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Indian Spring Colours: Legacy of Bhimsen Joshi – Parampara
Now in its fourth year, join GemArts and Musicon at Durham University for Indian Spring Colours, to celebrate the season with a series of concerts showcasing the best of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. Embracing the spirit of new life, playfulness, and the appreciation of beauty that characterises spring in Indian arts immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of classical ragas, perfectly capturing the essence of the season.
11 May 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green DH1 3RL
- Music
Indian Spring Colours 3: Vignesh Ishwar: A Journey into the Heart of Carnatic Music
Now in its fourth year, join GemArts and Musicon at Durham University for Indian Spring Colours, to celebrate the season with a series of concerts showcasing the best of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. Embracing the spirit of new life, playfulness, and the appreciation of beauty that characterises spring in Indian arts immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of classical ragas, perfectly capturing the essence of the season.
11 May 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green DH1 3RL
- Music
MUSICON Come and Sing presents: ‘What is our life?’ Orlando Gibbons – a commemoration on the day of his death
One of Jacobean England’s most celebrated composers, Orlando Gibbons died suddenly on 5th June 1625 in Canterbury, while attending the arrival of Queen Henrietta Maria from France. His choral works, ranging from the famous madrigal The Silver Swan, to grand verse and full anthems such as O clap your hands, are hauntingly beautiful and widely sung today.
04 June 2025 - 05 June 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
St John’s College Chapel
- Music
- Music Department
Royal Northern Sinfonia I – Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence
We launch our new, multi-season partnership with the North East’s world-class chamber orchestra with an evening rich emotions and vivid contrasts in bold, theatrical chamber music by three of Russia’s greatest composers.
10 October 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
- Music
- Music Department
John Snijders (piano): Iberian Nights
An evening of lyrical intimacy, full of infinite refinement, brought to you by two major composers to come out of Catalonia. Frederic Mompou has long been a well kept secret. His modest, highly personal music, often reminiscent of that of his friend Erik Satie is only now being recognised as one the true originals within the 20th century piano repertoire.
22 October 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
Svetlana Rudenko: Dreaming with Mixed Reality
Following their MUSICON debut in 2023, DreaMR (Dreaming with Mixed Reality) by Haunted Planet Studios return to Durham with their dizzying fusion of art, music and consciousness science.
19 November 2025
7:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Music Department, Palace Green
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
James Weeks: weatherworld quartets
We are delighted to welcome back the internationally-renowned Bozzini Quartet of Montreal to MUSICON for a special concert featuring the premiere of James Weeks’ major new work, weatherworld quartets.
25 November 2025
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
MUSICONversations I: Prof. Julian Horton: ‘How to compose a nineteenth-century symphony’
MUSICONversations is a new series of music appreciation evenings in which members of Durham’s renowned Music Department introduce music they love and would like to share with a wider audience. They will give a short introduction before playing a recording of the music, followed by time for reflection and conversation. No special musical knowledge is necessary to enjoy a MUSICONversation - we invite you to come and explore something new in the company of an expert guide.
19 January 2026
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Birley Room, Hatfield College
- Music
- Music Department
Richard Rijnvos: lettura del labirinto
MUSICON is thrilled to welcome virtuoso harpsichordist Jane Chapman to give the UK premiere of Richard Rijnvos’ major new work.
21 January 2026
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
Royal Northern Sinfonia II: Beethoven’s Septet
Royal Northern Sinfonia, directed by dynamic violinist Maria Włoszczowska, return for their second visit of the season in an evening of music packed full of wit, sparkle and passion.
23 January 2026
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
- Music
- Music Department