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New Virtousi! - A Meeting of Friends
Hertfordshire Festival of Music 2026
Part of the Hertfordshire Festival of Music 2026
Add to my Calendar 05-06-2026 19:30 05-06-2026 21:30 36 New Virtousi! - A Meeting of Friends The New Virtuosi concert at the 2026 Hertfordshire Festival of Music brings together former HFoM masterclass participants and invited artists now emerging into professional life. The programme reflects friendship as a creative force: Britten and Poulenc wrote their sonatas at a similar moment for performers who were themselves close friends. Music has a rare ability to draw people together — and there could be no more fitting place to hear it than the Friends’ Meeting House. Friends Meeting House, Hertford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Friends Meeting House
50 Railway Street
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 1BA
England
Tickets
Prices: £5-£15
Book Tickets
Programme
Claude Debussy – Rhapsody for alto saxophone and piano
Joan Tower – Wings
Kenneth Leighton – Elegy for Cello and Piano
Benjamin Britten – Cello Sonata in C major, Op.65
Francis Poulenc – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B flat, FP 184
Performers
Dom Childs – alto saxophone
Gemma Winfield – clarinet
Joe Reynolds – cello
Hanja Bantock – piano
Programme Note
The New Virtuosi concert at the 2026 Hertfordshire Festival of Music brings together former HFoM masterclass participants and invited artists now emerging into professional life.
The programme reflects friendship as a creative force: Britten and Poulenc wrote their sonatas at a similar moment for performers who were themselves close friends. Music has a rare ability to draw people together — and there could be no more fitting place to hear it than the Friends’ Meeting House.
