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Ensemble 360 was formed in 2005 to take up residency in South Yorkshire succeeding The Lindsays who were retiring as a quartet. The ensemble brings together musicians from across the globe to form one versatile ensemble of eleven musicians; five wind players, a pianist, double bassist and the Elisas String Quartet. In their ?rst performance of the season, Ensemble 360 play two outstanding works of the Romantic repertoire. Written in 1842, Schumann's Piano Quartet in E ?at is an invigorating work displaying great subtlety and re?nement. Its musical structure is in?uenced by Beethoven but with passages of sprightliness reminiscent of much of Mendelssohn's music. Schubert's Octet of 1824 also owes much to Beethoven, having been commissioned by Count Ferdinand von Troyer as a piece to complement the latter composer's Septet. By adding a second violin, Schubert created a largely spontaneous, congenial work, with hints of moroseness in common with his other chamber pieces of this period. Tonight's concert supports the Women of Steel fundraising campaign to commission a statue by Martin Jennings.