1982/83 – 2001/02

1982/83                  
    • Imogen Cooper & Anne Queffelec (piano duet)
    • Gillian Sansom (cello) & Roger Vignoles (piano)
    • New London Wind Ensemble
    • The English Concert with Trevor Pinnock
    • Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) & Clifford Benson (piano)
1983/84                   
    • Michala Petri Trio (recorder, cello, harpsichord)
    • Capricorn Ensemble (mixed ensemble)
    • Alban Berg Quartet (string quartet)
    • Patricia Wright (soprano) & Stuart Buchanan (piano)
    • Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet) & Clifford Benson (piano)
1984/85                   
    • Cécile Ousset (piano)
    • Songmakers’ Almanac
    • Maurice Bourgue (oboe) & Colette Kling (piano)
    • New London Singers and St Paul’s Wind Quartet
    • Maurice Hasson (violin) & Ian Brown (violin)
1985/86                  
    • Carlos Bonell Ensemble (3 guitars, flute & percussion)
    • Michael Collins (clarinet) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
    • Alexander Baillie (cello) & Piers Lane (piano)
    • Takacs Quartet (string quartet)
    • Tamas Vasary (piano)

Tonbridge in 1986

Sunday 27th April 1986 

The Hastings to London line became an electrified service.  Travelling to and from London for concerts became far easier.

 

Also In 1986…

    • Saturday 26th April – Explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
    • The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • Hands Across America – approximately 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to create a continuous human hand chain from California to New York.
    • Lady Gaga was born.
    • Alex Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United football club.
    • Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California
1986/87                  
    • Chilingirian Octet (strings)
    • Allegri Singers
    • Concertone ??
    • Igor Ozim (violin) & Alan Brown (piano)
    • Manning Trio
1987/88                  
    • Borodin String Quartet
    • Ju Hee Suh (piano)
    • Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)
    • Shaun Sellings & Angela Moore ??
    • Guildhall String Ensemble
1988/89                  
    • Heinrich Schiff (cello) & Roger Vignoles (piano)
    • Hagen String Quartet
    • Huw Rhys-Evans (tenor) & Katharine May (piano)
    • New London Singers
    • Nash Ensemble (mixed ensemble)
1989/90                  
      • (Coming soon!)
1990/91                  
      • Sungsic Yang (violin) 
      • Pepys Singers
      • London Brass (brass ensemble)
      • Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Anthony Rooley (lute)
      • Gaudier Ensemble (mixed ensemble)
1991/92                  
      • Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
      • Gary Karr (double bass)
      • Brian Rayner Cook (baritone) & Clifford Benson (piano)
      • Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (recorder quartet)
      • Domus Piano Quartet (piano, violin, viola, cello)
1992/93                  
      • Britten Quartet (string quartet)
      • Joyful Company of Singers with Gabriel Woolf (actor)
      • Daniel Trio
      • New London Consort with Philip Pickett (Renaissance and Baroque music ensemble)
      • Nash Ensemble (mixed ensemble)
1993/94                  
      • Steven Isserlis (cello) & Ian Brown (piano)
      • Albion Ensemble (wind ensemble)
      • Nicola Hall (guitar)
      • Gina McCormack (violin) & Nigel Clayton (piano)
      • Empire Brass (brass quintet)
1994/95                  
      • Radu Lupu (piano)
      • Endellion String Quartet
      • King’s Consort (period ensemble) with James Bowman (countertenor)
      • Apollo Saxophone Quartet
      • Medici String Quartet with John Bingham (piano)
      • Rosalind Shanks (actress) & David Swift (actor)
1995/96                  
      • Julian Bream (guitar)
      • The Finzi Singers
      • Collegiate Wind Ensemble
      • Trio Sonnerie (violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord)
      • Raphael Ensemble (string sextet)
      • William Bennett (flute) & Clifford Benson (piano)
1996/97                  
      • Emma Johnson (clarinet) & John Lenehan (piano)
      • Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (recorder quartet)
      • Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano)
      • Petersen Quartet (string quartet)
      • Nash Ensemble (mixed ensemble)
1997/98                 
      • Joanna MacGregor (piano)
      • Florestan Trio (violin, cello & piano)
      • Vellinger String Quartet
      • I Fagiolini (vocal ensemble)
      • The Hanover Harmonie (wind ensemble)
1998/99                  
      • Tasmin Little (violin) & Piers Lane (piano)
      • Ensemble Bash (percussion ensemble)
      • Pascal Rogé (piano)
      • Collegiate Wind with Richard Stilgoe (songwriter & broadcaster)
      • Steven Isserlis (cello)
      • Medici String Quartet with David Swift (actor)
1999/2000                  
      • John Lill (piano)
      • New London Consort (Renaissance and Baroque music ensemble) with Philip Pickett (conductor)
      • Vanbrugh String Quartet with Louise Hopkins (cello)
      • Christopher Maltman (baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
      • David Pyatt (horn), Janice Graham (violin) & Martin Jones (piano)
      • Hausmusik of London (string quartet)
2000/01                 
      • Radu Lupu (piano)
      • Casals String Quartet
      • London Winds
      • Joyful Company of Singers
      • Leopold String Trio & Ian Brown (piano)
      • London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble
2001/02                  
      • Florestan Trio (violin, cello & piano)
      • Mark Steinberg (violin) & Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
      • The Wallace Collection (brass ensemble)
      • The Lindsays (string quartet)     
      • The King’s Consort (early music ensemble)
      • Fibonacci Sequence (chamber ensemble)
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