Chamber works by Tchaikovsky and Brahms

The clarinet makes its first appearance at Hellensmusic this year and is brought to the festival by none other than Matthew Hunt, one of its finest advocates. In the first of two concerts, he joins our outstanding resident artists to perform the quintet known for taking Brahms out of a self-imposed early retirement. But first there is the chance to hear Tchaikovsky’s first string quartets back to back – the attempted B flat major, of which intriguingly only one movement survives - Adagio misterioso - Allegro con moto and the String Quartet No 1 in D major.