Festival
- For the box office, please call 0871 271 6169
There are three ticket types:
- Standard - £14 for the evenings, £10 for the afternoons
- Concession - £12 for the evenings, £8 for the afternoons
For Sacconi Friends and Patrons, senior citizens, registered unemployed, full-time students, under-16s and disabled
- Cavatina ticket - £3 for all concerts
For children and students aged 8-22, limited to 25 tickets per concert and kindly subsidised by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust
At present, to book online you must book for each concert individually. (If you want to avoid paying the 50p booking fee for each concert, please book your tickets through the phone number above.)
- For 2nd May 7.30pm, Sacconi Quartet, please click here
- For 3rd May 3pm, Matthew Rose and Gary Matthewman, please click here
- For 3rd May 7.30pm, Sacconi Quartet and Gary Matthewman, please click here
- For 4th May 3pm, Alea Quartet (winner of RCM 2008 String Quartet Prize), please click here
- For 4th May 7.30pm, Sacconi Quartet and Guy Johnston, please click here
If you would like to book for several concerts together, you may prefer to call the number above rather than booking online.
All other concerts and events during the festival are FREE.
- Download full festival brochure
- Download map with festival venues and car parking
- Download directions to St Mary & St Eanswythe Church
- Download details of the Festival Guided Tour of the Church
The full festival programme is as follows:
Friday 2nd May 2008, 7.30pm – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Sacconi Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in G, opus 54 no. 1
Vaughan Williams – String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
Ravel – String Quartet
Saturday 3rd May 2008, 11am – The Glassworks
Sacconi Quartet with Becky Brown and local school children
Dance Education Project Performance
Saturday 3rd May 2008, 3pm – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Matthew Rose and Gary Matthewman
Schubert – Wintereise
Friends & Patrons Reception – 5.30pm, The Glassworks
Saturday 3rd May 2008, 7.30pm – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Sacconi Quartet and Gary Matthewman
Haydn – String Quartet in C, opus 54 no. 2
Franck – Violin Sonata
Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor, opus 15
Sunday 4th May 2008, 11am – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Sacconi Quartet, Grenville Hancox, Christchurch Cantata
Sunday Morning Mass, to include Schubert – Mass in G, D167
Sunday 4th May 2008, 3pm – The Glassworks
Prize-winning Quartet from Royal College of Music
The quartet will be the winner of the RCM String Quartet Prize in March 2008
Hour’s Programme, to be confirmed
Sunday 4th May 2008, 4.45-6pm – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Festival Guided Tour of the Church
The Parish Church of SS Mary & Eanswythe, Folkestone is the oldest church in the town and Christian worship has been offered on or near the site since 630AD. This is a special Festival Guided Tour exploring the history of this wonderful old church followed by a light tea. Tickets cost £8 inclusive and places can be booked in advance by calling 01303 257 248. Numbers are limited to 25.
Festival Guided Tour of the Church
The Parish Church of SS Mary & Eanswythe, Folkestone is the oldest church in the town and Christian worship has been offered on or near the site since 630AD. This is a special Festival Guided Tour exploring the history of this wonderful old church followed by a light tea. Tickets cost £8 inclusive and places can be booked in advance by calling 01303 257 248. Numbers are limited to 25.
Sunday 4th May 2008, 7.30pm – St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church
Sacconi Quartet and Guy Johnston
Haydn – String Quartet in E, opus 54 no. 3
Imogen Holst – String Quintet
Schubert – String Quintet in C, D 956
For enquiries about the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival, please email 
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