The string sextet combines the intimacy of a string quartet with the fuller sound of music for larger ensemble. The multi-hued sextet by Borodin sets the scene, while the expertly crafted sextet by Brahms is one of the finest works of the composer’s first maturity.

Borodin String Sextet in D minor
Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18

Jennifer Owen and Lucy Carrig-Jones, violin, Douglas Coghill and Henry Justo, viola, Jonathan Békés, cello and Stuart Thomson, double bass.

Woolmers 2 is curated by TSO’s Principal First Violin, Jennifer Owen. Make a day of it and enjoy special music in a special setting.

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Britten composed the Cello Suite No 1 for Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the all-time greats. Borodin’s warm and tuneful String Quartet No 2 has long been one of the most beloved of all chamber works. It is known in particular for its sweetly melodious third movement, Notturno.

Britten Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D

Hayato Simpson and Edwina George, violin and Nicholas McManus, cello.

Woolmers 3 is curated by TSO’s Principal First Violin, Jennifer Owen. Make a day of it and enjoy special music in a special setting.

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A WEEKEND AT WOOLMERS: SCHUBERTIADE 1

A Schubertiade is a festival that celebrates the music of composer Franz Schubert. Over a spring weekend in November we bring you our own Schubertiade, with TSO musicians and guests performing the best of Schubert at Woolmers Estate.

If you’re a lover of chamber music, our Schubertiade weekend is an experience not to be missed.

Schubert Violin Sonata in A, D.574 “Grand Duo”
Robert Schumann Märchenbilder for viola and piano, Op 113
Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and viola

Ji Won Kim, violin, Caleb Wright and Alexey Yemtsov, piano.

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A WEEKEND AT WOOLMERS: SCHUBERTIADE 2

A Schubertiade is a festival that celebrates the music of composer Franz Schubert. Over a spring weekend in November we bring you our own Schubertiade, with TSO musicians and guests performing the best of Schubert at Woolmers Estate.

You’ll hear Jonathan Békés performing the ‘Arpeggione’ sonata on cello, which has long substituted the now obsolete arpeggione, a guitar-like instrument that was in vogue in Schubert’s Vienna.

If you’re a lover of chamber music, our Schubertiade weekend is an experience not to be missed.

Schubert Sonata in A minor, D.821 “Arpeggione”
Rachmaninov Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 19

Jonathan Békés, cello and Ying Ho, piano.

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A WEEKEND AT WOOLMERS: SCHUBERTIADE 3

A Schubertiade is a festival that celebrates the music of composer Franz Schubert. Over a spring weekend in November we bring you our own Schubertiade, with TSO musicians and guests performing the best of Schubert at Woolmers Estate.

Schubert’s ‘Trout’, composed in the idyllic Austrian countryside, is a perfect fit with the pastoral surrounds of beautiful Woolmers Estate.

If you’re a lover of chamber music, our Schubertiade weekend is an experience not to be missed.

Schubert String Trio, in B-flat, D.471
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D.667, ‘Trout’

Ji Won Kim, violin, Caleb Wright, viola, Martin Penicka, cello, Aurora Henrich, double bass and Ying Ho, piano.

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