Concert season

2020/21 season

Six classical concerts and a lunchtime workshop, curated for Worcester audiences.

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Boglarka Gyorgy & Amy Butler

Sunday 22 February 2026 · 3:00pm

Boglarka Gyorgy & Amy Butler

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Boglarka Gyorgy
Cavendish Winds

Sunday 11 October 2020 · 3:00pm

Cavendish Winds

Mary Tyler and ensemble

  • Mary Tyler · clarinet
  • Katy Ovens · flute
  • Henry Clay · oboe
  • Alice Quayle · bassoon
  • Charlie Ransley · horn

Cavendish Winds is an award-winning quintet formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2014. They have performed in concerts, educational projects and competitions throughout the UK and abroad – establishing a reputation as one of the country's leading chamber ensembles; committed to exploring and expanding wind repertoire by presenting innovative programmes.

Programme highlights

  • Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917) Ravel (arr. Jones)
  • Novelette in C, Op. 47 no. 1 (1927) Poulenc
  • Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées (1963) Tomasi
  • Syrinx (1922) 3' for solo flute Debussy
  • La fille aux cheveux de lin (1908) Debussy
  • Trois Pièces Pour une Musique de Nuit (1977) for wind quartet Bozza
  • Wind Quintet in G minor (1876) Taffanel
Carducci String Quartet

Sunday 8 November 2020 · 3:00pm

The Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton and ensemble

  • Matthew Denton · violin
  • Michelle Fleming · violin
  • Eoin Schmidt-Martin · viola
  • Emma Denton · cello

Described by The Strad as presenting 'a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality', the award-winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today.

This is the second in a series of three concerts each containing a Bartok String Quartet

Programme highlights

  • Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 no. 4 Beethoven
  • Quartet no. 3 Sz 85 Bartok
  • Quartet no. 1 in F minor, Op. 96 American Dvorak
Carducci String Quartet

Tuesday 10 November 2020 · 12:30pm

The Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton and ensemble

  • Matthew Denton · violin
  • Michelle Fleming · violin
  • Eoin Schmidt-Martin · viola
  • Emma Denton · cello

Described by the 'Strad' as presenting 'a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality' the award-winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today.

Programme highlights

  • Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 no. 4 Beethoven
  • Quartet no. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Shostakovich
  • Quartet no. 12 in F major, Op. 96 American Dvorak