LUMIÈRE

Laura van der Heijden, cello Jâms Coleman, piano Charlotte Sohy Paix from Les méditations Chaminade Sérénade aux étoiles Milhaud Elégie Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces – Lili Boulanger Attente Fauré Sicilienne Massenet Meditation from Thaïs Franck Violin...

CELLAR SOUNDS

Wine and Music with Olive Wass, harp Oliver Wass, the only harpist to win the Guildhall Gold Medal, joins the Festival for French harp music alongside an exploration of the wine of France at Friarwood. With competition wins across Europe and solo appearances at the...

A POET’S LOVE

Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano & Sholto Kynoch, piano Fanny Hensel Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Schumann Die Lotosblume Loewe Die Lotosblume Hensel Schwanenlied Josephine Lang Wenn zwei von einander scheiden Mendelssohn...

DIFFERENT TRAINS

Solem Quartet & Tom Service   Steve Reich Different Trains and lecture-recital by Tom Service   Broadcaster and writer Tom Service (BBC Radio 3, The Guardian) introduces Steve Reich’s Different Trains, a landmark work that blends string quartet with...

STRINGFEVER

In Partnership with the Merton Music Foundation Over 3,000 Merton schoolchildren will experience a lively, interactive concert from Stringfever – the UK’s premier electric string quartet. As comedian Paul Merton says, ‘Their combination of music and comedy is so...

REQUIEM

The Academy Choir of Wimbledon London Mozart Players Sophie Bevan, soprano Gareth Brynmor John, baritone Taverner The Lamb Svyati (‘O Holy One’) – Fauré Requiem (1893 version ed. Rutter)   Wimbledon’s beloved Academy Choir returns with Fauré’s serene and...