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The Hicsum Festival in Denmark takes place at Herlufsholm Castle. The stately old castle
buildings are set in lush, green meadows in front of the pretty village of Nestvaed, not far from
the sea. After an exciting introduction, each day of the festival begins here with the audience and
musicians having dinner together. The evening concert then begins.

We have been playing in Seligenstadt am Main, just half an hour from Frankfurt, for almost as
long as our ensemble has been around. There, the magic of the intact medieval town centre
casts a spell over you, with pretty half-timbered houses on the banks of the River Main and one
of the most beautiful monastery buildings in Germany.

What else will be in our diaries: Concert tours, masterclasses, jury activities, festival
management? The only certainty is that – as long as we are still playing together as a string
quartet – you will find us there in the countryside with our friends, in Hicsum with a sea breeze in
our hair on the way to the next concert, and in Seligenstadt playing in front of the fountain in the
centre of the cloister in the balmy summer air, accompanied by the evening singing of the birds.

• The Henschel Quartet (with guest second violinist Gertrud Schilde) play Freda
Swain's First String Quartet, "Norfolk" in Orford Church at 11am on Tuesday 11
June, with further performances at the Seligenstadt Festival, Germany (26 June),
the Hicsum Festival, Denmark (10 July) and Yokohama, Japan (25 September)
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