World class musicians head to Lichfield

Lichfield Festival's Chamber Music Weekend returns to the city from 5 to 8 October with a jam-packed, long weekend of top quality classical music-making.

There are international stars and talented young artists, music spanning the Baroque to the present day, and performances featuring harp, saxophone, piano and string quartet to name but a few.

Guest artists include the renowned Carducci Quartet who play Dvo?�k's 'American' Quartet in a concert of string quartet favourites; accordion player and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Ryan Corbett; and star oboist Nicholas Daniel, who closes the Weekend with the Britten Oboe Quartet that he founded with his award-winning Britten Sinfonia colleagues.

Look out too for Joo Yeon Sir (pictured) - a regular Festival favourite - in virtuoso violin music with pianist Irina Andrievsky; Salvador Sanchez whose Spanish-flavoured programme features the complete Granados Goyescas; and the intriguing combination of popular saxophonist Huw Wiggin and harpist Oliver Wass, a former Festival Young Artist, who play Bach, Ravel and de Falla.

There are recitals, too, by harpist Christopher Clarke, and by pianist Ashley Wass, director of Music at the Yehudi Menuhin School.

This superb series of intimate concerts centres around the magnificent setting of The Hub at St Mary's in the centre of Lichfield, with Wade Street Church also hosting Ryan Corbett (Friday 6 October).

Damian Thantrey, Lichfield Festival director, said: "Already in its third year, we're delighted that our Chamber Weekend has become a permanent fixture in the Festival's annual programme. There's a wonderful breadth to this year's Weekend and, once again, we get the chance both to promote young artists at the start of their careers, and to welcome established world-class musicians to venues right in the heart of the City."

Lichfield Chamber Music Weekend runs from 5 to 8 October, 2023. Find out more about tickets or call 01543 306271.