Concerts

Concerts during 2025

Concerts planned by the Friends of St Leonard’s Church during 2025 are listed in the leaflet (downloadable below) and also below. (Posters for previous concerts are displayed on the Archive page.)

Tickets usually available from: 

  • Brandon’s Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe CT21 5AD | 01303 264429
  • Open Door Project, 101 High Street, Hythe CT21 5DP | 01303 262370
  • Online from this website
  • Church door prior to each concert
  • Free admission to those under 18

Car parking and access to the church

If using satnav to reach the church or car park, use postcode: CT21 5DN. A church car park with limited space is located to the east of the building.

Access to the building for those with limited mobility (and unable to climb steps through main (south) door porch) can be arranged through the tower (west) door of the church.

Date & timePricesPerformersProgramme
Saturday 26 July, 7.00pm£15Salomé QuartetPurcell – Chacony in G minor
Puccini – Crisantemi
Nielsen – At the bier of a young artist
Woolrich – Ending Up
Shostakovich – Adagio and Allegretto
Stravinsky – Three Pieces
Webern –Langsamer Satz
Friday 1 August, 6.00pm£15 (£12 for Friends)Charles Francis – organFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy –Paulus, op. 36 – Overture (Transcription by William T. Best)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – A Midsummer’s Night Dream, op 16 –Nocturne 
Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces
Robert Schumann – 6 Studien für den Pedal-Flügel, op. 56
Healey Willan – Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, op. 149
Friday 15 August, 6.00pm£15 (£12 for Friends)Ivan Hovorun – pianoLiszt – Dante Sonata 
Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit
Fauré – Pavane & Sicilenne 
Scriabin – Piano Sonata No 9
Saint-Saëns – Danse macabre (transcription by Horowitz)