Diary 2023 archive

  • Friday 3rd November 2023 at 7.00pm

    Hay Music

    St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB

    with William Howard (piano)

    Schubert: Quartettsatz
    Graham Fitkin: ‘Touch’ (Piano Quartet)
    Jonathan Dove: Piano Quintet
    Franck: Piano Quintet

    Full details at the Hay Music website.

  • Saturday 21st October 2023 at 7.30pm

    Bollington Chamber Concerts

    Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road, Bollington, SK10 5JR

    Mozart: Quartet in B flat K589
    Britten: Quartet no 3
    Schumann: Quartet in A op 41 no 3

    Full details at the Bollington Chamber Concerts website.

  • Friday 20th October 2023 at 7.30pm

    Grange-over-Sands & District Concert Club

    Victoria Hall, Main Street, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6DP

    Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K.589
    Britten: String Quartet No.3
    Schumann: String Quartet in A major, Op.41 No. 3

    Full details at the Grange-over-Sands & District Concert Club website.

  • Sunday 8th October 2023 at 4.30pm

    Sacconi Residency Weekend - ProAm Chamber Music Concert

    Holy Trinity Church, Sandgate Road, Folkestone

    Talented amateur musicians from Kent perform with the Sacconi Quartet!

    Free event, no need to book!

  • Saturday 7th October 2023 at 4.45pm

    Sacconi Residency Weekend - Dances with Strings

    The Green Room @ The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone

    DANCES with STRINGS is a brand new and exciting event with live music from the Sacconi Quartet joined by local musicians. Local improvisational dancer Eréndira will guide the audience through movement and dance in response to the music. Great fun for all ages and abilities and set in the fabulous surroundings of the Great Rooms of The Grand.

    This event is Free, but this venue has a capacity limit so you will need to book your place: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/folkestone/the-green-room

  • Saturday 7th October 2023 at 4.00pm

    Sacconi Residency Weekend - Young Strings

    The Green Room @ The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone

    Our Folkestone Young Strings Orchestra directed by Floriane Peycelon will perform the music they’ve been working on this term. Please come along and support these talented youngsters!

    This event is Free, but this venue has a capacity limit so you will need to book your place: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/folkestone/the-green-room

  • Friday 6th October 2023 at 8.00pm

    Sacconi Residency Weekend - Richard Navarro & Sacconi Quartet

    Punch & Judy, Rendezvous Street, Folkestone

    Genre-busting vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Navarro performs his beautiful original material with the Sacconi Quartet for the very first time. Together with Nicholas Thurston on guitar/double bass, the 6-strong group will perform brand new arrangements of songs rich in melody and myth, set among landscapes of sea and sky. A very special meeting of sublime strings, beats and storytelling.

    Free event, no need to book!

    Full details at www.soundsfolkestone.co.uk

  • Saturday 30th September 2023 at 7.30pm

    Newcastle Chamber Music Society

    Sage 2, Sage, St Mary's Square, Gateshead NE8 2JR

    with Emma Abbate (piano)

    Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57
    Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
    Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81

    Full details at the Newcastle Chamber Music Society website

  • Wednesday 27th September 2023 at 7.30pm

    Beethoven in the Dark

    Colchester Arts Centre, CO1 1NF

    with Tom Morris

    Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor Op 131

    Full details can be found at the Roman River Festival website.

  • Saturday 16th September 2023 at 7.30pm

    Music In Lyddington

    St Andrews Church, Church Ln, Lyddington, Oakham LE15 9LQ

    with Emma Abbate (piano)

    Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
    Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57
    Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81

    Full details at the Music In Lyddington website.

  • Wednesday 2nd August 2023 at 7.30pm

    Lake District Summer Music Festival

    Ambleside Parish Church, Vicarage Rd, LA22 9DH

    with Gwilym Simcock (Piano) and David Burndrett (Double Bass)

    Debussy: Children’s Corner (arr. Simcock)
    Simcock: Echoes Suite
    Simcock: Cumbrian Thaw*
    Simcock: When Time Has Told*
    Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte (arr. Buckland)
    Simcock: New Work (World Premiere)

    Full details at the Lake District Summer Music Festival website.

  • Tuesday 1st August 2023 at 7.00pm

    Lake District Summer Music Festival

    Ambleside Parish Church, Vicarage Rd, LA22 9DH

    Wolf: Italian Serenade
    Dove: On the streets and in the sky
    Montgomery: Strum
    Dvořák: Quartet in G Op.106

    Full details at the Lake District Summer Music website.

  • Wednesday 12th July 2023 at 3.00pm

    Buxton Festival

    St John's Church, 6 St John's Rd Buxton SK17 6XN

    Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135
    Britten: String Quartet No. 3
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D 810  Death and the Maiden

    Full details are available at the Buxton Festival website.

  • Sunday 9th July 2023 at 3.00pm

    JAM on the Marsh

    St George, Ivychurch, TN29 0AL

    with Anna Tilbrook (piano) and Grahame Mitchell (double bass)

    Dove: Piano Quintet
    Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 The Trout

    Full details at the JAM on the Marsh website.

  • Wednesday 28th June 2023 at 7.30pm

    Beaminster Festival

    St Mary’s Church, Beaminster, DT8 3BA

    with Morgan Szymanski (Guitar)

    Vivaldi: Concerto in D RV93 for lute, violins and continuo
    Haydn: String Quartet Op. 64 No. 2 in B minor
    Jessie Montgomery: Strum
    Alec Roth: Quintet for Guitar and Strings
    Piazzola: Histoire du Tango (Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960) arr. Szymanski
    Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in D major 'Fandango'

    Full details are available at the Beaminster Festival website.

