The outstanding Ian Shaw makes a welcome return to Kingston. “Best Jazz Vocalist” at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and 2004, and nominated in the Best UK Vocalist category at the JazzFM awards in 2013, Ian Shaw has amassed a number of highly acclaimed intentionally released albums and is a popular performer both in the UK and the US.… Read more
Prize-winning young performers Joseph Shiner and Frederick Brown perform Brahms’ Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1, and Schumann’s Three Romances Op.94, with Ireland’s Fantasy-Sonata, Gershwin’s Three Preludes (arr.… Read more
Kingston Chamber Singers, The Percussion Ensemble of London, Janet Shell (mezzo-soprano), Daryl Griffith and Simon Ferris (duo pianists), Benjamin Costello (conductor/piano)
A varied feast of British music for choir, two pianos and a battery of percussion kicks off this year’s series: Constant Lambert’s effervescent The Rio Grande, Leonard Salzedo’s exciting Concerto for Percussion, Richard Rodney Bennett’s jazz-infused Four Piece Suite, atmospheric songs by Madeleine Dring, and the world premiere of a new arrangement for two pianos and percussion of George Dyson’s dramatic choral fantasia celebrating London, In Honour of the City.… Read more
The series is brought to a close with a sublime programme of Romantic piano trios: Beethoven’s Allegretto in Bb, WoO.… Read more
Distinguished blind organist and composer David Liddle is one of the UK’s foremost performers. He presents an enjoyably varied programme of music on the outstanding Hunter organ at St Andrew’s, Surbiton.… Read more
The excellent Tiffin Boys’ Choir perform an enjoyable selection of seasonal music including Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, works by Tavener, Elgar, and carols for choir and audience.… Read more
The outstanding Liane Carroll (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards; BBC Jazz Awards) makes a welcome return to Kingston following her appearance in 2009’s Kingston Festival of the Voice.… Read more
Internationally-renowned cellist Jamie Walton is our series’ artist-in-residence. He performs Bach’s 2nd Suite and Britten’s 3rd Suite (both for unaccompanied cello), Brahms’ Sonata for Piano and Cello in E minor, and Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor.… Read more
This dynamic young flautist, recently appointed principal flute with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, performs music by Bach, Fauré, Poulenc, Ravel and Debussy in this first concert of the series.… Read more
President: Roderick Williams OBE
Artistic Director: Benjamin Costello
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