Cellist

Edinburgh-based Ninfea-Cruttwell-Reade, a Royal Philharmonic Society featured composer, won ardent admirers in 2025 with her Piano Concerto and motet for The Sixteen, The Call of Gideon. The Carducci Quartet and Tom Poster, persuasive and committed advocates of contemporary compositions, give the first performance of her new piano quintet, conceived for Wigmore Hall Voices of Today to mark the Hall’s 125th anniversary.

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Carducci String Quartet; Tom Poster piano

Wigmore Hall

Join members of the Carducci Quartet, violinist Matthew Denton and cellist Emma Denton for a String Quartet Masterclass.

String Quartet Masterclass with members of the Carducci Quartet

St Edward’s School

Winners in 2016 of an RPS Award for its world-travelling Shostakovich 15 series, the admired ensemble returns for the substantial Second of the composer’s works for the medium, written in 1944. ‘These are athletic, upfront performances’, wrote Gramophone of the Carducci’s CD containing this particular piece, ‘clear in texture, forthright in tone and bold in articulation’.

Cellist

Emma Denton

Events

Past events

Jun 20, 2026

Carducci String Quartet; Tom Poster piano · Wigmore Hall

Mar 14, 2026

String Quartet Masterclass with members of the Carducci Quartet · Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Piano Quintet in A minor by Elgar

Wigmore Hall

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