Barbican Quartet: Clarke, Ravel and Szymanowski at Wigmore Hall, London on Sunday 8th February 2026 | Classical Events

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Barbican Quartet

Clarke, Ravel and Szymanowski

Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn and Spring Concerts - 2025-2026 Series

Add to my Calendar 08-02-2026 11:30 08-02-2026 13:30 36 Barbican Quartet The Barbican Quartet reached audiences across Europe thanks to its First Prize-winning performance in the hotly contested 2022 ARD International String Quartet Competition. Its latest Wigmore Hall programme places two exquisite landmarks of the 20th-century string quartet repertoire together with Rebecca Clarke’s elegiac Poem, composed a century ago and only recently rediscovered. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England

Sunday 8th February 2026
11:30 AM

Programme

Karol Szymanowski – String Quartet no.2, Op.56
Rebecca Clarke – Poem for string quartet
Maurice Ravel – String Quartet in F major

Performers

Barbican Quartet

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Programme Note

The Barbican Quartet reached audiences across Europe thanks to its First Prize-winning performance in the hotly contested 2022 ARD International String Quartet Competition. Its latest Wigmore Hall programme places two exquisite landmarks of the 20th-century string quartet repertoire together with Rebecca Clarke’s elegiac Poem, composed a century ago and only recently rediscovered.

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