Even at the highest level of chamber music making, the Hagen Quartet stands apart for the astonishing unanimity of ensemble, tonal blend and understanding achieved by its members, including three siblings who have been with the group since its foundation in 1981. The Hagens return to Wigmore Hall for a weekend residency built around seminal works by Haydn and three contrasting compositions from the Quartet's famously wide repertoire.

Virtuosity and astonishing invention belong to the world of Haydn’s Op. 54 Nos. 1 and 3, the First hallmarked by its dashing first violin part, the Third by gentle lyricism. The Hagen Quartet concludes with Robert Schumann’s febrile Op. 41 No. 3, an impassioned model of musical Romanticism.