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  • Past Seasons
    • 2019 - 2020 Season >
      • JOHN SUCHET Tchaikovsky - The Man Revealed - Thursday 10 October 2019
      • ELYSIUM BRASS QUINTET - Tuesday 12 November 2019
      • JOHN LENEHAN - piano - Sunday 12 January 2020
      • BELL STRING QUARTET - Wednesday 5 February 2020
      • CANCELLED - DUO ANTIPODES - Tuesday 17 March 2020
      • CANCELLED - THEO PLATT - KEVAL SHAH- Wednesday 29 April 2020
      • 2019 - 2020 Season Leaflet
    • 2018 - 2019 Season >
      • Season Leaflet
      • Jayson Gillham - piano - Tuesday 23 October 2018
      • The Ruisi Quartet - Tuesday 13 November 2018
      • The Lydian String - Sunday 13 January 2019 at 3pm
      • Solarek Piano Trio - Thursday 7 February 2019
      • Cristian Sandrin - piano - Tuesday 12 March 2019
      • Divertimenti String Quintet - piano - Wednesday 3 April 2019
    • 2017 - 2018 Season >
      • Season Leaflet
      • ENSEMBLE MIRAGE - Wednesday 4 October 2017
      • OLIVER WASS & LUBA TUNNICLIFFE (harp & viola) - Wednesday 22 November 2017
      • GUITARRISIMA (5 girls - 5 guitars, from Vienna)​ - Sunday 21 January 2018
      • GILDAS QUARTET - Tuesday 20 February 2018
      • POMEGRANATE PIANO TRIO - Tuesday 13 March 2018
      • MARTIN KASIK (piano) - Wednesday 18 April 2018
    • 2016 - 2017 Season >
      • Season Leaflet
      • FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET - 18th October 2016
      • MISHKA MOMEN - Tuesday 28th November 2016
      • RUTH SCHULTEN (WILLIAMS) AND FRIENDS
      • JAYSON GILLHAM
      • FUJITA PIANO TRIO
      • SHE’KOYOKH KLEZMER GROUP
    • 2015 - 2016 Season >
      • Season Leaflet
      • JOHN SUCHET - Wednesday 21 October 2015
      • GALLIARD WIND ENSEMBLE - Tuesday 24 November 2015
      • WERTHER ENSEMBLE - Thursday 28 January 2016
      • TOM POSTER - Tuesday 23 February 2016
      • JANE LINDSAY - JENNIFER HUGHES - Wednesday 16 March 2016
      • 4 GIRLS 4 HARPS - Thursday April 21 2016
    • 2014 - 2015 Season >
      • Season Leaflet 2014-2015
      • David Owen Norris - Tuesday 21st October 2014
      • Pomegranate Trio - Wednesday 26th November 2014
      • Herschel Baroque Trio - Thursday 22nd January 2015
      • Manus Noble - Wednesday 25 February 2015
      • Krysia Osostowicz, Daniel Tong - Tuesday 17 March 2015
      • Benyounes Quartet, David Campbell - Thursday 16 April 2015,
    • 2013 - 2014 Season >
      • Season Leaflet 2013-2014
      • Sacconi String Quartet - Tuesday 22 October 2013
      • Lara Melda - piano - Wednesday 27 November 2013
      • Students from the Purcell School - Tuesday 21st January 2014
      • She'Koyokh - Klezmer Group - Tuesday 25 February 2014
      • Chamber Philharmonic of Europe - Wednesday 19 March 2014
      • Lucy Hall - soprano & Gavin Roberts - piano - Thursday 10 April 2014
    • 2012 - 2013 Season >
      • HELEN & HARVEY DAVIES - Tuesday 16 October 2012
      • NATALIE CLEIN, KATYA APEKISHEVA - Wednesday 28 November 2012
      • PRIMAVERA ENSEMBLE - Tuesday 29 January 2013
      • JUDITH HALL and CRAIG OGDEN - Wednesday 20 February 2013
      • DANTE STRING QUARTET - Tuesday 12 March 2013
      • PETER FACER and CHRISTOPHER GUILD - Thursday 18 April 2013
      • Season Leaflet

Radlett Music Club History

Although there is evidence of concerts being put on in Radlett in the 1920s, the present constituted Radlett Music Club was started in 1936 by Margaret Goodman, a local violinist . The original aim was “to hold concerts during the winter season”. The initial subscription for the year was one guinea (£1.05) and the club continued until the Second World War called a halt to its progress. 

Revived after the war by Mrs M.A. Brittan and others, it began holding concerts at the Aldenham Lodge Hotel until that was demolished in 1964. Ten years later the club settled at the Radlett Hall, a small single-storey cinema converted into a village hall and which is now the Radlett United Synagogue. In 1996 our concerts transferred to the new, purpose -built Radlett Centre, a very well-appointed concert hall with superb facilities,
including tiered seating and a foyer bar.

The aim has been to have the widest possible appeal, so the concerts range from classical chamber ensembles to solo pianists and, occasionally, Sunday afternoon concerts suitable for all the family. The artistes are just as varied: many are young, yet already making names for themselves. Over the years the club has engaged many well-known musicians including Julian Bream, Dennis Brain and Jack Brymer. Recent seasons have seen concerts by Freddie Kempf, David Owen Norris, Julian Bliss, Yevgeny Sudbin and Tom Poster.

The club has had some distinguished Presidents. After the war, the composer Michael Head first took the helm. He was succeeded by the well-known conductor Norman del Mar and then the composer, conductor, musicologist and broadcaster, Antony Hopkins CBE. The club is also grateful for the valuable support it receives from its Patron, John Apthorp CBE.

Michael Stockbridge

Radlett and District Music Club - 1924 - 1925

As mentioned at the 2014 AGM, our concert organiser, Jim Parkin, has been investigating the early history of the club.  The initial results of this work, reports of the concerts from the Herts Advertiser, can be downloaded as a PDF file via the following link:
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