What happened in our 2025-26 season

Friday, 19th September, 2025 at 7.30pm

Apollo Saxophone Quartet

Barnes Theatre & Foyer, Shrewsbury School
Friday, 10th October, 2025 at 7.30pm

Carducci String Quartet with baritone Roderick Williams

St Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury
Friday, 14th November, 2025 at 7.30pm

Meliora Collective

United Reformed Church, Shrewsbury
Thursday, 4th December, 2025 at 7.00pm

Ex Cathedra: Christmas by Candlelight

St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
Friday, 30th January, 2026 at 7.30pm

Celebrity International Piano Recital: Polina Osetinskaya

St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
Sunday, 22nd February, 2026 at 3.00pm

Acoustic Triangle

Maidment Building, Shrewsbury School
Friday, 6th March, 2026 at 7.30pm

Carducci String Quartet

Maidment Building, Shrewsbury School
Sunday, 8th March, 2026 at 3.00pm

SMT Sponsors: Nikita Lukinov plus Quintet

Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton
Friday, 24th April, 2026 at 7.30pm

Budapest Café Orchestra

Blackburn Theatre, Prestfelde School, Shrewsbury. NB: No parking at the school for this event. Please see full details.
Friday, 8th May, 2026 at 7.30pm

Carducci String Quartet with pianist Simon Callaghan

St Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury
Friday, 5th June, 2026 at 7.30pm

Ex Cathedra - A European Grand Tour Programme to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Dr Charles Burney

St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury

SMT Sponsors: Nikita Lukinov plus Quintet

A close-up of Nikita at the keyboard, his right hand plays whilst his left hand is suspended over the keys.

Nikita and Friends play Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Liadov, Stanchinsky and Scriabin

Please be advised of a change of programme notified January 2026.

Nikita’s outstanding performance in Shropshire last spring was followed by multiple live and studio recordings on BBC Radio 3. After extensive touring north of the border, he has marked himself out as one of the most exciting pianists based in Scotland.

He returns south with an ensemble to give us Grieg’s Piano Concerto in an exceptionally beautiful arrangement for piano and string septet. The programme will also include music by Tchaikovsky, Liadov, Stanchinsky and Scriabin.

Programme:

Tchaikovsky: excerpts from Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty

Liadov: prelude 1 op.11

Stanchinsky: 3 songs without words

Scriabin: Fantasy op.28

Grieg: Piano concerto in A minor Op.16, arranged for piano and string quintet

"Exceptional talent" - The Scotsman

TICKETS

Tickets: £16.00

Friends of Festival Drayton Centre: £13.50

Under 18: £5

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