INDUSTRY

Solem Quartet

Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
Friday 2 April 2027, 7.00pm

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What does industry sound like? 

Step into the extraordinary surroundings of Kelham Island Museum for an evening weaving together music, voices and sounds drawn from Britain’s industrial landscapes. 

Solem String Quartet’s latest project is forged from the sounds of mills, mines and factory floors. Workers’ songs ring out through the music as looms clatter and churn, their archive recordings becoming part of the Quartet’s sound world. With traditional folk arrangements, familiar composers, new works, bird song, and a reimagining of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart, this journey cuts through the industrial noise to reveal the legacy of communities built on graft, ingenuity and resilience. 

The result is a concert that moves between intimacy and intensity, tradition and experimentation, landscape and industry, building a vivid portrait of the people and places behind Britain’s industrial heritage. 

Programme features:
MARSEY Industry chorale i (new work)
Soundscape landscape recordings, birdsong
Trad. arr. TRESS Ca’ the Yowes
Trad arr. MARSEY The Water of Tyne
archive (Scottish women) Waulking song (with underscoring emerging)
BRITTEN Quartet No.2, ii. Vivace
archive (Ewan MacColl) Four Loom Weaver
Soundscape industrial clamour takes over
JULIA WOLFE Dig Deep
MISSY MAZZOLI Enthusiasm Strategies
archive (Tom Clough) Keel Row (underscored)
Trad. arr. NEWELL Keelman Ower the Land
archive (Welsh pub) Welsh pub recording (underscored)
MARSEY Industry chorale ii (new work)
MARSEY Be Nice To See You
archive (Joy Division) Love Will Tear Us Apart (underscored)
MARSEY Industry chorale iii (new work) 

“Immaculate precision and spirit.”

The Strad 

About the Artists

Solem Quartet

Praised for their “immaculate precision and spirit” (The Strad) and “cultured tone” (Arts Desk), the Solem Quartet has established itself as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation. A 2020 awardee of the Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund, one of 33 artists selected from more than 1200 applicants, the Solem Quartet takes its place amongst some of the UK’s brightest artistic voices.

Since winning the Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Competition 2014, the Solem Quartet has built a strong following. They enjoy a busy concert schedule, ranging from international tours in Asia and Europe to performances at venues such as London’s Wigmore and Queen Elizabeth Halls, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Perth Concert Hall (subsequently broadcast by Radio 3) and the Tung Auditorium in Liverpool.

Passionate about collaboration, the Quartet has worked with artists from across genres including filmmaker Jessie Rodger, cellist/singer/composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson, and clarinettist/composer Mark Simpson, with whom they appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival and live on BBC Radio 3. They have also worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Anna Meredith, Colin Matthews and Thomas Adès, and in 2021 gave the UK premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s Quartet Suite from “There Will be Blood” at the V&A Museum.

BEETHOVEN 200

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 20 March 2027, 2.00pm

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BEETHOVEN
   ‘Eyeglass’ Duo for Viola and Cello (9’)
   String Trio Op.9 No.2 (23’)
   String Quartet in F Op.59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’ 

Ensemble 360 launches a year celebrating Beethoven’s 200th anniversary with a programme that traces his remarkable journey as a chamber music composer. From the wit and charm of the ‘Eyeglass’ Duo to the youthful brilliance of his early String Trio alongside one of his greatest string quartets, these works highlight the imagination, innovation and emotional depth that transformed music forever.  

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“Individual and collective musicianship of a high order. ”

Bachtrack on Ensemble 360 

About the Artists

Ensemble 360 musicians

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

SOUNDS OF NOW: OVERHEARD Music for Violin, Percussion & Electronics

Ruby Colley & Aram Zarakian

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 20 March 2027, 8.00pm

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Acclaimed violinist, composer and sound artist Ruby Colley creates immersive performances that blur the boundaries between contemporary classical music, field recordings and electronic sound. Joined by percussionist and electronic musician Aram Zarakian, she presents music from her celebrated albums Overheard and Underheard, alongside new work that explores our relationship with the natural world through sound. 

