Celebrity Concerts

The Celebrity Concerts section promotes six concerts each year. The concerts are mainly, but not always, of chamber music and during each season a variety of instrumental and voice groupings are offered, by national and international  musicians.
Season tickets available for Society members which give six concerts for the price of four.

Concerts are usually held at St Mary’s Creative Space on Wednesdays at 7.30 pm.

 

Clare Hammond Piano Concert

shows Clare Hammond, vituoso pianist, who has performed in Chester Music Society's Celebrity Conerts series

Date Wednesday 11th March 2026
Time 7.30 pm
Venue St Mary’s Creative Space
Tickets £20

Chopin Barcarolle, Op 60
Bacewicz Sonatina
Rachmaninov Etudes – Tableaux, Op. 33
Florence Price Fantasie Nègre, No. 1
Co-created by participants at HMP Featherstone with Michael Betteridge Shattered Freedom, Shards of Hope
Janacek In The Mists
Gershwin / Earl Wild Three Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin Nos. 4, 6 & 7

Acclaimed as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts” (Gramophone) and “immense power” (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances. She won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016. Last year saw her debuts at the BBC Proms, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Salle Bourgie in Montreal, and return visits to the Wigmore Hall, London’s National Gallery, and Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum. Clare has recorded a disc of concertos by Britten, Tippett and Walton with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass.

Tickets also available at the door on the night of the concert


Piano 4 Hands featuring Martin Roscoe & Nicola Eimer

This concert was postponed on 14 January and has been re-arranged for 16 September 2026

 
Nicola Eimer
Martin Roscoe
Date Wednesday 16 September 2026
Time 7.30 pm
Venue St Mary’s Creative Space
Tickets £20 (if you hold a ticket for this postponed concert in January 2026, they are valid for this concert )

Mozart Sonata in C K.521
Brahms 16 Waltzes Op. 39
Schubert Fantasy in F minor D.940
Debussy Petite Suite
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Faure Dolly Suite

During his illustrious career, Martin Roscoe has become one of the UK’s most loved and respected pianists. With his extensive repertoire, consummate musicianship and immediate connection with audiences, he is in great demand as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. He appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and has long-standing associations with many of the UK’s leading orchestras. He also performs widely across Europe, Canada, Australia and the Far East. Martin has a distinguished discography and is one of the most broadcast pianists on BBC radio. He is President of Chester Music Society.

A graduate of the Juilliard School, the British pianist Nicola Eimer has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, America and Asia. She was a prize winner at the Dudley, John Lill and the Royal Overseas League competitions, and was also a featured performer on the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform, leading to recitals and concerto performances across the UK, including St John’s Smith Square, The Barbican and Wigmore Hall.