Sunday morning coffee concert by the Kleio Quartet, playing Haydn and Saariaho alongside Webern and Schumann, followed by a free talk with the musicians.
Kleio Quartet play The Old Swan Hotel on Sunday 7 February, as part of the Harrogate International Sunday Series. It's a coffee concert, starting at 11:00am, with a post-concert talk at 1:00pm. The programme pairs Haydn and Saariaho with works by Webern and Schumann.
For those who don't know the series, it's been a part of Harrogate's cultural calendar since 1991. The format has stayed the same for over three decades: chamber music over coffee on a Sunday morning, followed by a free talk with the musicians. The setting is kept intimate, and the series usually pairs established international names with newer talent. This 2027 run goes from January to April across five concerts, opening on 24 January with violinist Emily Sun and pianist Alim Beisembayev, and closing on 4 April with cellist Maxim Calver and pianist Kumi Matsuo.
Kleio Quartet arrive as BBC New Generation Artists, one of the most acclaimed young string quartets working right now. They're described as bringing together four distinctive voices within the string quartet tradition, and they'll be playing a programme that reaches across a few centuries: Haydn and Schumann on the older end, Webern and the contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho on the newer. It's a wide spread for one morning, from the classical clarity of Haydn to the more modern, textured sound of Saariaho.
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Tickets start from £21. The concert is at 11:00am, and the talk follows at 1:00pm, so you've got the music and the conversation in one go.
