Hejira is an outstanding 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s. Having released the albums The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter and Mingus, Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crème de la crème of contemporaneous musicians (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Michael Brecker, Jaco Pastorius and Don Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the much-lauded live album, Shadows And Light; it is from this work that the band Hejira is drawing the spirit and body of its repertoire.

Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell

The Music Room

Haydn never had a pupil quite as unruly as the young Beethoven – but then, he didn’t mind breaking the odd rule himself! The Bromborough Quartet plays favourite quartets by each composer – music packed with warmth, melody and quite irresistible wit.

Bromborough Quartet

What began in 1995 as a ground-breaking union of musicians and instruments, has continued as a unique musical offering through one live album, four studio albums and countless outstanding performances. A new recording is due for release in early 2025. After 30 years Flook show no sign of letting-up in their brilliance, their dynamism, or their inventive flair.

Flook

Renowned for their soulful blend of Americana and roots music infused with an Irish heartbeat, The White Horse Guitar Club continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

The White Horse Guitar Club

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

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Gnoss’ signature sound is a rich tapestry of acoustic layers; outstanding musicianship, deep traditional roots and contemporary compositional flair combine to create songs and tunes brimming with character.

Gnoss

We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo Saxophone Quartet with two of the many wonderful pieces they have commissioned from UK composers through the years. Clark Rundell returns to join in the celebrations and adds one of his favourite Steve Reich pieces, a jazz-infused work of virtuosity by Ukrainian Nikolai Kapustin, and replays a piece by talented North West composer Carmel Smickersgill.

Ensemble 10:10

Having toured alongside best-selling author Raynor Winn (The Salt Path) with their prose and music collaboration SALTLINES, the Gigspanner Big Band return to their six-piece format, showcasing material from their new album.

Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire.

Beginning life as a trio – with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack – the line-up has expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin - BBC Folk Awards 'Best Duo') and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.

Gigspanner Big Band

Something magical happens when a human voice joins the four wordless singers of a string quartet. Baritone Armand Rabot joins the Liverpool String Quartet in ravishing, heartfelt mini-masterpieces by Gerald Finzi and Samuel Barber.

Liverpool String Quartet

Dreamer, poet, radical, and visionary, Franz Schubert was a composer who stood between worlds – and Paul Lewis’ astounding performances are coming to define the way our generation understands his music. Today Lewis brings all his energy and insight to Schubert’s late piano sonatas: a trilogy of masterpieces charged with beauty, power and something more – something that goes  far beyond words. But if anyone can make it speak, it’s Paul Lewis.

Paul Lewis, piano

Mendelssohn was a poet in sound, and when his beloved sister died, he poured all his anguish into a string quartet like no other. The Grosvenor Quartet steps into his imagination today.

Grosvenor String Quartet

Four wonderful musicians; one extraordinary sound: there’s a reason why the Chilingirian String Quartet is a legend and this great British string quartet has been astonishing audiences for over fifty years. Today they play three solid gold classics (including Borodin’s ravishing Second Quartet) as well as a magical tribute to their Armenian-born founder and leader, Levon Chilingirian himself.

Chilingirian Quartet

Programme to include pieces that have been chosen, composed or arranged by the 2023-24 Fellowship Musicians.

Fellowship Chamber Concert

From Vienna to the Caribbean, great things come in small packages as the Liverpool String Quartet pair the music of Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga with Schubert’s most famous string quartet.

Music is better than words, and Shostakovich’s string quartets are like the secret diary of a genius. The Grosvenor Quartet steps into his imagination today – and explores the passionate world of Osvaldo Golijov

Samy Moussa has burst onto the music scene winning plaudits for his compositions and his conducting alike. For his Ensemble 10:10 debut, he brings compelling composers rarely heard on these shores – Jacques Hétu (from Canada) and David Diamond (from the US), but also serene music from the UK’s Edmund Finnis. Moussa also introduces us to his acclaimed Violin Concerto with a UK premiere starring our very own Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Leader, Thelma Handy as soloist. Moussa’s music is described as ‘dazzlingly coloristic’, full of ‘intoxicated harmonies and noisy energy’ – this concert will encompass all that and more.

‘Their playing is virtuosic, their tone is sensational’ (The Arts Desk) and today, the Czech ensemble, the Pavel Haas Quartet, present a celebration of composers from their homeland, performing works by Martinů and Kaprálová, as well as a real gem by Antonín Dvořák.

Pavel Haas Quartet

Romeo and Juliet inspired Beethoven’s First String Quartet. Beethoven’s teacher Haydn, meanwhile, composed a national anthem for Austria – and then turned it into a quartet that breaks all the rules.

Bromborough Quartet 2023

The Royal Northern College of Music’s ensemble in residence, the Elias String Quartet, perform works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Schubert, before uniting with acclaimed pianist Jonathan Biss to perform Elgar’s daring Piano Quintet. The Elgar Quintet, composed in the peaceful surroundings of a Sussex summer, was dedicated to the music critic of the Manchester Guardian. Fanny Mendelssohn's Quartet is based on an unfinished piano sonata she wrote five years before. This extraordinary, rhapsodic work is her only mature string quartet, and one of the first surviving string quartets written by a woman. One of Schubert’s most famous chamber works completes this Sunday afternoon concert.

Elias Quartet with Jonathan Biss, piano

Everyone knows how to listen to music, just like we know how to drink water,’ says the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, ‘you just listen’. He makes it sound so simple – just like his breathtakingly poetic, internationally award-winning performances. Tonight he tackles one of the mightiest of all keyboard works – Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a fantastic, endlessly imaginative chain of musical puzzles from the profoundest depths of the human soul. One of the most compelling of living pianists encounters music’s most beautiful mind

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Four players and five remarkable composers, as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Equilibrium Quartet champions neglected gems and newly-minted classics by Grace-Evangeline Mason, Elizabeth Maconchy, Florence Price and more.

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Gnoss

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Ensemble 10:10

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Gigspanner Big Band

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Liverpool String Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Paul Lewis, piano

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Grosvenor String Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Chilingirian Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Fellowship Chamber Concer...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Liverpool String Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Grosvenor String Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Ensemble 10:10

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Pavel Haas Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Bromborough Quartet 2023

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Elias Quartet with Jonath...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Equilibrium

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic