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An ensemble of four musicians dressed in all black, some sitting, some standing, hold string instruments against a white background.
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Opus13

Thu 15 Oct 2026, 7.30pm

Djanogly Recital Hall

£26

Concession prices available.

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Running time

2 hours including interval

Coming soon
Sold out
Opus13 has sold out

Priority booking Wed 8 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 15 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 15 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

First Prize winners at both the 2025 Wigmore Hall and Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions, Opus13 is rapidly building a reputation on the international chamber music scene.

All the works in the programme were the composers’ first string quartets. Arriving in Vienna aged 21, Beethoven impressed his patron Prince Lobkowitz with his six Opus 18 quartets. Brahms, wrestling with Beethoven’s legacy, published his first at the age of 40. Adès draws inspiration from classical sources for his evocation of ‘vanishing idylls’ in ‘Arcadiana’.

Beethoven           Spring Quartet in D Major Op.18 No.3

Thomas Adès     Arcadiana, Op.12

Brahms                String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51 No.1

Image: Elvira Glänte

Listen here...

This was a performance of a profundity and kaleidoscopic colour that would have been astounding from any ensemble, let alone a young one still making itself known.”

Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone

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