Composer

Is there an English sound we can all agree on? Of course not. But at least we can celebrate the music of English composers and how they have depicted the country over time. Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending is enduringly popular as a portrait of rural England. But it was written amongst military manoeuvres preparing for World War I and so must be heard as much as a heartbreaking piece about loss as it is some depiction of bucolic Albion. Our leader, Sophie Rosa, is our violin soloist. If you’ve heard Sophie before you know what a treat you’re in for, and if you haven’t then you really wouldn’t want to miss this performance

We also have music by two composers who bookend the idea of English classical music. Henry Purcell wrote wild, emotive music for both the palaces and backstreets of early 17th century London. Edward Elgar is the composer we associate with pomp and circumstance and the rigour of Empire. But actually no – listen to Elgar’s Serenade for Strings and you can hear the same raw emotion of Purcell. Maybe the English aren’t so straight laced after all!

The Lark Ascending

Derby Cathedral

Join us for an engaging evening of chamber music featuring talented students, collaborating together on one stage! The program includes exciting pieces for duos, quartets, and quintets including repertoire by Faure, Lachner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bridge, and more.

EPSG:4326

String Chamber Music Spring Concert Series

University of Arizona

Henry Herbert, bass-baritone

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

This year’s Featured Artist, baritone Roderick Williams OBE, will perform a unique recital in the round with pianist Christopher Glynn at Westminster Hall. For his program, entitled An English Song Winterreise, Williams has chosen English songs which reflect each of the 24 individual songs that make up Franz Schubert’s Winterreise to craft a unique musical journey. This curated song cycle will include works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gerald Finzi, as well as more modern works by Judith Weir and Errollyn Wallen.

Roderick Williams OBE, baritone and Christopher Glynn, piano: Recital in the Round

Westminster Presbyterian Church

This nautical program explores the deep connection between water and orchestral color, as composers evoke crashing waves, shifting tides, and misty shores through sound. Concertmaster Luke Hill takes center stage in Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, a sweeping work of folk-inspired lyricism.

After intermission, the journey continues with Bloch’s Poems of the Sea and Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, concluding with Frank Bridge’s The Sea – a lush, cinematic portrait of the ocean’s every-changing moods.

Seascapes

The Vista Center for the Arts

A former Horizons Young Artist, Elliott has soloed with the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, among other leading orchestras. A dynamic and engaging musician, his program features works by 20th-century masters.

Sterling Elliott, cello Janice Carissa, piano Union College

Union College

Following her hauntingly beautiful music theater performance in 2024’s A Song by Mahler, Jennifer Johnson Cano brings her “voluminous voice with remarkable agility” (Washington Post) back to PCMS. This performance with her husband, acclaimed collaborative pianist Christopher Cano, and St. Louis Symphony Principal Violist Beth Guterman Chu, features solo pieces, duos, and trios that highlight the eloquence and depth of the modern mid-range.

Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo Beth Guterman Chu, viola Christopher Cano, piano

 Benjamin Franklin Hall

For the young Benjamin Britten, a holiday in Prestatyn was the key to a new world of musical wit and invention. That’s the starting point for this colourful guided tour through the wild, wonderful (and often astonishing) universe of 20th century British piano music: masterpieces and miniatures by Britten, Warlock, Moeran and Tippett, all brought sparkling to life by virtuoso pianist and RWCMD artist-in-association Llŷr Williams.

Llŷr Williams: Britten & British Contemporaries 

Bute Park

British cellist Marie Macleod has been a familiar presence in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra since 2013, when she joined as principal cello. In this concert, she is joined by pianist Martin Sturfält to highlight music for cello by four English composers.

Salut d’amour

Stockholm Concert Hall

Chamber music concerts are an important part of the program. In various formations and ensembles, the musicians of the Orchester der Oper Zürich explore a wide repertoire. At close quarters and in intimate spaces, audiences experience the intensity of the musicians as they make music. Each of the nine chamber music programs in the Spiegelsaal has its own individual focus: classics of the genre meet rarely heard works, and early music meets crossover.

6th Chamber Concert

Hall of Mirrors

Chamber Concert 3 »Women's Love«

Oper Graz

For the Lied Concert series, pianist Magnus Svensson invites an exclusive group of artists from the world’s opera and concert stages, offering audiences the opportunity to experience their vocal artistry in the intimate setting of the Grünewald Hall. In this concert, we hear British tenor Robin Tritschler, admired for his radiant, clear voice and his ability to illuminate the meaning of the texts he performs.