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“Fabulous, compelling & very new. ”

Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3 

CLASSICAL WEEKEND: BACH FOR ORGAN

David Goode

Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Friday 12 March 2027, 4.00pm

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£5 for everyone (Classical Weekend promo price)

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JS BACH
   Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV542 (12’)
   Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi BWV593
   [Allegro] – Adagio – Allegro (12’)
    Pedal – Exercitum BWV598 (4’) 
 from Schübler Chorales:
       Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV646
       Meine Seele erhebt den Herren BWV648
       Kommst du nun, Jesu BWV650 (8’)
     Sonata No.3 in D minor BWV527 (15’)
       Andante – Adagio e dolce – Vivace
    Prelude and Fugue in D BWV532 (11’) 

One of Britain’s foremost organists, David Goode returns to Sheffield to perform a programme devoted to the unsurpassed musical visionary, JS Bach, and some of his most virtuosic keyboard works. From his famously thrilling Fantasia and Fugue in G minor and the well-loved showpiece Prelude and Fugue in D, to the lyricism of the Trio Sonata and the beauty of the celebrated Schübler Chorales, this concert showcases Bach’s extraordinary musical genius. 

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“shining colours and clearly delineated textures…which Goode imbues with a ringing spirituality”

Choir and Organ on Goode’s recording of JS Bach, The Complete Works for Organ

“Bach’s compositional genius is shown in the best possible light by Goode’s thoughtful performances.”

Presto Classical 

About the Artists

Organ player, David Goode

David Goode

David Goode is one of the UK’s leading organists, with a diverse portfolio of concerts, teaching and composition. 

He was a music scholar at Eton College and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge from 1991-4, graduating with a first and the MPhil degree. He studied the organ with David Sanger and in Holland with Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996-2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford; and after winning the top prizes awarded at the 1997 St Alban’s Interpretation Competition, and the Recital Gold Medal at the 1998 Calgary Competition, he concentrated on a freelance career between 2001 and 2003. From 2003-2005, he combined this with the post of Organist-in-Residence at First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, home to the world’s largest church organ; and from 2005-2022 he was Organist at Eton College, where he taught many of the UK’s most talented young organists. Read more.

SOUNDS OF NOW: MELTWATER

Manasamitra

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 20 February 2027, 8.00pm

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Meltwater text over image of the sea
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MELTWATER is an immersive performance exploring one of the defining environmental challenges of our time. Developed through Manasamitra’s international ‘Terrarium’ project, it draws on personal stories gathered from communities in the UK, India, Indonesia and Portugal alongside the extraordinary sounds of melting ice itself: drips, cracks, streams and shifting glaciers. Combining live performance, electronics and environmental sound, MELTWATER is a powerful and thought-provoking musical experience that reflects on climate change through sound, memory and human experience.  

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About the Artists

Manasamitra

Manasamitra is an artist-led organisation based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, delivering a range of exciting and original cross-cultural experiences. Their work is rooted in the creative vision of Supriya Nagarajan, a classically-trained Carnatic singer who is inspired by not only the traditions of her South Asian roots but also by a drive to work with new ideas, forms and aesthetics from across the world, presented within a contemporary British context. Find out more.

MOZART CLARINET QUINTET

Consone Quartet & Nicola Boud

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 20 February 2027, 2.00pm

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MOZART (Comp. Levin) Clarinet Quintet K516c (7’)
MOZART String Quartet K458 ‘The Hunt’ (28’)
MOZART Clarinet Quintet K581 (30’)

Music in the Round’s visiting string quartet, the Consone Quartet, is joined by acclaimed historical clarinettist Nicola Boud for an evening of Mozart.  

The composer’s radiant Clarinet Quintet K581 combines effortless elegance with extraordinary warmth, and is joined here by a movement from an earlier clarinet quintet (completed by Robert Levin) which provides a charming contrast to the later, well-known piece. Performed on period instruments, with gut strings, alongside a historical clarinet, this is a rare opportunity to hear these beloved works with the transparency, texture and intimacy of a sound world from the late 1700s.  

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“ …they play with perfect intonation, tremendous attack, and impeccable historical style. All the four instruments work together with such intelligence and imagination. ”

Roger Norrington on the Consone Quartet 

About the Artists

Consone Quartet

The first period instrument string quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet are fast making a name for themselves with their honest and expressive interpretations of classical and romantic repertoire. Music in the Round is delighted to welcome the Quartet to ‘the family’ as our Visiting Quartet. Supported by the Frost Trust, they visit schools across the city, working in partnership with Sheffield Music Hub and performing at concerts promoted by us around the country.

Formed at the Royal College of Music in London, the Consone Quartet launched their professional career in 2015, shortly after which they were awarded two prizes at the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, including the EUBO Development Trust Prize and a place on the EEEmerging Scheme in France. They went on to win the 2016 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize, and in 2022 were awarded a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) fellowship. Read their full biography here.

