Category: Classical Music

  • Madame Butterfly at Bayham Abbey

    Madame Butterfly at Bayham Abbey

    Our event was  a great success with record numbers attending. The opera was most  excellent and , looking around, our guests were thoroughly enjoying eating and drinking at their picnic tables in the evening sun.

  • Ukraine Benefit Concert

    Ukraine Benefit Concert

    Like many people, companies, and organisations throughout the world, the Lamberhurst Music Festival is appalled by the current situation in Ukraine, and wishes to help. We have therefore decided that all ticket proceeds from the Jeneba Kanneh-Mason concert on 13th May will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. In addition, we have…

  • Feedback from Kanneh-Masons concert

    Feedback from Kanneh-Masons concert

    I had a lovely email from a member of the audience from the September 4th Kanneh-Masons concert. The email said: “Just a line to thank you for facilitating the utterly spellbinding evening with the Kanneh Mason family last night. We were entranced by the music, as well as the personal nature of the occasion, with…

  • Links to Kanneh-Masons CDs and books

    Links to Kanneh-Masons CDs and books

    During last night’s wonderful concert, I mentioned that the family had been unable to bring any merchandise with them, and that I would post links on our website. Sheku currently has two CDs available, ‘Inspiration’, which can be found here and ‘Elgar’ which can be found here. Isata also has two CDs available, ‘Romance’, a disk…

  • Kanneh-Masons awarded Best Classical Artists 2021

    Kanneh-Masons awarded Best Classical Artists 2021

    Our artists for the September 2021 concert, the Kanneh-Mason family, have been awarded Best Classical Artists for 2021 by Global. We are not overly surprised as they were an inspiration to the nation during the first lockdown, performing regularly from their hallway, garden, or street! They almost made the superb Carnival of the Animals album…

  • Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason Concert Review

    Friday 15th November 2019 saw a  fantastic performance by two of the superstars of the classical world, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason. The programme they created was varied and, in places, quite challenging. In particular, the ‘Grave’ by Witord Lutoslawski, was modern, and in places discordant, but was really brought to life by two young brilliant…

  • Familiar faces

    Familiar faces

    We’ve been lucky over the years at Lamberhurst Music Festival to have some really good artists come to us. A forthcoming release sees 3 of our previous artists combine on 1 disc! On the 30th August 2019 Lisa Friend, Craig Ogden, and the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet will be releasing a CD they recorded late last…

  • Isata Kanneh-Mason album tops the Classical Chart

    Isata Kanneh-Mason album tops the Classical Chart

    Photo credit Robin Clewley When we were booked Sheku Kanneh-Mason (back in 2018), his management team suggested that we would need a pianist to accompany him, and recommended his sister Isata. Little did we know at that time how Isata’s career was going to take off. Iasata, 23, is currently atop the classical charts with…

  • DEBUT Opera at Bayham

    DEBUT Opera at Bayham

    DEBUT Opera – Conquests of Love – 3rd August 2019 DEBUT came to Bayham Old Abbey and performed their wonderful new opera ‘Conquests of Love’ to huge acclaim. Here are a number of photos of the evening.

  • Sheku at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2018

    Sheku at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2018

    Photo Credit Lars Borges A few tickets are still available for Sheku’s concert next year. I don’t think I can add anything to this utterly moving and poignant performance.