Lied Concert with Robin Tritschler

Salzburg-London Piano Trio Collaboration

Mozarteum Foundation

Elegance, lightness and tonal refinement – this programme captures the unmistakable spirit of French music. Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson can be heard between subtle melody and dance-like drive – finely orchestrated, full of esprit and sensuality. From the delicate combination of harp and violin to Chausson’s large-scale concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, an evening of French charm and tonal finesse unfolds.

International Mendelssohn Festival

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Between Wednesday 13 – Saturday 23 August, Chetham’s International Piano Summer School brings world class and legendary musicians to a vibrant, supportive community in central Manchester. Alongside lectures, open lessons and opportunities to develop new skills, you can discover a daily programme of recitals from world-class performers.

Chetham’s International Piano Summer School 2025 – Day Nine

The Stoller Hall

viola

Hall 1 / Tabakquartier

Inspired by Ruth Adler Schnee’s textile Strata Echo, this concert explores the beauty of layered design in both fabric and sound. Hannah Kendall’s Network Bed weaves melodies in intricate patterns, followed by Frank Bridge’s Cello Sonata, where lines of music stretch and pivot with emotional depth. The evening concludes with Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2, blending folk themes with sweeping romanticism.

Strata Echo

Temple Beth El

This varied chamber programme begins with Telemann’s Trio Sonata in B Minor, followed by Bax’s Elegiac Trio and two works by Debussy—Danse de Puck and the early Trio, both arranged by Webb.

Chamber Music with ASMF: “Chansons et Danses”

Holy Trinity Church Bengeo

Antoine Tamestit, violist and Artist in Residence 2024/25 of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, will play a special chamber concert in the Elbphilharmonie’s Recital Hall on 1 June.

NDR Chamber Concert with Antoine Tamestit

Antoine Tamestit, violist and Artist in Residence 2024/25 of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, will play a special chamber concert in the Recital Hall of the Elbphilharmonie on June 1. He will interpret works by Bach, Brahms and Waksman, among others.

Chamber music with Antoine Tamestit in the Elbphilharmonie

Delight in every turn of phrase as SF Symphony musicians perform together within the intimate realm of chamber music.

Gunn Theater At Legion Of Honor

Legion of Honor

More? Sea! For the brilliant end of the season of our symphonic concerts, we're heading to the water. Debussy's impressionistic mega-masterpiece La Mer takes us to a luminous Mediterranean scenery. This is what summer by the sea sounds like! You want more! Voilà: With Frank Bridges' suite of four sound pictures The Sea, we travel to the coast of the southern English county of Sussex - sometimes in sunlight, sometimes in moonlight or in a storm. The piece has probably never been heard in Nuremberg. A real discovery! "When I heard the piece for the first time, I was thrown off track," admitted Bridges' composition student Benjamin Britten. He gets his due here with his vocal-instrumental serenade. Six poems from five centuries of English poetry form the basis. They conjure up evening and nighttime moods with effective horn playing and haunting tenor singing. The Symphoniker's solo horn player Matthias Nothhelfer and the Glasgow-born tenor Thomas Walker will provide solo brilliance.

Darlington With Debussys La Mer

Meistersingerhalle

Immerse yourself in the profound musical journey with the Fauré Piano Quartet, presented by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) Chamber Ensemble. This captivating concert is set to take place in the New Auditorium at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday, 27th April 2025, starting at 2:30 pm.

The program promises an afternoon of emotional depth and elegance, featuring the works of Gabriel Fauré and Frank Bridge. Fauré, known for his modesty, wit, and elegance, was a favorite in the Parisian Belle Époque salons. His chamber music, brimming with real passion beneath its beautiful surface, will be brought to life by four talented RSNO players. Alongside Fauré's compositions, the ensemble will explore the gorgeous and emotionally charged music of Frank Bridge, a British composer whose influence shaped the young Benjamin Britten.

The repertoire includes Bridge's "Phantasy for Piano Quartet" and Fauré's "Piano Quartet," promising an afternoon of stirring melodies and deep emotional resonance. This event is not only a celebration of Fauré's and Bridge's contributions to music but also an opportunity to experience the RSNO Chamber Ensemble's exceptional talent and passion.

Tickets are available for booking, with discounts offered for under 18s, under 26s, mature students, unemployed patrons, patrons with disabilities, and groups. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the depth and beauty of chamber music in the heart of Glasgow.

Fauré Piano Quartet

Buchanan Galleries

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music. Molly Pope is a student of James Dunham.

