Please note that the BHS Concert Diary focuses in particular on concerts which feature the harpsichord. This does mean that some excellent Baroque concerts, which include a harpsichord as a continuo instrument, may not be included. Continuo Connect (https://www.continuoconnect.com/events?eo=&a=Anywhere&aop=&ao=&t=Any%20time&page=1) is an excellent source of information on upcoming Baroque concerts. It also has the advantage that interested music lovers can carry out their own customised searches by location, date, artist or keyword.

Please send all details of future concerts to ‘diary@harpsichord.org.uk’.

2026

SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER at 3:30 pm
St. Clement Danes Church, Strand, London WC2R 1DH
‘The Great Bear Ensemble’
Francine Maas – baroque violin
Matthew Millkey – baroque violin
Kiele Sacco – chamber organ

SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER at 6.30 pm
St Peter’s, Belsize Park, London NW3 4HY
Belsize Baroque Orchestra
Directed by Kati Debretzeni – baroque violin
Includes music by Geminiani, Avison, Castrucci and Handel
Tickets £15, students free
https://wegottickets.com/belsizebaroque

SUNDAY 20 September 2026 at 3.30 pm
Old Baptist Chapel, Old Baptist Chapel Court, Off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Old Chapel Court Concerts
‘The Gonzala Band’
Faye Newton – soprano
Jamie Savan – cornetto
Steven Devine – keyboard
Love’s Labyrinth
Songs and duets by Monteverdi and his contemporaries
Tickets £20 + booking fee https://GonzagaOCCC.eventbrite.co.uk
Information: 07721 317030 oldchapelcourt@btinternet.com

SUNDAY 20th September at 5.30 pm – Evensong
Croydon Minster, CR0 1RN
Republic of Viols
Music of Dowland played by the for the 400th anniversary of his death
The Choirs of Croydon Minster (inc. Junior boys and girls) join forces with Republic of Viols to present pieces from England’s musical golden age in this evensong.
Free
https://continuoconnect.vercel.app/events/republic-of-viols-viol-consort-evensong-croydon-2026?r=1&slug=republic-of-viols

SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 7.00 pm
Heath Street Baptist Church, London NW3 1DNW
Republic of Viols
with Rebecca Hardwick (Soprano) and Danny Murphy (Lute)
Baroquestock Festival
Republic of Viols presents Dowland’s monument of Renaissance music, his Lachrimae, in this, the 400th anniversary year of his death. Interspersed with selections of the dances (‘divers other pavans, galliards and allemands’) that sit alongside the Lachrimae in his 1604 publication.
Tickets £15
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/baroquestock/2383571

SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 5.30 pm
Cliffe Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AT
Sonatas, Grounds and Fantasies in 17th Century England and Germany
The Geminiani Ensemble
Alison Bury, violin
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba
Malcolm Proud, harpsichord
Programme includes music by Biber, Schmelzer, Buxtehude, Purcell, Jenkins and Simpson.
Tickets can be bought online and by post – visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.

20 OCTOBER 2026 7.00 pm
Colet House, 151 Talgarth Rd, London W14 9DA
Meditations for Harpsichord – World Premiere, CD Launch & Book Launch
Harpsichordist and artistic director Katarzyna Kowalik
The programme features new works for harpsichord, Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, and electronics, framed by an unmeasured prelude by Louis Couperin and Froberger’s Méditation sur ma mort future, creating a unique sound world that brings together ancient and modern musical traditions. Alongside the premieres, audiences will experience a carefully curated journey through meditative sound, inviting reflection, stillness, and deep listening.
The commissioned composers are:
Rolf Hind, Nicola LeFanu, John Palmer, Janet Oates, Kevin Raftery, Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, Andrzej Karałow, Dariusz Przybylski, and Anna Maria Huszcza.
This special event marks the world premiere of nine newly commissioned works, the launch of the Meditations for Harpsichord CD recording on Prima Facie Records, and the launch of the book Meditations for Harpsichord, published by Vision Edition.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestudysociety/2333179

SATURDAY 14th NOVEMBER 7.30 pm
Cliffe Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AT
Music to Charm Thee
Frances Kelly, baroque triple harp
Patrick Craig, countertenor
Programme explores music from 1600 to the present day which moves us, affecting our sleep, our loves, our moods. Including songs by Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel and Schubert.
Tickets can be bought online and by post – visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026 12.30pm – 1.35pm
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
161 Old Street London EC1V 9NG
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Lars Anders Tomter viola
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G minor BWV 1029
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sonata in C minor
Poul Ruders Quickstep Rag
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in D major BWV 1028
György Kurtág Selections
The concert will be one of three featuring Mahan Esfahani, recorded by the BBC
for later broadcast as a lunchtime concert on Radio 3.
Tickets
£16 (£14 concessions, £6 under-18s) + £1.50 booking fee per transaction
Save 20% when you book three or more concerts with Multibuy
https://tickets.lso.co.uk/choose-seats/3414801

