High Barnet Chamber Music Festival

High Barnet Chamber Music Festival Live concerts in the heart of High Barnet! Patron: Roderick Williams OBE
Director: Joshua Ballance

Such a joy to have the Elmore Quartet with us at St John the Baptist last night!The players wowed our audience with a jo...
21/06/2026

Such a joy to have the Elmore Quartet with us at St John the Baptist last night!

The players wowed our audience with a journey through the string quartet, from 1903 to 2022.

If you want to travel further back in time, join us on Sunday 28th as The Portrait Players take us back to seventeenth century Italy!

It was such a pleasure to have Mad Song with us on Saturday for our second concert of the season!Their programme include...
15/06/2026

It was such a pleasure to have Mad Song with us on Saturday for our second concert of the season!

Their programme included Ravel’s Une barque sur l’océan, and you can hear more Ravel this Saturday when the Elmore Quartet join us to perform his beloved String Quartet in F Major.

Our festival kicked off on Saturday with a delightful family concert!Hannah & Lise entranced our audience with everythin...
09/06/2026

Our festival kicked off on Saturday with a delightful family concert!

Hannah & Lise entranced our audience with everything from Ibert to Piazzolla and even some ABBA…

There are three more concerts left in the festival so join us throughout June for more magical music-making.

HBCMF 2026

6th June, 3pm
Hannah Gillingham & Lise Vandersmissen
Free Family Concert
St Mark’s Church, Barnet Vale, EN5 5HY
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13th June, 7.30pm
Mad Song
Fire & Water: music by Ravel, Scriabin, Clyne, and more
St John the Baptist Church, EN5 4BW
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20th June, 7.30pm
Elmore Quartet
music by Ravel, Britten, Shostakovich, and Geyer
St John the Baptist Church, EN5 4BW
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28th June, 3pm
The Portrait Players
music by Strozzi, Caccini, Leonarda, and Elton
The Friends’ Recital Hall, Queen Elizabeth’s School, EN5 4DQ

“I loved when they played the last song because it was really emotional.”It was such a pleasure to visit St John’s Walha...
05/06/2026

“I loved when they played the last song because it was really emotional.”

It was such a pleasure to visit St John’s Walham Green primary school today with our musicians!

Over 100 students from years 2 & 3 were introduced to the magical sounds of the flute & the harp in the expert hands of Hannah and Lise.

Join us on Saturday at 3pm at St Mark’s Barnet Vale for our Family Concert to hear them yourself. 10 minutes from the tube and it’s free!

28/05/2026

What is “the most exciting part of being a young string quartet”?

Inis Oírr Asano from the award-winning Elmore Quartet tells us about the music the group will be playing next month. With everything from Leo Geyer’s 2023 “Unfurling” to Ravel’s beloved Quartet in F Major, it’s a programme with something for everyone!

Join us on June 20th in the beautiful surroundings of St John the Baptist Church, just 5 minutes from the tube.

Join the “expert young players” of Mad Song on Saturday 13th June for a programme titled Fire & Water!The dynamic ensemb...
25/05/2026

Join the “expert young players” of Mad Song on Saturday 13th June for a programme titled Fire & Water!

The dynamic ensemble will be playing a selection of music written between 1904 and 2018 featuring composers include Ravel, Scriabin, and Anna Clyne.

Programme
Alexander Scriabin (arr. Joshua Ballance): Vers la flamme
Anna Clyne: 1987
Oliver Knussen: Reflection
Richard Causton: Phoenix
Maurice Ravel (arr. David Palmer): Une barque sur l’océan
Tōru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II
Tristan Murail: La barque mystique

Join us in a fortnight to kick off the 2026 festival with the cutest concert of them all!Hannah & Lise have a charming p...
23/05/2026

Join us in a fortnight to kick off the 2026 festival with the cutest concert of them all!

Hannah & Lise have a charming programme of flute and harp music lined up for the perfect afternoon with the family.

Suitable for all ages, this is the ideal introduction to chamber music, and it’s free!

Saturday 6th June, 3pm
St Mark’s, Barnet Vale

Last week the Elmore Quartet played at Wigmore Hall and next month they’ll be joining us!On Saturday 20th June the group...
18/05/2026

Last week the Elmore Quartet played at Wigmore Hall and next month they’ll be joining us!

On Saturday 20th June the group, three of whom live in High Barnet, will play a gorgeous programme of music written since the turn of the twentieth century.

Familiar favourites like Britten and Shostakovich feature alongside Rebecca Clarke and Leo Geyer. The evening will conclude with Ravel’s much-loved quartet in F major.

Join us on June 20th for an unmissable evening of magical music making!

25/04/2026

We visited St John the Baptist Church to introduce this year’s festival! Join us in June for four magical concerts with over 400 years of music.

HBCMF 2026

6th June, 3pm
Hannah Gillingham & Lise Vandersmissen
Free Family Concert
St Mark’s Church, Barnet Vale, EN5 5HY
​
13th June, 7.30pm
Mad Song
Fire & Water: music by Ravel, Scriabin, Clyne, and more
St John the Baptist Church, EN5 4BW
​
20th June, 7.30pm
Elmore Quartet
music by Ravel, Britten, Shostakovich, and Geyer
St John the Baptist Church, EN5 4BW
​
28th June, 3pm
The Portrait Players
music by Strozzi, Caccini, Leonarda, and Elton
The Friends’ Recital Hall, Queen Elizabeth’s School, EN5 4DQ

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