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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Isabella Gellis has two pieces in Folkestone New Music's next concert: 'All', a setting of Dylan Thomas, and the first performance of 'Forlane' for piano. Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo) and Joseph Havlat (piano) talk: 6.15pm concert: 7.30pm Thursday 15 October Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Singaporean composer Yan Ee Toh has two pieces in Folkestone New Music's next concert. Joseph Havlat is playing her piano piece 'Shizu' and mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean is giving the first performance of 'Two Shadows'. 7.30pm Thursday 15 October Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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John Woolrich @johnwoolrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes Britten Sinfonia The Halls, Norwich Tuesday 20 October

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here is Thorsten Schütte with his award from the Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International for the documentary 'Ensemble Modern: Why We Play'. You can see it at Folkestone New Music 7.00pm Thursday 8 October Customs House, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat are performing brand new songs by Isabella Gellis, Emily Tran, Yan Ee Toh and Louise Drewett Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 15 October Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Kimi Makino, Adrian Bradbury, Helen Keen and Anna Hashimoto after their Folkestone New Music Betsy Jolas concert at St Eanswythe's Church in Folkestone, 3 July 2026.

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

György Ligeti Magány (Solitude) explores isolation not as despair but as a suspended, contemplative state, where silence and sound seem to merge. New London Chamber Choir Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Saturday 11 July St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Stravinsky wrote Four Russian Peasant Songs between 1914 and 1917. ‘...choruses of this sort were sung by peasants while fortune-tellers read their fingerprints on the smoke-blackened bottoms of saucers’. New London Chamber Choir 7.30pm Saturday 11 July St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Varèse wrote Density 21.5 for Georges Barrère, the very first flautist to play the opening of Debussy’s Prélude à ‘L’Après-midi d’un faune’. Helen Keen (flute) 7.30pm Saturday 11 July St Eanswythe’s Church Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Luciano Berio 'Berio treated the voice as the richest and most complex of instruments.' (David Osmond-Smith) Berio E si fussi pisci Berio Cries of London New London Chamber Choir Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Saturday 11 July St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Orlando di Lasso, attrib. Hans Mielich You can hear arrangements of six of Orlando di Lasso's Bicinia Helen Keen (flute), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Kimi Makino (viola) and Adrian Bradbury (cello) 7.30pm Friday 3 July St Eanswythe’s Church Folkestone

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Andrew Ward @andrewwmusicart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I am greatly encouraged by the rise of Andy Burnham and his speech today further fuelled my optimism. We have long needed a voice of hope, humour and harmony. But I do wish he had weaved in a reference to 'the arts'. If he had done so that really would have signalled change.

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Betsy Jolas at 100 Music by Betsy Jolas, Debussy, Varèse and Orlando di Lasso. Helen Keen (flute), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Kimi Makino (viola), Adrian Bradbury (cello) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Friday 3 July St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Andrew Ward @andrewwmusicart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Continuing our centenary celebrations, we are honouring Betsy Jolas’ 100th birthday on Friday 3/7 7:30 @ St Eanswhythes, Folkestone. The programme, curated with Betsy, includes her favourite composer Orlando di Lasso, Debussy, Varese as well as her own work. Bravo Betsy and Folkestone New Music!

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Andrew Ward @andrewwmusicart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thanks to the mega-gifted Rolf Hind for battling through the heat to come to Folkestone New Music for a (late) Boulez centenary celebration. Rolf performed Boulez’ Notations & Incises, Messien’s Cantéyodjayâ & 8 of the pieces premiered by Rolf to celebrate Boulez’ 75th birthday! Bravo Rolf & FNM!

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Unsuk Chin: Study No. 6 "Grains" Rolf Hind (piano) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 June Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

‘Pierre Boulez was arguably the single dominant figure of the classical musical world through the second half of the 20th century and beyond.’ (Guardian) Pierre Boulez: Notations and Incises Rolf Hind (piano) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 June Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Pierre Boulez studied harmony with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-forties Rolf Hind plays Messiaen's Cantéyodjayâ at Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 June Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez Berio's Interlinea is dedicated 'Pour les 75 ans de Pierre Boulez'. It ‘is gesture of admiration, of gratitude and affection...’. Luciano Berio: Interlinea Rolf Hind (piano) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 June Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Toshio Hosokawa first heard Boulez’s music when he was a teenager ‘I was astounded and deeply affected by it. It pointed to new musical realms, utterly unlike anything I had been listening to up till then.’ Hosokawa: Haiku Rolf Hind (piano) 7.30pm Thursday 25 June Holy Trinity Church Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Debussy and Stravinsky (photographed by Satie) Debussy 2 Arabesques Stravinsky Tango Stravinsky Ragtime Huw Watkins (piano) Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Huw Watkins' 'Prayer' was written in memory of the German pianist Lars Vogt. You can hear the composer himself perform it at Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The central melody of Oliver Knussen's Ophelia’s Last Dance dates back to 1974... Decades later, after the death of his wife Sue in 2003, the melody resurfaced for him as a memory-object associated with happier times. Huw Watkins (piano) Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church Hythe 7.30pm 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ravel: Prélude Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn Ravel: A la manière de Borodine Ravel: A la manière de Chabrier Stravinsky: Tango Stravinsky: Ragtime Huw Watkins (piano) Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

