05 March 2026 Join us for an intimate conversation with world-renowned baritone Sir Thomas Allen 07 March 2026 Join us as we delve into some of the wonderful choral highlights in Bach’s St John Passion. 07 March 2026 Benjamin Britten’s much-loved Noye’s Fludde opens this year’s Barnes Music Festival 08 March 2026 Acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little adjudicates outstanding young performers to choose this year’s Barnes Young Musician of the Year 08 March 2026 For the Barnes Music Festival, Gyles Brandreth is bringing Henry Fielding back to Barnes, retelling the story of Tom Jones 08 March 2026 Fieri Consort are acclaimed for their vivid and imaginative interpretations of renaissance and early baroque music 09 March 2026 Join Henry Chandler and John Paul Ekins for an intimate recital 10 March 2026 Renowned organist Darius Battiwalla, presents a dazzling programme spanning Baroque to 20th-century French music 10 March 2026 Join us for a vibrant evening where great music meets great hospitality in one of Barnes’ most characterful pubs 10 March 2026 Trio Bohémo has become a force on the international chamber music scene 11 March 2026 Formed in 2020, Natrio is a award-winning trumpet trio renowned for exploring both modern and natural trumpets 11 March 2026 Barokksolistene is now recognised as one of the world’s most dynamic and exciting groups working in the field of historically informed performance 11 March 2026 The Schools Concert is the culmination of a creative project with local primary schools 11 March 2026 The Alehouse Sessions is an ever changing and evolving insight into the music of the English 17th Century tavern 12 March 2026 Benjamin Markovic is joined by soprano Daisy Livesey for a richly coloured programme spanning late-Romantic to early modernist song 12 March 2026 Award-winning choir Tenebrae is described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine) 13 March 2026 Join us for a service of Choral Evensong recorded for broadcast on the BBC on the 20th March 13 March 2026 In honour the great ballet dancer Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet and Barnes resident 13 March 2026 When the lights are turned off, your hearing is heightened and the music sounds better than ever 13 March 2026 A mix of both contemporary and more classic jazz standards from the Great American and Latin songbooks 14 March 2026 Garsington Opera’s Adult Company present a semi-staged performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s first major hit 15 March 2026 Gather your family and friends to sing your heart out 15 March 2026 Join Barnes Concert Band as they perform a diverse programme celebrating musical roots 15 March 2026 Brahms’ German Requiem is a work of profound consolation, offering hope and reflection 16 March 2026 Owen Elsley and Paul Greally present a programme of English and Australian song for tenor and piano 16 March 2026 Discover the man behind the broadcasts: Alan Titchmarsh, renowned British gardener, author and presenter on Classic FM 17 March 2026 The Delphine Trio brings together three passionate young musicians from all around the globe 17 March 2026 This recital traces musical roots across borders, politics, and time 17 March 2026 Barnes Community Choir are thrilled to be back at the Barnes Music Festival 18 March 2026 Prize-winning Catalan cellist Gerard Flotats is a versatile young musician and winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Competition 18 March 2026 Aurora Orchestra makes its debut at the Barnes Music Festival with a chamber concert featuring its Principal Players 19 March 2026 Step into a colourful musical adventure where toddlers discover sounds from across the globe 19 - 19 December 2025 We are delighted to have the brilliant young musicians from the Menuhin School return to the festival 19 March 2026 In An English Song Winterreise, acclaimed baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Christopher Glynn reimagine Schubert’s classic song cycle 20 March 2026 internationally acclaimed British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor presents a recital tracing the evolution of Romantic piano 20 March 2026 Presenting a rare alchemy on their trio debut, fusing folk idioms from a multitude of sources with free-flowing interplay and fluid structures 21 March 2026 This celebratory concert brings together works from many of the composers who have lived and worked in Barnes 22 March 2026 Two of the most significant programmes showing the roots of popular music on Ragtime and The Beatles 22 March 2026 Join us for the final celebratory event of the Barnes Music Festival
Pre-festival event - An Evening with Sir Thomas Allen
Come & Sing – Bach St John Passion (in English) with Hilary Campbell
Opening Concert – Britten Noyes Fludde
Barnes Young Musician of the Year Final
Tom Jones - the opera - A celebration of Henry Fielding & Edward German with Gyles Brandreth & Stefan Bednarczyk
Fieri Consort Freeing the Muse on International Women’s Day
Henry Chandler & John Paul Ekins - Beethoven, Messiaen, Clara Schumann & Prokofiev
Organ Recital – Darius Battiwalla (City of Leeds)
Music & Food
Trio Bohémo Barnes Music Society Concert
Natrio Trumpet Trio Supported by Musicians Company
Purcell’s Playground - Barokksolistene & Rowan Pierce
Schools Concert - Roots and Resonance
Alehouse Sessions - Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistine
Benjamin Markovic & Daisy Livesey Song Recital – Berg & Britten
Tenebrae Associate Artists
BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong with Tiffin Choirs
In celebration of Ninette de Valois
Music in the Dark
Late Night Jazz – Emile Hinton Trio
Garsington Opera Company Trial by Jury
Singalong Disney with Ben Parry & St Paul’s Choirs
Barnes Concert Band
Brahms German Requiem
Finzi & Australia Song Owen Elsley & Pauk Greally
Music & Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh
Delphine Trio - Beethoven, Nørgård and Brahms
Katarzyna Kowalik harpsichord – Scarlatti & Handel
Barnes Community Choir
Gerard Flotats cello
Aurora Orchestra Principals
Toddlers Concert, Children’s musical Adventures
Menuhin School
Roderick Williams – An English Song Winterreise
Benjamin Grosvenor
Za Górami
Final Gala Concert
Tony Palmer film – Story of Popular Music Ragtime + Beatles
Festival Choral Evensong – St Mary’s & St Michael’s Choir
From Saturday 7 March to Sunday 22 March 2026
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