Molly Pope, Viola

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music. Zoey Ma is a student of Ivo-Jan van der Werff. 

Zoey Ma, Viola

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Julia Chen, viola - First Year Advanced Certificate Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Named in homage to Lady Murasaki, the author of the world’s first novel, cellist Eric Kutz and pianist Miko Kominami weave their instruments’ voices together in a unique and compelling equal partnership. Advocates for new music, the Murasaki Duo actively commissions new works, in addition to performing the classics.

Masterful Strings: Murasaki Duo

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Featuring beautiful Celtic melodies along with some humor on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Celtic Salute

Washington University in St. Louis

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.

String Showcase

Program IV

Grace Presbyterian Church

Hermitage Trio

Kleinhans Music Hall

Alongside a new work and a trio by another of today's foremost British composers, the Leonore Piano Trio performs Kidane's Flux and Stasis which received critical acclaim in The Times.

Daniel Kidane composer; Leonore Piano Trio

Wigmore Hall

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Edmond Rodriguez is a student of Robin Rice. 

Edmond Rodriguez, Tenor

Edmund Rubbra is a sadly neglected composer, but was highly rated in his time. Inscape (1964) is a beautiful melodic setting of four poems by Gerald Manley Hopkins.

Britten's Saint Nicolas (1948) tells stories of the life of St Nicolas, fourth century Bishop of Myra in Asia Minor, including the miraculous bringing back to life of three "pickled boys". Nicholas Pritchard will be reprising his role as St Nicolas, which he performed alongside Britten Sinfonia at the Aldeburgh Festival this June.

Britten Saint Nicholas

Saffron Hall

Viola students of James Dunham

Mezzo-soprano Diana Moore has created her own tribute to one of the most beloved of all English singers who acquired – and more than 70 years after her death, retains – an international following.

Diana Moore mezzo-soprano, narrator; Zeb Soanes narrator; John Reid piano

The Cumnock Tryst" class="css-u850" data-mark-multiple="true">The Cumnock Tryst is delighted to present the official launch of our new chamber group The Cumnock Tryst Ensemble. Created with cellist Christian Elliott, this is a flexible ensemble consisting of some of Scotland’s finest musicians who have had an association with us over the last few years.

The Cumnock Tryst Ensemble launch

Dumfries Arms Hotel

Chamber Concerto No. 1

Historisches Rathaus Jena

Join us on Friday, August 23, 2024, at 7:30 PM for an unforgettable evening at The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, presented by the La Jolla Music Society. "The Road to Victory" is a powerful concert that promises to take you on a journey from adversity to triumph through the medium of classical music.

This exceptional performance will feature three pivotal works that each, in their own way, echo the turmoil and resolve of wartime, while also celebrating the human spirit's capacity to overcome societal barriers. The evening will begin with Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 "Serioso," a piece renowned for its intense and emotional depth. The quartet will be brought to life by the virtuosic talents of James Ehnes and Simone Porter on violins, Jonathan Vinocour on viola, and Paul Watkins on cello.

Following Beethoven, the audience will be treated to Bridge's Cello Sonata, H. 125, a work that encapsulates the composer's reflection on the anguish of war. Paul Watkins will return to the stage, this time accompanied by Gilles Vonsattel on piano, to deliver this poignant piece.

The concert will conclude with Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10, a masterpiece that stands as a testament to overcoming societal barriers with its romantic and lyrical melodies. Anthony McGill will lead on clarinet, supported by an ensemble including Jack Liebeck and Njioma Greivious on violins, Yura Lee on viola, and Kyril Zlotnikov on cello.

"The Road to Victory" is not just a concert; it's an experience that promises to move, inspire, and uplift. Don't miss your chance to be part of this remarkable musical journey.

The Road to Victory

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Join us for an evening of exquisite chamber music at the Manchester Music Festival's 50th Anniversary Season, featuring the talented ensemble of MMF Young Artists in "Program Two." This special concert will take place on Sunday, August 4, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the SVAC Arkell Pavilion, located at 860 Southern Vermont Arts Center Drive, Manchester, VT, 05254.

The program promises an unforgettable journey through the works of renowned composers, beginning with Dmitri Shostakovich's "3 Duets for 2 Violins and Piano, Op. 97d," followed by Frank Bridge's "Phantasy for Piano Quartet, H.94," and Sergei Prokofiev's "Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 56." After an intermission, the evening will conclude with Gabriel Fauré's "Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15."

