Kensington and Chelsea Music Society 2024-25 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  

Beethoven Violin Sonatas 

Tuesday 1 October 2024 

Sara Trickey, violin
Daniel Tong, piano

Programme:

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D
Gabriel Fauré Sicilienne
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat
— interval —
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, “Spring”
Béla Bartók Romanian Dances

Recital of English and German Songs 

Wednesday 13 November 2024

James Gilchrist, tenor
William Vann, piano

Programme: 

Roger Quilter Two Shakespeare Songs: O mistress mine; Fear no more the heat of the
sun
Muriel Herbert Renouncement; To Daffodils; The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Ivor Gurney Down by the Salley Gardens; Sleep
Ivor Novello Fly home little heart; We’ll gather lilacs
Benjamin Britten Winter Words
— interval —
Robert Schumann Dichterliebe

Piano Recital 

Tuesday 14January 2025

Emanuil Ivanov, piano 

Programme:  

Ferruccio Busoni (after J. S. Bach) Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, “The Tempest”
— interval —
Felix Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op. 19
Charles-Valentin Alkan Symphony for solo piano

Piano recital in association with The Keyboard Charitable Trust.

Flute and Piano Recital

Wednesday 12 February 2025  

Daniel Shao, Flute

David López Ibáñez, Violin

Nina Kiva, Cello

Lorena Cantó Woltèche, Viola

Programme: 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in C Major K285b - 16 mins

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in G Major K285a - 11 mins

Antonio Vivaldi: -Flute Concerto in G minor “La Notte” - 10 mins

— interval —

Aaron Copland: Threnodies for Flute and String Trio - 10 mins

Gordon Jacob: Four Fancies - 6 mins

Jean Sibelius: String Trio in A Major ii: Andante con moto - 4 mins

Alison Loggins-Hull: Homeland for Solo Flute - 5 mins

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major K285 - 14

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

A Night at the Opera 

Tuesday 18 March 2025

Soloists of Opera Holland Park

William Vann, piano 

Programme:

A selection of loved opera arias and ensembles.

The World of Piano Sonata

Wednesday 23 April 2025

 Patrick Hemmerlé, piano

Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3
— interval —
Nikolay Medtner Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 11, No. 1
Nikolai Kapustin Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

Violin and Piano Recital

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Eva Zavaro, violin
Simone Alessandro Tavoni, piano

Programme:

Eva Zavaro Spirale
Karol Szymanowski Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9
Felix Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
— interval —
Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
César Franck Violin Sonata in A major

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