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Festival Weekend Pass
There’s a lot to look forward to in our 2025 concert series. This year, we’re offering a variety of different ticket options. This one is limited to all 3 concerts throughout our Festival Weekend taking place at Dore Abbey between 27th June – 29th June.
Friday 27 June Laura van der Heijden, cello; Jâms Coleman, piano
Saturday 28 June Emma Johnson, clarinet; The Gildas Quartet
Sunday 29 June Trio Lalique, piano trio
Event details below.
27th June 2025: Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman
Friday June 27th at 7pm
Dore Abbey, Abbeydore HR2 0AA
Our first ever Festival Weekend kicks off in grand style with a performance by the acclaimed British cellist Laura van der Heijden and thrilling Welsh pianist Jâms Coleman.
Music by Debussy, Franck, Clarke and Bonis.
Further details below.
28th June 2025: Emma Johnson with The Gildas Quartet
Saturday June 28th at 7pm
Dore Abbey, Abbeydore HR2 0AA
Internationally acclaimed solo clarinettist, recording artist, composer and lecturer Emma Johnson is joined by the thrilling Gildas Quartet for an evening of music by Glazunov, Shostakovitch, Mozart and Emma Johnson herself.
Further details below.
29th June 2025: Trio Lalique
Sunday June 29th at 3.00pm
Dore Abbey, Abbeydore HR2 0AA
Bringing our first ever Festival Weekend to a rousing finale are the acclaimed Trio Lalique. Each already an outstanding virtuoso in their own right, cellist Julia Morneweg joined forces with the outstanding pianist and RCM piano professor Ilya Kondratiev and two-time Diapason d’Or-winning violinist Yuri Kalnits to form this dynamic and innovative ensemble.
Music by Beethoven, Bernstein and Ravel.
Further details below.
10th August 2025: Ensemble Hesperi with soprano Claire Ward
Sunday August 10th at 3.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Michaelchurch Escley HR2 0JS
For our popular Young Artist Concert this season, we celebrate the founding and history of The Royal Society of Musicians with the innovative London-based Early Music group Ensemble Hesperi and soprano Claire Ward.
The music in their programme “The Fund for Decay’d Musicians” celebrates the founding and the eighteenth-century history of this remarkable organisation, featuring works by subscribing composers, all of whom worked in London’s thriving theatres and pleasure gardens. Weaved amongst the music itself will be fascinating stories from the Royal Society’s archives about the men, women and children who received support from the fund in its early years.
Further details below.
11th October 2025: The Mikeleiz-Zucci Duo
Saturday October 11th at 5pm
St Michael’s Church, Michaelchurch Escley HR2 0JS
Bringing our 2025 season to a rousing finale are the vibrant, award-winning saxophone-accordion pairing The Mikeleiz-Zucci Duo. Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi and Spanish accordionist Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade’s repertoire spans everything from reimagined traditional works to modern repertoire and improvisation, all vividly rendered by the unique combination of saxophone and accordion.
This programme is inspired by dance music from different eras and cultures, from the courts of 16th century France to folk inflected Scottish music; from Eastern European traditional music to nuevo tango. Expect music by Bach to Bartok, Ravel to Piazzola!
Further details below.