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Enjoy chamber music and opera at its finest in the perfect setting of the Marble Hall at Holkham.
Why not complete your concert evening and stay at one of our two hotels and take advantage of our special concert rates. Click here for details The Victoria Hotel and The Globe Inn. Or make a holiday of it with Kirker Holidays special tours, click here for detals
Sunday 12th February
Chamber Music Concert
Escher String Quartet
3pm - Pre-concert talk by Simon Rowland-Jones:
Bartók’s String Quartet No.5 the Greatest String Quartet of the 20th Century?
4.30pm - Escher String Quartet
Perform a programme of music by Haydn: String Quartet in D Op.76 No.5
Bartók: String Quartet No.5
Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131
Click here for more information on the pre-concert talk and biography for the Escher Quartet.
Tickets £25 - Includes the 45 minute pre-concert talk at 3pm by Simon Rowland-Jones followed by tea and coffee served in the Saloon. The afternoon continues with a performance by the Escher String Quartet at 4.30pm and includes a glass of wine served in the Saloon during the concert interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall.
Sunday 18th March - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Dame Felicity Palmer - Mezzo soprano and Simon Lepper - Piano
'Women on the Edge' a programme of songs by Britten, Purcell, Tchaikovsky, de Falla and Sondheim
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Tickets £25 - Includes a glass of wine in The Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall.
Saturday 24th March - 1pm
Chamber Music Concert
Signum Quartet
Holkham is delighted to have been selected as a concert venue by BBC Radio 3 as part of their week-long series of broadcasts. One of Europe's leading young quartets and Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Signum Quartet from Berlin, perform an all Schubert programme including one of the composer's greatest string quartets in D minor 'Death and the Maiden' D810 in a live broadcast from the Marble Hall.
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Tickets £18 - Includes tea and coffee in the Saloon following the performance and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the Hall.
Saturday 7th April - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Elizabeth Watts - Soprano and Julius Drake - Piano
The programme will include Schumann’s song cycle Liederkreis Op.39 and songs by Ivor Gurney and Richard Strauss
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Tickets £25 - Includes a glass of wine in The Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall.
Friday 8th June - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Perform a programme of music by Beethoven: 'Kakadu' Variations Op.121
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat Op.1 No.1
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor Op.50
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Tickets £25 - Includes a glass of wine in The Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall.
Friday 20th July - 7pm
Diva Opera
The Magic Flute
Britain's foremost chamber opera company Diva Opera performs The Magic Flute by Mozart.
Sung in German, The Magic Flute, ‘Die Zauberflöte’, mixes myth, moral tale and fairy tale. Dealing with the adventures and ordeals of Prince Tamino, his friend Papageno the bird-catcher and his beloved Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. As the opera progresses, Tamino, guided by the mysterious Sarastro and with a magic flute to ward off evil, learns wisdom and becomes worthy of Pamina, while Papageno obtains his heart’s desire – a wife.
This is a black tie event. Please bring your own picnics to be enjoyed on the terrace during the one hour interval. If the weather is inclement, alternative arrangements will be made.
All profits go to Norfolk Churches Trust.
Tickets - Prices will be available shortly. Tickets will not be released for sale until 21st May. If you would like to register interest please contact Holkham Ticket Office.
Saturday 21st July - 7pm
Diva Opera
Tosca
Britain's foremost chamber opera company Diva Opera performs Tosca by Puccini. Sung in Italian, Tosca is set in Rome, in 1800 the celebrated opera singer Floria Tosca is desperate to protect her lover the painter Cavaradossi who has been arrested for aiding an escaped political prisoner. Chief of Police, Scarpia, is in love with Tosca and offers to spare Cavaradossi’s life in exchange for her love. She agrees but as Scarpia signs the release order, she kills him. On finding she was duped by Scarpia and that Cavaradossi has indeed been executed, she takes her own life.
This is a black tie event. Please bring your own picnics to be enjoyed on the terrace during the one hour interval. If the weather is inclement, alternative arrangements will be made.
All profits go to Norfolk Churches Trust.
Tickets - Prices will be available shortly. Tickets will not be released for sale until 21st May. If you would like to register interest please contact Holkham Ticket Office.
Saturday 13th October - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Andrei Bondarenko - Baritone and Gary Matthewman - Piano
The programme will include Ibert’s 'Chansons de Don Quichotte', songs by Tosti, Respighi, Glinka, Tchaikovsky and opera aria.
Click here for artist biography. Tickets £25 - Includes a glass of wine in The Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall.
Saturday 10th November - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Brodowski Quartet
Perform a programme of music by Haydn: String Quartet in F Op.77 No.2
Smetana: String Quartet No.1 in E minor 'From My Life'
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 in D major Op.11
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Tickets £25 - Includes a glass of wine in the Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the Hall.
Saturday 1st December - 7pm
Chamber Music Concert
Leon McCawley - Piano
Performs a programme ' Debussy at 150 Impressions and Influences'
Bach: Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
Chopin: Nocturnes in C minor Op.48 No.1 and in E major Op.62 No.2
Debussy: Suite Pour le Piano
Liszt: Les Cloches de Genève (Nocturne) from Années de Pèlerinage Book 1
Debussy: Cloches à Travers les Feuilles from Images Book 2
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau in C minor Op.39 No.7
Schumann: Carnaval Op.9
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Tickets £30 - Includes a glass of champagne in The Saloon during the interval and an opportunity to view some of the other state rooms in the hall magnificently decorated for Christmas.
Booking Your Tickets
Please contact Holkham Ticket Office, Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1AB
Telephone: 01328 713111
For all email enquiries please click here
If you are looking for accommodation in the area, why not consider our two hotels who are offering special concert packages The Victoria at Holkham or The Globe Inn, Wells-next-the-Sea. The Victoria Hotel is also an ideal venue for a pre-concert meal at 5pm for our evening concerts. Please contact reception (01328 711008) for details.
Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions apply to the purchase of tickets for the above concerts.
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