Proms at… – Cadogan Hall: Aris Quartet

Praised for their suppleness of sound, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Aris Quartet make their Proms debut with Haydn’s ebullient ‘Sunrise Quartet nicknamed for the beautiful climbing phrase with which it opens.This late, great work is paired with two youthful pieces: Schubert’s quietly innovative String Quartet No. 1, and the String Quartet No. 5 by Maddalena Laura Sirmen (born Lombardini) the 18th-century violin virtuoso and pupil of Tartini, whose career was a defiant exception in a maledominated profession.