Kensington and Chelsea Music Society 2025 - 26 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 including double bass and viola recitals, baroque chamber music, and opera.  

• 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: £22 (£12 for students and children)  

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Dates and programme  

ZAREK Trio: Mudlark!

Wednesday 2 October 2025 

Preceded at 6:30 by the KCMS AGM        

Rebecca Harris, violin 

Jan Zahourek, viola da gamba 

Oliver John Ruthven, keyboards and voice 

Weird. Poignant. Wonderful. MUDlark! is a cabinet of curiosities, thieveries, and musical mysteries from the English Baroque and beyond, with music by Purcell, Playford, Hume, Handel, Gibbons and other treasures from the Thames. “And just as mudlarks scour the banks of the tidal river for fragments of London's past, well-trained in the art of seeking, so do we unearth forgotten sounds, uncover hidden connections, and shape each performance with discoveries along the way.” 

Zala and Val Kravos - Piano Solos and Duets

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Zala Kravos, piano 

Val Kravos, piano 

An evening of the finest piano solo and duo music, in association with The Keyboard Trust.

Programme: 

L. V. Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major Op. 110 No. 31 

F. Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Major Op. 60 

S. Prokofiev Sonata in A minor Op. 28 No. 3 

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C. Debussy Petite Suite (En bateau, Cortège, Menuet, Ballet) (special guest: Val Kravos) 

F. Schubert Fantasy in F minor D. 940 

E. Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite N° 1, Op. 46 

(Morning Mood, The Death of Åse, Anitra's Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King) 

A Night at the Opera with Opera Holland Park

Wednesday 21 January 2026

Following hugely popular concerts in our recent seasons, soloists of Opera Holland Park return to Leighton House to give an evening of loved opera arias and ensembles, accompanied by renowned pianist and KCMS Chairman, William Vann. Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company, just around the corner from Leighton House, which produces an annual season of opera performances, staged under a temporary canopy in front of the remains of Holland House. The full list of performers will be confirmed on the KCMS website by the end of 2025. 

Regency String Quartet  - Haydn, Mozart and Shostakovich

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Mabelle Young-Eun, Park violin 

Olwen Miles, violin 

Jamie Howe, viola 

Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, cello 

An evening of the finest music written for string quartet, kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme. 

Programme: 

Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20/4 

Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance” 

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Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 

Levi Andreassen - Double Bass Recital

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Levi Andreassen, double bass 

William Vann, piano 

Programme: 

Clara Schumann 3 Romances 

Robert Schumann 3 Romances  

Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2  

Fauré Elegie  

Brahms Rhapsody Op. 79, arr. for double bass  

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Vilmos Montag Sonata for Double Bass and Piano in E minor 

Lili Boulanger Nocturne 

Emil Tabakov Motivy  

Giovanni Bottesini Capriccio di Bravura  

Simone Alessandro Tavoni - De de Falla and Satie

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Simone Alessandro Tavoni, piano 

Programme: 

Manuel de Falla Four Spanish Pieces 

Erik Satie Gnossiennes No. 1, 3 & 4 

Erik Satie Gymnopedie No. 1 

Manuel de Falla Fantasía bética 

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Erik Satie Ogives 

Erik Satie Sonatine bureaucratique 

Frédéric Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58  

Natalie Loughran - A Recital for Viola and Piano

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Natalie Loughran, viola

Programme to be confirmed.

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