Chamber music at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester

Concert season

2020/21 season

Six classical concerts, curated for Worcester audiences.

Next concert

The Musical and Amicable Society

Sunday 19 April 2026 · 3:30pm

We are happy to announce an additional concert to our regular season, taking place on Sunday 19 April 2026 at 3.30 pm in Henry Sandon Hall, when locally based musicians will perform Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 3, 4, 5 and 6.

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Sunday 11 October 2020 · 3:00pm

Cavendish Winds

Mary Tyler and ensemble

  • Mary Tyler · clarinet
  • Katy Ovens · flute
  • Henry Clay · oboe
  • Alice Quayle · bassoon
  • Charlie Ransley · horn

Cavendish Winds is an award-winning quintet formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2014. They have performed in concerts, educational projects and competitions throughout the UK and abroad – establishing a reputation as one of the country's leading chamber ensembles; committed to exploring and expanding wind repertoire by presenting innovative programmes.

Programme highlights

  • Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917) Ravel (arr. Jones)
  • Novelette in C, Op. 47 No. 1 (1927) Poulenc
  • Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées (1963) Tomasi
  • Syrinx (1922) 3' for solo flute Debussy
  • La fille aux cheveux de lin (1908) Debussy
  • Trois Pièces Pour une Musique de Nuit (1977) for wind quartet Bozza
  • Wind Quintet in G minor (1876) Taffanel
Cavendish Winds

Sunday 8 November 2020 · 3:00pm

The Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton and ensemble

  • Matthew Denton · violin
  • Michelle Fleming · violin
  • Eoin Schmidt-Martin · viola
  • Emma Denton · cello

Described by The Strad as presenting 'a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality', the award-winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today.

This is the second in a series of three concerts each containing a Bartok String Quartet

Programme highlights

  • Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 Beethoven
  • Quartet No. 3 Sz 85 Bartok
  • Quartet No. 1 in F minor, Op. 96 American Dvorak
The Carducci String Quartet

Tuesday 10 November 2020 · 12:30pm

The Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton and ensemble

  • Matthew Denton · violin
  • Michelle Fleming · violin
  • Eoin Schmidt-Martin · viola
  • Emma Denton · cello

Described by the 'Strad' as presenting 'a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality' the award-winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today.

Programme highlights

  • Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 Beethoven
  • Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Shostakovich
  • Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 American Dvorak
The Carducci String Quartet