Our repertoire ranges from duos to works for sinfonietta-sized ensembles, and we regularly work with guest artists to expand our programming possibilities. Works listed in orange have been chosen to mark significant composer anniversaries; please also see our Berkeley Ensemble celebrates… concert series.

Repertoire 2012-13 (selection)

Bartók 			Contrasts Sz.111

Lennox Berkeley	Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet op.47

Bridge 			Piano trio no. 2

Britten			3 Divertimenti for string quartet
(1913-1976)		String quartet no. 1 op.25
				Sinfonietta op.1
				Phantasy for oboe quartet op.2

Brahms			Clarinet trio op.114
				String Sextet in G op.36

Dohnányi			Sextet op.37

Dvořák			Terzetto op.74

Haydn			Piano trio in E flat H.30
				String quartet op. 33/5

Ireland			Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet
(1897-1962)		Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano

Mozart			Trio K.498 ‘Kegelstatt’

Mozart/Bach		String trio arrangements K404a

Schoenberg 		Verklärte Nacht op.4

Sibelius			String quartet op.56 ‘Voces Intimae’ 

Vaughan Williams	On Wenlock Edge

Sample programmes:

Four players – clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Haydn: Piano trio in E flat H.30
Brahms: Clarinet trio op.114
Ireland: Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano
Bridge: Piano trio no. 2

String quartet
Haydn: String quartet op. 33 no. 5
Sibelius: String quartet op.56 ‘Voces Intimae’
Arnold: String quartet no. 2 op.118

Six players – clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano
Mozart: Trio K.498 ‘Kegelstatt’
Dohnányi: Serenade for string trio op.10
Bartók: Contrasts Sz.111
Dohnányi: Sextet op.37

String sextet
Brahms: String sextet in G op.36
Dvořák: Terzetto op.74
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht op.4

Six players – clarinet, horn, string quartet
Mozart: Clarinet quintet in A K.581
Lennox Berkeley: Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet op.47
J.S. & W.F. Bach/Mozart: String trio arrangements K404a
Ireland: Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet