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Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026
Chamber music festivalWebsite: www.winchesterchambermusic.com
International performers present live classical music in its most intimate form. This Bank Holiday (1–4 May), Winchester welcomes an exceptional line up of world-class musicians, exciting emerging artists and young talented performers to present another wonderful array of classical concerts and events in the heart of Winchester.
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Friday 01 May 2026
Venue: St Paul's Church map 
Live music
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Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Schools Performance - 11am-midday - Hear children from The Westgate Lower School perform the songs they have written during the Festival workshops with leader Neil Valentine, accompanied by Festival musicians. Tickets: free. Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com. 
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Friday 01 May 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Music festival
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Winchester Go LD Funky Lunch - 12.30pm-1pm - Pop into The Arc to hear Lumas Winds at this popular outreach event with our partner charity. Tickets: free. Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 01 May 2026
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Opening Concert - 5pm-7pm - Lucy Gould, David Adams, Katharine Dain, Lumas Winds, Hélène Clément, Alice Neary, Kate Gould, Jâms Coleman Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces for cellos and piano (8′) Mozart Quintet for piano and winds in Eb, K.452 (30′) Nadia Boulanger Soir d’hiver for soprano and piano (4′) Dvořák Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (40’) Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles) Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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Friday 01 May 2026
Venue: St Lawrence Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: 18-19 The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EX Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Late Night Concert - 9pm-10pm - Alice Neary, Karelia String Quartet Britten Cello Suite No 3, Op. 87 (22’) Grieg String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 (34’) Tickets: £19 (Unreserved seating). Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com. Venue's website: threesaints.org.uk/st-lawrence Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/threesaintswinchester
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Saturday 02 May 2026
Venue: The Nutshell map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: 15 Kings Walk, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8AF Telephone: 01962 808533 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Masterclass - 1.45pm-2.45pm - Hélène Clément shares her expertise with the Karelia Quartet on Ravel’s celebrated String Quartet. Tickets: £5 (Unreserved seating). Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com Venue's website: discardednut.co.uk/thenutshell Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thenutshellwinchester
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Saturday 02 May 2026
Venue: The Nutshell map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: 15 Kings Walk, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8AF Telephone: 01962 808533 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Family Concert – Music and the Weather - 11.30am-12.30pm - Presenter Robert Plane with Festival musicians Grab your tickets for a fun-packed concert featuring music inspired by the weather, with audience participation. Book early as this concert sells out quickly! Age 4+ recommended but all are welcome. Tickets: £5 (Free for Under 3s) Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com Venue's website: discardednut.co.uk/thenutshell Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thenutshellwinchester
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Saturday 02 May 2026
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Festival Gala Concert - 7.30pm - Katharine Dain, Festival String Orchestra with Lumas Winds directed by David Adams Mozart Overture to the opera The Marriage of Figaro K.492 (4’) Mozart Ruhe Sanft aria from the opera Zaide K.344 (7’) George Walker Lyric for strings (6’) Archie John Branches of Joy for wind quintet WORLD PREMIERE (14’) Handel Da Tempeste aria from opera Giulio Cesare (3’) Schubert Octet in F, D.803 (60’) Tickets: £30 / £23 / £19 (ticket prices include £2 theatre restoration levy). Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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Sunday 03 May 2026
Venue: The Nutshell map
Music festival
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Address: 15 Kings Walk, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8AF Telephone: 01962 808533 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Pre-Concert Talk Britten V Tippett - 2.45pm-3.15pm - James Lea explores Michael Tippett’s Quartet No 2 and compares two of the great British composers of the early 20th Century. Tickets: Free Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com Venue's website: discardednut.co.uk/thenutshell Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thenutshellwinchester
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Sunday 03 May 2026
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Afternoon Concert - 3.30pm-5.15pm - Katharine Dain, David Adams, Lucy Gould, Jonathan Stone, Kate Gould, Karelia Quartet, Jâms Coleman Brahms The Rain Violin Sonata in G, Op. 78 (25’) Tippett String Quartet No 2 (22’) Britten On This Island Op. 11 (poems by W H Auden) (13’) Ravel String Quartet in F (30’) Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles). www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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Sunday 03 May 2026
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
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Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Young Musicians Platform - 7pm-7.45pm - Concert for local, talented, young musicians. Programme will include a movement from Schumann’s Piano Quintet and other much-loved chamber and sonata works. Tickets: Free www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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Sunday 03 May 2026
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Evening Concert – Theatre Night - 8pm-9pm - Katharine Dain, Lumas Winds, Jâms Coleman, Lucy Gould, David Adams, Jonathan Stone, Alice Neary A more relaxed programme featuring music from Hollywood composers, the stage and the American songbook. Bernstein Overture to Candide arr. for wind quintet (12’) Korngold Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31 (10’) Zemlinsky Humoreske (Rondo) for wind quintet (5’) Korngold Marietta’s Lied from Die Tote Stadt, arr. for soprano, piano and strings (6’) Luciano Berio Opus Number Zoo (with theatricals!) (7’) Selection of arrangements from the American Songbook including songs by Gershwin, Bernstein and Porter (12’) Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles) www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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Monday 04 May 2026
- Early May Bank Holiday
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Coffee Concert - 11am-midday - Coffee served from 10.30am Jonathan Stone, Lucy Gould, Hélène Clément, Kate Gould, Benjamin Russell, Jâms Coleman Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon (6’) Rossini La Tempesta String Sonata No 6 (13’) Britten Elegy for solo viola (11’) Mozart Dissonance Quartet in C, K.465 (30’) Tickets: £19 (£16 in side aisles) www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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Monday 04 May 2026
- Early May Bank Holiday
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Festival Finale - 3.30pm-5pm - Jonathan Stone, Lucy Gould, Hélène Clément, Kate Gould, Alice Neary, Benjamin Russell, Jâms Coleman Britten Three Divertimenti for string quartet (10’) Brahms Two Songs for soprano, viola and piano, Op. 91 (12’) Beethoven Serioso Quartet in F, Op. 95 (22’) Dvořák Bass Quintet in G, Op. 77 (35’) Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles). Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com
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FRIDAY 01 MAY 2026
Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2026 - Schools Performance
Venue: St Paul's Church
11am-midday
Hear children from The Westgate Lower School perform the songs they have written during the Festival workshops with leader Neil Valentine, accompanied by Festival musicians. Tickets: free. Visit www.winchesterchambermusic.com.