Friday 6 November 2026
8pm
Milton Court Concert Hall
Chamber at Eight
Programme
Henry Purcell
Fantasia No 11 in G major, Z742
Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080
Will Summers, Theo Godfrey, Matilda Allard & Larli Davies | recorder
Frédéric Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65
I. Allegro moderato
III. Largo
Shangwen Liao | cello
Owen Mok | piano
Forthcoming Events
Undergraduate Strings Concert
16 November 2026
Silk Street Music Hall
Students from the Strings department present a selection of repertoire in these informal concerts.
Ubu Ensemble
30 November 2026
Silk Street Music Hall
Our boundary‑pushing Ubu Ensemble returns with The Rattle Bag, a vivid programme of 20th‑ and 21st‑century music exploring colour, texture and adventurous ensemble writing.
Sir George Martin Centenary Concert
6 December 2026
Milton Court Concert Hall
Seventy-five years since his first output as a producer, this special performance reflects six decades of Martin’s pioneering production and musical inventions, performed by the Guildhall Session Orchestra.
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