Fresh from their appearance during our spring series the young musicians of Agogo return to the Lake District with three rarely heard quartets, each of which were deeply personal to the composers, conveying a range of moods and subtle expressions.

Janáček String Quartet No.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' Smetana Quartet No.1 in E minor 'From My Life' Dvořák Quartet No.10 in E flat Op.51 'Slavonic' Described by BBC Music Magazine as 'one of the world's finest chamber ensembles', the Wihan Quartet bring to life music from three composers, each from a different generation, from their Czech […]

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight' Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Dobrinka Tabakova Nocturne Dobrinka Tabakova Halo Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 'Waldstein' Haunting, poetic Ravel and deeply moving music from Tabakova nestle between two of Beethoven's greatest sonatas as Isata Kanneh-Mason dazzles with her unmistakable passion and […]

Playful, witty and inventive, 'the world's first genetically modified string quartet' will take you on a whistle-stop journey through the history of music. Using electric instruments, String Fever's show will be like nothing you've seen before as they combine unrelenting energy, humour and skill.