Roderick Williams is one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recital. In 2016, he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year award and was awarded an OBE for services to music a year later. He is joined for this exclusive performance by the award-winning Carducci Quartet, who The Strad has described as presenting ‘a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose’. One of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles in the world today, they regularly appear at prestigious venues and festivals across the globe.

An all-Schubert programme opens with the composer’s Tenth String Quartet, which he wrote when he was only 16 years of age. It is often referred to as the ‘Haushaltung’ (‘Household’) Quartet, as it was written to be played by members of Schubert’s family and is not as technically demanding as the composer’s mature works.

With its themes of love, death, travel and nature, Schubert’s great song cycle Die schöne Müllerin offers a dramatic portrayal of unrequited love. The role of the piano in the work is notable for how it provides far more than mere accompaniment and becomes a true conversational partner for the voice. In this unique reworking of the cycle, arranged and performed by Roderick Williams, audiences will experience how the rich and nuanced timbres of the string quartet add an intriguing new dimension to this musical conversation.