This inclusive concert with carols sung in traditional arrangements and plenty of opportunity to join in for adults and children alike. It promises to be carol concert like no other. 

The chorus recently launched a CD - ‘Nova Nova’ with a Christmas selection - reviewed in The Times newspaper;

‘Offering 23 familiar carols in straightforward arrangements by the choral music veteran Louis Halsey, here is the only album in this list that practically encourages listeners to join in… Seeking a thoroughly unpretentious Christmas album avoiding high art and corporate industry tinsel? Here it is.’

Geoff Brown - Times Arts

Notes of Old : Helen Charlton

Trio Bohémo

Love is all love is UKE

An evening of music for solo piano and piano duet featuring Flamsteads own Claire Hayward whom many of you know.

Claire will be joined by Daniel Browell who will play the wonderful Schubert D Major Piano Sonata Op53. 

Beautifully lyrical and unusually optimistic for Schubert - perhaps a dose of which we all need at the moment!

Claire will join for the second part of the concert - with rarely heard, but easily ‘listenable to’ works for 2 players. 

Poulenc - Sonata for Four Hands 

Ravel - Mother Goose Suite for Four Hands

Milhaud - Scaramouche

and…. Khachaturian Masquerade Waltz

A truly fabulous evening of music - do join us!

Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky, is an internationally renowned violinist and pedagogue. 

As a professor at the Royal College of Music, London, his students come from around the world to study with him whilst he maintains an enviable reputation as a soloist and chamber musician.

He is the Artistic Director of the London Music Masters and his articles and musical editions are regularly published in ‘The Strad’. He plays the 1875 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin and was awarded a ‘Fellowship of the Royal College of Music by (then) Prince Charles in 1998. 

Rashkovsky will share the stage with Annie Schnarch, widely regarded as one of the most exciting and versatile violinists of her generation.

Winning multiple international prizes including Francois Shapiro, Israel and Mozart Memorial Prizes, London. 

She is a juror for competitions worldwide and has broadcast for radio and television including a complete series of Barton’s works for violin and piano for BBC3. 

She plays a 2023 Florian Leonhard ‘true’ copy of the 1742 Guarneri del Jesu ‘Ex-Lipinski’ supported by Jan Telensky 

George Campbell is a rising talent in the next generation of pianists and is a multi prize-winning pianist at the Royal College of Music.

As a dedicated collaborative musician, his performances in the UK and Europe have earned him praise for his perceptive and heartfelt playing. 

The programme will include well known classics including J.S. Bach's much loved concerto for two violins alongside works by Shostakovich and Szymanowski in this rare recital arranged by our sponsor Jan Telensky. 

Don’t miss your chance to hear one of the world’s most sought after professors in a concert not to be repeated at St Leonard’s. It’s sure to be a fabulous evening of music making. 

Elaine Delmar

It’s difficult to believe that in April, this Hertfordshire-born, truly world-class singer 

will come to perform at St Leonards - and you don’t need to take our word for it…..

‘Ageless, evergreen singing...as beautiful and talented as ever...she's marvellous!’

Michael Parkinson, BBC Radio 2

‘Elaine Delmar truly defines the word class...’

Humphrey Lyttelton, BBC Radio 2

‘Her style is a mixture of Broadway musical punch and jazz-inflected subtlety - a blend that invites the widest possible audience’

John Fordham, The Guardian

Elaine has performed all over the world, is a regular visitor to Ronnie Scotts and has recorded since the 60’s.

The Piano And The Brain

Marianna Kapsetaki is a neuroscientist AND concert pianist! A major prize winner in international piano competitions, a prize winning researcher and medical doctor.

Marianna is coming to Flamstead on the 16th March to play and talk about her work discovering
what happens in musicians brains when they play.....

The evening, sure to be fascinating, will consist of three parts -

I) A short talk about her life and work

II) A unique presentation where Marianna will play the piano alongside a video demonstrating
brain activity during performance.

III) After the interval, Marianna will give a short recital of popular solo piano works.

Where Are The Songs We Sung

Angela Henckel and Christopher Gould present 

Where Are The Songs We Sung - 

an evening of ravishing music by Noël Coward and Ivor Novello. 

Full of wisdom and wit, these as striking and poignant now as the day they were written.

Angela has performed in venues such as the South Bank, Symphony Hall Birmingham, and The Royal Albert Hall. She performs in a variety of styles from Baroque Opera to more contemporary works and brings stunning vocal control and expressive power to her performances.

Christopher is an award winning pianist who has performed at the Wigmore Hall, St Johns Smith Square, the Purcell Room and on radio three. He has performed with many prestigious soloists and has released a variety of recordings, recently receiving a 5 star review from BBC Music Magazine.

All the songs are taken from their recent album which can be found on Spotify, Soundcloud, Amazon and ITunes. Do have a look at www.wherearethesongswesung.com for more information and a sneak preview of a few of the gorgeous songs.’