Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival

25/09/2022

Lincoln’s County Assembly Rooms are looking gorgeous as have their final rehearsal ahead of this afternoon’s concert with our Artistic Director 😍

Tickets available on the doors.

23/09/2022

Our Artistic Director, Alissa Firsova talks to members of the Navarra Quartet about her piece during their rehearsal for our concert this evening in St. James Church, Louth.

Tickets are available on the doors - come down and meet out friendly team.

22/09/2022

Fantastic masterclass for local school pupils with Matilda Lloyd. We’ve had some great young musicians showing us their pieces and getting some pro tips from Matilda in Lincoln Minster School’s Harper Building.

22/09/2022

Lovely sounds from Lincoln Minster School this afternoon. We’ve got Alissa Firsova and Tim Hugh rehearsing for their concert this evening - Schubert, Pärt, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff. Tickets will be available on the doors so do come along.

21/09/2022

📅 Tomorrow, join us for our Festival opening concert at Lincoln Minster School with Alissa Firsova and cellist Tim Hugh. It's going to be a thoughtful and timely exploration of composers who fled the Russian regime in search of more freedom personally and artistically.

Book your tickets now: https://www.licmf.org.uk/in-search-of-freedom

20/09/2022

It's Festival week! 😍

Have you booked your tickets yet? Prices start from just £15 for each concert. 🎫

Find out what's on on our website (link in bio).

20/09/2022

It's Festival week! 😍

Have you booked your tickets yet? Prices start from just £15 for each concert. 🎫

Find out what's on on our website:
https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

Venues: St Wulfram's Grantham St. James Church, Louth Lincoln Minster School The County Assembly Rooms Lincoln

Artists: Navarra Quartet Matilda Lloyd Camerata RCO - members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Alissa Firsova

17/09/2022

See the line up from 2021's Summer Festival, curated by Alissa Firsova and featuring Artist-in-Residence Mark Padmore and explore the highlights.

16/09/2022

🎊ONE WEEK TO GO🎊
Just one week to go until
Our concert at St. James Church, Louth with Navarra Quartet!

A triumphant return to LICMF for the Navarra Quartet with Schubert’s String Quintet. Hear music by LICMF Artistic Director, Alissa Firsova and her parents alongside projections of art by Philip Firsov.

Tickets:

A triumphant return to LICMF for the Navarra Quartet with Schubert’s String Quintet. Hear music by LICMF Artistic Director, Alissa Firsova and her parents alongside projections of art by Philip Firsov.

15/09/2022

🥳 ONE WEEK TODAY! 🥳

We can hardly wait to open our 2022 September Festival - a thoughtful festival opening exploring the emigration of composers from the Russian regime, plus a celebration of Schubert’s 225th anniversary. Cellist Tim Hugh and Artistic Director Alissa Firsova will wow audiences at Lincoln Minster School next Thursday at 7.30pm. Get your tickets now.

A thoughtful festival opening exploring the emigration of composers from the Russian regime, plus a celebration of Schubert’s 225th anniversary.

11/09/2022

Not long to go until our September Festival with Matilda Lloyd, Navarra Quartet, Camerata RCO - members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tim Hugh, David Bednall and of course our Artistic Director Alissa Firsova.

Venues:
Lincoln Minster School
St. James Church, Louth
St Wulfram's Grantham
The County Assembly Rooms Lincoln

Info 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

28/08/2022

✨VENUE SPOTLIGHT✨
St Wulfram's Grantham is a church that has been largely unaltered since the 1500s and was described by Simon Jenkins as ‘the finest steeple in England’. We're delighted that Matilda Lloyd will perform on the trumpet and David Bednall will play the church's historic organ.

Things to do in Grantham:
📍 Grantham is a historic market town
🕍 You can visit Belvoir Castle or Belton House NT
🍽 There are plenty of places to eat and drink before the concert.

