The Hampstead Church Music Trust

04/01/2026

Our next concert! Kurtág 100: a concert performance of Hungarian legend György Kurtág’s visceral work ‘Kafka Fragments’ (soprano and violin) to celebrate the composer’s centenary year, with Rebecca Hardwick and Tamsin Waley-Cohen.

‘Kafka Fragments’ sets extracts of Kafka’s letters and diaries to music, in Kurtág’s economical abstract expressionist style. Written for soprano and violin, the music offers a combination echoing Kurtág’s roots in Hungarian folk music magnified through a contemporary classical lens, while addressing Kafka’s themes of existential angst, the human condition, and surrealist humour. Both the violin part and the soprano part are extreme showcases, and the concert is not to be missed.

06/12/2025

06/12/2025

Rehearsals in full swing and sounding glorious for tonight's Messiah - come join us! 7pm in Hampstead Parish Church

27/10/2025

Come and Sing the beautiful Requiem by Fauré with the Junior Choir of Hampstead Parish Church under the baton of Aidan Coburn.

23/10/2025

Charmian England’s support of the Trust has allowed us to support so many musical performances in the Hampstead area. It is wonderful to see her name linked with this recital which sounds unusual and very interesting!

22/10/2025

We are pleased to support The Hampstead Collective in their latest concert.

Our next concert, on Monday 3rd November, is a rare treat: a chance to hear some of the most favourite songs by Henry Purcell just as the composer wrote them, alongside the famous arrangements made of his songs by two of his most ardent 20th-century admirers - Britten and Tippett. Tenor and Countertenor soloists sing with both piano and harpsichord accompaniment.

21/10/2025

There are two more concerts left this year in the Hampstead Parish Church Organ Recital Series, which the trust is pleased to support. Make sure the dates are in your diary!

25/09/2025

This sounds like a wonderful programme!