Guildhall Chamber Music Festival 2023
Guildhall School presents the 2023 Chamber Music Festival
Guildhall School’s Summer Chamber Music Festival returns for a weekend of inspiring performances from 7–9 July 2023.
Three days of events bring together almost 100 musicians to perform a wide range of ensemble works – from duos to nonets – in celebration of some of the greatest chamber music ever written.
There will be student-professor collaborations featuring renowned performers from the chamber music faculty in the superb acoustics of Milton Court Concert Hall, as well as the chance to hear from some of the School’s most accomplished chamber groups.
Featuring no fewer than 20 composers, the programme offers something for everyone: from Beethoven to Bartók, Mozart to Milhaud, and Elgar to Enescu, whose exquisite Octet for Strings provides the festival’s centrepiece.
Tickets for the concerts in Milton Court Concert Hall £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office.
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Chamber Music Festival events
Friday 7 July
Milton Court Concert Hall, 7pm
Beethoven, Shostakovich, Hummel, Dvořák
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
Saturday 8 July
Charterhouse Chapel, 2.30pm
Mozart, Bryce Dessner, Beethoven
Free, no tickets required
Silk Street Music Hall, 7pm
Pirchner, Eleanor Alberga, Prokofiev, Poulenc, Valerie Coleman, Milhaud
Free, no tickets required
Sunday 9 July
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room, 1pm
Guildhall School violin professor Simon Blendis discusses Enescu's Octet
Free, no tickets required
Milton Court Concert Hall, 2.30pm
Roussel, Schumann, Enescu
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
Masterclass with David Waterman
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room, 5pm
Cellist David Waterman works with two Guildhall ensembles on music by Dvořák and Debussy.
Free, no tickets required
Milton Court Concert Hall, 7pm
Bridge, Duruflé, Bartók, Elgar
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
*Chamber Festival ticketed concerts multi-buy offer:
Book 2 concerts for a 10% discount
Book 3 concerts for a 20% discount
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