Tavener & Richter
Thomas Gould violin Guy Johnston cello Britten Sinfonia Max Richter Recomposed: Vivaldi's Four Seasons John Tavener The Protecting Veil Britten Sinfonia opens CMF’s 2025/26 season with two contemporary classics of minimalism that reach across musical boundaries – both enjoying wide popularity and, between them, winning Mercury, Grammy, ECHO Classic and Gramophone...
The Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips director Daniel Hyde director Parsons O bone Jesu Parsons Ave MariaWhite Regina caeliByrd All Saints PropersVictoria Requiem Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Requiem stands as the crowning achievement of Spain’s greatest Renaissance composer, and a masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age. Written in 1603 for the funeral of the Dowager Empress...
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Soloists led by Stuart Jackson Gerontius Choir of King's College BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Daniel Hyde conductor Elgar The Dream of Gerontius 'This is the best of me', wrote Elgar on completing the Dream of Gerontius. 'This, if anything of mine, is worth your memory.' Gerontius is the old man reflecting on his life and contemplating...
Kaviraj Singh
Kaviraj Singh santoor TBC tabla Experience the meditative beauty of North Indian classical music in an evening featuring Kaviraj Singh, the UK’s leading performer on the santoor—a rare, hammered dulcimer with ancient roots in Persia and Kashmir. Trained in the tradition of the great Shiv Kumar Sharma, Singh combines...
Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt piano Bach Partita No. 5 in G major R. Schumann Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Couperin Movements from the Sixième Ordre Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Angela Hewitt brings together four composers born into – or inspired by – the Baroque. Bach’s Partita No.5 opens the programme with poised brilliance, followed by...
Shostakovich ‘Friends & Mentors’
Quatuor Danel 'Friends & Mentors' Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 10 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Across three concerts, Quatuor Danel traces the personal and political landscape of Shostakovich’s life through a selection of his string quartets – works he once described as a “diary”. This...
Shostakovich ‘Folk Themes’
Quatouor Danel 'Folk Themes' Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9 Across three concerts, Quatuor Danel traces the personal and political landscape of Shostakovich’s life through a selection of his string quartets – works he once described as a “diary”. This private world gives unguarded reflections...
Shostakovich ‘From Cradle to Grave’
Quatouor Danel ‘From Cradle to Grave’ Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 15 Across three concerts, Quatuor Danel traces the personal and political landscape of Shostakovich’s life through a selection of his string quartets – works he once described as a “diary”. This private world...