KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT CONCERT SOCIETY

President - Graham Trew MVO

Vice-president - Lord Berkeley CBE

Programme for the 2025 to 2026 Season

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Sunday 26th October 2025

The Talland String Quartet

Dylan Edge- violin, Orla McGarrity - violin, Rebecca Stubbs - viola and Nathan Jackson-Turner - cello

Formed during their time at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Talland Quartet are dedicated to sharing their passion for chamber music. The quartet have won multiple prizes at the RNCM and were chosen to participate in the 2023/2024 Hans Keller Forum in Cambridge, receiving guidance from Alasdair Beatson, Richard Ireland, and John Myerscough.

Mozart String Quartet in C "Dissonance" K.465

Pavel Fischer, String Quartet no 3 "Mad Piper"

Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E flat major.

With the kind permission of the Royal Northern College of Music

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Sunday 30th November 2025

Katy Smith (violin) and Amy Butler (piano)

G. Fauré, Romance for Violin and Piano, Op.28 

M.Ravel, Violin Sonata no 2 Vaughan Williams, 

The Lark Ascending 

E.Elgar, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.82 

M.Ravel, Tzigane

Julian Perkins

Sunday 25th January 2026

Julian Perkins - harpsichord recital

Bach Goldberg Variations

Julian Perkins is Artistic Director of Portland Baroque Orchestra in Oregon, USA. Based in the UK, he is also Founding Artistic Director of Cambridge Handel Opera and Sounds Baroque. Shortlisted for the 2021 Gramophone Award, he has directed groups ranging from the Academy of Ancient Music to the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, has performed regularly as a chamber musician at the Salzburg Festival and features widely as a solo keyboard player.

Julian Perkins website

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Sunday 22nd February 2026

Origin Voices

Founded in late 2022, Origin Voices is a choral group based in Cardiff, Wales. Comprised of emerging choral singers, Origin Voices aims to provide a platform to enter the professional choral world.

"Our mission is to bring new exciting choral music to a wider audience, showcasing both the established canon of choral music while performing works by lesser known living composers. We are always interested in performing and commissioning new works."

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Sunday 29th March 2026

Cello Recital

Ellen Baumring-Gledhill and piano accompaniment

F.Couperin, Les Cherubins

M.De Falla, Suite Populaire Espagnole

S.Prokofiev, Cello Sonata

E.Bloch, Three Scenes from Jewish Life

S.Rachmaninoff, Cello Sonata