Berkshire Chamber Music Festival 2026 Opening Concert

Join Artistic Director Poppy Beddoe and award-winning musicians Oliver Wass and James Flannery for an intimate concert celebrating the distinctive sounds of clarinet, viola, and harp. 

This colourful and varied programme moves from the elegance of French Baroque music to the smoky atmosphere of early twentieth-century Paris and the unmistakable swing of American jazz, showcasing the expressive possibilities of this unusual trio.

The concert will feature works by Jacques Ibert, Rebecca Clarke, George Gershwin, and François Couperin, alongside a world première by our Composer in Residence.

The programme

Ibert Deux Interludes

Clarke Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale

Couperin L’Apothéose de Lully

Imamovic Those Fleeting Moments (World Première)

Debussy arr. Wass Clair de Lune

Reade Suite from the Victorian Kitchen Garden

Gershwin arr. Roberts A Foggy Day