UPCOMING EVENTS:
SATURDAY 6th JUNE, 2026 (SOUTHAMPTON):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.30pm, Saturday 6th June 2026 at Turner Sims, Southampton
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE, 2026 (BARNSTABLE):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.00pm, Wednesday 10 June 2026 at the Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
FRIDAY 12th JUNE, 2026 (BRISTOL):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.30pm, Friday 12 June 2026 at St George’s, Bristol
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
SATURDAY 13th JUNE, 2026 (CARDIFF):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.30pm, Saturday 13 June 2026 at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
THURSDAY 18th JUNE, 2026 (YSTRADGYNLAIS):
WELSH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Ystradgynlais
7.30pm, Thursday 18 June 2026 at The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, Wales (7.00pm pre-concert talk)
PROGRAMME:
Sarah Frances Jenkins New Work (WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE)
Haydn Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’
Morfydd Owen Threnody
Mozart Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
THURSDAY 18th JUNE, 2026 (MOLD):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.00pm, Thursday 18 June 2026 at Theatre Clwyd, Mold
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
FRIDAY 19th JUNE, 2026 (Builth Wells):
WELSH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Builth Wells
7.30pm, Friday 19 June 2026 at Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, Wales
PROGRAMME:
Sarah Frances Jenkins New Work
Haydn Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’
Morfydd Owen Threnody
Mozart Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
FRIDAY 19th JUNE, 2026 (BANGOR):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
7.00pm, Friday 19 June 2026 at Pontio Arts Centre, Bangor
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
SATURDAY 20th JUNE, 2026 (NEWTOWN):
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: Summertime Soiree Tour 2026
3.00pm, Saturday 20 June 2026 at The Hafren, Newtown
PROGRAMME:
Schumann Genoveve Overture
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Sarah Frances Jenkins The Coming of Night
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 Reformation
FRIDAY 24th JULY, 2026 (RWCMD, CARDIFF):
WELSH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: RWCMD, Cardiff
7.00pm, Friday 24 July 2026 at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
PROGRAMME:
Sarah Frances Jenkins New Work
Haydn Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’
Morfydd Owen Threnody
Mozart Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
SATURDAY 25th JULY, 2026 (LLANELLI):
WELSH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Llanelli
4.00pm, Saturday 25 July 2026 at St St Elli's Church, Llanelli, Wales
PROGRAMME:
Sarah Frances Jenkins New Work
Haydn Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’
Morfydd Owen Threnody
Mozart Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
PAST EVENTS:
2026
22nd January 2026: Robert Plane and The Gould Piano Trio at Kettle’s Yard
Performance of Shivelight for Clarinet and Piano https://www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/new-music-robert-plane-and-the-gould-piano-trio/
2025
25th October 2025: Odyssey Ensemble at Sinfonia Smith Square
Performance of The Lark Ascending (arranged for piano quintet by Sarah Frances Jenkins) and Wounded Wings https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/odyssey-ensemble/
27th June 2025: RCM Wind Ensemble perform Ammil
https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3094261
15th June 2025: The Fingersmith Collective premiere ‘Seasons of a Tree’
14th June 2025: Hangsong Summer Music Festival, South Korea
Nick Thompson (Clarinet) and Minji Kim (Piano) perform ‘Shivelight’
24th May 2025: Odyssey Ensemble & Elena Urioste at Kings Place
World Premiere: ‘Things I carried’ (Music: Sarah Frances Jenkins, Sound Design: Noah Lawson)
22nd April 2025: Raj Bhaumik (clarinet) and Qden Blaauw (piano) perform Shivelight at Southwark Cathedral
8th March 2025: Live broadcast of the premiere of BBC Radio 3’s commission for International Women’s Day 2025, ‘I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself’ for solo piano on the ‘Saturday Morning’ programme with Tom Service.
2024
23rd November 2024: Nicholas Morris premieres ‘Lux et Umbra’ for organ at Queens College Chapel, Cambridge.
7th September 2024: The Manukau Symphony Orchestra premiere ‘The Coming of Night (Orchestral Version)’ at the Due Drop Events Centre, South Auckland, New Zealand
26th August 2024: Premiere of ‘Dancing with Playford’ at the 2024 Presteigne Festival Finale Concert
24th July 2024: The Marian Consort premiere ‘Halfway to Zenith’ (Royal Philharmonic Society commission) at the Ryedale Festival 2024.
9th July 2024: Fenella Humphreys performs ‘Tincture at the Skies’ at Oxford Festival of the Arts
26th June 2024: Fenella Humphreys performs ‘Tincture at the Skies’ at 1901 Arts Club, London
22nd June 2024: The Oxford Symphony Orchestra premiere ‘The Holloway’
5th June 2024: Sinfonia Cymru Curates perform ‘The Lonely Tree of Llyn Padarn’ at All Saints Church, Penarth
4th June 2024: Sinfonia Cymru Curates perform ‘The Lonely Tree of Llyn Padarn’ at the Riverfront, Newport
2nd May 2024: Nick Thomposon performs US premiere of ‘Shivelight’ at Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan
2023
14th October 2023: St Albans Symphony Orchestra perform ‘And the Sun Stood Still’
28th August 2023: Robert Plane and the Presteigne Festival Orchestra premiere ‘The First Swallow (Clarinet and String Orchestra Version)’
25th August 2023: Mathilde Milwidsky, Alexei Watkins and Ivana Gavrić premiere ‘The Lonely Tree of Llyn Padarn’ at the Presteigne Festival.
30th July 2023: Robert Plane and the Gould Piano Trio premiere ‘Gaia’ at the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
10th June 2023: Jack Hancher performs ‘Veiled Dawn’ at the Hertfordshire Festival of Music