2025-2026 Season
Monday 15 September 2025 7.30pm
Suffolk’s Songs – Rob Gildon (baritone), Nathan Williamson (piano) & Robert Jellicoe (poet)
Britten, Butterworth, Imogen Holst, Vaughan Williams, Nathan Williamson & Robert Jellicoe
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Monday 20 October 2025 7.30pm
The Miyabi Duo – Hugh Millington and Saki Kato, guitar duo
19th century music on period guitars by Rossini and Sor, music by Rodrigo and a World Premiere by Maltese composer Euchar Gravina (b. 1994)
Hugo Millington and Saki Kato, guitar duo
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Monday 17 November 2025 7.30pm
Haydn String Quarter Op 33/4 – Janacek No 2 “Intimate Letters” – Beethoven Op 131
Sponsored by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust
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Monday 16 February 2026 7.30pm
Light classical wind repertoire including Danzi, Agay, Arnold, Strauss, Gershwin and a new work by Andrew Wilson (b. 1960)
Aeolus Wind Quintet
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Monday 16 March 2026 7.30pm
Marianne Olyver, violin and Nigel Yandell, piano
Postcards from Europe – Stories of the Musicians and Composers affected by the rise of The Third Reich and the cultural and political events of 1930s Central Europe. Contrasting music that came before, including Cesar Franck’s beautiful Sonata in A major and sparkling virtuoso showpieces.
2024-2025 Season
Monday 16 September 2024, 7:30pm
Milo Harper (harp)
‘Award-winning harpist’
Programme to include works by:
Scarlatti, Faure, Prokofiev, Bach, Poulenc, Britten
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Monday 21 October 2024, 7:30pm
Paolo Lopes (piano)
‘A Musical Journey through Europe’
Programme to include works by:
Beethoven, de Falla, Mozart, Chaminade, Granados, Chopin
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Monday 18 November 2024, 7:30pm
Bone-afide (trombone quartet)
‘Dances and Dreams’
Programme to include works by:
Rossini, Dan Jenkins, Brian Lynn, Tchaikovsky, Callum Au
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Monday 17 February 2025, 7:30pm
Alastair Penman (saxophone)
Jonathan Pease (piano)
‘The Saxophone Story’
Programme to include works by:
Claude Debussy, Jules Demersseman, Alastair Penman, Richard Rodney Bennett, Phil Woods
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Monday 17 March 2025, 7:30pm
Palisander (recorder quartet)
‘Double, Double, Toil & Trouble’
The programme exploring music and magic includes works by:
JS Bach, Tartini, Sweelinck, Hildegard
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2023-2024 Season
Monday 18 September 2023 7:30pm
Leo Popplewell (cello) Antonina Suhanova (piano)
Programme to include:
Schubert ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Britten Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
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Monday 16 October 2023 7:30pm
Delphine Trio (clarinet, cello and piano)
Programme to include:
Beethoven Trio in E flat major, Op. 38
Zemlinski Trio in D minor, Op. 3
Seiber Introduction and Allegro
Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
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Monday 20 November 2023 7:30pm
Ryan Corbett (classical accordian)
A rich and varied programme from the first accordionist to be a ‘BBC Radio 3 New generation Artist’
Sponsored by Balaam’s Music
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Monday 19 February 2024 7:30pm
Zoe Tweed (horn) Julian Chan (piano)
Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
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Monday 18 March 2024 7:30pm
Pippa Harrison & James Willshire (piano duet)
Bury Concert Series 