2023-2024

The Society’s AGM is followed by a concert which will include a specially-commissioned piece by the winner of the annual Richmond Concert Society Muriel Dawson Composition Award.

Photograph of Manu Brazo by Julia Buchalska The Mary Ryan Concert Debussy: Beau Soir Martino: A Gershwin Fantasy Vaughan Williams: Six studies in English folksong Takashi Yoshimatsu: Fuzzy Bird Sonata Fernande Decruck: Sonata in C sharp minor De Falla: Siete canciones populares Bozza: Aria Pedro Iturralde: Pequena Czardas Manu Brazo is an innovative musician who […]

Photograph of Ariel Lanyi by Kaupo Kikkas The President’s Concert Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 109 Chopin: Three Mazurkas Op. 59 Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61 Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach, Op. 81 Sponsored by Kay Williams In March 2023, Ariel was honoured to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the […]

Photograph of Gould Piano Trio by Jake Morley The Robert Stoker Concert Haydn: Piano Trio Hob.XV:20 Marschner: Piano Trio Op. 148 Dvořák: Piano Trio Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ Sponsored by Friends of the RCS Lucy Gould – violin, Richard Lester – cello, Benjamin Frith – piano The Gould Piano Trio has been compared in the Washington […]

Photograph of Liza Ferschtman by Marco Borggreve Britten: Suite Op. 6 Prokofiev: Sonate No. 1 Op.80 Mark Simpson: An Essay of Love Schubert: Fantasy for violin and piano D.934 Sponsored by RX Global To love music deeply and share that with her audience is Liza Ferschtman’s raison d’être. A musical storyteller committed to the emotional […]

Photograph of Leonkoro Quartet by Nikolaj Lund The Richard Oake Concert Schubert: String Quartet D.173 Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’ Jonathan Schwarz – violin, Amelie Wallner – violin, Mayu Konoe – viola, Lukas Schwarz – cello The String Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2019, can […]

Photograph of Danny Driver by Kaupo Kikkas The Howard Greenwood Concert Schumann: Des Abends (from Fantasiestücke Op. 12) Gabriella Lena Frank: Nocturno Nazqueño Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ Debussy: Soirées dans Grenade (from Estampes) Scriabin: Sonata No. 9 ‘Black Mass’ Thomas Adès: Darknesse Visible Fauré: Nocturne No. 6 Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit […]

This is a MEMBERS ONLY concert. Photograph of Tenebrae by Chris O’Donovan Music to celebrate Advent with choral works from the Middle Ages to the present day. Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision. For […]

Photograph of Pavel Haas Quartet by Marci Borggreve Sponsored by Hazel Watson Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet Dvořák: String Quartet Op. 61 Debussy: String Quartet Veronika Jarůšková – violin, Marek Zwiebel – violin, Šimon Truszka – viola, Peter Jarůšek – cello The Pavel Haas Quartet was founded in 2002 by the violinist Veronika Jarůšková […]

Photograph of Catriona Morison by John Cooper The W T Bryant Concert A selection of songs by Richard Strauss, Berg, Mahler, Korngold, Gibbs and Berlioz. Sponsored by Robin Hewitt Catriona Morison was born in Edinburgh into a musical family and learned to play violin and viola before turning to singing. She studied at Berlin University […]