ANTARA DUO
2023-09-17 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | The Grand
Rachel Wick on harp and Tom Hancox on flute.
More details from www.thegreenroomfolkestone.co.uk

Sacconi Residency Weekend – 6-8 Oct 2023
2023-10-06 20:00 - 22:00 | The Punch and Judy, 13-15 Rendezvous Street, Folkestone, CT20 1EY
Sacconi Residency 2023 – Sacconi Quartet & Richard Navarro (vocals/keys)
Promoter
Sacconi Residency Weekend – 6-8 Oct 2023
Date
Friday 6th October, 2023
Programme
Genre-busting vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Navarro performs his beautiful original material with the Sacconi Quartet for the very first time. Together with Nicholas Thurston on guitar/double bass, the 6-strong group will perform brand new arrangements of songs rich in melody and myth, set among landscapes of sea and sky. A very special meeting of sublime strings, beats and storytelling.
Ticket Prices
FREE event
Artists
Sacconi Quartet
Richard Navarro – vocals/keyboard
Nicholas Thurston – guitar/double bass

Weekend of great concerts, including many FREE events!
The Sacconi Quartet are resident quartet for the town of Folkestone in Kent. Folkestone has been the home of the annual Sacconi Festival for 15 years but the Quartet now have a year-round presence in the town with projects that take classical concerts outside of the usual concert venues!
Sacconi Residency Weekend 2023: 6-8 October, events for this year can be found below with more details being added over the next week or two, but they include Folkestone Young Strings Orchestra and the return of our Pro-Am Competition!
The objectives of the residency are:

Presenting chamber music in innovative ways, attracting new audiences through concerts and related activities in a range of interesting spaces across the Folkestone area
Integrating educational and community work with concerts and events in order to actively engage all ages and cultures in chamber music and artists’ collaborations
Collaborating with other artists in the town on community projects

Sacconi Residency 2023 – Young Strings Concert
2023-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 | The Grand
Promoter
Sacconi Residency Weekend – 6-8 Oct 2023
Artists
Our Folkestone Young Strings Orchestra directed by Floriane Peycelon will perform the music they’ve been working on this term. Please come along and support these talented youngsters!
If you know a young string player who might be interested in joining us, we rehearse every Tuesday after school and you can try the first session for free! For more details go to our Young Strings Page.
The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL. Please use the North Entrance on Metropole Road East.
Ticket Prices
FREE, but there is a limit on space at the venue so please book your places via the link below.
Booking
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Sacconi Residency 2023 – ProAm Concert
2023-10-08 16:30 - 18:30 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Promoter
Sacconi Residency Weekend – 6-8 Oct 2023
Date
Sunday 8th October, 2023
Time
4:30 pm
Venue
Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone
Type of event
Concert
Artists
Talented amateur musicians from Kent perform with the Sacconi Quartet! If you would like the opportunity to perform the Sacconis see more details on our ProAm Page.
Ticket Prices
FREE no need to book!

Mark Simpson will be joined by Richard Uttley (piano) to perform a fascinating programme of his compositions alongside the two Brahms Clarinet Sonatas.
2023-10-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Grand
The world-renowned clarinettist, composer, Folkestone resident and President of Bayle Music, Mark Simpson will be joined by Richard Uttley (piano) to perform a fascinating programme of his compositions alongside the two Brahms Clarinet Sonatas.

Noted for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, Richard Uttley has been recognised for his ‘musical intelligence and pristine facility’ (International Record Review), ‘amazing decisiveness’, and ‘tumultuous performance’ (Daily Telegraph).

Since winning both the BBC Young Composer and Musician of the Year – the only artist to have done so – Mark has established himself as a major voice on the international stage, with a worldwide reputation for both his playing and writing. Yet, it would be wrong to describe Mark as either a clarinettist or composer. His musical life is a symbiosis of his performing on the concert platform and pouring over his manuscripts.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-simpson-clarinet-richard-uttley-piano-tickets-714492705917

GRAND MANSIONS COLLECTIVE
2023-11-18 15:00 - 17:00 | The Grand
Grand Mansions Collective, Marianne Kelly Piano

The Green Room at the Grand (Entry via Metropole Road East), Folkestone, CT20 2LR

