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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
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
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green
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
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
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
MUSICON is thrilled to welcome virtuoso harpsichordist Jane Chapman to give the UK premiere of Richard Rijnvos’ major new work.
21 January 2026
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
09 February 2026
Musica Antica Rotherhithe present cantatas and extracts from operas written for Venice’s public theatres in the mid-seventeenth century, many of which have lain unperformed for over 350 years.
17 February 2026
Elvet Methodist Church
GemArts and Durham University launch this year’s Indian Spring Colours concert series with ‘Resonance - Ode to Call of the Valley' , inspired by the legendary creations Call of the Valley and Valley Recalls, immortalised by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor).
20 February 2026
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Department of Music, Palace Green
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