Event Description
The Malvern Chamber Music Festival is a brand new event for Malvern’s cultural calendar. Featuring the Elgar Ensemble, a rising chamber music collective that celebrates British music and champions the unsung heroes of the 19th and 20th century British repertoire, the festival gives Malvern its very own chamber music festival, set in the heart of Elgar-country.
The concerts will be held in the acoustically and aesthetically stunning venue of Great Malvern Priory, which has an illustrious history of hosting the very best in classical music.
At this inaugural festival, the Elgar Ensemble has chosen to showcase several early works from each respective composer by way of threading together an overall theme of new beginnings. Particular highlights will include Elgar’s ‘Three Movements for Piano Trio’, Debussy’s charming salon Piano Trio, Beethoven’s glorious String Trio Op. 9, No. 1 in G major and a selection of Frank Bridge’s most adored works, including the heroic Violin Sonata of 1904, the brooding Cello Sonata and, most excitingly of all, his sweeping and rhapsodic ‘Phantasie’ Piano Trio and Piano Quartet. They are thrilled to be bringing these masterpieces to Malvern, some of which perhaps even for the very first time.
Artists
Charlie Brookes violin & founder
Georgie Davis viola
Daryl Giuliano cello
Fionnuala Ward piano
Nuno Lucas piano
Dominika Blatt piano (guest)
Concert programmes
Concert One: Wednesday 5 August 2026, 3pm
Debussy Piano Trio
Beethoven String Trio in G major Op. 9, No. 1
Concert Two: Wednesday 5 August 2026, 7.30pm
Bridge Violin Sonata in E flat (1904)
Bridge ‘Phantasie’ Piano Quartet
Interval
Stanford Piano Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 133
Concert Three: Thursday 6 August 2026, 3pm
Bridge Miniatures for Piano Trio (Sets 1-3)
Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor, H.125
Concert Four: Thursday 6 August 2026, 7.30pm
Elgar Three Movements for Piano Trio
Bridge ‘Phantasie’ Trio in C minor, H.79
Interval
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat, Op. 100
Tickets
Individual ticket: £20
Day ticket (both concerts on either day): £35
Festival ticket: £60
Book online via the Malvern Chamber Music Festival website