Visit Lincolnshire: visitlincolnshire.com/destinations/grantham/
Concert tickets: https://www.licmf.org.uk/voice-of-the-trumpet

Best things to do & see in Lincolnshire. Find attractions & activities, beautiful landscapes, delightful accommodation & delicious local food.

27/08/2022

✨VENUE SPOTLIGHT✨
The second concert of the festival is St. James Church, Louth, which will host the Navarra Quartet. St. James’ is the historic parish and civic church of Louth. It is the probable burial place Saint Herefrith – one of the Saxon bishops of what became the Diocese of Lincoln.

Things to do in Louth:
👛 Louth is a Georgian market town with independent shops and market stalls.
🍽 There are plenty of eateries in Louth. In fact, The Hairy Bikers refer to it as 'food Mecca'!
🌍 Finally, Louth is on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where you can relax in the stunning natural surroundings.

Visit Lincolnshire: https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/destinations/louth/
Concert tickets: https://www.licmf.org.uk/divine-comedy

Visit the bustling, Georgian market town of Louth. Sample some of Lincolnshire’s finest produce, from speciality cheeses through to Lincolnshire Plum Loaf.

26/08/2022

✨VENUE SPOTLIGHT✨
The first concert in our September Festival is at Lincoln Minster School on Thursday 22 September 2022. The Harper Building hosts an impressive and comfortable recital hall, where we have previously hosted artists such as superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam and the acclaimed tenor Mark Padmore. This year's concert will see the cellist Tim Hugh and our Artistic Director, Alissa Firsova take to the stage.

Things to do in Lincoln:
⛪️ As the name suggests, the school is very close to Lincoln Cathedral, which is open to visitors between 10am and 4pm. It's well worth visiting if you haven't been before.

💙 Just beyond the Cathedral is Bailgate - visit the unique boutique shops or just marvel at the medieval architecture.

🍽 Bailgate is also a great place to find all grab a spot of dinner before or after the concert.

Tickets: https://www.licmf.org.uk/in-search-of-freedom
Visit Lincoln: https://www.visitlincoln.com/

Where are your favourite places in Lincoln? Where would you recommend to our festival audiences?

A thoughtful festival opening exploring the emigration of composers from the Russian regime, plus a celebration of Schubert’s 225th anniversary.

25/08/2022

✨ONE MONTH TO GO✨

It's just one month until the grand finale of our September Festival. We simply cannot wait to see Camerata RCO - members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Alissa Firsova perform in the The County Assembly Rooms Lincoln.

Programme:
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Alissa Firsova: Reunion
Schubert: Nottorno in Eb major
Vaughan William: Six Studies on English Folk Songs
Hindemith: Clarinet Quartet in F major

Tickets can be booked via The Drill, Lincoln (link on our website): https://www.licmf.org.uk/the-end-of-time

24/08/2022

📅ONE MONTH TO GO📅

The countdown is on until brilliant young trumpeter Matilda Lloyd and extraordinary organist David Bednall perform a mesmerising programme at St Wulfram's Grantham. There's something for everyone in this one.

Programme:
J S Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. William Foster)
Purcell: Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major (arr. Lloyd)
Coleridge-Taylor: Three Short Pieces for Organ
Clara Schumann: Fugue in G minor (arr. Lloyd)
Schubert: Ständchen (arr. Lloyd)
Robert Schumann: Four Sketches (arr. Lloyd)
Giambattista Martini: Toccata, Largo & Introduction et Allegro from Sonata al ‘Post-Communion’
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum (arr. Lloyd)
Vaughan Williams: Prelude on “Rhosymedre” in G major
Mussorgsky: “Promenade” & “Great Gate of Kyiv” from Pictures at an Exhibition
Rachmaninov: Vocalise in E minor from Fourteen Romances (arr. Lloyd)

Get your tickets to this fabulous concert: https://www.licmf.org.uk/voice-of-the-trumpet

23/08/2022

🤩ONE MONTH TO GO🤩

We're looking forward to heading to St. James Church, Louth with the Navarra Quartet and cellist Tim Hugh for the second concert in our September Festival.

