As dusk falls over Brompton Cemetery, step through the gates for an unforgettable evening of music among the dead. Set in the cemetery chapel, this unforgettable concert explores love, memory and mortality through three masterpieces of string quartet repertoire.
Anton Webern’s luminous Langsamer Satz captures a fleeting moment of youthful love, preserved like a cherished memory before time can claim it. Leoš Janáček’s searing Kreutzer Sonata, inspired by Tolstoy’s dark tale of jealousy and murder, is one of classical music’s most gripping psychological dramas, where passion and violence become fatally entwined. Béla Bartók’s revolutionary Fourth String Quartet completes the evening by dissolving the boundaries between the human and the natural world, its strange, spectral soundscape suggesting nature’s quiet reclamation of all things.
An atmospheric concert in one of London’s most beautiful cities of the dead. Remember, you haven’t heard classical music until you’ve heard it performed by candlelight in a cemetery, surrounded by 30,000 eavesdropping corpses.
Tickets £20 including a delightful gin cocktail.
The Idalia Quartet
Initially formed at the Royal College of Music Junior Department in 2022, the Idalia Quartet is comprised of scholarship students currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music. They have performed at Wigmore Hall and gave the UK premiere of Steven Goss’ guitar quintet ‘Wynwood Walls’ in February 2023. In October 2024, they will make their debut as part of the Academy Manson Ensemble, performing a completely contemporary programme which will include the world premiere of ‘Substrata’ by Andrea Balency-Béarn and the UK premiere of Abracadabra (Suncatchers) for 11 virtuosi by Augusta Read Thomas in the prestigious Duke’s Hall.
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
|
Memory, Murder & Metamorphosis
A Torchlit Walk and Candlelit Concert in the Cemetery |
19:00 - 21:00 | £22.00 |
Address
Brompton Cemetery Chapel, North gate off Old Brompton Road, South gate off Fulham Road, London, SW5 9JE
Nearest Station
West Brompton (Tube)
Getting there
1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight WFL Media Ltd and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.