We are delighted to return to the Leamington Music Festival in 2026 following the great reception from Maestro client's on our first visit in 2025. The theme for 2026 is Favourite Treasures, Forgotten Gems and the full programme of concerts is shown below.
Royal Leamington Spa has a compact and beautiful centre with the Royal Pump Rooms (where most of the concerts take place) and the magnificent formal Victorian park Jephson Gardens at the heart of the town. We stay on the historic Parade at the excellent Premier Inn which has been incorporated into one of the regency terraces of the town. All performances are within a few minutes walk of the hotel and, as we have no less than 9 concerts over the weekend we will only use the coach for transfers to Leamington from the northwest & Midlands and back as everything else is in easy walking distance.
Dinner/supper will be included each evening to fit in with concert times.
Friday 1st May
Fibonacci String Quartet 730pm
arr. Fibonacci Quartet Moravian Love Songs
Bartók String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
Schumann String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
Saturday 2nd May
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective 1230pm
Ben Goldscheider horn | Elena Urioste violin | Tom Poster piano
Ethel Smyth Trio for Violin, Horn and Pianoforte
Brahms Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
Guarneri Piano Trio 730pm
Čeněk Pavlík violin | Marek Jerie cello | Ivan Klanský piano
Beethoven Piano Trio No. 9 in B flat major, WoO 39
Beethoven Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 ‘Archduke’
Dvořák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 ‘Dumky’
Sunday 3rd May
William Howard, piano noon
Schumann Nine Pieces from Bunte Blätter Op. 99
Howard Skempton Chorales and Inventions (2025
Clara Schumann Notturno Op. 6 No. 2
Fauré Nocturne No. 6
Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse
Warwickshire Music Advanced Musicians 3pm
Sinfonia of Birmingham 730pm
Michael Seal conductor
Zoë Beyers violin
Peter Dixon cello
Dvořák Othello Overture, Op. 93
Brahms Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Arnold Symphony No. 5, Op. 74
Monday 4th May
Nathan Amaral (violin) and Jonathan Ware (piano) 11am
Miguez Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.14
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Young Artist Spotlight Concert
Nicky Spence (tenor) and Dylan Perez (piano) 3pm
‘My Father’s Son’
Howells The Little Boy Lost
Britten ‘Midnight on the Great Western’ and
‘Proud Songsters’ from Winter Words Op. 52;
‘The Larky Lad’ from Who Are These Children?, Op. 84;
‘A Highland Balou’ from A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
Fauré Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1
Tippett ‘Full fathom five’ from Songs for Ariel
Orr ‘Shy Geordie’ and ‘The Boy in the Train’ from Songs of a Childhood
Rzewski ‘No Good’ from Dear Diary
Tchaikovsky At the ball, Op. 38 No. 3
Libby Larsen Pregnant
Victoria Wood Litter Bin
Wolf Mörike-Lieder: 48. Storchenbotschaft
William Bolcom Waitin
Dunhill The Cloths of Heaven
Ireland ‘Baby’ from Mother and Child
Barber A Slumber Song of the Madonna
Mahler Rückert Lieder: 4. Um Mitternacht
Previn ‘Will there really be a morning?’ from
Andrey Gugnin (piano) 730pm
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite for Solo Piano
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite for Solo Piano
Stravinsky Infernal Dance, Berceuse, and Finale from The Firebird
Full payment due at time of booking.
