John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes Britten Sinfonia Aldeburgh Festival 18 June 2026

John Woolrich: In the mirrors of asleep Ellie Blamires (flute), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Joseph Havlat (piano), Alessandro Ruisi (violin), Adrian Bradbury (cello) Sacconi Chamber Music Festival/Folkestone New Music Thursday 14 May The Grand, Folkestone photo: Chelsey Browne

Zoe Gilbert has written the words for John Woolrich's new song, Wood-wake: 'Hare’s ear pricks at danger nearing, Hears the trumpet of the dead....' James Gilchrist (tenor), Adrian Adlam (violin), Mark van de Wiel (bass clarinet) 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

John Woolrich: Watermark Adrian Adlam (violin) and Mark van de Wiel (bass clarinet) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Monday 16 February St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes Fay Sweet viola Martin Hughes conductor Lakeland Sinfonia Sunday 18th January Kendal Town Hall

Pierre Boulez's Notations and Incises played by Rolf Hind Folkestone New Music 7.30pm 11 December The Grand, Folkestone

Composer David Matthews at Folkestone New Music November 2025

John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation Claire Booth (soprano) and Jâms Coleman (piano) Holywell Music Room, Oxford Oxford International Song Festival 13 October 2025

Conlon Nancarrow Prelude & Blues (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere) Conlon Nancarrow Toccata (arr. John Woolrich) (LS commission, World Premiere) London Sinfonietta Jonathan Berman conductor Sat 11 Oct 2025 Teatro Juárez, Mexico

John Woolrich: Once there was not first performance of new songs with words by Zoe Gilbert Song in her hallways. Moonlight in her eaves. The elm hollows herself and subsides. Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 September The Grand, Folkestone

John Woolrich: Stendhal's Observation Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano) Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 25 September The Grand, Folkestone

John Woolrich: Unlit Suburbs '....quintessential Woolrich - filled with ghosts, shadowy half-heard reminiscences, and marked by a laconic, black humour.' Sarah Parkin (soprano) & Lara Dodds-Eden (piano) 7pm Thursday 4 September Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN

Canadian/French soprano Sarah Parkin is singing and talking about singing at Folkestone New Music 7pm 4 September Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN

Cecilia Livingston's Kalypso is 'about the Odyssey, but it’s also my own love letter to Harold Arlen’s Stormy Weather'. Sarah Parkin (soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano) Folkestone New Music 7pm 4 September Kollectiv, Folkestone CT20 1RN

This caricature of Schubert is attributed to his friend, Franz von Schober. The Salomé Quartet is playing Schubert's Quartettsatz: 7.30pm Friday 25 July Biggin Hall, Dover 7.30pm Saturday 26 July St Leonard’s Church, Hythe

Puccini's Crisantemi is an elegy for a friend. He composed it in 1890 in just one night. White chrysanthemums are a symbol of death in Italy. Salomé Quartet 7.30pm, Friday 25 July Biggin Hall, Dover 7.30pm, Saturday 26 July St Leonard’s Church, Hythe

'All the hallmarks that make John Woolrich’s music so alluring are evident in his string quartet ‘Ending Up’...a wistful lyricism tugged at by disruptive undercurrents.' Salomé Quartet 7.30pm 25 July Biggin Hall, Dover 7.30pm 26 July St Leonard’s Church, Hythe

Little Tich’s Big Boots routine inspired the second of Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet. Salomé Quartet 7.30pm 25 July Biggin Hall, Dover 7.30pm 26 July St Leonard’s Church, Hythe

Zephyr Wills is playing John Woolrich's Three Pieces for Viola. 7pm Thursday 12 June Kollectiv, 69 The Old High Street, Folkestone

Il parait que Frank Zappa avait 3 modèles dans la vie : Don Harris, Johnny Guitar "Watson" et Pierre Boulez. Fasciné par la musique et l'art de la direction du chef, il a composé pour lui et l'ensemble Intercontemporain "The Perfect Stranger" ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/qIc

You can hear Howard Skempton's 24 Preludes and Fugues, played by William Howard, at Folkestone New Music. 1pm Thursday 27 March The Grand, Folkestone

John Woolrich: Pianobook 7 William Howard (piano) 1pm Thursday 27 March The Grand, Folkestone

Marie Schreer (violin), Chloe Harrison (horn) and Milda Daunoraite (piano) play new music by Luca Zucchi, Adam Zolty and Alexander Papp 7.30pm Thursday 13 March Folkestone New Music The Grand, Folkestone

They Sing for the Composer https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/they-sing-for-the-composer

Debussy wrote his Sonata for flute, viola and harp in 1915. He wrote: "It is frightfully mournful and I don't know whether one should laugh or cry - perhaps both?” You can hear it, played by Ensemble Pelléas, at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 March Folkestone New Music The Grand, Folkestone

Hans Abrahamsen is coming to Folkestone. He will be interviewed by Philip Cashian before a concert, including his Horn Trio, played by Royal Academy of Music students coached by Hans for tonight’s event. 7.30pm Thursday 13 March Folkestone New Music The Grand, Folkestone

Ensemble Pelléas in Folkestone Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp John Woolrich: Favola in Musica III and music by Harrison Birtwistle, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Anna Clyne and much more. Folkestone New Music 7.30pm Thursday 6 March The Grand, Folkestone

Wiebke Pöpel’s ‘My Way’ -a film portrait of the German composer Helmut Lachenmann which explores his curiosity about death and the hereafter through references to natural life cycles: fires, rocks and forests. Folkestone New Music 7pm 27 February Kollectiv, Folkestone

An introduction to the music of Helmut Lachenmann. Mark Simpson will introduce and perform Dal Niente (Intérieur III), followed by a showing of Wiebke Pöpel’s award-winning film portrait of Lachenmann, 'My Way'. Folkestone New Music 7pm Thursday 27 February Kollectiv, Folkestone

Here are David Juritz and Adrian Bradbury playing a programme of Betsy Jolas, Ligeti and Ravel at Folkestone New Music.