Concerts 2018-19

Coffee Concerts start at 3pm and last approximately an hour. The audience are invited to join the musicians after the concert for complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits. Tickets are £10 and accompanied children under 18 go free.

Evening Concerts start at 7.30pm and finish at approximately 9.45pm. A selection of wines and juices are available during the interval. Tickets are £15, OAPs and NUS cardholders £13, and accompanied children aged 8-16 £9.

Tickets are available in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk/harboroughconcerts. For more information please email info@harboroughconcerts.co.uk ​or text 07903 020101.

7.30pm Saturday 9 March 2019
Silent Film Night - ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’

The Jubilee Hall, Congregational Church, Market Harborough, LE16 7JD
The Le Page Ensemble provide a brand new live soundtrack for the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; considered by many to be the quintessential work of German expressionist cinema. It tells the story of a deranged hypnotist who uses an unwitting somnambulist to carry out his dark and deadly deeds. We will also be showing the 1902 French adventure film ‘A Trip to the Moon’. Complete with big screen and licensed bar this is an experience not to be missed!


David Le Page violin, Catherine Leech viola, Chris Allan cello, Raphael Mizraki bass, David Gordon piano, Graham Instrall percussion, Jack McNeill clarinet, bass clarinet and guitar

3pm Sunday 28 April 2019
‘Revelation’

The Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HE
Messaien’s Quartet for the End of Time was composed in 1941 whilst he was being held as a prisoner of war by the German army in Stalag VIII-A. This hugely influential work based on The Book of Revelation was performed outdoors, in the rain and on substandard instruments for an audience of 400 fellow prisoners and guards. Messiaen later recalled: “Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension.” The performance also includes an illuminating talk by renowned novelist and journalist Jessica Duchen.

Messiaen Quartet for The End of Time

David Le Page violin, Clare O’Connell cello, Jack McNeill clarinet, Viv McLean piano

3pm Sunday 26 May 2019
‘Testimony’

The Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HE
Shostakovich’s piano trio No. 2 was his first work to employ a Jewish Theme, a lamentation for his close friend Ivan Sollertinsky and the victims of the holocaust. A powerful concert that takes us on a journey from darkness to light featuring music by Schnittke, Bloch and Mahler.

Schnittke Cello Sonata (1st movement)
Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No.5
Bloch Jewish Song
Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2

David Le Page violin, Clare O’Connell cello, Viv McLean piano


7.30pm Saturday 8 June 2019
‘One Small Step’
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landings

The Jubilee Hall, Congregational Church, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough, LE16 7JD
Harborough Concerts presents a unique musical experience inspired by the men who walked on the moon. Music and words seamlessly interweave to provide a moving account of an extraordinary scientific leap that captured the world’s imagination half a century ago. We also explore the idea of the moon as an object of longing, mystery and romanticism featuring music by Haydn, Beethoven, Debussy, Pink Floyd and Schönberg.

 David Le Page and Catherine Leech violins, Carmen Flores viola, Clare O’Connell cello, Elena Hull bass, David Gordon piano, Graham Vick narrator

3pm Sunday 30 June 2019
‘Blurred Lines 2’

The Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HE
Blurred Lines 2 continues the ongoing collaboration between David Gordon and David Le Page and their mission to breathe new life into the violin and piano recital format; from 14th Century street music to contemporary classical and rock sounds via Cuba, the Balkans and the Middle East. Both men are accomplished composer/performers who enjoy walking the tightrope between art and entertainment and occasionally falling off....

Tartini Didone Abbandonatat
Trad./Le Page Lord Bateman
Trad./Gordon Balkan Trilogy
Ayeta arr. Gordon Corralera
Schmeltzer ‘Cucu’ Sonata
Gordon Romanian Fryup

David Le Page Violin, David Gordon Piano

7.30pm Saturday 13 July 2019
‘8 Seasons, 2 Hemispheres’

The Jubilee Hall, Congregational Church, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough LE16 7JD
Baroque meets Tango in this enticing programme of works separated by 200 years and two continents. We are pleased to welcome back renowned Argentinian bandoneonist Eduardo Garcia who has been steeped in the Tango from an early age. His scintillating new arrangement of Piazzolla’s ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’ will be interspersed with Vivaldi’s inspirational set of concerti from 1723. Please note the change of venue for this concert.

“Fresh, imaginative, spontaneous, daringly improvisatory... anyone who heard this account from violinist David Le Page will have come away exhilarated and gratified, as though having experienced the work for the first time... This was the most refreshing account of the Four Seasons I have ever heard.”
Birmingham Post

Vivaldi Four Seasons
Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

David Le Page violin, Catherine Leech violin, Vanessa McNaught viola, Nick Stringfellow cello, Elena Hull bass, Mark Ashford guitar, Eduardo Garcia bandoneon