Programme:
Smirnov/Firsova: La Divina Commedia
Dmitri Smirnov: Inferno
Elena Firsova: Purgatorio
Alissa Firsova: Paradiso
Schubert String Quintet in C major

Join us in Louth for the Navarra Quartet's triumphant return to LICMF: https://www.licmf.org.uk/divine-comedy

22/08/2022

🥳 ONE MONTH TO GO 🥳

That's right - it's one month until the opening concert of our September Festival with cellist Tim Hugh and pianist Alissa Firsova at Lincoln Minster School.

Programme 👇
Rachmaninoff: Élégie from Morceaux de fantaisie
Rachmaninoff: “Oh do not sing, fair maiden”
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major

Tickets are on sale now via Drill, Lincoln: https://www.licmf.org.uk/in-search-of-freedom

20/08/2022

🎻 VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 🎻

👀 Have you always dreamed of making live music events happen? Are you friendly, gregarious and trustworthy?

⭐️ We have several exciting roles at our September Festival in Lincolnshire. It's a great way to make friends while learning new skills.

🎫 Oh, and did we mention you get to come to the concerts you work at for free?

Find out more on our website: https://www.licmf.org.uk/support-us

19/08/2022

Did you catch the article in Grantham Journal about our upcoming concert with Quartet at St Wulfram's Grantham? Check it out and make sure you book your tickets 👇

An international chamber music festival will be hosted in the town.

18/08/2022

Did you catch Robert Hugill's preview of our September Festival over on Hugill? Have a read and make sure you book your tickets. 😍

Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival is returning to full force with a four-day festival running from 22 to 25 September 2022

17/08/2022

🎼ANNIVERSARIES WE'RE CELEBRATING🎼
As well as celebrating Schubert's 225th anniversary, we're celebrating the 150th anniversary of Vaughan Williams.

Ralph Vaughan Williams is considered by many to be a quintessentially English composer. He wrote symphonies, film scores, and the iconic Lark Ascending. He was also an avid collector of folk songs, and this is what we will hear at The County Assembly Rooms Lincoln on 25 September.

Camerata RCO - members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Alissa Firsova will perform Vaughan Williams' Six Studies on English Folk Songs as part of the closing concert of the Festival.

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A celebration of all things chamber music to round off the Festival with Camerata RCO and Alissa Firsova.

16/08/2022

🎼 ANNIVERSARIES WE'RE CELEBRATING 🎼
This September's Festival seemed like a good excuse to celebrate Schubert's 225th anniversary.

Franz Schubert was born in Austria in 1797. He wrote over 600 secular vocal works, seven symphonies, plus a whole host of chamber music, incidental music and a large body of piano music.

Schubert pieces at the Festival this year include:
🎹 Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D 821
🎻 String Quintet in C major, Op. posth. 163, D 956
🎺 Ständchen D 889
🎵 Nottorno in Eb major, Op. 148 (D.897)

Check out the full line up and get tickets on our website:

See the line up from 2021's Summer Festival, curated by Alissa Firsova and featuring Artist-in-Residence Mark Padmore and explore the highlights.

15/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
If you've been to our Festivals before, you might remember Alissa Firsova - she's been our Artistic Director since 2019!

As well as curating the programme for our Festivals, Alissa is a composer, pianist and conductor. Since winning the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer competition in 2001, she has received two world premieres at the Proms, both conducted by Andrew Litton: her Bach Allegro was performed by the RPO in 2010 and her Bergen’s Bonfire Op. 31 featured in the Bergen Philharmonic’s 250th Anniversary Prom in 2015. Her music was also performed by Imogen Cooper, Henning Kraggerud, Tim Hugh, Julius Berger, Dante Quartet, Netherlands Blazer Ensemble, Seattle Chamber Players, Xenia Ensemble, Philharmonia Soloists, Northwest Sinfonietta, Interface Quartet, Tana Quartet and Britten Sinfonia.

