Welcome to the Lamberhurst Music Festival 2012 season

We’re delighted to bring you another varied programme featuring both up-and-coming artists as well as established and well known ones.

You can get further details on all the concerts by clicking the pictures below. We look forward to seeing you!

Royal College of Music Strings

"A celebration of strings"

St. Mary's Church, Lamberhurst

March 24th 7.30pm - doors open 6.45pm

£15.00

The programme will include Elgar’s Serenade and Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C. The cello soloist will be Jun Sasaki who has already appeared as a soloist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall and other European venues.

The Gents of St. John's

"Gently does it..."

Lamberhurst Memorial Hall

July 14th 7.30pm
Doors open 6.45pm

£10.00

The Gents are noted for their versatility, with a repertoire ranging from sacred music to much lighter musical refreshment.

Garden Opera

La Bohème by Puccini

Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst

Aug 4th 7.00pm
Doors open 5.00pm
The opera will finish at approx. 9.45pm

£30.00 (£27.50 if ordered before Aug 1st)

Another full opera from The New Garden Opera Company who are described by Opera Now as "the small touring company without equal in Britain".

Philip Higham

A Cello Recital

St. Mary's Church, Lamberhurst

Oct 20th 7.30pm
Doors open 6.45pm

£15.00

"The first British cellist in generations to have won top prizes at 3 major international competitions"
Philip is rapidly emerging as one of the most prominent cellists in Europe after winning first prize in the Lutoslawski International competition in Warsaw.

Daniel Grimwood

A Piano Recital

St. Mary's Church, Lamberhurst

Nov 10th 7.30pm
Doors open 6.45pm

£15.00

"Probably the finest all-round musician I have ever known" - Felix Aprahamian.
Daniel is a multi-instrumentalist: not only a genius on the piano but brilliant also on the viola or harpsichord.

The Choir of Queens College, Oxford

Carols by Candlelight

St. Mary's Church, Lamberhurst

Dec 9th 7.30pm
Doors open 6.45pm

£15.00

The Choir has recently been described as "The finest mixed voice choir in Oxford". They have a glittering reputation for music, one which has grown in the last few years with regular tours overseas and several recordings.