Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Take a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians!
Discover the UK’s next big talent with concerts featuring remarkable Chetham’s School of Music performers, aged 8-18, from the UK’s leading music school.
We’ll update this page with the upcoming programmes for each Chetham’s concert. Simply choose your favourite and book your free ticket for the concert of your choice via the event listings at the bottom of this page.
Watch out for occasional special guest lunchtime concerts by professional artists, in a carefully curated series showcasing early career musicians.
*Chetham’s School of Music’s remarkable performers are still developing their craft, so we hope you’ll understand if very occasionally we change the programme at short notice. Please check this page for updates. Thank you for supporting young musicians.
The weekly programme will be uploaded in advance of each concert below…
Please note that our Box Office no longer prints tickets for
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts.
Just simply arrive and take your seat!
Tuesday 21.03.23
Carole Nash Hall
1.30pm
WALLACE Music and Magic are One
Mabel Dalgleish-King recorder
Effie clarinet
Pablo Luengo, Jimin Park violins
Ivan Babichev piano
Isaac Chan conductor
KESIAK Nocturne in B minor: Echoes from the Polish Mountains
Laura piano
*****
BIRKETT Trumpet Sonata in Eb
i. Poco Allegro
Florence Wilson-Toy trumpet
Luke piano
*****
PRIESTLY A Widow Bird “Solitary Highland Lass”`
Issac Chan baritone
Harry Priestley piano
*****
SAVAGE Turn of the Tide
Phoebe Mallinson flugelhorn
William Savage piano
*****
ZHU Prelude
Julian piano
*****
FOSTER Allegro in F Major
Tilly Crutchley trumpet
Anastasia Foster piano
*****
HARRIS-BROWN A Short Story
Edward Harris-Brown piano
William Priest bass
Tom Warrilow drums
Wednesday 22.03.23
Carole Nash Hall
1.30pm
BEETHOVEN Sonata Op. 10 No. 3
i. Presto
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 4 in F# Major Op. 30
Julie piano
*****
CHOPIN Etude Op. 25 No. 7 ‘Cello’
Anastasia Foster piano
*****
JACOB Suite for Treble Recorder and Strings
i. Prelude
ii. English Dance
iii. Lament
iv. Bulesca alla Rumba
v. Pavane
vi. Introduction & Cadenza vii. Tarantella
Mabel Dalgleish-King recorder
Gemma Webster piano
*****
Thursday 23.03.23
Carole Nash Hall
1.30pm
Today’s performance will be a relaxed performance
SCHUBERT Sonata in a-minor
i. Allegro ma non troppo
RACHMANINOFF
Etude Tableu Op. 33 No 8. Moderato
Marijus piano
*****
MOZART Sull’aria taken from the opera Marriage of Figaro
Mallory Neal voice
Hannah Weakley voice
*****
CONTI Il Mio bel Foco
SCHUBERT Wohin?
FAURE Après un rêve
QUILTER Come Away Death
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
Oscar Fairclough voice
Elena Nalimova piano
*****
Friday 24.03.23
Carole Nash Hall
1.30pm
BEETHOVEN Sonata in C Major Op. 2 No. 3
iii. Scherzo
iv. Allegro assai
Leo piano
*****
BEETHOVEN Sonata in E flat Op. 27 No. 2
Marc piano
*****
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 10 (fragment)
Jasmin Javaherian piano
*****
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 4 in C minor
Ivan Babichev piano
*****
Events
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 16 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 21 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 22 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts – Relaxed Concert
Thu 23 March 2023, 1:30pmThis concert will be the first of our relaxed events of 2023. These events are designed to be welcoming to...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 24 March 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 28 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 29 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 30 March 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 31 March 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 18 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 19 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 20 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 21 April 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 25 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 26 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 27 April 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 2 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 3 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 4 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 5 May 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 9 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 10 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 11 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 16 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 17 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 18 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 19 May 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Tue 23 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Wed 24 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Chetham’s Lunchtime Concerts
Thu 25 May 2023, 1:30pmTake a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians. Discover...
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Carole Nash Hall
Beethoven and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Special Lunchtime Concert Series
Fri 16 June 2023, 1:30pmChetham's acclaimed Keyboard Department presents a special cycle of Friday Lunchtime Concerts - featuring of all 32 of Beethoven's Piano...
