Events coming soon

• Sunday 15 February 2026 at 3.00PM

  Kianush Robeson at Hertford Music Club

  Sonata in One Movement performed by Kianush Robeson (guitar)

  Quaker Meeting House, Hertford, SG14 1BA

  In a concert themed on 20th Century Guitar Music, Kianush performs a breathtaking selection of major works by Michael Berkeley, Spanish and other British composers at the Hertford Music Club. A prize winning classical guitarist, Robeson is a prolific performer and educator, much loved by audiences who praise his tone and musical sensitivity.

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  Tuesday 24 February 2026 at 7.30PM

  Things Invisible to See

  Things Invisible To See performed by Hamish McLaren (countertenor), Ana Beard Fernández (soprano) & Matthew Jorysz (piano)

  Temple Church, Temple, London, EC4Y 7BB

  This recital at Temple Church in the heart of the City of London centres on the world premiere of Things Invisible to See, a new cycle of John Donne settings by Michael Berkeley. Donne's vivid, metaphysical poetry has been an endless source of inspiration to composers. Commissioned by countertenor Hamish McLaren and performed with pianist Matthew Jorysz, the work explores themes of love, longing and mortality. Soprano Ana Beard Fernández joins them for selected songs by Shostakovich and Purcell, in a programme that traces powerful emotional threads across centuries and continents.

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  Saturday 30 May 2026 at 7.30PM

  First concert performance of 'The Queen of Spades'

  Symphonic Suite adapted from The Queen of Spades

  Smith Square Hall, London, SW1P 3HA

  Michael Berkeley's Symphonic Suite from 'The Queen of Spades' is performed for the first time as a concert piece by the Salomon Orchestra in London on 30 May 2026.
  
  An incomplete and unperformed film score by Sergei Prokofiev, unused for 70 years and largely forgotten, was rediscovered in London in 2007. Michael was commissioned to assemble and complete Prokofiev's incomplete fragments of music. The resulting dance work received its world premiere the following spring, performed by the Royal Ballet with a cast including company stars Carlos Acosta, Zenaida Yanovsky and Alina Cojocaru.
  
  Michael subsequently updated the work as a symphonic suite, which has been recorded by The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi on Chandos 10519, and is now to receive its live premiere.