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 1 March, 7.00pm£15 (£12 for Friends of St Leonard’s)Orsay Ensemble ✦ Nathan Winters clarinetDvořák String quartet No 12 in F major (“The American”), Op 96
Mozart Clarinet quintet in A major, K581
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Saturday 15 March, 6.00pm£12 (£10 for Friends)Bohemian Café:
Sylvia Akagi singer/flautist ✦ Peter Golden singer/guitarist/composer
Classical, traditional, blues and original music
Sunday 23 March, 3.00pm£15 (£12 for Friends)Francis Grier pianoMozart Piano sonata in B flat, K333 & Piano sonata in D, K576
Schubert Piano sonata in D major, D850
Tuesday 1 April, 7.00pm(Free entry – donations invited)Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School A-level studentsWorks for voice, piano, violin, saxophone and organ (see poster below for details)
Saturday 5 April, 12 noon£15 (£12 for Friends)Penelope Turner mezzo ✦ Helen Crayford piano“The Lighter Side of Weill” Vintage cabaret songs by Weill, Britten, Poulenc and others
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Friday 18 April (Good Friday), 6.00pm(Collection)Shepway Singers“Holy Week music – from Palm Sunday to Easter” including works by Tchaikovsky, Williamson, Kodaly, Bruckner, Sanders, Lotti, Gesualdo, Victoria, Wesley and Stainer
Friday 9 May,
12 noon
£15 (£12 for Friends)Stephen Banfield organJS Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 ✦ Trio Sonata No 6 in G major, BWV530
Chorale Prelude on “Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr”, BWV662 ✦ Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV582
Saturday 31 May, 11.00am£12 (£10 for Friends)Ariodante Ensemble:
Sarah Hale soprano ✦ Stelios Chatziiosifidis violin/viola ✦ Anthony Halstead piano
Richard Strauss Morgen ✦ Haydn Cantata: Arianna a Naxos ✦ Hindemith Trauermusik
Brahms Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op 105 No 2 ✦ Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op 105, No 1
Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 100
Sunday
15 June, 3.00pm
£12Caritas Chamber Choir “Dawn to Dusk”: varied music from Tallis to Jonathan Dove
Saturday 28 June, 7.30pm£15 (£12 for Friends)Folkestone Choral SocietyGreat Choral Classics

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