Oliver Pashley (clarinet) and George Fu (piano) Debussy Première Rhapsodie Eleanor Alberga Duo from Dancing with the Shadow Philip Cashian Fiction Berg Four Pieces Maxwell Davies Hymnos….Oliver Pashley plays regularly with orchestras and ensembles at home and abroad, including the Philharmonia and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has played guest principal with the Royal Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony orchestras. Read more…

Sacconi Quartet: Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson (violins) Robin Ashwell (viola) Cara Berridge (cello) Simon Callaghan (piano) Programme: Ravel – String Quartet in F major, M.35 Bliss – Piano Quartet Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor Read more…

Sacconi Quartet & The Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra Programme: Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 Britten – Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings Read more…

Cara Berridge (cello) & Kate Kennedy (author) Programme: Cara Berridge performs Bach and a specially commissioned work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad interspersed with cello tales from musician-author Kate Kennedy’s new book ‘A Journey Through Silence to Sound’. Followed by Tea & Coffee and book-signing Read more…

Sacconi Quartet: Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson (violins) Robin Ashwell (viola) Cara Berridge (cello) Programme: Suk – Meditation Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 ‘From My Life’ Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 Read more…

“Mark Simpson (clarinet) Mark Simpson Darkness Moves Luciano Berio Sequenza IX Kaija Saariaho Duft John Cage Clarinet Sonata Steve Reich New York Counterpoint //////// ‘Mark Simpson is a leading talent among young British composer-instrumentalists’.” Read more…

“John Woolrich In Conversation with Luke Styles and Marianne Schofield, Double Bass. The Australian composer Luke Styles talks about his music in conversation with John Woolrich. Luke, who is also artistic director of the Deal Festival of Music and Arts, began his musical journey as a double bass player and he has composed extensively for the instrument. He will share Read more…

Louise Drewett, Andrea Balency-Bearn and Martha-Maria Mitu introduce their new pieces. Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), Joseph Havlat (piano) New music by four brilliant young women composers: Louise Drewett, Ruta Vitkauskaite, Andrea Balency-Bearn and Martha-Maria Mitu. The performers are two extraordinary Australian musicians: Lotte Betts-Dean, whose singing shows ‘impressive control, an irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance’ and ‘an unmissable, urgent Read more…