Alissa will be performing in the opening and closing concerts of the Festival in September.

👉🎫 https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

14/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
Camerata RCO - members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are today's focus.

We're thrilled to be welcoming Camerata RCO to Lincolnshire for the grand finale of our September Festival at The County Assembly Rooms Lincoln on Sunday 25 September.

Camerata RCO are all members of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, who are also talented chamber musicians. They love being in close contact with their audiences and have performed all round the world including in New York, Minsk, Tokyo, Seoul, Vienna, Rome, Honolulu and Madrid.

🎫 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/the-end-of-time

13/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
We're carrying on our series of introductions with organist David Bednall.

David was Organ Scholar at The Queen's College, Oxford University and then at Gloucester Cathedral where he also spent periods as Acting Director of Music and Acting Assistant Organist and was closely involved with the Three Choirs Festival. He won prizes in Improvisation and Performance at the examination for Fellow of The Royal College of Organists and has given recitals at La Trinité, Paris, and many English Cathedrals. He has improvised on live radio and in concert and has even appeared as stunt-organist on BBC TV’s Doctor Who!

David will be performing at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham with Matilda Lloyd on Saturday 24 September.

🎫 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

12/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
Today we’re introducing you to rising star trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.

Hailed as ​​“remarkable" by the Telegraph, Matilda Lloyd is a fast-rising young artist with exceptional poise and musicality. She is captivating audiences and critics alike with her artistry and communication, and her “flawless sound and virtuosic technique” (Saarbrücker Zeitung, March 2020) bring a unique flair to every performance.​​​

You may remember Matilda's Matilda as winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final, and in 2016, she gave her BBC Proms solo debut, performing at the Royal Albert Hall with the Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC Philharmonic. We're delighted that she's making her LICMF debut at St Wulfram's Church in Grantham on Saturday 24 September.

🎫 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

📸 Benjamin Ealovega

11/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
Today we're introducing the Navarra Quartet.

One of the most dynamic and poetic string quartets of today, the Navarra Quartet have performed at Wigmore Hall, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, the Sydney Opera House, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Esterházy Palace, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Berlin Konzerthaus, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Lincoln Centre and international festivals such as Lockenhaus, Aldeburgh, Bath, Lammermuir, Presteigne, Bergen, Grachten, Sandviken, Schwetzinger, Rheingau, Heidelberg, Aix-en-Provence, Bellerive, Harrogate Chamber Music and the BBC Proms.

You may remember them from last year's Summer Festival - they gave an iconic performance of Schubert's Death and the Maiden at Grimsby Minster. This year they're headed to St. James Church, Louth with cellist Tim Hugh.

Come along and see them play 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/divine-comedy

10/08/2022

👋 MEET THE MUSICIANS 👋
Today we’re introducing you to cellist Tim Hugh.

Tim is a cellist who enjoys a career as an international soloist. He studied at Yale University with Aldo Parisot, and later with Pleeth and Jaqueline du Pré whilst gaining his MA in Medicine and Anthropology at St. John's College, Cambridge. He held the position of principal cello in the London Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 2019.

We’re thrilled that Tim will be coming to play not once but twice in our September Festival, at Lincoln Minster School on Thursday 22 September with Alissa Firsova and at St. James Church, Louth with the Navarra Quartet on Friday 23 September.

🎫 👉 https://www.licmf.org.uk/summer-festival-2022

09/08/2022

🥳 It’s today! Our September Festival is now on sale 🤩

Which concerts are you planning to come to? 🤔

Book tickets for all four events over on The Drill, Lincoln’s website 👇

Festival 2022 Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival is pleased to announce a Festival between Thursday 22 September and Sunday 25 September, at venues across Lincolnshire. For further information on each venue and concert, please click here. VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTY 22nd SEPTEMBER 7:30pm...