The Emerson Quartet have performed all over the world, their recitals greeted with reverence and admiration, and have given many memorable International Festival recitals.

For 2016, they bring a trio of subtly radical yet classic string quartets to the Queen’s Hall. Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet is a lyrical, introspective piece revered for its huge dramatic and emotional scope. Tchaikovsky’s dark, turbulent Third Quartet marks an enormous outpouring of sadness, with some of the composer’s most heartfelt music. The Emersons open their concert with Haydn’s sly Quartet in D major Op 76 No 5, which subverts quartet conventions in music that’s witty, joyful yet deeply moving.

With musicians like this there must be some hope for humanity.

The Times