Leighton Buzzard Music

Current Season

Concerts 2–7 are held at Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1RX

Concerts 1 and 8 are held at the Parish Church of St. Barnabas, Waterloo Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2NR

Saturday 16th September 2023 - 7:30pm

Parish Church of St. Barnabas, Waterloo Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2NR

Ormonde Ensemble

The creative and dynamic wind quintet

Cara Houghton flute
Isaac Prince clarinet
Bruce Parris bassoon
Helena Mackie oboe
Alex Ross horn

A programme of accessible yet engaging music, including a mix of well-known and lesser-known composers (both male and female!)

Programme
Lili Boulanger, arr. Prince: D’un matin de printemps
Gabriel Faure, arr. Gordon: Dolly Suite
Valerie Coleman: Afro Cuban Concerto

Gilbert Vinter: Two Miniatures
Carl Nielsen: Quintet, Op.43
Florence Price arr Prince: Adoration
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Ormonde Ens

Saturday 14th October 2023 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Rosamunde Trio

The internationally renowned trio

Martino Tirimo piano
Ben Sayevich violin
Daniel Veis cello

Programme
Beethoven - Piano Trio in E flat Op.70 No.2
Shostakovich - Piano Trio No 1 Op 8
Smetana – Trio in G minor Op
Rosamunde

Saturday 28th October 2023 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Muriel Oberhofer

Muriel Oberhofer violin
Julian Chan piano

Muriel is a brilliant, prizewinning Swiss violinist who has recently completed her advanced studies with distinction at the Royal academy of Music.

Programme
Sibelius - Five Pieces Op 81
Schumann - Sonata in D minor for Violin & Piano,
Debussy - Sonata for Violin & Piano
Beethoven - Sonata in G for Violin & Piano, Op 96

Saturday 25th November 2023 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Frederico Paixão & Milo Harper

Frederico Paixão flute
Milo Harper harp

Two outstanding young artists sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

A mix of major pieces and smaller items, interspersing solo and duos, all around a theme of storytelling and programmatic music.

Programme
Cras - Suite en Duo
Boulanger - Nocturne et Cortège
Debussy - Syrinx
Murray Schafer - Ariadne’s Dream
Coleridge-Taylor - Deep River
Price - Adoration
Tournier - Danse du Moujik
Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Fauré - Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande
Grant Still - Summerland
Honegger - Danse de la Chèvre
Alwyn - Naiades Fantasy Sonata
Frederico&Milo

Saturday 6th January 2024 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Victor Lim

A piano recital by Victor Lim, another winner of Making Music's Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, who performs a programme of music inspired by literature and will also be reading out some of that literature.

Programme
  • Franz Schubert ~ Impromptu in B flat major, Op.142 No.3 
  • Amy Beach ~ By the Still Waters 
  • Claude Debussy ~ Suite Bergamasque, L.75
  • Robert Schumann ~ Kreisleriana, Op 16

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Victor Lim

Saturday 10th February 2024 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Artesian Quartet

Making Music Selected Artists 2019-2020

The quartet comprises:
  • Kate Suthers, Cassi Hamilton violins
  • Matt Maguire viola
  • Antonio Novais cello

"Great control and dynamic subtlety" The Strad

Programme
  • Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn)  ~ Quartet
  • Anton Webern ~ Langsamer Satz
  • Caroline Shaw ~ Punctum
  • Joseph Haydn ~ Quartet in F, Op 50 No5

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Artesian String Quartet

Saturday 16th March 2024 - 7:30pm

Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre, Lake St, LB. LU7 1RX

Laurence Perkins and Yoshiko Endo

The renowned bassoon viruoso
with
  • Yoshiko Endo ~ piano

Programme includes
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams ~ Studies in English Folksong
  • William Hurlestone ~ Sonata in F
  • Paul Reade ~ Catalonia
  • Edward Elgar ~ Romance, Op 62
plus Piano solos tba

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Perkins and Yoshiko

Saturday 13th April 2024 - 7:30pm

Parish Church of St. Barnabas
Waterloo Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2NR

Laura Snowden

The welcome return of the superb guitarist

Laura Snowden


Programme to be announced

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Laura Snowden