GRAND MANSIONS COLLECTIVE
2024-01-20 15:00 - 17:00 | The Grand
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BAYLE MUSIC At the The Grand
2024-03-16 15:00 - 17:00 | The Grand
Ryan Corbett (accordion)
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist

PROGRAMME
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV.533 Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV.549
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F Sharp, K.318, L.31 Sonata in B minor, K.87, L.33 Sonata in D major, K.214, L.165 Sonata in D minor, K.141, L.422
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adante in F major, K.616 Victor Vlasov
The Holiday in Moldavanka
INTERVAL
Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite, Op.40
Praeludium
Sarabande Gavotte-Musette-Gavotte Air
Rigaudon
Vaclav Trojan
The Ruined Cathedral
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 Vyacheslav Semyonov
Gelder Rose
Vladislav Zolotaryov
Rondo Capriccioso
All arrangements are by Ryan Corbett

Born in Glasgow in 1999, Ryan Corbett is a classical accordionist who has been described as “one of Scotland’s most exciting young musicians” (The Scotsman). When Ryan was eleven his grandmother gave him a small accordion on which he taught himself to play Scottish traditional music, he started learning with Djordje Gajic at the age of fourteen and continues to do so. Ryan graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he is currently enrolled on the master’s course.
He was awarded the Keyboard Prize, first prize and Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, first prize at the Bromsgrove International Musicians’ competition and prizes at international accordion competitions in Italy, Germany, and China.
Ryan is a Tillet Debut scheme artist, Munster Trust Recital Scheme artist and the first accordionist to be part of the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme since its launch in 1999. As a member of the BBC scheme, he will be introduced to a wide audience through radio broadcasts, appearances at major venues including Wigmore Hall, and performances with BBC orchestras.
Ryan performed his accordion trio arrangement of Rameau for King Charles III on his official visit to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and subsequently he was invited to perform his arrangement of a Scottish tune at the King’s Honours of Scotland ceremony in St Giles Cathedral. The latter was broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 3.
Ryan has given concerts across Europe and the USA at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie. In the UK he has performed at major festivals including Bath, Norfolk & Norwich, St Magnus, Buxton, Cambridge, Ryedale, Lake District, Edinburgh, Lammermuir, Perth, Paxton, Oxford Lieder, Cumnock Tryst, and the Keyboard Festival at St George’s Bristol. Ryan recorded Bach’s fourth keyboard concerto with the Berliner Symphoniker and has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.
Ryan plays a Bayan Spectrum classical piano accordion made by Bugari Armando in Castelfidardo, Italy. This was made possible by the generous support of private sponsors, the John Mather Trust, and Dewar Arts Awards. Ryan is grateful to the Cross Trust, Drake Calleja Trust, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, RCS Scholarship Fund and Help Musicians UK for supporting his studies

Caritas Chamber Choir
2024-04-02 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Caritas is a critically acclaimed Kent-based chamber choir, passionate about raising money for charities through singing, and performing to the highest level both in the UK and throughout Europe.
The choir is renowned for championing contemporary music and regularly performs in Kent and London. The Founder and Music Director is Benedict Preece.

Starts at 3:00PM

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The Kentish Piano Trio ‘A Grand Celebration of early 20th Century Women Composers’
2024-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Select a State:
Including works by Rebecca Clarke, Mel Boris and Lili Boulanger
Admission £10 per head – children and full-time students free
Online booking preferred
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We are extremely grateful to the following sponsors for their generous support for this series
Partnership Working Team
Stem by Stem Florists, Church Street, Folkestone Christina and Norman Brisk Crossroads Motors, Challock

Sacconi Quartet - Ben Hancox, Matthew Truscott* (violins), Robin Ashwell (viola), Cara Berridge (cello)
2024-05-17 19:00 - 21:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Bach – Art of Fugue (selection)
Mozart – String Quartet in B flat, K.589
Beethoven – String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fugue)
* guest violinist while Hannah Dawson is on maternity leave
£25 ( £10 for under 35’s and free for 8 =25’s)

Sacconi Quartet (with Haim Choi*), Alice Neary (cello)
2024-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Schumann – String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3
Arensky – Quartet No. 2 in A min, Op. 35 for violin, viola and 2 cellos
Schubert – String Quintet in C, D. 956
* guest violinist while Hannah Dawson is on maternity leave
£16 (£10 for under 35’s, free for 8-25’s)

