Viv McLean Fundraising Piano Recital
British pianist Viv McLean returns to Conway Hall for a fundraising concert featuring a wide variety of music spanning three centuries. Three of the extremely characterful Sonatas of Scarlatti will be followed by the monumental Beethoven Appassionata Sonata, a selection of Chopin’s beautiful dances, Gershwin’s excitingly virtuosic solo version of the great Rhapsody in Blue […]
Brahms & the Schumanns
In a programme specially devised to celebrate the song programme which has been a highlight of the 2023/24 season at Conway Hall, Roger Vignoles and Artistic Director Simon Callaghan come together with a quartet of talented young singers led by soprano Ceferina Penny. Their programme showcases songs and piano duets by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Robert and […]
Divertimenti
“You look as if you are really enjoying yourselves!” is the consistent audience response to Divertimenti Ensemble concerts, which are remarkable for their vibrant, spontaneous and communicative performances. An unusual combination of entertaining informality with musical excellence and professionalism, coupled with colourful and informative introductions, adds a special quality of inclusive sharing to the whole […]
Fenella Humphreys, Cara Berridge & Libby Burgess
In a programme specially curated for this evening’s concert and for International Women’s Day, three of the UK’s finest musicians come together to showcase music by women composers of the last two centuries. Mel Bonis | Soir-Matin Op.76 Cheryl Frances-Hoad | My Fleeting Angel Rebecca Clarke | Piano Trio Lili Boulanger | D’un matin de […]
Dante Quartet & Brian Thorsett + Pre-Concert Talk
The Dante Quartet, one of the UK’s finest ensembles, is known for its imaginative programming and impassioned performances. The Quartet was founded in 1995 and chose its name to reflect the idea of an epic journey. The Quartet has been honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music and has also received international […]
Resol Quartet
Of the Resol Quartet‘s Conway Hall début in 2022, one audience member wrote that it was “an amazingly moving performance. I was completely enthralled from start to finish.” Their return promises to be no less inspiring, and features works by Mozart, Shostakovich and Puccini’s Crisantemi, written after the death of a close friend, and capturing […]
Trio Klein
Trio Klein, renowned for their innovative programming, return to Conway Hall in a programme that re-imagines music of the 80s – pairing bold arrangements of John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) and Duran Duran’s Rio (1982) with trios by Sofia Gubaidulina (1988) and Alfred Schnittke (1983) – and juxtaposes them with music […]
Asaka Quartet
Formed in 2021 at the Royal Academy of Music, the Asaka Quartet are already winning prizes and establishing themselves as a promising new string quartet. Their Conway Hall début programme is eclectic and colourful, ranging from the pure, classical beauty of Haydn, through the lyrical romanticism of Mendelssohn and culminating in Bax’s First String Quartet, […]
Tong Duo
Brothers Joseph and Daniel Tong have been playing together for over 30 years, since their performance at the South Bank Centre of Schubert’s Fantasy in F Minor, D940 as teenage students at Wells Cathedral School. This beloved work has remained a treasured part of their repertoire ever since. We are delighted to welcome them to […]