  • Tuesday 27th June 2023 at 7.30pm

    Etchingham Music Festival

    The Assumption of Blessed Mary & St Nicholas, High St, Etchingham, East Sussex TN19 7AW

    with Michael Collins (clarinet)

    Haydn: String Quartet no.2 in B minor, Op 64
    Jessie Montgomery: Strum
    Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 

    Full details can be found at the Etchingham Festival website

  • Sunday 21st May 2023 at 7.00pm

    Sacconi Festival

    St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church St, Folkestone CT20 1SE

    with Tom Poster (piano)

    Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 135      
    Britten: String Quartet No.3, in G major, Op. 94
    Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 1, in C minor, Op. 1

    Full details at the Sacconi Festival page.

  • Sunday 21st May 2023 at 3.00pm

    Sacconi Festival

    St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church St, Folkestone CT20 1SE

    with Tom Poster (piano)

    Robert Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston for cello and piano, Op. 102 
    Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano 
    Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47

    Full details at the Sacconi Festival page.

  • Saturday 20th May 2023 at 7.00pm

    Sacconi Festival

    St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church St, Folkestone CT20 1SE

    with the RCM Chamber Orchestra

    Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten                          
    Arvo Pärt: Fratres                                                             
    Jessie Montgomery: Strum                                                                   
    Barber: Adagio for Strings 

    Full details at the Sacconi Festival page.

  • Friday 19th May 2023 at 7.00pm

    Sacconi Festival

    St Mary & St Eanswythe's Church, Church St, Folkestone CT20 1SE

    Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte            
    Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op.64, No. 2                              
    Jonathan Dove: String Quartet, Vanishing Gold                 
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D 810 Death and the Maiden

    Full details at the Sacconi Festival page.

  • Monday 15th May 2023 at 6.00pm

    Royal College of Music

    Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS

    with RCM musicians

    Jessie Montgomery: Strum
    Dvořák: String Quartet in F major op 96 'American'
    Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

    Full details at the Royal College of Music website.

  • Saturday 13th May 2023 at 8.00pm

    Wallingford Chamber Music

    St Mary-le-More, Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG

    with Philip Dukes (Viola)

    Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
    Haydn: String Quartet Op. 64 No. 2 in B minor
    Mozart: Viola Quintet in G minor

    Full details are available at the Wallingford Chamber Music website.

  • Monday 1st May 2023 at 7.00pm

    Leamington Music Festival

    Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

    with Ben Goldscheider (Horn)

    Holloway, R: Partita No.1 for solo horn
    Mozart: Horn Quintet KV 407
    Holloway, R: Horn Quintet
    Rachmaninov: Romance for String Quartet
    Schubert: String Quartet in D minor D 810 'Death and the Maiden'

    Full details are available at the Leamington Music website.

  • Sunday 30th April 2023 at 6.00pm

    The London Chamber Music Society

    Kings Place, Music Base, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

    with Ben Goldscheider (Horn)

    Rachmaninov: Romance
    Robin Holloway: Quintet for Horn & Strings Op.135 (UK premiere)
    Mozart: Quintet for Horn & Strings in E-flat major K.407
    Schubert: String Quartet in D minor D.810 Death & the Maiden

    Full details at the London Chamber Music Society website.

  • Saturday 29th April 2023 at 8.00pm

    Oxford May Music

    SJE Arts - St John the Evangelist Church, 109A Iffley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1EH

    Shaw: Entr’acte
    Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2
    Montgomery: Strum
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden”

    Full details can be found at the Oxford May Music site.

  • Thursday 27th April 2023 at 7.30pm

    Peak Music Society

    Cavendish Hall, Bakewell DE45 1PJ

    Shaw: Entr’acte
    Haydn: Quartet Op. 64 No. 2 in B minor
    Montgomery: Strum
    Schubert: ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet

    Full details are available at the Peak Music Society website.

  • Wednesday 8th March 2023 at 7.30pm

    Chester Music Society

    St Mary's Creative Space, Chester, CH1 2DW

    Caroline Shaw: ‘Entr’acte’
    Haydn: B minor Quartet
    Alberga: Quartet No 2
    Schubert: Quartet in D, Death and the Maiden

    Full details are available at the Chester Music Society website.

  • Thursday 23rd February 2023 at 7.30pm

    Alleyn's International Concert Series

    Alleyn’s School, Townley Road, Dulwich, SE22 8SU

    Haydn: String Quartet Op. 64 No. 2 in B minor
    Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2 - Introduced by the composer
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor Death and the Maiden

    Full details at the Alleyn's School website.

  • Friday 20th January 2023 at 7.30pm

    St James’s Piccadilly Classical Programme - Postponed

    St James's Church 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

    This concert has been postponed, and will be rearranged for later this year

    Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op 64 No 2
    Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2
    Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

    Full details at the St James’s Piccadilly website.

  • Monday 16th January 2023 at 7.30pm

    Manchester Chamber Concerts Society

    The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA

    with Matthew Wadsworth (lute/theorbo)

    Purcell: Suite from King Arthur
    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata arpeggiata
    Alessandro Piccinini: Toccata XIII
    Alessandro Piccinini: Partite varietà sopra la folia
    Steve Goss: Theorbo concerto
    Eleanor Alberga: Quartet No. 2
    Beethoven: Quartet in F Op. 135

    Full details are available at the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society website.

  • Sunday 15th January 2023 at 6.45pm

    Norwich Chapel Concerts

    The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF

    with Matt Wadsworth (lute & theorbo)

    Eleanor Alberga: Quartet No. 2
    Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 64
    Purcell: Suite from King Arthur
    Stephen Goss: Theorbo Concerto

    Full details at the Norwich Chapel Concerts website.