Events coming soon

• Tuesday 05 August 2025 at 2.00PM

  A Dark Waltz in the Lake District

  A Dark Waltz (extended version) performed by John Turner (recorder)

  Hawkshead Parish Church, Church Hill, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0PQ

  As part of the Lake District Music Festival, John Turner (recorder) and the Sintra & Dovestone String Quartets perform 'A Dark Waltz' by Michael Berkeley, alongside works by Haydn and Turina. Please note that tickets are required from the link below.

Past events

• Thursday 26 June 2025 at 6.30PM

  Released by Love performed at St. Gabriel's Pimlico

  Released from Love performed by the Joyful Company of Singers

  Box office: Eventbrite

  ‘English Voices’ is a recital of choral works by Michael Berkeley, Sir Edward Elgar, Herbert Howells and others, performed at St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London SW1V 2AD. There will be a free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm with Prof. John Pickard, to launch the Joyful Company of Singers' complete choral works CD.

• Monday 14 April 2025 at 7.30PM

  Recital by Madeleine Mitchell & Nigel Clayton

  Notes on the Loss of a Friend performed by Madeleine Mitchell (violin)

  St. Mary's Church, Luton, LU1 3JF

  As well as Michael Berkeley's 'Notes on the Loss of a Friend', this programme for violin and piano features a new work by much admired local composer James Wilson, 'My Love is Sleeping'. Madeleine Mitchell and Nigel Clayton also perform César Franck’s passionate Romantic sonata alongside anniversary works by Maurice Ravel who was born 150 years ago.

• Saturday 12 April 2025 at 7.30PM

  Sonnet for Orpheus at Ludlow English Song Weekend

  Three Rilke Sonnets performed by Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) & Brett Dean (viola)

  The Ludlow English Song Weekend is a three-day celebration of song in English in the beautiful town of Ludlow in the Shropshire Hills. Michael Berkeley's 'Sonnet for Orpheus' from 'Three Rilke Sonnets' is performed by Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Brett Dean (viola) at the concert 'Buzz!' on Saturday 12 April at 7.30pm. Also on the programme are Frank Bridge’s yearning songs for voice, viola and piano, Sally Beamish’s titular 'Buzz', Britten’s 'Lachrymae' for viola and piano, and Brett Dean’s 'Last Night I Starred, I Shone'.