Highlights January to June 2025 include…
​Tuesday 21 January, 8.15pm
Kamermuziek Nijmegen — Grote Zaal, De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Coleridge-Taylor Piano Trio, Beach Piano Quintet, Price Elfentanz, Elgar Piano Quintet
Sunday 26 January, 11.30am
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte for solo piano, Fauré Berceuse for violin and piano, Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps for piano trio, Saint-Saëns Barcarolle for piano quartet, Reynaldo Hahn Piano Quintet
Sunday 26 January, 8pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
With City of Oxford Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Friday 7 February
Kaleidoscope’s album of Reynaldo Hahn’s chamber music and songs released on Chandos Records - order HERE!
Sunday 16 February, 7.30pm
Royal College of Music, London
RCM students performing side-by-side with Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Jane Mitchell (flute), Elena Urioste (violin), Tony Rymer (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Price Piano Quintet in A minor, Schumann Andante and Variations for horn, two cellos and two pianos, William Grant Still Serenade (chamber version), Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (chamber version)
Thursday 27 February, 8pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
With City of Oxford Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Saturday 15 March, 7.30pm
Weston Music Society —St Nicholas Church, Stevenage
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Mozart Violin Sonata K.302, Lekeu Violin Sonata, Mel Bonis Two Pieces, Franck Violin Sonata
Sunday 16 March, 2.30pm
Trinity Recitals — de Jager Auditiorium, Trinity College, Oxford
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Charlotte Sohy Thème varié, Lekeu Violin Sonata, Mel Bonis Two Pieces, Franck Violin Sonata
Thursday 20 March, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Charlotte Sohy Thème varié, Lekeu Violin Sonata, Mel Bonis Two Pieces, Franck Violin Sonata
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Thursday 10 April, 6.30pm — Aspevig Studio, Bozeman, MT, USA
Saturday 12 April, 7.30pm — MSU Reynolds Recital Hall, Bozeman, MT, USA
Repertoire tbc
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Sunday 20 April, 4pm
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Karim Sulayman (tenor), Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Beach Piano Trio, Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge, Hahn (arr. Tom Poster) Songs, Korngold Piano Quintet
Monday 21 to Thursday 24 April (residency)
Schwarzman Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Karim Sulayman (tenor), Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano) + special guest David Krakauer (clarinet)
Kaleidoscope curates a sequence of events around Music and Wellness, with repertoire to include Golijov The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, works by Beethoven and Jessie Montgomery, and new folksong arrangements by Tom Poster
Friday 25 April
Harvard Musical Association — Boston, MA, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Karim Sulayman (tenor), Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano) + special guest David Krakauer (clarinet)
Korngold Piano Quintet, Hahn (arr. Tom Poster) Songs, Golijov The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, new folksong arrangements by Tom Poster
Sunday 27 April, 3pm
Capital Region Classical — Schenectady, NY, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Karim Sulayman (tenor), Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano) + special guest David Krakauer (clarinet)
Korngold Piano Quintet, Hahn (arr. Tom Poster) Songs, Golijov The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, new folksong arrangements by Tom Poster
Monday 28 April
Tertulia — New York, NY, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Karim Sulayman (tenor), Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Repertoire tbc
Friday 9 May
Kaleidoscope’s Brahms & Contemporaries, Volume II disc released on Chandos Records
Wednesday 14 May, 7.30pm
Ilkley Concert Club — King’s Hall and Winter Garden, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
George Walker Lyric for Strings, Korngold Suite for piano left-hand, two violins and cello, Beach Piano Quintet
Friday 16 May, 7.30pm
Newbury Spring Festival — Holy Cross Church, Ramsbury
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
George Walker Lyric for Strings, Korngold Suite for piano left-hand, two violins and cello, Elgar Piano Quintet
Saturday 17 May, 7pm
Chipping Campden Music Festival I — St James Church, Chipping Campden
Allan Clayton (tenor) + Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste, Savitri Grier (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Programme to include Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge, Elgar Piano Quintet, and folk song arrangements by Tom Poster, Allan Clayton and others
Sunday 18 May, 12.05pm
Chipping Campden Music Festival II — St James Church, Chipping Campden
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2, Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1
Tuesday 20 May, 7.30pm
Bath Music Festival — St Swithin’s Church, Bath
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Mozart Violin Sonata K.305, Lekeu Violin Sonata, selections from UriPosteJukeBox
Monday 26 to Friday 30 May
Dartington Chamber Music Festival
Aronowitz Ensemble
Programmes tbc
Monday 2 June, 1pm — broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
Wigmore Hall, London
With Roderick Williams (baritone), Elena Urioste (violin)
Mozart Violin Sonata K.305, songs by Vaughan Williams and Spohr, new works for baritone, violin and piano by Tom Poster and Roderick Williams
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And some filmed performances still available…
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Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival, recorded in September 2021 -
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 with Magnus Johnston, Brett Dean and Guy Johnston: WATCH HERE
Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, Caplet Quintet for Piano and Winds with Orsino Ensemble: WATCH HERE
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Kaleidoscope plays George Walker Lyric for Strings, Beach Romance and Elgar Piano Quintet for Oxford Coffee Concerts at the Holywell Room, recorded in November 2020: WATCH HERE
Kaleidoscope plays Dvorak Piano Quartet No. 2 and Coleridge-Taylor Nonet at Wigmore Hall, recorded in August 2020 - WATCH HERE
Rachmaninov Sonata for cello and piano with Guy Johnston at 22 Mansfield Street, recorded in July 2020: WATCH HERE
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Beethoven Archduke Trio with Magnus Johnston and Marie Bitlloch at Imperial College, recorded in December 2020: WATCH HERE
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Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play Tom’s arrangement of Over the Rainbow: WATCH HERE