Forthcoming Concerts
Season 2024/25 – For Past Concerts Click HERE
Wednesday 16 January 2025
Accrington Library, St James’ Street, Accrington BB5 1NQ
David Aspin (Viola), Kathryn Mosley (Piano)
Programme includes Viola Sonata
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Thursday 17 January 2025
Taunton School, Taunton TA2 6AD
David Aspin (Viola), Kathryn Mosley (Piano)
Programme includes Viola Sonata
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 25 January 2025 at 7.30 pm
Audimax of TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 87
Wind Band of TU Dortmund University, Conductor: Constantin Hesselmann
Programme includes Suite from Things to Come
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Thursday 30 January 2025
St Mary’s Parish Church, Vicarage Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9DH
Talland String Quartet (RNCM)
Programme includes String Quartet in A
Further details follow in due course.
Thursday 26 February 2025
Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: John Wilson, Presenter: Stephen Johnson
Programme includes Metamorphic Variations, The March from Things to Come and the Overture to Miracle in the Gorbals
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Saturday 1 March 2025
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 15 March 2025 at 3 pm
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Stephen Bell
Programme includes The March from Things to Come
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Friday 21 March 2025
Flavel Arts Centre Hall, Dartmouth
Mark Bebbington (Piano)
Programme includes Masks
Further details follow in due course.
Sunday 23 March 2025
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana USA
Orion Rapp (Oboe), Freimann Quartet
Programme includes Oboe Quintet
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Thursday 27 March 2025
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Performances and talks marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Bliss on 27 March 1975.
Mark Bebbington, David Aspin, Robert Markham, Chu-Yu Yang, Rebecca Watson, Bianca Vancea.
Programme includes Triptych, Viola Sonata, Violin Concerto, Piano Quartet, Two Nursery Rhymes.
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 29 March 2025 at 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SY
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bryan Western
Lily Dai (cello)
Programme includes Cello Concerto
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Sunday 6 April 2025
Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Andrew West (Piano)
Programme includes Seven American Poems
Further details follow in due course.
Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brabbins
Mark Bebbington (Piano)
Programme includes Piano Concerto
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 3 May 2025 at 12 noon
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Mark Bebbington (piano)
Programme to include Masks and Triptych
Further details follow in due course.
Sunday 4 May 2025
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Andrew West (Piano)
Programme includes Seven American Poems
Further details follow in due course.
Sunday 4 May 2025 at 7 pm
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme to include Clarinet Quintet
Further details follow in due course.
Monday 5 May 2025 at 7 pm
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Simon Callaghan (Piano), Sacconi Quartet
Programme to include Piano Quartet
Further details follow in due course.
Thursday 8 May 2025 at 7 pm
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London CV32 4AA
London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Conductor: Ron Corp
Programme to include Morning Heroes
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 10 May 2025
Ealing Symphony Orchestra
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
Further details follow in due course.
Friday 23 May 2025
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-upon Thames
Raphael Wallfisch (Cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Yates
Programme includes Cello Concerto
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 21 June 2025 at 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SY
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bryan Western
Programme includes Suite from Things to Come
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Sunday 22 June 2025 at 4.30 pm
St Andrew’s Church, 5 St Andrew Street, Holborn, London EC4A 3AF
Elgar Sinfonia of London, Conductor: Adrian Brown
Programme to include Introduction and Allegro
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Tuesday 24 June 2025
St Nicholas Church, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire S6 6LG
Mark Bebbington (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano) and Chu Yu Yang (violin)
Programme to include Masks, Violin Sonata, Suite for Piano (1925)
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 29 June 2025 at 3 pm
Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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Wednesday 16 January 2025
Library Theatre, Luton Music Club
Chu Yu Yang (Violin), Eric McElroy (Piano)
Programme includes Sonata for Piano and Violin
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 26 July 2025
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme to include music by Bliss
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Monday 28 July 2025
Mark Bebbington (piano)
Programme to include music by Bliss
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Wednesday 30 July 2025
Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Ruairi Bowen (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone)
Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Conductor: Adrian Partington
Programme to include Mary of Magdala
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Saturday 2 August 2025
National Youth String Orchestra, Conductor: Damian Iorio
Programme to include music by Bliss
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Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 7 pm
Marquee Welburn
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
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Friday 22 August 2025 at 7 pm
Marquee Welburn
Programme includes Elegiac Sonnet
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Tuesday/Wednesday 17/18 September 2025
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Performances marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Bliss on 27 March 1975.
Kate Romano (Clarinet), Ian Buckle (Piano), Pixels Ensemble.
Programme includes Tripytch, Pastoral (clarinet & piano), Piano Quartet, Clarinet Quintet.
April Fredrick (Soprano), Eric McElroy (Piano)
Programme includes Bliss songs: Simples (The Joyce Book) ,The Hare (from Three Romantic Songs), Autumn (from Ballad of the Four Seasons), Lovelocks (from Three Romantic Songs), The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House, A Child’s Prayer, Fair is My Love (from Serenade).
Further details follow in due course.
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