We welcome rising Welsh musician Tomos Boyles who is rapidly carving out a career as a concert pianist. Tomos graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University in 2022 with a first-class degree in music having held a scholarship during his studies. Now a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he works under ... Read more
In a year where we particularly celebrate the instrument that has the closest affinity to the human voice, we welcome Cellophonics, four of the UK’s leading orchestra cellists who came together to explore the contrasting characteristics of their instrument. From the operatic tones of Puccini’s ‘Tosca’, to the driving rhythms of ‘jazz lord’ Guy Barker’s ... Read more
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In summer 2027 the Festival will welcome two new Co-Artistic Directors – each already well known to Petworth audiences - violinist and vocalist Lizzie Ball, and pianist Charles Owen. Both immensely versatile performers, the first half of this ‘welcome’ concert will be performed by Charles in solo repertoire by Chopin, Janáček and Schubert with the ... Read more
Amyas are a period instrument group specialising in exuberant performances of historical repertoire, all of the members being specialists in historically informed performance. Featuring music from the 12th to 15th centuries, this colourful programme weaves together lilting love songs, delightfully bawdy tunes, and dances that range from sweetly lyrical to irresistibly foot-tapping. Performed on an ... Read more
The repertoire will include new compositions, arrangements of dances and lullabies from UK, Finland, Brazil and Gambia and ‘designed improvisations*’. The lullabies will explore the dark side that so manyof them feature – and the grooves and dances will provide the antidotal celebration. The designed improvisations will connect them and provide a sense of a ... Read more
The final lunchtime concert featuring students from the Royal Academy of Music sees a programme that reflects on musical land and seascapes. Raj Bhaumik and Lily Petrova’s clarinet take us from the English landscape so vividly portrayed by Vaughan Williams in his English folksong settings to the seascapes of Baja California in Jenni Brandon’s Fin ... Read more
View Portsmouth Cathedral music events on Southern Classical.This summer, Portsmouth Cathedral invites you to unwind at the end of the week with a new series of Evening Organ Concerts, four Friday nights of inspiring music in the calm and beauty of the Cathedral. The series brings together an exceptional mix of performers, from internationally respected ... Read more
The latest in the Festival’s astounding series of concerts from prize winning pianists of recent Leeds International Piano Competitions. We welcome the first prize winner of the 2024 competition, Canadian Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. Following in the footsteps of previous competition winners Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, and recent Petworth favourite Alim Beisembayev, we ... Read more
The welcome return to the stage of Linda Kelsall-Barnett. An evening of classical guitar favourites delivered with impeccable style.Tickets in advance are £15/£12 (free to under 18s) and £15 available at the door.Ticket price includes canapes in the interval, with drinks available for purchase from the bar.
To mark the end of Stewart Collins’ tenure as Artistic Director of the Petworth Summer Festival he extends the invitation to four of his most valued collaborators over many years. Stewart entrusts his final concert to a quartet of the most remarkable ‘entertainers at the piano’ that you are likely to encounter under one roof.Harry ... Read more
Raising money to support Father Martin's charity Friends of Children in Romania. Presented by Music in Bosham.
