The 2022 appearance of the Zoffany Ensemble at Conway Hall featured “pen-hearted and engaging playing… heady drama in the finale…”, and “the high-spirited finish had the audience cheering.” (The Strad) They return with a programme of string quintets, opening with Michael Haydn, younger brother of Josef, whose first quintets pre-date those by Mozart.

Beethoven’s only string quintet, composed during his ‘middle period’ (around the time he was writing the C minor piano concerto and the second symphony) is followed by Mozart’s great G minor essay in the genre to complete an exciting programme.

Manon Derome (violin)
Ciaran McCabe (violin)
Gary Pomeroy (viola)
Douglas Paterson (viola)
Anthony Pleeth (cello)

Programme:

Michael Haydn | Quintet in G
Beethoven | Quintet in C ‘The Storm’ Op.29
Mozart | Quintet in G minor K.516

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About Conway Hall Sunday Concerts

Founded in the 1880s, our chamber music concert series is the longest-running of its kind in Europe. Conway Hall was purpose-built in 1929 to host concerts and lectures, and they have continued here until the present day. The ethos of “affordable classical music for all” still remains.