Worcester Concert Club

Chamber music at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

Concert season

2024/25 season

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

Next concert

Boglarka Gyorgy & Amy Butler

Sunday 22 February 2026 · 3:00pm

Boglarka Gyorgy & Amy Butler

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Boglarka Gyorgy
Villiers Quartet

Sunday 13 October 2024 · 3:00pm

Villiers Quartet

Katie Stillman and ensemble

  • Katie Stillman · violin
  • Tamaki Higashi · violin
  • Carmen Flores · viola
  • Leo Melvin · cello

The Villiers Quartet has become one of the most recognised quartets in the UK for the performance of British music. Their passion for teaching and performing have made the VQ a valuable resource for students and audiences alike. Inspiration comes from the heart of their philosophy: to believe in the art of string quartet.

Programme highlights

  • Quartet in G major, Op 76/1 Haydn
  • Quartet no.1 Vivian Fung
  • Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 Beethoven
Villiers Quartet
Villiers Quartet

Sunday 10 November 2024 · 3:00pm

Leon McCawley

Leon McCawley

  • Leon McCawley · piano

"One of today's most impeccable musical pianists" (International Piano)

Leon McCawley has been delighting audiences worldwide. His performances and extensive discography have established him as a pianist of great integrity and variety, bringing freshness and vitality to Classical, Romantic and 20th century repertoire.

Programme highlights

  • Sonata in A major, Op 2 no.2 Beethoven
  • Étude tableau in A minor, Op 39 no.2 Rachmaninov
  • Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 Bach arr. Liszt
  • Rondo capriccioso, Op 14 Mendelssohn
  • Six Songs Without Words, Op 19b Mendelssohn
  • Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 22 Schumann
Leon McCawley
Will Duerden

Sunday 8 December 2024 · 3:00pm

Will Duerden & Svetlana Kosenko

Will Duerden & Svetlana Kosenko

  • Will Duerden · double bass
  • Svetlana Kosenko · piano

Will Duerden is a highly sought-after artist, in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader with a growing international career spanning four continents. Will has had several significant new works written for him and collaborated with artists such as Alexander Sitkovetsky, Lawrence Power and Maxim Rysanov.

Programme highlights

  • Two pieces for double bass Op 32: I. Preludium, II. Scherzo Reinhold Gliere
  • Double bass sonata Frantisek Hertl
  • Nocturne Lili Boulanger
  • Two pieces for double bass Op 9: I. Intermezzo, II. Tarantella Reinhold Gliere
Will Duerden
Musical and Amicable Society

Sunday 26 January 2025 · 3:00pm

Musical and Amicable Society

Anna Curzon & Catherine Martin and ensemble

  • Anna Curzon & Catherine Martin · violins
  • Heather Birt & Kate Fawcett · violas
  • Jonathan Rees · cello

Specialising Baroque & Classical repertoire, the original Musical and Amicable Society was founded in 1762, when local church musicians gathered "for practice and recreation" at Cooke's Tavern, Birmingham. We retain this ethos of conviviality, presenting bespoke chamber programmes, collaborating with choirs, bringing to life the rich soundworlds of diverse composers.

Programme highlights

  • String Quintet no. 3 in C major K515 W. A. Mozart
  • String Quintet no. 4 in G minor K516 W. A. Mozart
Amicables
The Gould Piano Trio

Sunday 23 February 2025 · 3:00pm

The Gould Piano Trio

Lucy Gould and ensemble

  • Lucy Gould · violin
  • Richard Lester · cello
  • Benjamin Frith · piano

The Gould Piano Trio has been compared in The Washington Post to the great Beaux Arts Trio for their "musical fire" and "dedication to the genre" and at the forefront of the international chamber music scene for over a quarter of a century. They have performed worldwide and numerous appearances at Wigmore Hall.

Programme highlights

  • Piano Trio no. 5 in C Major, K. 548 W. A. Mozart
  • Epigrams for piano, violin & cello Elliott Carter
  • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
The Gould Piano Trio
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Sunday 30 March 2025 · 3:00pm

The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Lucy Russell and ensemble

  • Lucy Russell · violin I
  • Marcus Barcham Stevens · violin II
  • Alan George · viola
  • Sally Pendlebury · cello

We welcome back The Fitzwilliam Quartet, resident at Clare College Cambridge, who will include music by two of their favourite composers - the 5th quartet by Liz Dilnot Johnson, inspired by the landscape of the Malvern Hills where she lives, and Schubert's last quartet. This work with the Quartettsatz, was released on CD in 2023.

Programme highlights

  • Molly on the Shore Grainger
  • Quartet no. 5 Borderlands (2024) Liz Dilnot Johnson
  • Quartet in C minor, D. 703 (Quartettsatz, plus its Andante edited by Brian Newbould) Schubert
  • Quartet in G major, D. 887 Schubert
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet