Author: Jonathan Barker

FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE opens for the 2025 Festival at Easter! It proved to be a fabulous festival in Provence again in 2024; and now the plans and organisation of the next one have begun all over again. Join us again in 2025 for our 21st year! Meanwhile some reviews, images and recordings, including the Verdi […]

PLEASE NOTE: we have changed some items from the original provisional Programme.The revised programme (28 June) is still subject to change but we will notify ticket-holders if this happens.

10-12 November 2023 poster online BOX OFFICE for Autumn Concerts 2023opens on 1 October

Annual Summer Festival & Academy: 3-10 August 2023 (Festival dates for current year: 31 July – 10 August 2024) Scroll down to view or download the PRINTED PROGRAMME, Summer 2023 (updated 28/6/23)Faites défiler vers le bas pour voir ou télécharger le NOUVEAU PROGRAMME IMPRIMÉ (mis à jour le 28/6/23)

It’s time to reintroduce the Musique Cordiale to our loyal supporters in Provence. We are ready to welcome back our French and wider European audiences and to invite new appreciators of high-calibre music, whether they are seasonal visitors or local residents of the picturesque corner of SE France. The International Festival is back this summer […]

M-C summer in Kent 2022 brochure-1   Book summer 2022 festival tickets online HERE

WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST 7pm Adults £25, over 80s and students under 26 half price, under 13s FREE DODDINGTON PLACE GARDENS, ME9 0BB     ROSSINI – PEITE MESSE SOLENELLE Musique Cordiale Festival Choir with soloists Rebecca Taylor piano, Ben Da Souza accordion Conductor GRAHAM ROSS Bring a picnic! Gardens open from 6PM on 3 August

TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 7pm Adults £25, over 80s and students under 26 half-price, under 13s FREE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FAVERSHAM, ME13 8PG MUSICA DA CAMERA  SCHUBERT – QUINTET ‘THE TROUT’ Oliver Cave violin, James Swainson viola, Sophie Haynes cello, Sean Law double bass, Rebecca Taylor piano   BEETHOVEN – SEPTET  KROMMER – CONCERTO FOR 2 CLARINETS Rachel […]

MONDAY 1 AUGUST 7pm Adults £20, over 80s and students under 26 half price, under 13s FREE:     ASSEMBLY ROOMS FAVERSHAM, ME13 8PG   ACCORDION & FRIENDS. PIAZOLLA (details to follow) Ben De Souza accordion, Emma Purslow violin Venue open from 6PM on 1 August

ALL-DAY TICKETS are available for ALL Festival events on Sunday 31 July 2022: (instead of tickets for each concert: cheaper instead of individual concerts and enjoy the afternoon and evening in and around Doddington in the Kent Downs) Adults: £35, over 80s and students under 26: £17, under 13s FREE Make a day of it […]

SUNDAY 31 JULY 7pm Adults £25, over 80s and students under 26 half-price, under 13s FREE:   DODDINGTON PLACE GARDENS, ME9 0BB   VIVALDI – concerto tbc  HANDEL – CONCERTO GROSSO OPUS 6 no 7  J S BACH – CONCERTO FOR 2 VIOLINS   Oliver Cave, Emma Purslow violins   HAYDN – SYMPHONY ‘LE MATIN’   Musique-Cordiale Festival Ensemble   Conductor GRAHAM […]

Adults £25, over 80s and students under 26 half price, under 13s FREE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FAVERSHAM, ME13 8PG   HANDEL – Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No 1  C P E BACH – CELLO CONCERTO IN A MAJOR    Sophie Haynes cello  J S BACH – BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO 4   Oliver Cave violin, Ruth Harrison & Jack Welch flute  HAYDN […]

SUNDAY 31 JULY 3pm Adults £20, over 80s and students under 26 half price, under 13s FREE:    Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, DODDINGTON, ME9 0BD   CALVISIUS – SINGET DEN HERRN  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – SERENADE TO MUSIC + solo soprano, alto, tenor, bass  BACH – SINGET DEN HERRN   Musique Cordiale […]

SATURDAY 30 JULY 7pm     Adults £20, over 80s and students under 26 half price, under 13s FREE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FAVERSHAM, ME13 8PG   SONG RECITAL – AIDAN COBURN tenor Including works by Dowland, Purcell, Schumann, Rogers & Hammerstein Rebecca Taylor piano

Saturday 31 July –   Book TICKETS for this event HERE: £0 – £ 20   Your ticket covers the whole evening Doddington Place Gardens START DELAYED TILL 7PM. You are still welcome to arrive from 4PM Trumpet Fanfare  MOZART Flute Quartet Ruth Harrison, flute Emma Purslow, violin Joseph Fisher, viola James Heathcote. cello 7 PM MOZART REQUIEM Musique Cordiale […]

Monday 2 August –   Book TICKETS for this event HERE: £0 – £15   Doddington, Church of the beheading of St John the Baptist, ME9 0BD 7 PM ALBINONI Oboe Concerto, James Hulme oboe Albinoni’s oboe concerto is a gem of the Baroque era and will sound exquisite in the acoustic of Doddington’s unusual church.  JOHN […]

All concert season pass: £90 (members: £80, 80+ and F-T students under 26: £50), 29 July – 3 August 2022 Come to all concerts using a 2022 summer festival season pass. Save money and enjoy the convenience  

Wednesday 4 August – Book TICKETS for this event HERE: £0 – £20 Doddington Place Gardens   7 PM VIVALDI: FOUR SEASONS Emma Purslow solo violin with orchestra interval VIVALDI: GLORIA Musique Cordiale Festival Choir & orchestra Katherine McIndoe soprano James Hall counter-tenor Conductor: Graham Ross This final concert of the festival is designed to […]

Sunday 1 August  –   Book TICKETS for this event HERE: £0 – £20 Doddington Place Gardens 7 PM OPERA ARIAS Katherine McIndoe soprano Brenton Spiteri tenor Adam Maxey baritone Toby Hession piano Bring your family and friends for an evening of Opera Arias, Duets and Trios with the exceptional pianist Toby Hession.  Soprano Katherine […]

Friday 30 July 30  –   Book TICKETS for this event HERE: £0 – £15    Doddington Place Gardens, ME9 0BB 7 PM  Dazzling duo play Telemann, Piazzolla & Folk songs Emma Purslow violin, Martin Ludenbach double-bass -o- “ELOQUENT PIZZAZ” & CLASSICAL CABARET Charlotte King mezzo soprano & Dylan Perez piano A medley of favourite songs Charlotte King mezzo soprano, Dylan […]

Tickets for concert, Thursday 29 July Newnham, Church of St Peter & St Paul, ME9 0LN Social distancing means we will limit numbers for this event 7 PM  CHAMBER MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING HOFMANN: Serenade for flute & strings Ruth Harrison, flute, Emma Puslow, violin Joseph Fisher, viola, Tamaki Sugimoto, cello BEETHOVEN: Septet for […]

Tickets for Sunday 1 August  – £15 Faversham. Assembly Rooms ME13 8PG 3 PM Brahms Trio for clarinet, cello & piano Rachel Coe clarinet Sophie Haynes cello Toby Hession piano Mozart Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, K478 Rebecca Taylor. piano, Emma Purslow violin Joseph Fisher viola, Sophie Haynes cello The Assembly Rooms in Faversham is a much […]