Join us on the opening night for world class chamber music. The Castalian Quartet are in demand for their ‘powerful individuality of sound’ and their ‘instinctive singularity of musical intention’.

Since his highly praised 2009 solo debut at Berlin’s Philharmonie, Sacha Rattle has become an established soloist. He is a much sought-after chamber musician and a founding member of the wind quintet and piano sextet, Berlin Counterpoint, an award winning ensemble which has been performing worldwide since 2010.

The concert features works for string quartet and clarinet quintet, including Haydn’s witty String Quartet Op.20 No.1, Janáček’s powerful and operatic first string quartet ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ and Brahms’ late masterpiece the glorious Clarinet Quintet. In addition, the Festival has commissioned a new work for clarinet quintet from Nicholas Marshall, the Festival’s former Artistic Director.