Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026

Schools Performance

Fri 1 May 11am – 12pm / St Paul's Church

Come and hear children from The Westgate Lower School perform the songs they have written during the Festival workshops with leader Neil Valentine, accompanied by Festival musicians.

Tickets: Free

Winchester Go LD Funky Lunch

Fri 1 May 12.30pm – 1pm / The Arc

Pop into The Arc to hear Lumas Winds at this popular outreach event with our partner charity.

Tickets: Free

Opening Concert

Fri 1 May 5pm – 7pm / St Paul's Church

Lucy Gould, David Adams, Katharine Dain, Lumas Winds, Hélène Clément, Alice Neary, Kate Gould, Jâms Coleman

Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces for cellos and piano (8′)
Mozart Quintet for piano and winds in Eb, K.452 (30′)
Nadia Boulanger Soir d’hiver for soprano and piano (4′)
Dvořák Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (40’)

Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)

Late Night Concert

Fri 1 May 9pm – 10pm / St Lawrence Church

Alice Neary, Karelia String Quartet

Britten Cello Suite No 3, Op. 87 (22’)
Grieg String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 (34’)

Tickets: £19 (Unreserved seating)

Family Concert – Music and the Weather

Sat 2 May 11.30am – 12.30pm / The Nutshell

Presenter Robert Plane with Festival musicians

Grab your tickets for a fun-packed concert featuring music inspired by the weather, with audience participation. Book early as this concert sells out quickly!

Age 4+ recommended but all are welcome.

Tickets: £5 (Free for Under 3s)

Masterclass

Sat 2 May 1.45am – 2.45pm / The Nutshell

Hélène Clément shares her expertise with the Karelia Quartet on Ravel’s celebrated String Quartet.

Tickets: £5 (Unreserved seating)

Festival Gala Concert

Sat 2 May 7.30pm / Theatre Royal Winchester

Katharine Dain, Festival String Orchestra with Lumas Winds directed by David Adams

Mozart Overture to the opera The Marriage of Figaro K.492 (4’)
Mozart Ruhe Sanft aria from the opera Zaide K.344 (7’)
George Walker Lyric for strings (6’)
Archie John Branches of Joy for wind quintet WORLD PREMIERE (14’)
Handel Da Tempeste aria from opera Giulio Cesare (3’)
Schubert Octet in F, D.803 (60’)

Tickets: £30 / £23 / £19
(ticket prices include £2 theatre restoration levy)

Pre-Concert Talk Britten V Tippett

Sun 3 May 2.45pm – 3.15pm / The Nutshell

James Lea explores Michael Tippett’s Quartet No 2 and compares two of the great British composers of the early 20th Century.

Tickets: Free

Afternoon Concert

Sun 3 May 3.30pm – 5.15pm / St Paul's Church

Katharine Dain, David Adams, Lucy Gould, Jonathan Stone, Kate Gould, Karelia Quartet, Jâms Coleman

Brahms The Rain Violin Sonata in G, Op. 78 (25’)
Tippett String Quartet No 2 (22’)
Britten On This Island Op. 11 (poems by W H Auden) (13’)
Ravel String Quartet in F (30’)

Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)

Young Musicians Platform

Sun 3 May 7pm – 7.45pm / St Paul's Church

Come and support our first concert for local, talented, young musicians. Programme will include a movement from Schumann’s Piano Quintet and other much-loved chamber and sonata works.

Bar at St Paul’s Church open from 6.45pm for the whole evening. Take a drink to your seats and enjoy our double-bill of short, more relaxed programmes.

Tickets: Free

Evening Concert – Theatre Night

Sun 3 May 8pm – 9pm / St Paul's Church

Katharine Dain, Lumas Winds, Jâms Coleman, Lucy Gould, David Adams, Jonathan Stone, Alice Neary

A more relaxed programme featuring music from Hollywood composers, the stage and the American songbook.

Bernstein Overture to Candide arr. for wind quintet (12’)
Korngold Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31 (10’)
Zemlinsky Humoreske (Rondo) for wind quintet (5’)
Korngold Marietta’s Lied from Die Tote Stadt, arr. for soprano, piano and strings (6’)
Luciano Berio Opus Number Zoo (with theatricals!) (7’)
Selection of arrangements from the American Songbook including songs by Gershwin, Bernstein and Porter (12’)

Bar at St Paul’s Church open from 6.45pm for the whole evening. Take a drink to your seats and enjoy our double-bill of short, more relaxed programmes.

Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)

Coffee Concert

Mon 4 May 11am – 12pm / St Paul's Church

Coffee served from 10.30am

Jonathan Stone, Lucy Gould, Hélène Clément, Kate Gould, Benjamin Russell, Jâms Coleman

Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon (6’)
Rossini La Tempesta String Sonata No 6 (13’)
Britten Elegy for solo viola (11’)
Mozart Dissonance Quartet in C, K.465 (30’)

Tickets: £19 (£16 in side aisles)

Festival Finale

Mon 4 May 3.30pm – 5pm / St Paul's Church

Jonathan Stone, Lucy Gould, Hélène Clément, Kate Gould, Alice Neary, Benjamin Russell, Jâms Coleman

Britten Three Divertimenti for string quartet (10’)
Brahms Two Songs for soprano, viola and piano, Op. 91 (12’)
Beethoven Serioso Quartet in F, Op. 95 (22’)
Dvořák Bass Quintet in G, Op. 77 (35’)

Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)

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