16 August

Gossamer Quartet

The programme opens with Haydn's radiant 'Sunrise' Quartet in B-flat major Op. 76 No. 4, whose shimmering opening never fails to delight, before moving to the searching, austere beauty of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 11. The second half brings something a little different, including arrangements of music by the Nordic folk ensemble Dreamers' Circus — proof that the string quartet can feel equally at home in any musical landscape.

The Gossamer Quartet is a young Scottish ensemble, all recent graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, who have been making their mark on the chamber music scene across Scotland.