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Wednesday 22 October 2025, 7:30-9:30pm, Leighton House

Preceded at 6:30 by the KCMS AGM. Concert starts at 7:30pm.   

ZAREK Trio

• Rebecca Harris, violin 
• Jan Zahourek, viola da gamba 
• Oliver John Ruthven, keyboards and voice 

Weird. Poignant. Wonderful. MUDlark! is a cabinet of curiosities, thieveries, and musical mysteries from the English Baroque and beyond, with music by Purcell, Playford, Hume, Handel, Gibbons and other treasures from the Thames. “And just as mudlarks scour the banks of the tidal river for fragments of London's past, well-trained in the art of seeking, so do we unearth forgotten sounds, uncover hidden connections, and shape each performance with discoveries along the way.” 

Programme:

Henry Purcell Old Hundredth
Henry Purcell Overture and Aire – King Arthur arr. ZAREK
Hidden Treasures
Tobias Hume Tobacco
Cry me a river
Orlando Gibbons Pavane a 3 arr. ZAREK
Lansing McLoskey Basse Danse/Piangere infinito – Haute Danse
Travellers from afar
Tobias Hume An English Frenchman
Henry Purcell Passacaglia – King Arthur arr. ZAREK

— interval —

Music to mingle with the knives and forks
Matthew Locke Flatt Consort, set 1
Night, sleep, death and the stars
Henry Purcell Funeral March for Queen Mary & Thou knowest Lord arr. ZAREK
Henry Purcell How blessed are shepherds – King Arthur arr. ZAREK
Revels and rites
John Playford Newcastle – The Dancing Master
Henry Purcell Fairest Isle – King Arthur arr. ZAREK
Anon Nowel’s Galliard
Henry Purcell Hornpipe – King Arthur arr. ZAREK
George Frederic Handel Hornpipe – Water Music arr. ZAREK
Henry Purcell Chaconne – King Arthur arr. ZAREK

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

An evening of the finest piano solo and duo music, in association with The Keyboard Trust

• Zala Kravos piano
• Val Kravos piano

Programme:

Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major Op. 110 No. 31
Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Major Op. 60
Prokofiev Sonata in A minor Op. 28 No. 3

— interval —

Debussy Petite Suite (En bateau, Cortège, Menuet, Ballet) (special guest: Val Kravos)
Schubert Fantasy in F minor D. 940
Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite N° 1, Op. 46
(Morning Mood, The Death of Åse, Anitra’s Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King)

Born in Slovenia in 2002, Zala Kravos was initiated into music from the age of three in Brussels and started piano lessons at the age of five in Luxembourg. The following year she entered the Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg and later studied with Maria João Pires and Louis Lortie; she now studies at the Royal College of Music. Between 2009 and 2014 she won national and international competitions in Luxembourg and France and in 2016 in the USA, where she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. She also performs with orchestras and enjoys playing chamber music, including in a piano duet with her younger brother Val. She recorded her first solo album in 2017 at the age of 14: critics across Europe were unanimous in their praise. In June 2021, she recorded a second album of piano duets with her brother Val, equally well received by critics. Their programme for KCMS is a voyage through the finest of all piano music.

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.

Wednesday 21 January 2026, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

A Night at the Opera in association with Opera Holland Park. Preceded in the afternoon by a masterclass and workshop for schools.

• Soloists of Opera Holland Park
• William Vann piano

Programme: a selection of loved opera arias and ensembles.

Following hugely popular concerts in our recent seasons, soloists of Opera Holland Park return to KCMS to give an evening of operatic classics, accompanied by renowned pianist and KCMS Chairman William Vann. Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company, just around the corner from Leighton House, which produces an annual season of opera performances, staged under a temporary canopy in front of the remains of Holland House. We are delighted to welcome some of their finest soloists to perform a thrilling selection of famous opera arias and ensembles. The full list of performers will be confirmed on the KCMS website by the end of 2025.

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.

Tuesday 24 February 2026, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

An evening of the finest music written for string quartet, kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme. 

Regency String Quartet:

• Mabelle Young-Eun Park violin
• Olwen Miles violin
• Jamie Howe viola
• Ellen Baumring-Gledhill cello

Programme:

Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20/4
Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”

— interval —

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

The Regency String Quartet was formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021, recently won the Royal Overseas League Strings and Keyboard Ensembles Category 2025 and have also been selected as 2025/26 Kirckman Concert Society Artists. The quartet is coached and mentored by Alex Redington from the Doric String Quartet and has been awarded a number of prizes from the Royal Academy of Music. Their programme for KCMS brings together works by three of the most highly regarded composers for string quartet of all time: a thrilling evening.

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.

Wednesday 25 March 2026, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

A virtuosic recital for double bass: a rare treat to explore this fantastic repertoire.

• Levi Andreassen double bass
• William Vann piano

Programme:

Clara Schumann 3 Romances
Robert Schumann 3 Romances
Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
Fauré Elegie
Brahms Rhapsody Op. 79, arr. for double bass 

— interval —

Vilmos Montag Sonata for Double Bass and Piano in E minor
Lili Boulanger Nocturne
Emil Tabakov Motivy
Giovanni Bottesini Capriccio di Bravura 

Praised for his “Astounding virtuosity”, American double bassist Levi Andreassen is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician, driven by his desire to push the limits of his instrument. A laureate of numerous international competitions, Levi was recently awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Haslemere International String Competition as well as 1st Prize at the 2023 International Society of Bassists Youth Solo Competition, 2023 London Classical Music Competition and the 2022 Caneres International Competition. He and KCMS Chairman William Vann recently recorded Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs alongside Roderick Williams, the Sacconi Quartet, and William Vann for Albion Records.

Tuesday 21 April 2026, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

Manuel de Falla and Erik Satie: an evening of solo piano music from Spain and France.

• Simone Alessandro Tavoni piano

Programme:

Manuel de Falla Four Spanish Pieces
Erik Satie Gnossiennes Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Erik Satie Gymnopedie No. 1
Manuel de Falla Fantasía bética

— interval —

Erik Satie Ogives Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Erik Satie Sonatine bureaucratique
Frédéric Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58

Simone Alessandro Tavoni is an acclaimed Italian pianist who has performed internationally at prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and Palau de la Música Catalana. A Parklane Group Artist and Keyboard Charitable Trust Artist, he received a full scholarship to the Aspen Music Festival, studying with Fabio Bidini. He holds degrees from the Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Liszt Academy, and Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart. Simone was selected for the BBC Pathway Scheme and is supported by HSH Dr. Donatus Prince of Hohenzollern. His programme commemorates two composers with vividly contrasting styles, born 150 and 160 years ago respectively: the Spanish Manuel de Falla and the French Erik Satie. To conclude, we hear Chopin’s monumental Third Sonata: an unmissable evening.

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.

Wednesday 20 May 2026, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open at 7pm), Leighton House

• Natalie Loughran, viola

Programme to be confirmed.

 For full details of each concert, please visit the KCMS website.