On Wenlock Edge
Thanks to the support of Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, we are pleased to present a series of vocal recitals during the 2023/24 season, devised in collaboration with one of the leading piano accompanists of our time, Roger Vignoles. For the first of these special events, Vignoles is joined by tenor James Gilchrist and […]
Medea Quartet
Drawn together from a young age by a love for string quartet playing, Clara Mezzanatto and Ada Guarneri performed for many years in the same string quartet in their native Italy having met at the Xenia Chamber Music Course. Now based in London, they formed the Medea Quartet in 2020 with English violist Joanna Patrick […]
Fidelio Trio & Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Hugill
Fidelio Trio • 6.30pm Since their debut at London’s Southbank Centre, the Fidelio Trio have regularly appeared at the Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, at festivals including Spitalfields, Cheltenham, St. Magnus and Huddersfield. Their extensive discography includes most recently a Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice of Chamber Music by E J Moeran, a composer with whom […]
Tailleferre Ensemble
The Tailleferre Ensemble has recently released their world premiere recording of Sonate champêtre by Germaine Tailleferre. Their Conway Hall programme, showcasing groups of varying sizes from solo piano up to a sextet, features works by all of the members of Les Six, setting the music of their namesake in context. Poulenc’s much-loved Sextet is perhaps […]
Raphael Wallfisch & Simon Callaghan
A great friend of Prokofiev, Myaskovsky’s chamber music is rarely performed. We are delighted to welcome internationally-renowned cellist, Raphael Wallfisch to perform the Second Cello Sonata alongside Conway Hall Director of Music, Simon Callaghan. Myaskovsky’s works exhibit all the best trademarks of Russian music – yearning melodies, rich harmonies, and lots of virtuosity. For their […]
Fitzwilliam Quartet & Pre-Concert Recital with Paolo Rinaldi
Fitzwilliam Quartet • 6.30pm The Fitzwilliam Quartet make a welcome return to Conway Hall in a concert featuring a rare performance of Rachmaninoff’s early quartet, in honour of his 150th birthday. They complete their programme with some wonderfully entertaining Strauss, Mozart’s A major quartet, dedicated to Haydn and admired by Beethoven, as well as Tchaikovsky’s […]
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk from Here to There
Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales. By 2026, 10,000 miles of undiscovered footpaths around Britain stand to be lost. Jack Cornish has dedicated the last five years of his life to walking these forgotten routes. It is Jack’s hope that the result, his book The […]
Autism and ADHD: Living and Loving on the Spectrum
** In person tickets for this event have now SOLD OUT – livestream tickets are still available ** There are way more autistic and ADHD, and many other neurodivergent people, out there. As diagnosis increases, society is getting an ever-deepening understanding of the differing minds within us. This Ethical Matters conversation brings together autistic and […]
Polly Toynbee – My Family and Other Radicals
While for generations Polly Toynbee‘s ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice, they could never claim to be working class, settling instead for the prosperous life of academia or journalism enjoyed by their own forebears. So where does that leave their ideals of class equality? Through a colourful, entertaining examination of her own […]