RESONANCE: MOZART & SCHUMANN QUARTETS

Van Kuijk String Quartet

Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Saturday 13 February 2027, 7.00pm

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MOZART String Quartet in E flat K428 (35’)
BOSMANS String Quartet (12’)
SCHUMANN String Quartet No.2 (25’) 

The internationally acclaimed Van Kuijk String Quartet returns to Sheffield with a programme spanning three centuries of music. From the elegance and effortless lyricism of Mozart and Bosmans’ vibrant and distinctly colourful Quartet to Schumann’s passionate Romantic masterpiece, the concert showcases three composers at their most imaginative and expressive. 

Praised for performances of exceptional warmth, refinement and vitality, the Van Kuijk String Quartet is among Europe’s most exciting chamber ensembles. 

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“Style, energy and a sense of risk. These four young Frenchmen made the music smile.”

The Guardian 

THE GRAND TOUR

His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 6 February 2027, 7.00pm

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For more than four decades, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts has been recognised as one of the world’s leading early music ensembles. Performing on beautifully crafted historical instruments, they bring to life the dazzling sounds of seventeenth-century Europe with unmatched colour, virtuosity and vitality. 

Featuring highlights from the Ensemble’s acclaimed recordings, The Grand Tour journeys through the great musical centres of Italy, Germany, Spain and beyond. From majestic ceremonial works to exuberant dances, this performance showcases the brilliance and imagination of European music in the 1600s. 

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“The playing is nothing short of exquisite. A breath of fresh air”

Historic Brass Society 

AT THE MOVIES WITH LONDON TANGO QUINTET

LONDON TANGO QUINTET

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 6 February 2027, 2.00pm

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PIAZZOLLA Jeanne y Paul (5’) (Last Tango in Paris)
GARDEL Por una cabeza (4’) (Scent of a Woman, True Lies, Schindler’s List, Virtue)
DE CARO Tierra querida (4’)
SALGÁN A fuego lento (3’)
PIAZZOLLA Vuelvo del sur (4’) (Assassination Tango – Robert Duval)
COBIÁN La casita de mis viejos (5’)
BARBIERI Last Tango in Paris (4’)
PIAZZOLLA La muerte del ángel (4’)
SALGÁN Motivo de vals (3’)
RODRÍGUEZ La Cumparsita (3’) (Some like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Dillinger)
AROLAS Comme il faut (4’)
MORICONE Cinema Paradiso (5’)
LIPPA Tango de Amor (5’) (The Addams Family)
CAVATINA (4’) (The Deer Hunter)
MELO SALGÁN Desde el Alma (3’)
BACALOV Il Postino (5’)
PIAZZOLLA Oblivion (5’) (Enrico IV)
POLICE / MORES Tango de Roxanne (5’) (Moulin Rouge)  

From Last Tango in Paris and Moulin Rouge to The Deer Hunter, The Addams Family and Cinema Paradiso, tango has provided the soundtrack to some of cinema’s most unforgettable moments. Five internationally acclaimed musicians, including Music in the Round and Classic FM favourite Craig Ogden, come together to share their infectious passion for Argentine tango. An afternoon of irresistible rhythms, virtuosic playing and music full of drama and passion drawn from and created for the silver screen. 

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London Tango Quintet feat. Craig Ogden

Chart topping guitar virtuoso, Craig Ogden, is joined by the extraordinary accordionist, Miloš Milivojević, described by the Times as ‘a hurricane of musical invention’.

Pianist/composer David Gordon regularly tours as a jazz musician, harpsichordist and director of internationally renowned ensembles while double bassist, Richard Pryce, works with all the major orchestras and artists from Jamie Cullum to Shirley Bassey.

Violinist and founder of the London Tango Quintet, David Juritz, made headlines when he busked around the world for charity. His playing has been described by The Strad Magazine as having a quality of ‘aching lyricism … naked expression in the grip of an icy control.’ Read more.

BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS: PATHÉTIQUE

Tim Horton

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Friday 5 February 2027, 7.00pm

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BEETHOVEN
   Piano Sonata in E Op.14, No.1 (15’)
   Piano Sonata in E flat Op.7 ‘Grand Sonata’ (29’)
   Piano Sonata in G Op.14, No.2 (16’)
   Piano Sonata in C minor Op.13, ‘Pathétique’ (20’) 

Tim Horton continues his journey through Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas. From the dramatic emotional intensity of the ever-popular Pathétique Sonata to the elegance and wit of the early sonatas, these works reveal Beethoven’s extraordinary imagination creating new musical worlds.  

