Upcoming Concerts
Child accompanied by an Adult £12.00 (Admits 2)
Child accompanied by 2 adults £20.00 (admits 3)
If bringing more than one child, please consider making an extra donation.
Unaccompanied Adult £8.00
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ONLINE SALES END MIDNIGHT 27th November. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
EVERGREEN LULLABIES
Friday, 28 November 2025 11:00am-12:00
The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 [venue]
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Mariana Rodrigues, singer
Andrew Cowie, harpsichord
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Chantefable (Mariana Rodrigues and Andrew Cowie) perform songs and fables with music to bring warmth to a late November morning.
A relaxed performance for babies, pre-school children, their parents, grandparents and carers.
Adult Ticket £18.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £23.00
Adult accompanying 2 school age children £28.00
​BUNDLE OF THREE (for 3 evening concerts)
Adult Ticket £52.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £65.00
ONE CHARMING NIGHT
Sunday 18 January 2026 7:30pm
The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 [venue]
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Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Sarah Sexton, violin
Sarah Moffatt, violin
Rachel Stott, viola
Sarah McMahon, cello
Toby Carr, theorbo
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Nicholas Mulroy, accompanied by an ensemble of strings and theorbo, performs a programme of music by Henry Purcell, taking us from evening stillness to break of day.
Adult Ticket £18.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £23.00
Adult accompanying 2 school age children £28.00
ROYALIST OR REVOLUTIONARY?
Saturday 24 January 2026 7:30pm
The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 [venue]
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Rachel Brown, flute
The Revolutionary Drawing Room
- Adrian Butterfield, violin
- Rachel Stott, viola
- Ruth Alford, cello
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Rachel Brown (flute) and the Revolutionary Drawing Room perform chamber music by English composer William Shield, who was close to King George III and IV but also acquainted with the radical thinkers of Newington Green. The programme includes flute quartets by Mozart and Viotti.
Pre-concert talk 6.30 -7.00 pm by cellist and academic Dr Amélie Addison. Was William Shield a royalist or a revolutionary? Admission free to all ticket holders.
The bar will be open between the talk and the concert.
BUNDLE OF THREE (for 3 evening concerts)
Adult Ticket £52.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £65.00
Adult Ticket £13
Introducers Ticket* (admits 2) £22
Joint First Timers** Ticket (admits 2) £22
*Introducers Ticket: for regular SNEMF supporters to book for themselves PLUS someone who has never been to SNEMF before.
**Joint First Timers ticket: for anyone who has not been to SNEMF before to come with someone else who hasn't either.
SO, WHAT IS EARLY MUSIC?
Sunday 1 February 2026 4:00-6:00pm (doors open 3:40pm)
Hackney Showroom, 4 Murrain Road, London N4 2BN [venue]
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PART 1 - round table discussion with Peter Holman, Aimée Taylor and Lucine Musaelian
Professor Peter Holman MBE studied at Kings College, London with Thurston Dart, one of the most significant figures of the 20th century early music movement. Peter's career as conductor, keyboard player, musicologist, writer and broadcaster has spanned many decades. He is therefore an ideal person to communicate 'what is early music' to newcomers, while also offering fascinating insights to those who are familiar with this genre.
Aimée Taylor read music at Oxford before studying the flute in Paris and at the Royal College of Music in London. She is currently working on a PhD on the philosophy of historical music performance with Colin Lawson at the RCM. Aimee is intrigued by questions posed by historical music performance: 'What exactly are we doing and why are we doing it?'
Lucine Musaelian is an Armenian-American singer, viola da gamba player and composer. She studied at Yale University, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Royal Academy of Music, where she co-founded Intesa Duo. Lucine is an exceptionally creative musician who collaborates with performers across many genres. Her interests include ancient Armenian music and self-accompaniment in early music.
PART II - Just a Minuet
In an entertaining Early Music take on the Radio 4 panel game, four articulate musicians from the early music world will attempt to speak for 1 minute on subjects given by show host Daniel Thomson. Daniel performed at SNEMF with ensemble Rune last July. He will be returning with Dowland's Foundry on 6th February.
Instead of Chopin's Minute Waltz, harpsichordist Freddie Waxman will play Minute Minuets, Galliards & Sarabandes on the Kirckmann model harpsichord recently completed by local maker Huw Saunders.
The four panellists will be:
- Paula Chateauneuf, who performed at SNEMF 2023
- Peter McCarthy of Music in the Village, Walthamstow
- Sam Brown, who will be performing at SNEMF on 6th February 2026
- Tatty Theo of The Brook Street Band, who performed at SNEMF 2022
Adult Ticket £18.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £23.00
Adult accompanying 2 school age children £28.00
BUNDLE OF THREE (for 3 evening concerts)
Adult Ticket £52.00
Adult accompanying a school age child £65.00
UNQUIET THOUGHTS
Friday 6 February 2026 7:30pm
The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 [venue]
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Dowland's Foundry
-Sam Brown, lute
-Gwendolen Martin, soprano
-Clemmie Franks, alto
-Daniel Thomson, tenor
-Timothy Dickinson, bass
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​Lute-song ensemble Dowland's Foundry present songs from John Dowland's first book of songs (1597). Though usually performed by a solo singer accompanied by lute, these compositions were originally envisaged for group singing. Known as an 'unquiet' soul, Dowland in these songs reveals a wise approach to fortune’s vicissitudes, and a redeeming merry melancholy.
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