Performing these masterpieces will be MMF Young Artists Brian Anderson (viola), Andrew Cannestra (piano), Hannah Corbett (violin), Bree Fotheringham (violin), Antonia Fuglsang (violin), Dylan Kinneavy (cello), Ignacio Garcīa Nūňez (cello), Julia Pałęcka (viola), Johannes Rosenberg (violin), and Hang Zhong (piano).

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the passion and dedication of these emerging talents as they bring to life the works of classical music's giants. Tickets are available now for purchase. Join us for a night that celebrates the future of chamber music.

MMF Young Artists: Program Two

Southern Vermont Arts Center

Ballet music. Certificate 18. Winter exhales. The Earth gasps into life. The Rite of Spring welcomes in the vernal equinox, Siberian-style. Full of barbaric rituals and savage dances, the orchestra is turned by Stravinsky into a collective of cave people. Come and find out why it caused a riot at its Paris premiere in 1913. Shostakovich’s celebration takes on the form of a procession with his Third Symphony, ‘The First of May’, in a series of riotous marches culminating in his own Ode to Joy-like chorus. Rousing, uplifting music for the people. And to complete our spring harvest, ravishing swathes of sound and colour, part English idyll, part Impressionist painting. Frank Bridge’s vision of spring unfurls in one of the most individual British tone poems of the 20th century. The concert also celebrates the 100th birthday of the BBC Philharmonic’s former Chief Conductor, Sir Edward Downes, who had a special love of Russian music which is featured in this programme.

Spring, the Sweet Spring

The Bridgewater Hall

The deeply human voices of violins, violas, and cellos have inspired much of the greatest music ever composed. From Beethoven’s earliest all-string work to Françaix’s effervescent trio, this program offers a rich feast of string sonorities from the 18th century to the modern age.

String Magic: Beethoven, Françaix, Bridge, Mendelssohn

The Barns At Wolf Trap

Viola students of Ivo-Jan van der Werff

A wind quintet is like a sonic paintbox. Today the Liverpool Wind Collective explores the impressionist colours of France, celebrates the sounds of 20th century America, and takes a trip to the world’s most improbable zoo!

Liverpool Wind Collective

The Music Room

Who would you most like to be: Aladdin with the wonderful lamp? Or the young warrior with the prospect of endless money? Look forward to a musical event about all the unattainable in the world. The music is by Carl Nielsen and Horneman and many other composers with music about dreams. The well-known notes are introduced in an entertaining way by Søren Schauser - nationally known from "Den klassik musikquiz" on DR2.

Adventures and Fantasies with Søren Schauser - Store Heddinge

Sankt Katharina Kirke

2024 Winter Festival Concert 6

Benaroya Hall

Who would you most like to be: Aladdin with the wonderful lamp? Or the young warrior with the prospect of endless money? Look forward to a musical event about all the unattainable in the world. The music is by Carl Nielsen and Horneman and many other composers with music about dreams. The well-known tones are introduced in an entertaining way by Søren Schauser - nationally known from "Den klassik musikquiz" on DR2.

Adventures and Fantasies with Søren Schauser - Elvermose

Elvermose Koncertsal

Adventures and Fantasies with Søren Schauser - Maribo

Sognets Hus

This concert can also be added to any Compose Your Own (CYO) subscription series. Pick three or more performances you’d like to attend and receive all the perks and savings of being a New World Symphony subscriber.

Chamber Music: Elizabeth Roe plays Bach

New World Center

Chamber Music Concert

Judith Ingolfsson + GNPQ and Emerging Artists

Garth Newel Music Center

Mainstage Chamber Concert 2

Known as one of the leading quartets of its generation, the Doric String Quartet performs two beloved quartets from the turn of the nineteenth century. Later joined by the internationally recognized British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, they round out the program with a rare treat: a Piano Quartet from early twentieth century composer Frank Bridge.

Doric String Quartet with Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Mandel Hall

The Doric String Quartet—heard for the first time on the Debut Series in 2018—is a leading quartet of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the globe. With past performances in leading concert halls like the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Louvre, and Carnegie Hall, as well as regular performances at Wigmore Hall, we look forward to welcoming the Quartet back to perform Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet and Haydn’s “Frog” Quartet at Jordan Hall this season.