WEDNESDAY 2nd DECEMBER at 19.30
West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings – director & harpsichord
Alastair Ross – harpsichord
‘The Art of the Harpsichord’
Harpsichordist Alastair Ross plays Bach, Handel, Laschanzky and their contemporaries – celebrating
an instrument that liberated the baroque imagination.
JS Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E major (BWV 1053)
Telemann: Oboe Concerto in D minor (TWV 51:d1)
Handel: Trio Sonata Op 5 No 4 (HWV 399)
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor
Madame Laschanzky: Oboe Concerto in B-flat major
Bernardo Pasquini: Sonata for Two Harpsichords in D major
JS Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor (BWV 1062)
Tickets from £20.50 (£5 under 35s – AAMplify)
Box Office Cambridge Live 01223 357851
https://aam.co.uk/concerts/the-art-of-the-harpsichord/

THURSDAY 3rd DECEMBER at 19.30
Milton Court Concert Hall, 1 Milton St, London EC2Y 9BH
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings – director & harpsichord
Alastair Ross – harpsichord
‘The Art of the Harpsichord’
Harpsichordist Alastair Ross plays Bach, Handel, Laschanzky and their contemporaries – celebrating
an instrument that liberated the baroque imagination.
JS Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E major (BWV 1053)
Telemann: Oboe Concerto in D minor (TWV 51:d1)
Handel: Trio Sonata Op 5 No 4 (HWV 399)
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor
Madame Laschanzky: Oboe Concerto in B-flat major
Bernardo Pasquini: Sonata for Two Harpsichords in D major
JS Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor (BWV 1062)
Tickets from £15
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/the-art-of-the-harpsichord

SUNDAY 24th JANUARY 2027 5.30 pm
Cliffe Hall, Cliffe High Street Lewes BN7 2AT
Dialogue Through the Ages
Ensemble Vita Nuova
Kati Debretzeni, violin
Alma Nunes Debretzeni, recorders
Sebastian Comberti, cello
James Johnstone, harpsichord
This programme celebrates the juxtaposition of old and new with works by Bach, Handel, Telemann and Jacquet de la Guerre, alongside others by Fumiharu Yoshimine, Adi Ivgi and Rachel Stott.
Tickets can be bought online and by post – visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.

THURSDAY 4th FEBRUARY 2027 • 12.30pm – 1.35pm
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
161 Old Street London EC1V 9NG
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
George Frideric Handel Violin Sonata in A major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No 19
Domenico Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in C major K513
Antonio Vivaldi Sonata No 12 in A minor RV 32
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No 22
The concert will be one of three featuring Mahan Esfahani, recorded by the BBC
for later broadcast as a lunchtime concert on Radio 3.
Tickets
£16 (£14 concessions, £6 under-18s)£1.50 booking fee per transaction
Save 20% when you book three or more concerts with Multibuy
https://tickets.lso.co.uk/choose-seats/3415601

THURSDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2027 12.30pm – 1.35pm
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
161 Old Street London EC1V 9NG
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord solo
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F major K6
Sonata in G minor K30
Sonata in G major K470
Sonata in G major K471
Sonata in D minor K213
Sonata in D major K214
Sonata in A major K208
Sonata in A major K209
Sonata in D minor K32
Sonata in D major K436
Sonata in C-sharp minor K247
The concert will be one of three featuring Mahan Esfahani, recorded by the BBC
for later broadcast as a lunchtime concert on Radio 3.
Tickets
£16 (£14 concessions, £6 under-18s) + £1.50 booking fee per transaction
Save 20% when you book three or more concerts with Multibuy
https://tickets.lso.co.uk/choose-seats/3415801

SUNDAY 7th MARCH 2027 5.30 pm
Cliffe Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AT
Sense and Sensibility: The Classical Clavichord
Terence Charlston, clavichord
Works by CPE Bach, Haydn, Beethoven and Collins Rice.
Tickets can be bought online and by post – visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.

SUNDAY 25th April 2027 5.30 pm
Cliffe Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AT
A Falcon Fallen
Fontanella
Rebecca Austen-Brown, recorders
Louise Bradbury, recorders
Sarah Humphrys, recorders
Annabel Knight, recorders
A programme exploring the extraordinary rise and tragic fall of Anne Boleyn through music inspired by her life, her court and the enduring themes of fortune and fate.
Works by Josquin des Prez, Jean Mouton, Loyset Compère, Jakob Obrecht and Claudin de Sermisy, alongside music from the court of Henry VIII, including by the King himself.
Tickets can be bought online and by post – visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.