Concerts
The Lion Ballroom makes a lovely concert venue with seating for an audience of up to 100. There is an ongoing programme of mainly classical concerts featuring a wide range of musicians. To receive our Newsletter on our forthcoming events, please enter your email address in the box below, or look at the events calendar at the top of the page to see our forthcoming concerts.
2025 CONCERTS
Sunday 11th May 2025 3pm
Tom Durston-Smith - Baritone accompanied by Robert Green F.R.C.O.
1st Half
Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams:
The Sky Above The Roof Mabel Dearmer (from the French of Paul Verlaine)
Linden Lea W.Barnes
L’Amour De Moy 15th Century French Chanson
The Splendour Falls Alfred Lord Tennyson
Boy Johnny Christina Rossetti
Claribel Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Winter’s Willow W.Barnes (words in Dorset dialect)
Dreamland Christina Rossetti
Five Elizabethan songs by Ivor Gurney
Orpheus W.Shakespeare
Tears John Fletcher
Under the Greenwood Tree W.Shakespeare
Sleep John Fletcher
Spring Thomas Nashe
2nd Half
Dichterliebe Opus 48
A cycle of sixteen songs by Schumann
Poems by Heinrich Heine
1st half duration approx 40 minutes
2nd approx Duration 30 minutes
Tea served in interval.
Friday 13th June 2025 7.30pm
ENIGMA DUO
Laurence Kempton (violin)
Katherine Thomas (harp)
The Enigma Duo is a pairing of two top professional musicians who have well-established individual careers and who come together to perform works for this lovely combination of instruments. Laurence plays with Mid Wales Opera and Katherine is Principal Harp with the CBSO. The Duo will present a mixed programme of light classical and modern romantic music interspersed with some popular film music.
This concert forms part of the Leominster Festival.
Programme:
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Massenet Méditation from Thaïs
Arr. Enigma Duo Handel Goes Flying
Beatles And I Love Her
Williams Schindler’s List (Theme & Winter)
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Arr. Enigma Duo Tangos Canzones
Wiseman Tom’s Midnight Garden
Knopfler Under Milk Wood
Hess Ladies in Lavender (Fantasy & Theme)
Bizet/Drdla Carmen
Tickets: £20 (students half-price) from Leominster TIC on 01568 616460 and
The Courtyard, Hereford on 01432 340555 and online at https://www.courtyard.org.uk/events/enigma-duo-laurence-kempton-violin-katherine-thomas-harp-at-the-lion-ballroom/
Glass of wine/juice and savoury nibbles included.
Sunday 21st September 2025 3pm - 5pm
Details TBC