New England Conservatory

Sinfonia da Camera presents an evening of evocative musical imagery inspired by English painters, poets, and playwrights! A depiction of Thomas Rowlandson's painting of the same name, Walton's Portsmouth Point Overture portrays the seaside bustle of the busy port town in southern England as ships prepare for departure. The title of Frank Bridge's There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook is drawn from Shakespeare's Hamlet in which Queen Gertrude describes the tragic circumstances in which the drowned Ophelia was discovered. The first half concludes with arguably Coates' most well-known work, London Everyday Suite, depicting London's Convent Garden, Westminster, and Knightsbridge areas. Following intermission, as part of a continuing collaboration with Lyric Theatre @ Illinois, the evening continues with a lightly-staged production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial by Jury. A comic opera depicting a "breach of marriage" trial, this farcical production ultimately concludes in an unexpected new marriage and "joy unbounded!"

Sinfonia Da Camera: English Painters, Poets, And Playwrights

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Lauren Wilson (B.M. '25) and Zeynep Yigitoglu (B.M. '25) present a viola recital.

Student Recital: Lauren Wilson and Zeynep Yigitoglu, Viola

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Imagine a family of seven siblings who all play a musical instrument at the highest levels, winning international awards, performing on the most important world stages, gaining fame not only for their talent but their marked collaborative spirit and affection for one another. The Kanneh-Masons are this family. Cellist Sheku and pianist Isata team up for a duo concert featuring great 20th century cello sonatas of Karen Khachaturian, Dmitri Shostakovich, Frank Bridge, and Benjamin Britten.

Duo Recital: Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

Few instrumentalists have built such a formidable reputation more quickly than the Kanneh-Mason siblings, each with a classical chart-topper under their belt and still in their early twenties. But this beautifully conceived program finds them reunited, doing what they do best—playing chamber music with unparalleled empathy and understanding.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Two of the brightest young stars in classical music, cello-piano sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason appear in a vibrant chamber performance, proving that musical mastery has no age.

Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Two of the brightest young stars in classical music, cello-piano sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason appear in a vibrant chamber performance of cello sonatas by Bridge, Shostakovich, Britten and Karen Khachaturian.  After winning BBC Young Musician in 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason became a household name worldwide in May 2018 after performing at the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which was watched by nearly 35 million people globally. In January 2020, Sheku released his second album, Elgar, featuring the Cello Concerto, which reached No. 8 in the UK Official Album Chart, making Sheku the youngest classical instrumentalist and the first cellist in history to reach the UK Top 10.  Three years Sheku's senior, Isata Kanneh-Mason is quickly gaining fans of her own. Her debut album, Romance, drew popular and critical acclaim, entering the UK classical charts at No. 1 when it was released in July 2019, leading Gramophone magazine to extol the recording as “one of the most charming and engaging debuts” and Classic FM to praise Isata as “a player of considerable talent.”

Siblings from a prodigiously gifted family, Sheku and Isata join forces for a duo recital.

Colburn Celebrity Recital: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Together with the same fellow musicians as in the opening concert, Daniel Hope ends his carte blanche by inviting the acclaimed baritone Thomas Hampson to highlight another iconic facet of English music: his proud affection for popular traditions embodied by the immense repertoire of folksongs, whose kaleidoscope of emotions and colours has touched the hearts not only of islanders but also of continental Europeans, such as Haydn and Beethoven, who produced beautiful pieces in English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish tones.

Daniel Hope & Friends III – Menuhin in London III

Saanen Church

'Where other children would have nursery rhymes, I’d go to bed to the sounds of Haydn, Mozart and Schubert,' recalls Sir Simon Keenlyside, whose father and grandfather were both professional violinists. Those priceless formative years continued when he became a boy chorister, then a choral scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, and set rock-solid foundations for his subsequent career as a wonderfully perceptive concert singer, one of the most exciting operatic performers of modern times.

Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano

Jennifer Johnson Cano’s portrayal of Michele in the recent premiere of The Righteous at Santa Fe Opera earned her accolades from The New York Times, which noted how she “voluptuously captured” the pain and strength of her character; Opera Today called Ms. Cano’s arias in The Righteous “flawless combinations of radiant, poised, attractive singing invested with heartfelt delivery.”

Composer

Frank Bridge

Events

Upcoming events

Jul 5, 2026

Sir Simon Keenlyside baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano · Wigmore Hall

Mar 7, 2027

Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, with Beth Guterman Chu, viola, and Christopher Cano, piano · Washington University in St. Louis Department of Music

Past events

Jun 6, 2026

The Lark Ascending · Sinfonia Viva

11 - 12 May, 2026

String Chamber Music Spring Concert Series · University of Arizona School of Music

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