brings its energy and intelligence to an impressive range of repertoire which is most evident in this exciting choice of programming.
Concert generously supported by Clive & Fran Dutson
The finer details…
Interval: 20 mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Front Nave: £28 full price | £3 child/student
Middle Nave: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
Rear Nave & Sides: £18 full price | £9 under-35s | £3 child/student
Arcadia Quartet
Ana Török and Răsvan Dumitru violins
Traian Boală viola, Zsolt Török cello
Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 33 No 4
Weinberg Quartet No 15
Beethoven Quartet in F Op 59 No 1
Winners of the 2012 London International String Quartet Competition, the Arcadia Quartet from Romania comes to Leamington for the third time. Interest in the Polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg, who was befriended by Shostakovich when, being Jewish, he fled to Russia in World War Two, has increased enormously in recent years. Weinberg wrote seven operas and 17 string quartets and we hope to programme more of this works in the future.
“…playing that maximises the emotional range explored in each work…” – BBC Music Magazine
£26 | £16
(£1 children / students)
Eusebius Quartet
Beatrice Philips and Venetia Jollands violins
Hannah Shaw viola, Hannah Sloane cello
Haydn Quartet in G Op 76 No 1
Howard Skempton Tendrils
Beethoven Quartet in E flat Op 127
Named after Schumann’s fictional character, this young Anglo-American quartet based in London was founded in 2016. Coming to Leamington for the first time, they play Haydn’s evergreen Quartet Op 76 No 1, alongside the first of Beethoven’s legendary late quartets and Howard Skempton’s Tendrils as a tribute for his 75th birthday.
“Wit and charm abound…” – The Strad
£26 | £16
(£1 children / students)