2026 Festival
About Time
To celebrate our 16th anniversary join us for this most special journey across five concerts featuring music spanning five centuries. We will be joined on this exciting musical exploration by some of the most celebrated musicians performing in the world today. Artistic Director Lawrence Power, Stephanie Gonley, Charlotte Spruit, Annabelle Meare, Sergio Bucheli, Simon Crawford-Phillips, John Myerscough and others!
“Celestial Clocks”
- Michelangelo Galilei – Toccata
- Falconieri – Chaconne and Folia
- Tavener – ‘The Lamb’ (arranged for quartet)
- Marini – Passacaglio
- Shostakovich – Prelude from the Piano Quintet
- Pachabel – Canon
- Britten – ‘Hunt the Squirrel’ from ‘A Time There Was’
- Marais – Voix Humaines
- Dowland – Time Stands Still
- Shostakovich – Fugue and Scherzo
- John Cage – 4’33”
- Beethoven – String Quartet op.59/2 ‘Molto Adagio’
- Schumann – Piano Quartet
Stephanie Gonley and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Sergio Bucheli (lute), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
“Towards a New Life”
- Boulanger – ‘Towards a New Life’ for solo piano
- Fauré – Cello Sonata no.2 op.117
- Dvorak – String Quartet op.96 ‘The American’
Stephanie Gonley and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
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“Songs of Farewell”
- Mozart – Violin Sonata in E
- Maxwell Davies – Farewell to Stromness
- Shostakovich – Piano Trio no.2
- Ravel – Kaddish
- Arthur Benjamin – Tombeau de Ravel
- Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor op.80
Stephanie Gonley, Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
“Young Artists”
- Mozart – Duo in G major for violin and viola
- Schumann – Intermezzo from FAE sonata
- Saint-Saens – Characters with Long Ears
- Saint- Saens – The Swan
- Mendelssohn – Piano Trio no.1 in D minor
Fidelio Coles and Charlotte Spruit (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Fabian Broman Crawford-Phillips (cello), Gabriel Power (piano)
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“Time Re-imagined”
- Bayard Rustin – ‘I saw her as I came and went’
- Diego Ortiz – Ricercata Segunda
- Bach – Air from Suite no.3
- Rameau – Entrance of Mercury
- Terry Riley – Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
- Vivaldi – Cello Concerto in B minor RV 423
- Finzi – Eclogue for piano and strings
- Machaut – ‘My end is my beginning’
- Piazzolla – La Calle 92
- Falconieri – Suave Melodie
- Edith Piaf – ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’
- Hans Zimmer – Time
- Haydn – Symphony no.101 ‘The Clock’ – Andante
- Rameau – Les Sauvages from Les Indes Gallantes
- Geminiani – Concerto Grosso ‘La Folia’
Charlotte Spruit, Annabelle Meare and Fidelio Coles (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough and Fabian Broman Crawford-Phillips (cellos), Sergio Bucheli (lutes), Gabriel Power (piano)
To enjoy any or all of the above concerts please see the Tickets & Contact Information page.