Hastings Chamber Music Festival
Bringing together the highest calibre musicians for concerts on the East Sussex Coast.
Held in association with
Hastings Early Music Festival
Upcoming Events
Coffee Concert
11am Sunday Sept 17
KINO TEATR
Jane Gordon (violin)
Jan Rautio (piano)
Vaughan Williams ‘Lark Ascending’
Beethoven ‘Spring’ Sonata No.5 Op.24
Nadia & Lili Boulanger Selected Pieces
Mendelssohn by Candlelight
7pm Thursday Sept 21
CHRISTCHURCH
The Felix Ensemble
Mendelssohn Octet Op.20 (Original version)
Joachim Raff ‘Andante’ from Octet Op.176
Bach ‘Art of Fugue’ Selected movements
Beethoven in Nature
5pm Saturday Sept 23
CHRISTCHURCH
Rautio Piano Trio
Marianne Schofield ( bass)
Richard Waters (viola)
Beethoven Pastoral Symphony transcribed for Quintet by J Rautio
Debussy ‘Des pas sur la neige’ transcribed for Quintet by J Rautio
Schubert ‘Theme & Variations’ on Die Forelle from the ‘Trout’ Quintet
Music & Climate Science
3pm Sunday Sept 24
KINO
Professor Tamsin Edwards
Anna Dennis (soprano)
Rautio Piano Trio
Talk: Professor Tamsin Edwards on Climate Change
Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok Op. 127 for Soprano & Piano Trio
Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op. 70/2
About the festival
We are excited to be launching Hastings Chamber Music Festival this year, held in association with the Early Music Festival. Our programmes will be offering a wider range of repertoire than in previous years. Concerts will be in Christchurch and Kino Teatr. At the heart of the Festival is, as ever, the desire to bring together the highest calibre musicians for performances of some of the most deeply expressive music. Artistic director, violinist Jane Gordon, has invited a wonderful line up of international musicians for concerts with music from the baroque era to the present day. We will also be including talks, ‘artist in conversation’ events, and opportunities to meet the players after the concerts.
“Inspired by the music we love and the art of live performance, I want to engage our listeners to contemplate the significance and relevance the Arts can hold in our culture today. We aim to give music a platform to connect to wider topics relevant to today’s cultural and political landscape.” – Jane Gordon, artistic director
Music in nature
This year’s Festival theme is Nature, which is explored in a variety of beautiful and thought-provoking ways through the our curated programmes. We deepen the Nature connection further with Professor Tamsin Edwards, renowned Climate Scientist and award-winning science communicator. She will give a talk to accompany the Festival’s closing concert.
Jane Gordon (violin)
Anna Dennis (soprano)
Jan Rautio (piano)
Rautio Piano Trio
Victoria Simonsen (cello)
Marianne Schofield (double bass)
Richard Waters (viola)
Felix Ensemble
Christine Anderson (viola)
Christoph Richter (cello)
Florence Cooke (violin)
Sijie Chen (violin)
Joanna Patrick (viola)
Julia Loucks (violin)
Gavin Kibble (cello)
Join our festival friends and help support live music
Our Festival Friends enjoy a range of benefits including exclusive event invites and reserved seating at Christchurch. We are in the process of becoming a registered charity and having exciting plans on the horizon for bringing more concerts to the Hastings area. Help us grow and continue to present these wonderful concerts.