Work: String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810

A death-themed evening might not seem a crowd-pleaser, but the Dudok Quartet defies convention in this excellent concert at Sheffield’s Music in the Round.

****1

Darkness falls on Ensemble 360’s atmospheric Sibelius and Schubert

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Phil Parker, 14 May

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival goes on tour, but Ensemble 360’s string players are right at home in the unique “in the round” setting of St Martin’s Church, Stoney Middleton.

****1

A brooding programme from the Brodsky Quartet in Sydney

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Zoltán Szabó, 23 Apr

In a problematic acoustic environment, the Brodsky Quartet's sound did not always live up to the expectations.

***11

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RotterdamReunited in Music | Sinfonia Rotterdam & Ronald Brautigam

On demand from Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, No time limit

Dvořák, Mozart, Schubert

Sinfonia Rotterdam; Conrad van Alphen; Ronald Brautigam

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Bachtrack top ten: Franz Schubert

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Mark Pullinger, 31 Jan

Many of Schubert's “late” masterpieces – he died aged only 31 – are included in our editor’s selection of his top ten works.