"The Nash are chamber music royalty." The Sunday Times
Chamber Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall, the Nash Ensemble has been presenting an annual themed series there since 1979.
During the 2024-25 season at Wigmore Hall the Nash marks its 60th anniversary with a range of programmes illustrating the variety of music performed by the Ensemble over the years, from Mozart to the avant garde. New works being commissioned to celebrate the 60th anniversary are by Julian Anderson, John Casken, Helen Grime, Simon Holt, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Huw Watkins.
Regarded as a standard-bearer of British music-making around the world, the Group has premièred over 300 new works, of which 215 have been especially commissioned. Recent CD chamber music releases for Hyperion include recordings of works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, as well as Max Bruch and Ferdinand Ries, while future releases include a CD of string sextets by Tchaikovsky and Korngold. The Ensemble has received two Royal Philharmonic awards "for the breadth of its taste and immaculate performance."