Events Archive

The Rudolf Kempe Society presented concerts, Songs of Apollo word and music programmes, young artists’ recitals and master classes, most of them at the Kempe Studio at The Muses, 58 Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Society closed in 2021: this is the archive of its events from 2014 onwards, with their programmes, performers and posters. There are no future events.

Each season brought a Lenten programme (Counterpoints to Lent, The Seven Last Words), a birthday concert each June in memory of Rudolf Kempe, poetry evenings (Poetry is Life), song recitals by young singers from the Festival of Young Voices and the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, and master classes. Actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company and the stage – among them Dame Judi Dench, Timothy West and Penny Downie – shared the platform with the Bergonzi Quartet, the Bacanu Quartet and many distinguished and young musicians. Select a performer, composer or theme at the foot of the page to see every event they took part in.