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 & time | Prices | Performers | Programme |
| Saturday 1 March, 7.00pm | £15 (£12 for Friends of St Leonard’s) | Orsay Ensemble ✦ Nathan Winters clarinet | Dvořák String quartet No 12 in F major (“The American”), Op 96 Mozart Clarinet quintet in A major, K581 Buy tickets below |
| 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 piano | Mozart 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 students | Works 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 Buy tickets below |
| 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 organ | JS 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 | £12 | Caritas Chamber Choir | “Dawn to Dusk”: varied music from Tallis to Jonathan Dove |
| Saturday 28 June, 7.30pm | £15 (£12 for Friends) | Folkestone Choral Society | Great Choral Classics |
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