List of events - Durham University

Events

Discover classical, contemporary and traditional live music events, performed at stunning historic venues across Durham. You can also view these events in calendar format.

Come and Sing Day: Henry Purcell

Saturday 12 October 2024: An all-day choral workshop exploring the church music of Henry Purcell (1659-95) with a unique Evensong performance.

The Portrait Players: Les Femmes Illustres – The Female Genius

Tuesday 15 October 2024: An all-female trio whose engaging programmes are inspired by historical characters.

The all-female band The Portrait Players posing with their instruments in the woods

Fenella Humphreys (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano): Fauré 100

Tuesday 29 October 2024: On the 100th anniversary of the death of Gabriel Fauré, this concert celebrates the composer’s works from the 1870s to the 1890s.

In Echo: Music in a Cold Climate – sounds of Hansa Europe

Tuesday 12 November 2024: This fascinating programme explores the instrumental music of the sea-faring nations of Northern Europe.

Gawain Glenton, cornett player and director of In Echo

Songs from Japan

Wednesday 13 November 2024: Beautiful early twentieth-century Japanese art songs, rarely heard in the UK, interwoven with European songs and operatic excerpts.

Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders

Wednesday 20 November 2024: A trans-national project to promote and present unusual music for solo harpsichord, focusing primarily on music by female composers.

Katarzyna Kowalik standing in front of a harpsicord in an evening dress

EXAUDI: The Mirror of Speculation

Tuesday 28 January 2025: Vocal ensemble EXAUDI returns to MUSICON with a programme exploring some of the most beautiful and strange vocal music of the medieval period.

New Music Weekend

1-2 March 2025: Experience some of the hottest new music currently being made in the company of some of the UK’s leading ensembles, in a packed weekend of events.

Fretwork and Alexander Chance: Orlando Gibbons at 400

Tuesday 4 March 2025: This programme explores the concert music of Orlando Gibbons, whose refined and deeply expressive works represent the pinnacle of Jacobean music.