Hatfield House Music Festival

08/04/2025

🎶 It’s time for our FESTIVAL LAUNCH! Join us on Tuesday 10th of June for a special programme of performing Bach’s complete cello suites in five different locations around then on Wednesday for our festival launch with music from musicians of alongside artistic director Guy Johnston.

07/04/2025

Tickets now on sale for our June events!

On Wednesday 11 June we will be holding our annual Festival Launch Concert in the Marble Hall. We can’t wait to share the plans for our 2025 Festival – they are already shaping up rather nicely. On Tuesday 10 June we are also planning a special Fundraiser evening. Details and tickets for both ev...

19/12/2024

Delighted to be featured in this year’s highlights in .

“A medal, too, for live music in special venues, in this case the Marble Hall in Hertfordshire’s Jacobean Hatfield House, home to what has become, under the cellist Guy Johnston’s direction, an annual chamber music festival of special quality and intimacy. Could anything be more extraordinary than the juxtaposition of Claire Booth’s performance of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in front of one of Hatfield’s fabulous portraits of Elizabeth I?”

19/12/2024

Delighted to be featured in this year’s highlights in the The Guardian.

“A medal, too, for live music in special venues, in this case the Marble Hall in Hertfordshire’s Jacobean Hatfield House, home to what has become, under the cellist Guy Johnston’s direction, an annual chamber music festival of special quality and intimacy. Could anything be more extraordinary than the juxtaposition of Claire Booth’s performance of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in front of one of Hatfield’s fabulous portraits of Elizabeth I?”

Welsh National Opera hit the heights with Britten – only to be brought low by funding cuts, Barenboim returned to the Proms and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall radiated with sheer ferocious energy in a spectacular year of live music

17/10/2024

🎶🎻 This year’s edition of the festival might be over but you still have the opportunity to listen to on BBC Radio 3 In Concert this evening!! 🕰️ Tune in at 19:30 to enjoy this concert recorded in the Marble Hall, , play Haydn, Mozart, Schoenberg and Webern ✨

12/10/2024

🎶 All smiles ahead of this evening’s concert with ! 📷

11/10/2024

💫 Impressions from the opening concert! Thank you to the Bechstein Trio for sharing a gorgeous concert with us!

🎼 Concerts continue throughout the weekend!

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09/10/2024

📻 Live on In Tune! Catch the Bechstein Trio on air now or listen on to hear them talk about their upcoming performance at Hatfield House 🎻🎹

08/10/2024

🎭 Join us for a thrilling finale!

🎼 In the early afternoon, Stephen Johnson and Paul Hoskins explore the moonstruck musical world of Pierrot Lunaire with before a thrilling finale of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Schubert’s String Quintet in C with

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07/10/2024

🎹 Join for an evening of jazz exploration!

🎻🎷 Gwilym will be joined by for an evening exploring everything from Dowland to imrpovisations.

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04/10/2024

🎹 Fusion Friday! 7 days until this exciting concert!

🎼 Join us for a concert brings together (harpsichord) and (jazz piano) and (violin) and (cello) jumping off from the music of Dowland.

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03/10/2024

🎨 Not only are we celebrating 's homecoming, but also the return home of the famed 'Rainbow Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I to the iconic Marble Hall.

🌈 The painting, which depicts an ageless monarch, has returned to the Queen's childhood residence at Hatfield House. After traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2022 and 2023, the portrait underwent a “meticulous conservation,” by Nicole Ryder, who cleaned and corrected minor losses to the subject matter for more than a year. The portrait’s display in Hatfield House’s Marble Hall, built in 1611.

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02/10/2024

🌟 Come see the stars of tomorrow!

🔥 The Purcell School will showcase their students with beloved repertoire including the Beethoven Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No 1 "Ghost", and Mozart String Quartet in Bb KV 458 "The Hunt".

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01/10/2024

🌲 Come and bring the whole family along to MerryWeather Theatre’s Evergreen!

🐛 The performance is an interactive folk musical for children in Key Stage 1 and their families. Learn about why trees keep their leaves, as well as sing and play along with professional musicians in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

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30/09/2024

⏳ Explore musical time travel with us!

🎹 Brothers (cello) and (violin) join (harpsichord) on 11 October for an exploration of Handel through the ages featuring the world premiere of Handel/Beethoven/Hendrix Judas ‘Wild Thing’ Maccabeus arranged by .parkin.589 (1685 – 2024).

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28/09/2024

💥 Less than two weeks to go before music fills historic Hatfield House!

The setting, musicians and audiences make this a warm, friendly Festival with exceptionally high artistic standards with programming curated by Artistic Director . Now in its 13th year, the Festival has grown into a very successful and much-anticipated event by both locals and also by those who make a special journey to attend the Festival.

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27/09/2024

🌟 Come and sing the centuries with us!

🎤 On Saturday 12th October, Harry Bradford, Director of , will lead us in works to include Passtime with Good Company, The Lord’s Prayer by Sheppard and Crossing the Bar by Parry.

🤗 On Sunday 13 October audiences will be transported through time with with the ensemble, presenting exquisite works from Henry VIII to Imogen Holst

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27/09/2024

🌟 Mark your calendars for our festival finale on 13th October!

We can't wait to explore the moonstruck musical world of Pierrot Lunaire with Paul Hoskins and Claire Booth before a thrilling finale of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Schubert’s String Quintet in C with Ensemble 360 following this exciting new release!