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Chamber Music Festival: Festival Finale

Guildhall School's Chamber Music Festival

Guildhall Chamber Music Festival wind ensemble

For the finale of Guildhall School’s 2026 Chamber Music Festival, Guildhall School performers and professors present a rich programme of music by Shostakovich, Roussel, Svendsen and Beach.

This evening of exquisite chamber music blends passion, elegance and drama. Experience the romantic spirit of Shostakovich's early Piano Trio No. 1, the rhythmic vitality of Roussel's Trio for flute, viola and cello, and the lyrical and bold harmonies of Svendsen's 'Andante from String Octet.  The rich textures and dramatic sweep of Beach's Piano Quintet will bring the 2026 Chamber Music Festival to a thrilling close.

Guildhall professors Chris Murray (cello), Philippa Davies (flute), Oscar Perks (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Carole Presland (piano) and Gary Pomeroy (viola) perform in collaboration with Guildhall instrumentalists.

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Dimitri Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1, Op 8

Mark Zang piano
Yuno Akiyama violin
Chris Murray* cello

Albert Roussel Trio for flute, viola and cello, Op 40

Philippa Davies* flute
Emily Clark viola
Caleb Curtis cello

Johan Svendsen 'Andante' from String Octet, Op 3

Oscar Perks*, Malena Benavent, Sophia Kannathasan, Lichen Cai violin 
Sarah-Jane Bradley*, Jake Montgomery-Smith viola 
George Wilkes, Lottie Gorrie cello

Amy Beach Piano Quintet, Op 67

Carole Presland* piano 
Lewis Lee, Michelle Kolesnikov violin 
Gary Pomeroy* viola 
Seth Collin cello

 

*denotes Guildhall professor