With its long history and a discography that is both large and widely praised, the famed ensemble is always a welcome visitor to Wigmore Hall. In its two programmes this autumn the group makes a feature of works by two central figures of the Viennese classical tradition.

The first programme also includes Britten’s Second Quartet, given its première at tonight’s venue on 21 November 1945 in a concert marking the exact 250th anniversary of the death of Purcell: its third movement is a Chacony (similar to the passacaglia), a form particularly close to the Baroque composer’s heart.