Bringing world class chamber music to the heart of Kirklees

Huddersfield Music Society (HMS) is a Registered Charity which was formed in 1918. It promotes seven high quality chamber music concerts from September to April each season.

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Huddersfield Music Society

Huddersfield Music Society (HMS) is a Registered Charity which was formed in 1918. It promotes seven high quality chamber music concerts from October to April each season. Concerts are held monthly on Monday evenings in St Paul’s Hall at the University of Huddersfield. HMS promotes performances by established professionals and newly emerging musicians. Some of the biggest names in classical music have performed for HMS in the last century, including pianists Solomon, Louis Kentner, Clifford Curzon, Angela Hewitt and Benjamin Grosvenor, singers such as Peter Pears (with Benjamin Britten), Kathleen Ferrier, Emma Kirkby with the Rose Consort of Viols, and Roderick Williams; instrumentalists including the Amadeus String Quartet, the Pražák, Ysaÿe and Takács String Quartets, the Lindsays and the Carducci Quartet. HMS is pleased to work with the Making Music organisation and with the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the City Music Foundation, and the Young Classical Artists Trust.

2024-2025 season (106th)

Concerts and Tickets

BENJAMIN FRITH AND HEIDI ROLFE (Pianos)

September 30, 2024
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Chabrier 3 Romantic Waltzes.
Bax The Poisoned Fountain
Satie ‘Morceaux en forme de poire’
Saint-Saëns Scherzo
Holst The Planets Suite

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COULL QUARTET

October 28, 2024
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Roger Coull & Philip Gallaway (violins), Jonathan Barritt (viola), Nicholas Roberts (cello)

Mozart String Quartet No 22 in B flat K 589
Shostakovich String Quartet No 4 in D major Op 83
Beethoven String Quartet No 8 in E minor Op 59 No 2 (Razumovsky)

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LUMAS WINDS

December 2, 2024
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Beth Stone (flute), Chris Vettraino (oboe), Rennie Sutherland (clarinet) Flo Plane (bassoon), Johan Stone (horn)

György Ligeti  Six Bagatelles (1953)
Valerie Colman  Rubispheres for flute, clarinet and bassoon (2015)
Pavel Haas  Wind Quintet Op 10 (1929)
George Gershwin  Porgy and Bess Suite (Extracts)
Carl Nielsen  Wind Quintet Op 43 (1923)

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BRIDGE QUARTET

January 27, 2025
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Colin Twigg & Catherine Schofield (violins), Michael Schofield (viola), Lucy Wilding (cello)

Mozart  Quartet in D minor K421
Arnold Cooke  Quartet No 2
Brahms  Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1

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TRIO MEISTER RARO

February 17, 2025
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Robert Plane (clarinet), Rachel Roberts (viola), Tim Horton (piano)

Max Bruch  Selection from 8 Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, Op 83
Huw Watkins  Speak Seven Seas
Robert Schumann  Märchenerzählungen Op 132
Rebecca Clarke  Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Mozart  Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major K. 498, (Kegelstatt)

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LUMIC QUARTET

March 24, 2025
St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield

Martyn Jackson (violin), Will Newell (violin), Jane Atkins (viola), Nathaniel Boyd (cello)

Beethoven  String Quartet No 7 in F major Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky)
Joey Roukens  Visions at Sea
Beethoven  String Quartet No 9 in C major Op 59 No 3 (Razumovsky)

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HEARTWOOD STRING QUARTET (RNCM)

April 7, 2025

Janáček   String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)

Haydn   String Quartet in E-flat major, Hob.III:38 (Joke)

J Montgomery  Strum for string quartet (2006, rev. 2012)

Dvorak   String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op. 96 (American)

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