![Quatuor Agate 31 © Kaupo Kikkas copy](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/Quatuor-Agate-31--Kaupo-Kikkas-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=50%2C40)
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
![IMG_3311](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/IMG_3311-scaled.jpg?fit=50%2C40)
![EXD_piano_MG_1636.tif TRY THIS 2](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/07/EXD_piano_MG_1636.tif-TRY-THIS-2.jpg)
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.
![Image: Quarried Silver Decanter. Photo credit: Hamish Dobbie. Image: Quarried Silver Decanter. Photo credit: Hamish Dobbie.](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2024/05/QuarriedDecanter1.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Visit: Silversmith Hamish Dobbie
Join the Friends of Kettle’s Yard on a visit to Hamish Dobbie’s studio, a local silversmith.
![MEGAN_ROONEY_FEB_2024_18_1 copy](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/11/MEGAN_ROONEY_FEB_2024_18_1-copy-1.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours
Megan Rooney’s (b. 1985, South Africa) first major solo exhibition in the UK will comprise all new paintings. In one of the gallery spaces at Kettle’s Yard she will paint a temporary mural directly onto the walls, and in the other, she will present new works.
![attic-from-landing-960x720](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/attic-from-landing-960x720-1.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
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.
![2018-04-15-0518](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/2018-04-15-0518.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Sunday: Relaxed Session
Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.
![Photo: Josh Murfitt A mother and young son take part in a creative activity with straws.](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/07/2018-04-15-0388.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Sunday
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
![IMG_6064](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2024/06/IMG_6064.jpeg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Holiday Workshop: Printmaking from the Recycling Bin
Join artist Jacqui Campbell at Kettle's Yard for this fun printmaking workshop for 7-11 year olds.
![IMG_5832](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2024/06/IMG_5832-scaled.jpeg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Holiday Workshop - Wild Seed Sculptures: Make Your Own Growing Sculpture
Join artist Kelly Briggs to create your own tiny sculpture which will disintegrate over time and become a patch of beautiful wild flowers
![MEGAN_ROONEY_INSTALLS_14-Edit_web](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/11/MEGAN_ROONEY_INSTALLS_14-Edit_web.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Exhibition Tour – Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours
Join writer and curator Rebecca Birrell for a response to Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours.
![Image: Tabitha Millett. Photo Credit Jack Orton.jpg.](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2024/05/Image-6-Tabitha-Willet.-Photo-Credit-Jack-Orton.jpg.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Visit: Tabitha Millett - From Bauhaus to Brutalism and ties to Cambridge
Join the Friends for a visit to minimalist abstract artist Tabitha Millett’s studio, followed by an opportunity to view a small collection of quite different contemporary paintings by artists with ties to Cambridge.
![2018-04-15-0528](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/2018-04-15-0528.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Sunday: Relaxed Session
Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.
![2018-04-15-0549](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2023/08/2018-04-15-0549.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Studio Sunday
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
![IMG_0515](https://images.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0515-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Holiday Workshop: Organic shapes and Natural Forms
Join artist Ian Brownlie and together explore natural objects in the house and how they influence and are influenced by the collection.
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.