Forthcoming Concerts
For Past Concerts in the Fifty for Fifty Project Click HERE
Season 2025/26
Dublin City University Lunchtime ConcertWednesday 4 March 2026 at 1.05 pm
David Aspin, viola and Kathryn Mosley, piano
Programme to include Bliss Viola Sonata and other works
Queens University Belfast Lunchtime ConcertThursday 5 March 2026 at 1.10 pm
David Aspin, viola and Kathryn Mosley, piano
Programme to include Bliss Viola Sonata and other works
Checkmate in SarasotaFriday/Saturday 1/2 May 2026 at 7.30 pm (Fri&Sat) and 2pm (Sat)
Sarasota Opera House, 61 N Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA
Sarasota Ballet
Programme includes Checkmate
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A Colour Symphony in DresdenSunday 23 May 2026 at 7 pm
Kulturpalast Dresden, Schloßstraße 2, Dresden, Saxony, 01067, Germany
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Andrew Manze
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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The English Music FestivalSunday 24 May 2026 at 10.45 am
Great Hall, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6EL
‘Idylls of an Era’
Programme includes Bliss Sonata for Violin and Piano
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin) and Peter Cartwright (piano)
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National Trust – ‘The Firs’: Elgar’s Birthplace, WorcesterTuesday 26 May 2026 at 2 pm
Recital – ‘This Fragile Beauty’ to include songs by Bliss
An Elgar Festival 2026 event
April Fredrick, soprano; Eric McElroy, piano and Grace Shepherd, violin
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St ANNE’S CHURCH, LEWES LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Vocal recital including songs by Bliss.
Performers: Jodie Anne Bailey, Matt Secombe, Charles Secombe, Julian Broughton and Caroline Secombe
Royal Opera House, Covent GardenSaturday 18 July 2026
Scene from Checkmate
Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
The Rheingau Music FestivalFriday 24 July 2026 at 7.30 pm
“Britische Filmmusiknacht” (British Film Music Night)
Hessen-Bühne im Kurpark, Kurhausplatz 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Joseph R. Olefirowicz (conductor)
Programme includes Things to come: March
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St. Marys Church, AmblesideSunday 2 August 2026
String Quartet No. 2
Agogo String Quartet
Lake District Summer Festival
Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT
Sunday 28 November 2026 at 6pm
Bliss Oboe Quintet, Harold Emery (oboe)
Portugese Consulate, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Elgar Sinfonia of London, Chu-Yu Yang (violin), Adrian Brown (conductor)
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