Kensington and Chelsea Music Society 2023-24 at Leighton House

About the series

We are delighted to welcome back Kensington and Chelsea Music Society (KCMS) to Leighton House with an outstanding season of seven concerts, featuring a mixture of new and established artists, performing an immensely varied and exciting programme of chamber music, song and choral works. 

All concerts proudly sponsored by Killik & Co. and Corridy Property Management.

• Please note that the concerts take place in Leighton's studio and start at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm). Ticket price includes access to the museum.
• An overview of the programme is below; for full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website
• Season ticket for all seven concerts: £100 (£50 for students and children)
• Individual concert tickets: £20 (£10 for students and children)

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Dates and programme

Delphine Trio   

Wednesday 18 October 2023 

Leighton House ensemble in residence (2023-24),  in association with the Royal College of Music :

Magdalenna Krstevska, clarinet 

Jobine Siekman, cello 

Roelof Temmingh, piano 

Programme:

Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in E-flat major, Op. 38 

Alexander von Zemlinsky Trio, Op. 3 

Mátyás Seiber Introduction & Allegro 

Piano recital with Gabrielė Sutkutė  

Tuesday 14 November 2023 

Programme: 

Joseph Haydn Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII/4, "Capriccio" 

Béla Bartók "Out of doors" 

Ferenc Liszt Venezia e Napoli, Années de pèlerinage II, S.162 

Jean-Philippe Rameau Suite in D major (Pièces de Clavecin): I. Les Tendres Plaintes; 

VIII. Les Cyclopes 

Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 2 

Claude Debussy "La plus que lente" (Valse), L. 121 

Maurice Ravel “Miroirs”, M. 43: II. Oiseaux tristes; La valse, M. 72 

In association with the Keyboard Trust.

Rossetti Ensemble 

Wednesday 17January 2024 

Sara Trickey, violin 

Sarah Jane Bradley, viola 

Tim Lowe, cello 

John Lenehan, piano 

Programme:  

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16 

Judith Weir Piano Quartet 

Antonín Dvořák E flat piano quartet 

Liturina baroque ensemble: The Art of the Trio Sonata

Tuesday 20 February 2024  

Iain Hall, recorder 

Gabi Jones Baroque, violin 

Samuel Ng Baroque, cello 

Dominika Maszczynska, harpsichord 

Programme: 

Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata Op.2 No.12 in G major: Ciaconna 

G. F. Handel Sonata in B minor Op. 2, HWV 386b 

  -  Largo 

-  Allegro 

- Andante 

- Allegro 

Isabella Leonarda Sonata Nona         

Henry Purcell Two in One Upon a Ground 

G. P. Telemann Trio Sonata in A minor (TWV 42:a4) 

J. S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major: Prelude; Prelude and Fugue in C minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1; Organ Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 525 ; Violin Partita in D minor: Allemande; Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039 

Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.

A Night at the Opera 

Wednesday 20 March 2024 

Soloists of Opera Holland Park with William Vann piano 

Fanny Hensel - The Year 

Tuesday 23 April 2024 

 Hanna Bachmann, piano 

Programme:

Ethel Smyth Variations on an Original Theme 

Vítězslava Kaprálová April Preludes 

Gerda Poppa Reset 

Fanny Hensel The Year 

In association with the Austrian Cultural Forum .

Cello and Piano Recital  

Wednesday 22 May 2024 

Mon-Puo, cello

Simone Alessandro Tavoni, piano 

Programme:

Thomas Adès Lieux retrouvés (first movement)
Robert Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Charles Koechlin Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 66
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Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 99
Sulkhan Tsintsadze Five Pieces on Folk Themes

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