Welcome to our programme for the 2023–24 series of Chamber Music concerts.
Those who have attended our concerts know well the pleasures of sitting in the 1970s extension to the house at Kettle’s Yard as music washes over them—that special salon atmosphere, the intimacy and the intensity.
Justin Lee, our Chamber Music programmer, has again brought together a splendid array of performers, embracing both those who have delighted us before and the new sparkling talents he knows will flourish in our unique surroundings.
We open on 12 October with the Carducci Quartet playing Dvořák’s ‘American’ String Quartet and our concerts carry on during term time, brightening Thursday evenings throughout the year with a wonderful range of performances—from quartets to solo artists, strings to song. Do join us.
The full concert series is listed below. Subscription tickets allow entry to all 15 concerts, saving you £140 over the year.
Full Programme
12 October 2023 – Carducci Quartet
19 October 2023 – Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano and Simon Lepper, piano
26 October 2023 – Susan Tomes, piano
2 November 2023 – Jordan Bak, viola and Richard Uttley, piano
16 November 2023 – Agate Quartet
23 November 2023 – The Jim and Helen Ede Concert: Van Kuijk Quartet
25 January 2024 – Laura Van Der Heijden, cello and Jâms Coleman, piano
1 February 2024 – Boris Giltburg, piano
8 February 2024 – Rossetti Ensemble, piano quartet
15 February 2024 – Marmen Quartet
22 February 2024 – The Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert: Jonathan Leibowitz, clarinet and Joseph Havlat, piano
2 May 2024 – Nash Ensemble
9 May 2024 – Huw Wiggin, saxophone and Noriko Ogawa, piano
16 May 2024 – Alasdair Beatson, piano
23 May 2024 – Solem Quartet
Chamber Music Subscription Ticket 2023–24
Purchase a subscription ticket to gain access into all 15 Chamber Music concerts, saving £140 over the year. Subscription tickets are £220 or £65 for students.
Mari Mahr: Lili Brik
This display in the Ede Room brings together photographic works made in 1982 by Kettle’s Yard collection artist Mari Mahr (b. 1941, Chile, lives and works in London) from her Lili Brik series.
Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival
This exhibition gathers eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world that seems to be locked in perpetual crisis. Rather than representing specific political events, or identity positions, these works explore broader conditions of domination and conflict as well as horizons for survival.
Here is a Gale Warning: Exhibition Tour
Join us for an introduction to the exhibition Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival with curatorial assistant Megan Breckell.
Friends Visit to Vitsœ & Compton Verney
Join the Friends of Kettle's Yard on a visit to visionary Vitsœ’s production building in Leamington Spa and Compton Verney; house, garden & gallery, hosting ceramics selling exhibition, ‘Potfest'.
Studio Sunday: Relaxed Session
Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.
Studio Sunday
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
ARCSOC: Traces of Making
Join us for an exhibition of work presented by ARCSOC, the University of Cambridge Architecture Society.
Performance and In Conversation with artist Anne Tallentire
Join us for a performance and in-conversation by Anne Tallentire marking the culmination of her commission for 'Here is a Gale Warning: art, crisis and survival'.
Friends-only Hours
Join us for our exclusive Friends-only hours on the last Sunday of every month and visit the house before it opens to the public.
Studio Sunday: Relaxed Session
Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.
Studio Sunday
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
Exhibition Opening: Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter
Join us for the opening of our latest exhibition Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter. Enjoy a drinks with friends at our pay bar, and explore the exhibition after hours.
Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter
This large-scale exhibition will debut new and recent work by Lubaina Himid (b. 1954, Zanzibar), including a series of her influential Strategy Paintings, a special installation made in collaboration with Magda Stawarska and a series of works for the Kettle’s Yard house.
Exhibition Visit: Paragon Press print show at Magdalene College
Join the Friends on a private visit to Magdalene College’s Robert Cripps Gallery to view an exhibition of works published by the Paragon Press entitled Throes of the Modernist Dream.
Another Chance Encounter: Exhibition Tour
Join exhibition curator Dr Amy Tobin for an introduction to Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter.
New Music
We are excited to be planning four more New Music concerts at Kettle’s Yard in 2024. Our New Music Curator, BBC Radio 3’s Tom McKinney will reprise his success of his 2023 season bringing us more of the top talent and excitement in New Music today. Performers will be announced later in the year on our website (as above). Be brave and expand your musical horizons!
Student Music
We look forward to hosting a selection of the best of University student musicians at an evening concert on Thursday 7 March 2024. Details will be released in the spring.
