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Our concerts are based at the historic Hansom Hall in Belvoir Street, now part of the Leicester Adult Education Centre. We look forward to returning to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery when the redevelopment project is finished.

Hansom Hall

next lunchtime concert: thursday 22nd january, 1-2pm

We continue our exceptional season of lunchtime concerts with the return of Mahan Esfahani, harpsichordist.  Mahan first visited us at the Museum for a memorable performance of JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, and came back a couple of years later for a lovely concert with Nicholas Daniel.

This time, Mahan is turning his attention to Domenico Scarlatti (the most talented of Alessandro's children).  Scarlatti spent many years living in Madrid, so it is natural for Mahan to now explore the Spanish connection after previously exploring Scarlatti’s influence over English composers.  We know from experience that we can expect a deeply-felt and absorbing concert.

last lunchtime concert: Thursday 8th January

Our lunchtime concert by Fenella Humphreys, Nicholas Daniel & Martin Roscoe was just as wonderful as we'd expected.

Nicholas and Martin began with a sonata by Mozart, characteristically both sublime and humorous, ‘borrowed’ for oboe by Nicholas from the violin.

The concert continued with a work by Alasdair Nicolson, powerful and evocative of Orkney, all the more significant in that it first brought together Fenella and Nicholas for its première at St Magnus Cathedral in 2016. They were then joined by Martin for Dorothy Howells’ Air, Variations and Finale, a gorgeous piece by a neglected female composer and quite a revelation.

We were then swept away by Fauré’s intensely passionate first violin sonata, the tour de force which launched his career. Fenella and Martin brought the concert to a rousing conclusion, and a very large audience went away very happy after an hour of gorgeous music-making.

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