Music@Malling are delighted to announce the Autumn programme with lots of exciting and inspiring concerts and outreach spanning over 500 years of music. Full details of the programme are available here in the brochure.

 

 

Music@Malling are delighted to be working in partnership with The National Trust on a series of events that link historic buildings and collections with music.  The partnership launches in September at Ightham Mote with  concerts that feature the music of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn on a piano associated with both composers which belonged to the distinguished Kent-born contralto, Mary Shaw who was a soloist at the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 and premiered works by Mendelssohn, Verdi and Rossini. Her collection – including a stunning painting by Daniel Maclise – are held in Ightham Mote.

One of the concerts features rarely performed music by the 14th Century owner of Ightham, Sir William Haute in a fascinating concert of pre-reformation vocal music performed by The Marian Consort.

We were delighted to be able to return to in-person outreach earlier this summer with Revolting Rhymes!  8 primary schools were involved in whole-class composition and performance with members of Chamber Domaine performing alongside led by Jason Rowland.  The children and staff were brilliant and came up with fantastic creative ideas.  One teacher commented:  “There was a visible ‘wow’ moment which the professional musicians played.  To see the children’s jaws drop was a marvellous moment.”  Funded by The Kent Community Foundation; Garfield Weston Foundation; Malling Memorial Trust and Arts Council England – this project will engage 24 primary schools across the academic year. There is nothing like live music to inspire creativity and wellbeing!!

Music@Malling were delighted with another excellent review for Six Brandenburgs: Six Commissions from David Nice in The Artsdesk: “Metaphysical brilliance.”