Takács Quartet and Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

A chance to hear the only string quartet to be inducted intoGramophone magazine's 2012 Hall of Fame.

The Takács returns to Southbank Centre with a concert of French masterworks. They share the stage with Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin, whom the New York Times described as producing 'prodigies of sound seemingly without effort'.

Opening with Debussy's sumptuous String Quartet, the concert climaxes in Franck's rarely-heard Piano Quintet, an impassioned score inspired by his infatuation with the young woman Augusta Holmès, his favourite piano pupil.