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The Bloomsbury Players present a programme centred around Schubert’s Octet, performed by renowned musicians on historical instruments. They complement this monumental work with newly commissioned arrangements of Schubert’s songs that inspired his instrumental chamber music, alongside excerpts from his string quartets Rosamunde and Death and the Maiden, both composed within weeks of the Octet.

This tour is generously supported by a grant from the Continuo Foundation

May 2026

2nd May: Residency on Belle Isle, Lake Windermere

3rd May, 5pm: Concert in St. Anne’s Church, Ings, Lake District Book here

5th May, 7:30pm: Concert in St. Vincent’s Chapel, Edinburgh Book here

6th May, 7pm: Concert in the Tighnabruaich Roundhouse, Tighnabruaich, Scotland Book here

7th May, 10am-12pm: Workshop in Tighnabruaich Primary School

8th May, 7pm: Concert in the Parish Church of St. Clement, Cambridge Book here

15th May, 6pm: Concert in Doddington Hall and Gardens, Lincoln Book here

16th May, 7pm: Concert in the Vermeer Chamber Concert series - Leighton House, London Book here

17th May, 6pm: Concert in the Olivier International Recitals series - St. Edward’s School, Oxford Book here

Programme

Franz Schubert, arr. Bill Thorp - new arrangements of Schubert’s songs that inspired his instrumental chamber music, alongside excerpts from his string quartets Rosamunde and Death and the Maiden

~ Interval ~

Franz Schubert - Octet in F major, D. 803

~ Bloomsbury Players ~

Katherine Spencer - clarinet, Ursula Leveaux - bassoon, Richard Bayliss - horn, Sijie Chen - violin, Will McGahon - violin, Hannah Shaw - viola, Christopher Graves - ‘cello, Alexander Jones - double bass