WRE Salon | Classical Traditions - West Riding Ensemble Quartet with Sofia Nikolaeva

In this concert the West Riding Ensemble reverts to its core identity as a project-based chamber group. In 2025, WRE founder members David Milsom, Maria Nikolaeva, Charlotte Kenyon, and George Kennaway undertook a string quartet tour of works by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Shostakovich; now they perform two more favourites of the repertoire: Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C minor, and Mendelssohn’s op. 12 string quartet.

In the genial and conversational Mozart Clarinet Quintet they are joined by young clarinettist Sofia Nikolaeva in her chamber music debut with WRE. Look out for Sofia and other rising stars in further events in the 2026-2027 season as the ensemble focuses on mixed chamber music for strings and wind.

The concert is followed by for a short reception with drinks and nibbles, where audience members can meet and chat to the musicians.

In keeping with the raison d’être of WRE, this concert gives a professional platform to emerging young musicians in an ‘apprentice’ model, and pays students a fair fee for their work.

PROGRAMME
SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703 (1820)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in E flat, op. 12 (1829)
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A, K 581 (1789)

PERFORMERS

Sofia Nikolaeva | clarinet
WRE Quartet | David Milsom & Maria Nikolaeva, violin; Charlotte Kenyon, viola; George Kennaway, cello