Our popular series of informal recitals at our Snape Maltings showroom returns for 2026!
Each concert will last approximately 30 minutes and refreshments will be served after the performance. Admission is free and there is no need to book tickets.
View the full programme below...
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NEXT MONTH'S EVENT
Saturday 21 March 2026 at 12:00
PEARL IN THE EGG
Medieval Duo
Celebrate Early Music Day with the ensemble that brings history to life, through their performances of Medieval, Tudor and Elizabethan music.
Admission free, no tickets required. All welcome!
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COMING UP LATER IN 2026...
Thursday 23 April 2026 at 12:00
DANIEL MURPHY
Lute & Theorbo
A programme exploring music for the lute, theorbo and baroque guitar from celebrated Norfolk-based lutenist Daniel Murphy (Bellot Ensemble, Flutes & Frets).
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Wednesday 27 May at 12:00
JORGE JIMÉNEZ
Baroque Violin
Curiosa: Lost and Found Tunes – A musical cabinet of curiosities: lost and found tunes passed between centuries, hands and hearts.
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Wednesday 24 June 2026 at 12:00
FINN COLLINSON
Recorders
Byway – traditional and original folk tunes, based on historical dance structures, and inspired by nature and place.
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Friday 17 July at 12:00
LIZZIE GUTTERIDGE
'Consort of 1'
Fortune's Wheels – with a bundle of instruments and her live-looping gear, Lizzie Gutteridge calls in at The Early Music Shop as she tours East Anglia on her bamboo cycle.
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Friday 14 August at 17:00
LIZ PAGE & FRIENDS
Recorders
An extra recital to mark Recorder31, our annual celebration of the recorder! Liz and friends will perform a mixed programme of music for recorder consort.
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Wednesday 26 August 2026 at 17:00
LOOM
Olivia Petryszak (recorder) & Jonno Gaze (percussion)
Drawing eclectically from folk, experimental and improvised music, the duo weaves together contrasting traditions into new and unfamiliar soundworlds.
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Wednesday 16 September at 12:00
JENNIE CASSIDY, STEPHEN CASSIDY & DAVID FERGUSON
Sackbuts, with Voice & Recorder
A programme exploring the versatility of the sackbut in Renaissance music.
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Wednesday 14 October 2026 at 12:00
CAROLYN GIBLEY
Harpsichord
French harpsichord music from the 17th and 18th centuries, including works by both Louis and François Couperin.
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Wednesday 4 November at 12:00
MELANIE WOODCOCK
Cello
Programme to include baroque cello music by J S Bach and others.
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Friday 18 December 2026 at 12:00
JOY SMITH
Early Harps
Joy returns to The Early Music Shop with a programme of historical, Celtic, and festive music performed on a range of early harps.
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WHAT'S IT LIKE?
View this live-streamed video from our concert in April 2024 with Flutes & Frets to see what our informal recital series is like...
Many of our recitals are live-streamed on our Instagram account either in part or in full, so if you can't join us in person, do follow us on Instagram so you don't miss out!
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
Click here to be reminded of our past events. For our first two seasons we were entertained by music from medieval to contemporary on a wide range of instruments including recorder, harpsichord, viol, lute, serpent, baroque flute, theorbo, harp, hurdy gurdy, cello and more!