INTRODUCTION

Our 2025-26 season features artists at different stages of their musical lives offering a variety of musical compositions performed by a wide range of instrumental groupings. This allows us to put together an ambitious series of concerts mixing the familiar with the unfamiliar both in our main season as well as in our outreach events.

The main season opens in September with a concert by O Duo, two percussionists who offer a range of pieces on a huge number of instruments. The quality of their playing and the enthusiasm they bring is widely recognised.

In November we welcome the 2nd Prizewinner in the world-renowned Leeds International Piano Competition in 2024. Junyan Chen will bring a fascinating programme of works by Couperin, Messiaen, Amy Beach and Ravel.

In December we have not one but two accordionists.
Ryan Corbett is a BBC New Generation Artist who played here at our 2023 Weekend of Music. He comes with his accordion teacher Djordje Gajic.

Our President Martin Roscoe comes in January with Nicola Eimer in a four hands at one piano recital. This will include Ravel’s Mother Goose suite and Fauré’s Dolly suite.

The Prizewinning Fibonacci Quartet comes in February as part of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital Scheme. They will play an early Beethoven quartet, Bartok’s 5th Quartet and Schumann’s 3rd Quartet.

In March we welcome back Adam Johnson and Colette Boushell with a selection of French songs. Adam’s group Ensemble Lumière play Fauré’s Piano trio and Messiaen’s amazing Quartet for the end of time.

We end our season in April with a concert by the Rossetti Ensemble with Schubert’s ‘Trout’ quintet and Vaughan Williams’ Piano quintet for the same line-up.