John Woolrich Pianobooks 1 and 6 'They are wind chimes, brought to life by mysterious currents, and listeners find their own feelings echoed in the sounds.' (Independent) Huw Watkins (piano) Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June photo: Chelsey Browne

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen consists of thirteen character pieces that evoke the world of childhood through the lens of adult memory. Schumann described the work as “recollections of an older person for older people.” Huw Watkins (piano) St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Debussy's Deux Arabesques are early works, composed in the late 1880s. Huw Watkins is playing them at Folkestone New Music St Leonards Church, Hythe 7.30pm Thursday 11 June

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Tim Long: Sculpture, ceramics and drawings 27 March- 12 April Kollectiv 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RN

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Harrison Birtwistle and Donald Mcleod in Harry's garden in Wiltshire. Donald Mcleod is talking about the composers he has interviewed for Composer of the Week at 7pm Thursday 5 March Kollectiv, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Music, Architecture and Acoustics in Renaissance Venice: Recreating Lost Soundscapes An illustrated lecture by Deborah Howard and Malcolm Longair 7pm Thursday 12 March The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Morton Feldman's Spring of Chosroes is being played by Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) at Folkestone New Music 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Cassandra Miller “the complexity and richness of her finest work… does indeed allow us to hear and feel in new ways” – Tempo For Mira, for violin Sinner, don’t let this harvest pass, for piano Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Donald Macleod has presented BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week since 1999. By 2023 Donald had presented 950 series of the programme. In this event he will talk about his broadcasting career and particularly about the many composers he has interviewed. 7pm Thursday 5 March Kollectiv, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Bryn Harrison: I-V, for piano Piano Set (six miniatures) A Coiled Form, for violin Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Music, Architecture and Acoustics in Renaissance Venice: Recreating Lost Soundscapes An illustrated lecture by Deborah Howard and Malcolm Longair Folkestone New Music 7pm Thursday March 12 The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) are playing music by Bryn Harrison, Cassandra Miller and Morton Feldman Folkestone New Music 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Adrian Adlam, James Gilchrist and Mark van de Wiel performing John Woolrich's Wood-wake (words by Zoe Gilbert) Folkestone New Music St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone 17 February 2026

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The Spring of Chosroes was a sumptuous carpet, woven with silk, gold, silver and rare stones, reputed to have been made for the Sassanian King Chosroes I. Morton Feldman Spring of Chosroes Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

James Gilchrist is one the leading English tenors of our day. He's coming to Folkestone to give the UK premiere of Huw Watkins' Secret Songs and the first performance of John Woolrich's Wood-wake (both with texts by Zoe Gilbert). 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Adrian Adlam, Huw Watkins and James Gilchrist James and Adrian give the UK premiere of Stolen Songs, the piece Huw wrote to a text by Zoe Gilbert Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The year draws in the day And soon will evening shut: The laurels all are cut We'll to the woods no more..... (A.E.Housman) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Along the Field James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Bryn Harrison introduces a concert of his music. with Darragh Morgan (violin) & Mary Dullea (piano) 7.00pm Thursday 26 February The Grand, Folkestone ‘The quietly oscillating, hypnotic surfaces.....draw the listener into a delicate web of abstract patterns and near repetitions.’

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Salvatore Sciarrino: Let me die before I wake Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

One evening in Thaxted Church Gustav Holst heard a woman singing and playing the violin.The combination of a song and a single instrument in a vast, empty space inspired his Four Songs James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Zoe Gilbert has written the words for two of the pieces in this concert: Huw Watkins Stolen Songs John Woolrich Wood-wake James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin), Mark van de Wiel (bass clarinet) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Along the Field James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Huw Watkins’ Stolen Songs is the story of German violinist Alois Rosetz and his wife, Solomea Graudan. Tenor James Gilchrist and violinist Adrian Adlam give the UK premiere at Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams walking in the Malvern Hills. Holst: Four Songs Vaughan Williams: Along the Field James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Each year Fredener Musiktage in Germany commissions new works. Here are two Freden commissions: John Woolrich: Watermark (2002) Huw Watkins: Stolen Songs (2025) James Gilchrist, Adrian Adlam, Mark van de Wiel 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

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Folkestone New Music @folkestonenewmusic.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Composer David Matthews at Folkestone New Music November 2025

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