Thomas Adès – piano
2024-05-24 19:30 - 21:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Programme
Thomas Adès – 3 Mazurkas
Schubert – 4 Ländler,
Janáček – Sonata 1. X. 1905
Janáček – In the Mist
Janáček – Along an Overgrown Path
and music by Stanchinsky, William Marsey, Stravinsky and Conlon Nancarrow
Ticket Prices
£15 on the door

Folkestone Symphony
2024-06-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Summer Concert – Saturday, 15th June 2024

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Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden (arr. Beecham)
Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto in Ab major

Soloist: Sasha Canter

Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Saturday, June 15, 2024 – 19:30

Holy Trinity Church,
Sandgate Road,
Folkestone
CT20 2HQ

Composers

Arutiunian

Caritas Chamber Choir
2024-06-22 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Sacred and Profane
Featuring Sacred and Profane by Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor
Saturday 22nd June, 3pm, St. Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone. In conjunction with Bayle Music
Tickets £10, at the door or from Ticketsource

Walter Reiter – Baroque Violin
2024-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Programme
A solo Baroque violin recital entitled “The Sorrow and the Glory… Solo Violin Music from the Baroque period,” the programme consists of pieces by Bach, Telemann and Biber as well as lesser known 17thcentury composers such as Bassano, Matteis and Vilsmyer. A former principal of The English Concert and leader of The Orchestra of the Sixteen, Walter has performed and directed wherever Baroque music is played and has also pioneered Historically Informed Performance in countries where it was previously unknown. Walter is Professor of Baroque violin and viola in The Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and in Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London.
Ticket Prices
£10 online or on the door
Booking
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Promoter
Bayle Music
Associate Initiatives
Folkestone Early Music

Organ Recital by Charles Francis
2024-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Sandagte Road, Folkestone, CT20 2HQ
Charles is delighted to be returning to Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone. With an impressive 3-manual Walker organ, Charles looks forward to playing where he was Organ Scholar a few years ago.​
Music by J. S. Bach, Paul Hindemith (Sonata 1), Gaston Litaize and Maurice Duruflé.
Tickets on the door £15 Friends of Music £12 Children free.

Bayle Music at St Mary and St Eanswythe's
2024-08-24 15:00 - 17:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
Featuring – Heather Sargeson and Marianne Kelly in a Piano Duet.
£15 per ticket
All enquiries for Bayle Music 07723767624

The Leas Trio
2024-09-28 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Featuring – Grenville Hancox Clarinet , Matthew Shipton Piano and Molly Oldland Cello
Tickets are £15
Enquiries for Bayle Music email bayleman@gmail.com or call 07723767624

Bayle Music at The Grand
2024-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Featuring – Ewan Miller (oboe) BBC Young Musician Finalist 2020
Thomas Boyles (piano)
£15 per ticket
Supported by Tillet Trust
For over 35 years, The Tillett Trust has supported many hundreds of outstanding young musicians in various ways: offering postgraduate bursaries and grants for performance-related projects, as well as supporting the Tillett DEBUT recital scheme.
All enquiries for Bayle Music 07723767624

Bayle Music at The Grand
2024-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Sacconi Quartet
Folkestone New Music Tippett Festival Weekend
Saturday November 16
The Grand, Folkestone
(In association with Bayle Music)
3:00 pm
Sacconi Quartet
Tippett String Quartet No 2
Beethoven String Quartet No 13 Op. 130 (inc. the Grosse Fugue)

Sunday November 17
Joseph Havlat (piano)
Stravinsky Serenade in A
Haydn Keyboard Sonata in A major Hob. XVI: 26
Tippett Sonata no. 2
Beethoven Variations on ‘Rule Britannia’, WoO 79
Poulenc 3 Pièces, FP 48

7.30pm
Ben Vonberg-Clark (tenor), Andrew West (piano)
Beethoven An die ferne geliebte
Tippett Boyhoods End
Tippett The Heart’s Assurance

Tickets £15
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Bayle Music at The Grand
2024-12-21 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Part 1 – Alex Rider (harp) solos
Part 2 Britten Ceremony of Carols with Grand Mansions Chorale
£15 per ticket
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Bayle Music at The Grand
2025-01-18 17:00 - 19:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
London Bridge Trio – featuring Ben Hancox (violin), Cara Berridge (cello) and Daniel Tong (piano).
Tickets £15
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Ensemble Moliere
2025-01-19 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Folkestone Early Music invites you to the Green Room at The Grand will be transformed (musically) into the Palace of Versailles with a performance by the fabulous Ensemble Molière!
Tickets are £15 at the door and will be available to buy online as soon as can be organised.