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“Tim Horton’s unaffected, heartfelt playing is perfectly judged.”

The Arts Desk 

About the Artists

Tim Horton

Tim Horton is one of the UK’s leading pianists, equally at home in solo and chamber repertoire. He has appeared as soloist with major orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

Tim gave his debut solo recital at Wigmore Hall in 2016, and appears there frequently as both soloist and collaborative artist. He is regularly invited to play at distinguished festivals and series across the UK and abroad, including Music in the Round for whom he has presented a number of solo piano cycles, alongside his work with Ensemble 360.  During 2026 Tim presents the fifth and sixth instalments of his Chopin Cycle at London’s Wigmore Hall and embarks on a new Beethoven cycle for Music in the Round at the Crucible. Alongside his solo work Tim maintains a busy performing schedule with Ensemble 360 and the Leonore Piano Trio, and is a founding member of both groups. He is regularly broadcast by BBC Radio 3. Read more. 

FAMILY CONCERT: THE STORM WHALE

Ensemble 360 & Elinor Moran

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 30 January 2027, 10.30am / 1.30pm

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RISSMANN The Storm Whale (60’) 

Back by popular demand: our storybook concert based on the modern classic book series by Benji Davies. 

The Storm Whale tells the story of a child, a whale washed up on the beach, and friendships that will change their lives forever and echo down the generations. These heart-warming tales of friendship, love and courage are brought to life through music specially written to accompany the book by our Children’s Composer-in-Residence, Paul Rissmann.   

Perfect for 3 to 7 year-olds and their families, this illustrated and narrated storybook concert is a wonderful introduction to the live concert experience, brimming with wonderful music, memorable songs, images from the book and plenty of chances to join in. 

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“The musicians did a wonderful job of introducing the young audience to theatre, live music and engaging story-telling.”

 The Yorkshire Post 

About the Artists

Ensemble 360 musicians

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Elinor Moran

Elinor is in demand as a vocal workshop leader and animateur. She regularly works in learning and participation teams with such companies as ROH, ETO, Opera North, Snape Maltings, Garsington Opera and as far away as The Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus in Toronto.

Elinor has just returned from singing with André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra as a soloist on a world tour. She was a soloist on a SONY BMG recording “The Best Of Gilbert And Sullivan” which reached the top of the Classical Chart and can be heard on Blossom Street’s new Naxos recording of choral music by female composers “This Day”. Her recent roles include Mimi La Boheme (in the Olivier Award winning OperaUpClose production at the Soho Theatre and Charing Cross Theatre and Tour) and she has been the recipient of a Garsington Opera Chorus Award. 

Elinor studied voice at Chetham’s School Of Music and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2012 she performed a dance role in Danny Boyle’s Olympic Opening Ceremony but has since put away her hip hop shoes (until the right future opportunity…).

SCHUBERT: DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN

Roderick Williams & Carducci Quartet

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 23 January 2027, 2.00pm

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SCHUBERT String Quartet No.10, ‘Haushaltung’ (25’)
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (60’) 

Music in the Round’s Singer-in-Residence Roderick Williams joins the internationally acclaimed Carducci String Quartet for Schubert’s unforgettable tale of hope and heartbreak. Die schöne Müllerin traces a young miller’s unrequited love through songs of extraordinary beauty. The concert opens with the charmingly youthful Haushaltung Quartet, which reveals the melodic gift that would blossom in Schubert’s later masterpieces. 

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“The Carducci give superbly vivid and thoroughly prepared performances.”

Gramophone

“Revelatory and unforgettable. ”

Seen and Heard on Roderick Williams 

About the Artists

Roderick Williams

Roderick Williams is an opera singer, accomplished recital artist and composer. He works regularly with major British opera companies such as Opera North, Royal Opera House, Scottish Opera and more – he is especially well known for his Baritone Mozart roles. In addition, he tours internationally throughout the year regularly performing in Australia, America and Canada and Europe.  This Guardian interview in anticipation of his performance at The Last Night of The Proms in 2014 reveals his joyful, personable character. As our Singer-in-Residence, Williams has performed multiple concerts with us, initially with a performance of Howard Skempton’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He also played a key role in our collaborative singing and composition project Schubert in Schools, working in partnership with pianist Christopher Glynn, and schools and Music Hubs in Barking, Clapham, Doncaster, Milton Keynes, Nottingham and Sheffield.