Hear it Live!
13 August, 3.30pm – Gallery Square
Returning by popular demand, Solid Steel brings you a live steelpan performance on the Bandstand! A special hour-long performance as part of our 125th Birthday.
Please note that this event was previously scheduled for the Bandstand, but will be moved indoors because of the extreme temperatures forecast.
10 September, 3.30pm – Gallery Square
Renowned London-based Palestinian oud player Saied Silbak performs a masterful fusion of Arabic, Turkish, Indian, jazz, and Western classical influences.
About Hear it Live!
Hear it Live! often includes performances on our four historical keyboard instruments, three of which, from the former Finchcocks Musical Museum, were restored to playing condition thanks to National Lottery funding.
The instruments are:
- A rare surviving example of a signed Neapolitan virginals by Onofrio Guarracino, 1668;
- A beautifully-preserved square piano by Adam Beyer, London, 1777;
- A 1772 Kirckman harpsichord; and
- A handsome English chamber organ, possibly by Joseph Beloudy, London, c.1800.
Find details of previous performances you can still watch below.
Watch one of the previous performances
- Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez and Sonia Hrechorowicz on the Cello and Kirkman harpsichord
- Grifton Forbes-Amos and Kian Cardenas on the guitar and trumpet
- Bantu Arts on the talking drums
- Linda Nicholson on the 1777 Beyer square piano
- Stephan Farr plays the English chamber organ
- Robin Bigwood performs on the Italian virginals
- Performance by Callum Anderson playing the English chamber organ
- Performance by Dominika Maszczyńska playing the square piano
- Performance by Linda Nicholson playing the Kirkman harpsicord
- Performance by Linda Nicholson playing the square piano
- Performance by Callum Anderson playing the 1772 Kirckman harpsichord
- Performance by Dominika Maszczyńska playing the 1772 Kirckman harpsichord
- Performance by Josef Laming on the virginals
- Performance by Steven Devine, At Home with the Horniman (part 2)
- Performance by Steven Devine, At Home with the Horniman (part 1)
- Performance by Masumi Yamamoto on the harpsichord
- Performance by Rebeca Omordia on the square piano
- Performance by Marilyn Harper on the organ
- Performance by Katarzyna Kowalik on the square piano
The Hear It Live! recordings were made possible through the generosity of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
