Welcome to our 2025-26 Season when we bring the best of chamber music to Perth for your enjoyment.
We offer a Season Subscription to all our concerts at a significant discount to the individual ticket prices. Details of this and our early-bird discount can be found here.
All our concerts take place in St John’s Kirk Perth.
| Mathilde Milwidsky violin Richard Uttley piano We open our season on 14 October with a violin and piano recital by Mathilde Milwidsky and Richard Uttley. In a wide ranging programme from 18th to 20th century the main works will be three sonatas by Mozart, Ravel, with its jazz inspired central movement, and the magnificent Brahms Violin Sonata No.3. o Mozart (1756-1791) – Sonata K. 305 o Skalkottas (1904-1949) – Sonatine No. 2 o Bacewicz (1909-1969) – Stained Glass Window o Ravel (1875-1937) – Sonata in G Major Interval o Lutoslawski (1913-1994) – Subito for violin and piano o Biber (1644-1704) – Passacaglia for solo violin o Brahms (1833-1897) – Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano |  |
 | Resol Quartet Eliette Harris violin I Annabel Kidd violin II Raphael Chinn viola Chloe Randall cello For a Sunday afternoon concert on 16 November we are pleased to welcome back the Resol Quartet who will be performing quartets by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. o Haydn (1732-1809) – Op. 74 No. 1 in C Major “Apponyi” o Mendelssohn (1809-1847) – Op. 80 in F Minor Interval o Beethoven (1770-1827) – Op. 59 No. 3 in C Major “Rasumovsky” |
| Kathleen Spencer clarinet Sam Haywood piano Another welcome returnee is Sam Haywood, whom many will remember fighting through the snow to give his Perth Concert Hall concert for us. On Friday 12 December at 7.30pm Sam is in solo piano by Chopin and with Kathleen Spencer in clarinet works including Sonatas by Poulenc and Brahms and Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces. o Schumann (1810-1856) – Fantasiestücke, Op 73 o Brahms (1833-1897) – E flat Sonata Interval o Geraldine Mucha (1917-2012) – Tempo di Mazurka o Chopin (1810-1849) – Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 o MacMillan (b1959) – From Galloway Solo Clarinet piece o Poulenc (1899-1963) – Sonata |  |
 | Liam Bonthrone tenor Benjamin Mead piano You are advised to book your season ticket early to make sure of hearing Perth’s favourite tenor son, Liam Bonthrone, who has a growing international reputation and is currently performing at Glyndebourne in Handel’s Saul and Wagner’s Parsifal. Liam returns in a song recital with Schumann’s Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love) song cycle and love songs by Robert Burns on 18 January. A Poet’s Love A Poet’s Love: a captivating journey through the many faces of love as told through the words of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, and echoed in the music of great classical composers. This intimate recital weaves together some of Burns’ most beloved romantic texts with a rich selection of songs by Robert and Clara Schumann, Muriel Herbert, Richard Strauss, and others. At its heart lies Schumann’s masterpiece Dichterliebe – a song cycle that mirrors Burns’ own lyrical intensity and emotional complexity. Rather than a simple tribute, this concert explores the love life of Robert Burns with candour and curiosity, painting a portrait of a man whose passions were as powerful as his pen. From playful flirtations to profound heartbreak, from the joyful to the darkly dramatic, the music offers a companionable reflection on the poet’s tumultuous affairs and enduring romantic spirit, documenting four of the most influential women in Burns’ life. Expect laughter, melancholy, and moments of lyrical beauty – all in celebration of love, language, and the lives behind the words. |
| Dudok Quartet Judith van Driel violin I Marleen Wester violin II Marie-Louise de Jong viola David Faber cello Visitors from Holland the Dudok Quartet return on 8 February in a programme of Mozart and Shostakovich introducing a quartet written for them by Joey Roukens. o Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quartet K575 o Joey Roukens (b1982) – String Quartet No 4 ‘What remains’ Interval o Shostakovich (1906-1975) – String Quartet No. 3 |  |
 | Robin Michael cello Anna Michels piano Our final concert of our 2025/26 season on 13th March features Robin Michael and Anna Michels. Robin is principal cello of the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, the French period instrument Orchestra Les Siècles and frequent guest with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Scottish-Dutch pianist Anna Michels has performed internationally as a soloist and collaborative pianist. She was one of the first students to be awarded a double bachelor degree from Maastricht Conservatoire in the Netherlands, studying both piano and music theory. Anna graduated from her Masters and Artist Diploma at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Head of Keyboard Aaron Shorr. A winner of many international prizes, Anna is a recipient of the Cross Trust and was awarded the Falkirk Civic Trust “Young Personality of the Year”. The programme is: o Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op.117 o Brahms Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op.38 Interval o Liszt La Lugubre Gondala S 200 (1882) o Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F Major Op.99 |