In 2023 the music nights will be supported by a generous donation from the late Master Simon Kverndal.  Master Kverndal was a stalwart supporter of the Inn and a lover of music, amongst other things.  A Memorial Concert in June 2022 for Simon raised a significant sum which is being used to support all of the artists this year.

The 2023 theme will be “New and Emerging Talent”. Covid has badly affected the music industry and live performances basically ceased for two years. Those graduating from music colleges and conservatoires found their livelihoods and opportunities for performance seriously affected. 

WE WELCOME MASTER ROBERT-JAN TEMMINK KC AS MASTER OF MUSIC

Master Robert-Jan Temmink KC practices in Commercial and Chancery Law from Quadrant Chambers and succeeds Master Stanley Burnton who retired last year.

Having been a choral scholar in Cambridge, Master Temmink has performed with some of the finest choirs, ensembles and orchestras in the UK and abroad and, for twenty years until his singing retirement in 2017, was one of the professional singers comprising the choir of the Temple Church.

PERFORMERS & PERFORMANCES IN 2023

The pattern of music nights in 2023 will be similar to those in previous years, but each year in Master Temmink’s tenure will have a broad theme. 

Our first music night of the season will take place on 4 April and will be performed by the Ukranian pianist, Vitaly Pisarenko. He will play piano works around a theme of “Dances” including works by Liszt and Schumann.  Vitaly was the first prize winner of the Liszt piano competition in Utrecht and third prize winner of the Leeds International piano competition.  He has recently graduated from the Royal College of Music.

On 23 May we welcome the mezzo-soprano Lila Chrisp, a recent graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music and winner of the Garsington Opera Young Artist programme in 2022 and a previous AESS Courtney Kenny prize winner for English Song and Poetry.  She is currently undertaking two seasons with the Opera Studio of Theatre in Frieburg. Lila Chrisp is accompanied by Hamish Brown, a prize winner in the Copenhagen Lied-Duo competition, Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Wigmore Hall Song Competition, the Mozart Singing Competition and the Somerset Song Prize.  They will perform works by Schubert, Wolf, Korngold and Schoenberg under a programme called “Vienna Passions”.

The remaining two Music Nights will take place on 11 July and 20 November.  Artists and repertoire will be announced later this year.

Members – Benchers, Hall and Students – may attend Music Nights with guests.  Dinner for members is counted as an ordinary dining night. 

Early booking is always advised as tickets are limited.