Thames Concerts

Distinguished international opera soloists Alison Pearce and Adrian Clarke are joined by Thames Concerts’ Artistic Director Benjamin Costello (piano) in a programme of well-known opera and musical theatre arias and duets by Purcell, Mozart, Lehar, Puccini, Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein, plus songs by Finzi, Ireland and Vaughan Williams, to mark Valentine’s Day and close the series in style.… Read more

The distinguished musician D’Arcy Trinkwon is one of the outstanding virtuoso organists of his generation. In a career performing in international festivals and celebrity series worldwide, he has established a reputation of excellence and singular talent.… Read more

Simon Ferris and Max Barley (directors)

Thames Youth Orchestra has become one of the most highly regarded youth orchestras the UK, with a challenging, adventurous approach to programming.… Read more

The outstanding Ian Shaw makes a welcome return to Kingston. “Best Jazz Vocalist” at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007 and 2004, and nominated in the Best UK Vocalist category at the JazzFM awards in 2013, Ian Shaw has amassed a number of highly acclaimed intentionally released albums and is a popular performer both in the UK and the US.… Read more

Prize-winning young performers Joseph Shiner and Frederick Brown perform Brahms’ Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1, and Schumann’s Three Romances Op.94, with Ireland’s Fantasy-Sonata, Gershwin’s Three Preludes (arr.… Read more

Kingston Chamber Singers, The Percussion Ensemble of London, Janet Shell (mezzo-soprano), Daryl Griffith and Simon Ferris (duo pianists), Benjamin Costello (conductor/piano)

A varied feast of British music for choir, two pianos and a battery of percussion kicks off this year’s series: Constant Lambert’s effervescent The Rio Grande, Leonard Salzedo’s exciting Concerto for Percussion, Richard Rodney Bennett’s jazz-infused Four Piece Suite, atmospheric songs by Madeleine Dring, and the world premiere of a new arrangement for two pianos and percussion of George Dyson’s dramatic choral fantasia celebrating London, In Honour of the City.… Read more