THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2024 @ THE OLD CHURCH
BEZIQUE
Bezique perform a variety of music from around the world. Their repertoire includes music by Django Reinhardt, Richard Galliano, Bireli Lagrene, and others, as well as original compositions. They also incorporate rarely heard North African flavours to their repertoire through the inclusion of works by the Algerian chaabi pianist Maurice el-Medioni, giving them a uniquely cosmopolitan sound on the UK acoustic jazz scene.
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Artists: https://www.shirleysmart.com/bezique
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Tickets: £18/Concessions // Concert time: approx. 1.5hrs (7:30-9:00pm) // Map
THURSDAY 23rd JANUARY 2025 @ THE OLD CHURCH // 7:30pm
THE FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
Founded in 1968, the Gramophone Award winning Fitzwilliam String Quartet, one of the longest established string quartets in the world, return to the intimate surroundings of The Old Church. The quartet will present an evening concert of sublime chamber music not to be missed, featuring Purcell's Fantasia and its ‘Double’ by Marcus Barcham-Stevens, Mozart's Quartet in D minor K421, and Schubert's Quartet in A minor 'Rosamunde’.
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Artist website: https://www.fitzwilliamquartet.com
Tickets: £18/Concessions // Concert time: approx. 1.5hrs (7:30-9:00pm) // Map
SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2025 @ SUTTON HOUSE // 2:00pm
VITALY PISARENKO — PIANO
"...Immensely gifted pianist... with prodigious technique, myriad shadings and scrupulous accuracy..." ~New York Times
After winning some of the most important international awards, including the First Prize at the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht and the Third Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition (2015), London-based Ukrainian-Russian pianist Vitaly Pisarenko has been steadily gaining worldwide recognition for his exquisite playing of the most demanding of works in the repertoire. This concert will include a ‘meet the artist’ post-concert reception afterwards, with refreshments and cake/nibbles.
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Artist website: https://www.pisarenkovitaly.com
TICKETS COMING SOON
Tickets: £12/£14 // Concert time: approx. 1hr (2:00-3:00pm) // Map
THURSDAY 20TH MARCH 2025 @ THE OLD CHURCH // 7:30pm
THE LAEFER SAXOPHONE QUARTET
“…mercurially brilliant playing…”
Widely regarded as one of the UK's most exciting and dynamic saxophone quartets, the Laefer Quartet have been at the cutting edge of saxophone chamber music for over a decade. In the magical setting of The Old Church, the Laefers will present a colourful programme including Stravinsky, Ravel, and Anna Appleby's Electric Aeroplanes, from their 2024 album STRATA. The word Laefer (pronounced lay-fer) is Anglo-Saxon for ‘reed’ or ‘rush’, and also ‘sheet metal’, encapsulating the essence of Adolphe Sax’s creation.
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Artist website: http://www.laeferquartet.com
TICKETS COMING SOON
Tickets: £18/Concessions // Concert time: approx. 1.5hrs (7:30-9:00pm) // Map
SUNDAY 13TH APRIL 2025 @ SUTTON HOUSE // 2:00pm
PENELOPE ROSKELL & DANIEL FARDON
Fundraiser
Come and join HACKNEY MUSIC LIVE for a fundraising concert of former (Roskell) & current (Fardon) Artistic Directors. Roskell & Fardon will both perform old & new music focussed on the piano in a celebratory Easter concert alongside a talk on the history of the fascinating Sutton House, where it all began over 30 years ago!
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Penelope Roskell combines an international performing career with her post of Professor of Piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and Daniel Fardon is an Ivor Novello Award winning composer who has been commissioned by the likes of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets are 'pay what you feel' (with a retiring fundraising donation to the charity at the end of the event) but booking strongly recommended. There will also be an opportunity to add a donation to the ticket booking below. This concert will include a post-concert reception afterwards, with refreshments and cake/nibbles.
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Artist websites: https://www.roskellacademy.com
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Tickets: £12/£14 // Concert time: approx. 1hr (2:00-3:00pm) // Map
SUNDAY 11TH MAY 2025 @ SUTTON HOUSE // 2:00pm
MORTA GRIGALIŪNAITÄ– — PIANO
Described by critics as 'powerful and dramatic', and with performances broadcast live in 40 countries through the classical music channel Mezzo and features of BBC Radio 3, Lithuanian pianist Morta GrigaliÅ«naitÄ— presents a lunchtime recital including Schumann’s fascinating Davidsbündlertänze, a set of eighteen pieces for piano composed in 1837.
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The title, which literally translates as 'Dances of the League of David', refers to an imaginary society of artists created by Schumann whose members represent different aspects of his personality. Their common aim: to fight the Philistines, those who oppose art or innovation in the arts. This concert will include a ‘meet the artist’ post-concert reception afterwards, with refreshments and cake/nibbles.
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Artist website: https://www.musicamorta.com
TICKETS COMING SOON
Tickets: £12/£14 // Concert time: approx. 1hr (2:00-3:00pm) // Map