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So we're delighted to help showcase what's going on at the brilliant Benslow Music and their raft of incredibly talented musicians.

Read on for the latest from one of Hitchin's jewels.

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Benslow Music presents its Autumn Concert Series:

Join us for an extraordinary array of local and international talent in September and October 2020.

We're delighted to present socially-distanced indoor performances by members of the London Symphony Orchestra, local horn player Ben Goldscheider, jazz star Marco Marconi, saxophonist Jonathan Radford, the Fitzwilliam and Coull String Quartets.

Sunday 27 September, 2.30pm and 5pm

LSO LOCAL

Jose Moreira (double bass)

Germán Clavijo (viola)

Sam Walton (marimba)

Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion

Arvo Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel

Eduard Pütz: Blues for Benni

Andy Akiho: Karakurenai

J S Bach: music for solo viola

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Thursday 1 October, 6pm and 8pm

Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Richard Uttley (piano)

Allan Abbott: Alla Caccia

Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F Major Op 17

Roxanna Panufnik: Sonnets without words (world premiere)

Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, iii (arr. Ben Goldscheider)

Jane Vignery: Horn Sonata Op 7

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Friday October, 2: 6pm and 8pm

Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Erskine: String Quartet No 8 in C minor

Wolf: Italian Serenade

Schubert: String Quartet in A minor D804

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Friday 9 October, 3pm

Coull String Quartet

Mozart: String Quartet in B flat K458 'The Hunt'

Villa Lobos: String Quartet No 1

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Monday 12 October, 8pm

Marco Marconi (Jazz Piano)

Thanks to his innovative style, international jazz pianist and composer Marco Marconi has earned a reputation as a class act on the British festival circuit, the Fazioli Concert Hall in Venice and the buzzing London Jazz Club scene.

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Thursday 15 October, 6pm and 8pm

Jonathan Radford (saxophone)

Ashley Fripp (piano)

Debussy: Prélude á l'après-midi d'un Faune

Yoshimatsu: Fuzzy Bird Sonata

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

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Please note ticket numbers will be limited due to social distancing in our concert hall.

Audience members, staff and stewards must wear face coverings inside our buildings and throughout the concert.

Drinks will be available to purchase from our fully licensed bar.

To book tickets visit our website or call us on 01462 459446.

Read Hitchin Nub News for more on the brilliant musicians at Benslow Music.