
Concerts
Depending on repertoire, the Zoffany draws on the following players:
Violin: Manon Derome | Ciaran McCabe | Michael Trainor
Viola: Gary Pomeroy | Douglas Paterson | Rachel Roberts | Sarah-Jane Bradley
Cello: Anthony Pleeth | Joely Koos
Double Bass: Lynda Houghton | Enno Senft
Flute: Karen Jones
Clarinet: Anthony Pike
French Horn: Roger Montgomery
Bassoon: Andrea de Flammineis
Piano: Simon Callaghan
Why audiences love hearing the Zoffany Ensemble...
Manon’s talent for creating interesting programmes that combine popular pieces with lesser-known works that are nonetheless crowd-pleasing, has enabled the ensemble to be received with standing ovations and critical acclaim.
The ensemble has also received enthusiastic reviews and support from some of the industry’s leading influencers, including radio presenter Catherine Bott and The Strad, whose Tim Homfray wrote 'there was a happy sweep to the first movement and great lyricism in the following Adagio, with fine playing from violinist Manon Derome and cellist Anthony Pleeth... it had the feeling of music-making among friends…the high-spirited finish had the audience cheering.'
After one of their Brighton Festival concerts at the Chapel Royal, Simon Jenner wrote '… The Zoffanys are sovereign performers, and this stands with the best chamber concerts I’ve heard at this venue. I’d have said the same hearing them at the Wigmore Hall'
2026
FOUNDLING MUSEUM: CHILDREN'S CONCERTS
18 April 2026
Time: 11:00–12:00 concert, followed by family workshops in the afternoon
Suggested age: 5–12
Programme:
• André Caplet: Conte Fantastique after Edgar Allan Poe, for harp, narrator and string quartet (1908)
• Paddington’s First Concert, arranged for the same ensemble
Narrator: Helena Korner
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AZ
FOUNDLING MUSEUM: CHILDREN'S CONCERTS
19 April 2026
Time: 11:00–12:00 concert, followed by family workshops in the afternoon
Suggested age: 5–12
Programme:
• André Caplet: Conte Fantastique after Edgar Allan Poe, for harp, narrator and string quartet (1908)
• Paddington’s First Concert, arranged for the same ensemble
Narrator: Helena Korner
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AZ
CHAPEL ROYAL BRIGHTON
19 May 2026 1.10PM
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Mozart: Quintet in A major, K. 581
CONWAY HALL SUNDAY CONCERTS
24 May 2026 6.30PM
Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K.515
Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat major Op. 18
ZOFFANY ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL IN KEW 4–6 June 2026
4 JUNE Concert before an Invited Audience
71 Kew Green
7:30PM
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
5 JUNE Evening Concert
Tales of Joy and Passion
St Anne’s Church, Kew
6:30PM Drinks
7PM Concert
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 'The Trout'

