Highlights August to December 2026 include…
Sunday 9 to Saturday 15 August
Chamber Music by the Sea - Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
With Elena Urioste, Michelle Ross (violins), Kyle Armbrust, Caitlin Lynch (violas), Tony Rymer (cello)
Programmes include Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 1, Turina Escena andaluza, and arrangements by Tom Poster
LAMMERMUIR FESTIVAL
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Jonathan Leibovitz (clarinet), Savitri Grier, Amarins Wierdsma (violins), Edgar Francis (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Will Duerden (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Thursday 10 September, 3pm — Prestonkirk Parish Church, East Linton
Chinese and Persian folk songs (arr. Tom Poster), Jessie Montgomery Musings for two violins, Bartók Contrasts, Brahms Clarinet Quintet
Friday 11 September, 3pm — Prestonkirk Parish Church, East Linton
Dobrinka Tabakova Insight for string trio, Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet, Paul Wiancko American Haiku for viola and cello, Mozart Piano Concerto in A major K.414
Saturday 19 September, 7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, London
With London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliver Gooch (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'
Monday 21 to Thursday 24 September
Dartington Chamber Music Festival
With Carducci Quartet and friends
Programmes to include Mozart Piano Concerto in A major K.414, Schubert Impromptus D. 899, Schumann Piano Quintet, and Great American Songbook arrangements by Tom Poster
Sunday 4 October, 11.15am
Oxford Coffee Concerts — Holywell Room, Oxford
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Pejačević ‘Spring’ Sonata, Dvořák Nocturne, Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3
Thursday 8 October, 7pm
Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School
With Ben Goldscheider (horn), Elena Urioste (violin)
Programme to include Brahms Horn Trio
Monday 12 October, 1pm — broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
Wigmore Hall, London
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Pejačević ‘Spring’ Sonata, Dvořák Nocturne, Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3
Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm
Oxted & Limpsfield Music Society — Hazelwood School Concert Hall, Oxted
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat K.454, Saint-Saëns Élégie in F major, Charlotte Sohy Thème varié, Mel Bonis Two Pieces, Franck Violin Sonata
Sunday 25 October, 3pm
Clarion Concerts — Hudson Hall, Hudson, New York, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Ben Goldscheider (horn), Elena Urioste, Melissa White (violins), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Ethel Smyth Horn Trio, Eleanor Alberga Shining Gate of Morpheus, Schumann Piano Quintet
Wednesday 28 October, 7.30pm
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society — Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Ben Goldscheider (horn), Elena Urioste, Melissa White (violins), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Joseph Conyers (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Anna Clyne Sirens for horn and string quintet (US premiere), Smyth Horn Trio, Schubert Trout Quintet
Thursday 29 October
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA
Programme to be announced
Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm
London Piano Festival - Kings Place, London
With Katya Apekisheva, Charles Owen, Junyan Chen, Martin James Bartlett (pianos)
Mozart Piano Gala - works for four hands and two pianos
Sunday 8 November, 11.30am
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Adam Walker (flute), Armand Djikoloum (oboe), Cristina Mateo Sáez (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Annemarie Federle (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Carina Cosgrave (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Mozart Quintet for piano and winds, Farrenc Nonet
Tuesday 10 November, 5pm and 7.30pm
Sohmen Concert Hall, Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Adam Walker (flute), Armand Djikoloum (oboe/cor anglais), Cristina Mateo Sáez (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Annemarie Federle (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Carina Cosgrave (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Solo to nonet programme, with introductions from Professor Laura Tunbridge, based on her new book, A Very Short Introduction to Chamber Music — music by Bach, Corelli, Bologne, Ligeti, Schoenberg, Warlock, Schubert, and Farrenc
Friday 13 November, 7.30pm
Champs Hill, West Sussex
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Reynaldo Hahn Piano Trio movement, Pejačević Violin Sonata in D major ‘Spring’, Pejačević Impromptu for piano quartet, Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1
Saturday 21 November, 2pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Fleur Barron (mezzo), Shengzhi Ren (tenor), Jonathan Leibovitz (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Annemarie Federle (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Vicki Powell (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Will Duerden (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (autograph version for voices and piano), Alex Ho New work for mezzo and octet
Sunday 22 November, 3pm
St John’s Church, Penge
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Jonathan Leibovitz (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Annemarie Federle (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Vicki Powell (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Will Duerden (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Beethoven Septet + surprise items!
Monday 30 November
Schwarzman Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
With Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Songs by Chausson, Fauré, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Ravel, Hahn, Bizet and Moulinié; and Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Barbara (arranged by Tom Poster)
Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pm
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
With Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Songs by Chausson, Fauré, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Ravel, Hahn, Bizet and Moulinié; and Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Barbara (arranged by Tom Poster)
And some filmed performances still available…
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
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
Beethoven Archduke Trio with Magnus Johnston and Marie Bitlloch at Imperial College, recorded in December 2020: WATCH HERE
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play Tom’s arrangement of Over the Rainbow: WATCH HERE