2023/24 season

Sunday 8 October 2023 · 3:00pm

Sarah Beth Briggs

Sarah Beth Briggs' professional career was launched at the age of eleven when she became the youngest ever finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year. Four years later she gained international recognition as joint winner of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg.

Sunday 19 November 2023 · 3:00pm

The Tedesca Quartet

Nic Fallowfield and ensemble

• Nic Fallowfield · violin
• Clare Bhabra · violin
• Richard Muncey · viola
• Jenny Curtis · cello

The Tedesca Quartet was formed in 2010 and has a wealth of experience from a wide range of music-making at the highest level and quickly established a reputation for performances of maturity and integrity. They play regularly for music clubs and societies through the UK. Their first foreign performance was in Italy in 2022.

Sunday 10 December 2023 · 3:00pm

From Bach to the Beatles

Katona Twins

• Katona Twins · guitars

Critically acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as "the classical world's best known guitar duo", Peter and Zoltán Katona effortlessly transfer from strictly classical into more popular musical genres.

Their unusual style combines classical, flamenco and finger picking techniques with the energetic stage presence of lead guitarists.

Sunday 28 January 2024 · 3:00pm

The Revolutionary Wind Machine

Mark Baigent and ensemble

• Mark Baigent · oboe
• Cait Walker · oboe
• Richard Bayliss · horn
• Clare Penkey · horn
• Robert Percival · bassoon
• Inga Matia Klaucke · bassoon

Harmonie music : The revolutionary wind machine present a programme of classical works for oboes, horns and bassoon including wonderful and rarely-heard works by Salieri, Besozzi and Druchetzky. Fresh from the Bridgnorth festival where they have given three performances in two years due to the popularity of their concerts, you will be immersed in the sounds and colours heard in 18th century stately homes and palaces where Harmonie bands were all the rage.

The Revolutionary Wind Machine was formed in 2022 to explore and promote chamber music for wind instruments from the classical era through to the early twentieth century. Wonderful chamber music is brought back to life and presented here on period instruments.

Sunday 25 February 2024 · 3:00pm

Emmanuel Bach & Jenny Stern

Emmanuel Bach & Jenny Stern

• Emmanuel Bach · violin
• Jenny Stern · piano

Described as an 'outstandingly well-matched duo', they have recorded three CDs, most recently 'Lennox In Paris', an album of British and French works, which was widely praised.

Sunday 24 March 2024 · 3:00pm

The Maggini String Quartet

Julian Leaper and ensemble

• Julian Leaper · violin I
• Ciaran McCabe · violin II
• Martin Outram · viola
• Michal Kaznowski · cello