The Zoffany Ensemble’s Festival at Kew

Tales of Joy and Passion. A world where exuberance meets deep lyricism.  The Zoffany Ensemble presents  an evening of radiant melodies, rich emotion, and chamber music at its most alive.

St Anne’s Church, Friday 5th June, 7.00pm, with complimentary drinks from 6.30pm.

Tickets £35 adult, £22 students

Franz Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Piano Quintet and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Piano Quintet, both written for the unusual combination of instruments, share the grounding presence of the double bass — an instrument that adds depth, warmth, and a gentle sense of gravity. In Schubert, it supports music of ease and radiant charm; in Vaughan Williams, it anchors broad melodies and impassioned, almost cinematic. 

Together, these works make a perfect pairing: Schubert welcoming you with charm and intimacy, Vaughan Williams carrying you away on waves of emotion. One smiles, the other burns, and both stay with you long after the final note fades.

The programme:

Vaughan Williams – Piano Quintet in C minor

Schubert – Piano Quntet in A major, D.667 “The Trout”

The players:

Manon Derome, Violin

Sarah-Jane Bradley, Viola

Anthony Pleeth, Cello

Lynda Houghton, Double Bass

Simon Callaghan, Piano