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We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 December inclusive and Thursday 1 January. We will be open Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December.

Please note that the Kettle’s Yard house will be closed between 5 – 9 January 2026 inclusive for essential maintenance.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 December inclusive and Thursday 1 January. We will be open Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December.

Please note that the Kettle’s Yard house will be closed between 5 – 9 January 2026 inclusive for essential maintenance.

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Music

The Michael Harrison Memorial Concert - New Music: Robert Plane and the Gould Piano Trio

Thursday 22 January 2026, 8pm (doors at 7.30pm)

Join us for a New Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house. This week, we will be welcoming Robert Plane and the Gould Piano Trio.

This concert is the special Michael Harrison Memorial Concert for the 2025-26 New Music series.

Book Now £15 (£5 students), booking required

Robert Plane is one of our top clarinettists – a regular principal with the best orchestras and constantly sought-after as a soloist and chamber musician. Robert is constantly expanding the clarinet’s repertoire, rediscovering forgotten works, masterminding major recording projects and working closely with composers. In this concert, Robert will join forces with the peerless Gould Piano Trio, three exceptional musicians, to make up a formidable quartet of pure quality.

Programme

Huw Watkins, Four Fables

Elliott Carter, Epigrams

Eleanor Alberga, Duo from Dancing with the Shadow

Interval

Sarah Frances Jenkins, Shivelight

Judith Weir, Piano Trio No.1

Piers Hellawell, The Rising of Sirius

About the Musicians

Access

Please note, for conservation and security reasons, no bags or large coats are allowed in the house. Limited bag storage is available at reception.

This event will take place in the extension of the house which is accessible, with some limitations. The upper part of the ground floor extension area is accessible for wheelchair users and the ground floor extension area of the house is newly accessible for wheelchair users with a ramp. There is no lift to the upper floors of the house. If you call in advance or ask at the information desk we can reserve an accessible seat for you. Please get in touch on 01223 748100 or email mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk.

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