Very Special Recital dedicated to Anne Hancox
2025-02-22 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
During the weekend of 22-23 February there will be two opportunities to attend a very special recital as part of the Bayle Music and Canterbury Music Club 2024-5 seasons dedicated in memoriam Anne (Hancox) whose love of words and music manifested itself so wonderfully both in her dramatic performances and singing. Both concerts are at 15.00.
The programme reflects the passion she displayed for the connection between words and music including as it does, songs that she loved, studied and performed whilst the Sitwell texts of Façade , to the music of William Walton, she narrated on three occasions in performances that we shared together.
Additionally all the celebrated musicians performing during the weekend were associated with Anne throughout our life spent together in Canterbury and for the past nine years in Folkestone.
It is both humbling and a great pleasure to have the opportunity to draw together these threads of a life so well lived in words and music through the wonderful performers who will be singing and playing this every special concert.
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The programme:
Songs of Travel Vaughan Williams
Matthew Rose and Anna Tilbrook
Three songs by Gabriel Fauré
Linda Hirst and Anna Tilbrook
Chanson d’amour
Les berceux
Automne

Down by the Salley Gardens Benjamin Britten
Sea Fever John Ireland
An die Musik Franz Schubert
Matthew Rose and Anna Tilbrook
Interval

Façade an Entertainment Walton
Linda Hirst and Matthew Rose narrators
Grand Mansions Collective
Directed by Anna Tilbrook
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Please do come in memoriam Anne.
Tickets are on sale now;
For Folkestone https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bayle-music
For Canterbury
https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/canterbury-music-club-facade/
Following each concert there will be a collection for Motor Neurone Disease Research
https://www.mndassociation.org
Grenville

Bayle Music at The Grand
2025-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Kyan Quartet – featuring Naomi Warburton and Sydney Grace (violins), Wanshu Qiu 9viola) and Simon Guemy (cello).
Tickets £15
All enquiries for Bayle Music 07723767624

Bayle Music at The Grand
2025-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
James Gilchrist (tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (piano)
£15 per ticket
All enquiries for Bayle Music 07723767624

Folkestone Early Music presents Devine & Kate Semmens
2025-05-11 15:00 - 17:00 | The Green Room, The Grand,, Folkestone, Select a State:, CT20 2XL, United Kingdom
Artists:
Steven Devine – ​fortepiano
Kate Summons – soprano

Programme:
Mozart: songs (after 1781)- An Chloe, K 524 • Als Luise die Briefe. K 520 • Abendempfindung an Laura, K 523
Haydn: Trost unglucklicher Liebe Abschiedslied
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor K310 (1778)- Allegro maestoso • Andante cantabile con espressione • Presto
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos HobXXVIb:2 (c.1789)

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Donald Grant & Friends
2025-05-16 21:30 - 23:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
We’re thrilled to have violinist Donald Grant from the Elias Quartet back in Folkestone for our late-night concert! Donald will be regaling us with his incredible folk fiddle playing alongside long-term collaborators and friends. Not to be missed!
*PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE TO PREVIOUS YEARS
Friday 16th 9.30pm £16/ £10 for Under 35s and free for Under 25s

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Sacconi Quartet
2025-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 | The Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, Church Street,, Folkestone, CT20 1SW
CONCERT£25 – INCLUDES A GLASS OF WINE/SOFT DRINK (£10 UNDER 35S, FREE UNDER 25S, ROVER TICKET £90)
Suk – Meditation
Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 ‘From My Life’
Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
*PLEASE NOTE EARLIER STARTING TIME
Friday 16th 7pm, Saturday 17th 7pm and Sunday 18th 4pm concerts are £25/ £10 for under 35s and free for Under 25s
Friday 16th 9.30pm and Sunday 18th 11am concerts are £16/ £10 for Under 35s and free for Under 25s
Rover Tickets give access to all 5 concerts and are £90
Young Strings Orchestra Concert is Free!
Festival Manager
Rhian Hancox is the Sacconi Festival manager – festival@sacconi.com
