Presenter Aled Jones will be among the musicians and performers at a festival which combines historic buildings with live performances.

Music@Malling, which will stage 15 events in and around West Malling over 10 days, promises to bring exceptional music to people’s doorsteps.

Running from Friday, September 24 to Saturday, October 3, the festival will feature contemporary works alongside classical, jazz, world, and vocal music, along with a programme of outreach events with local schoolchildren and Meet the Composer events.

Artistic director Thomas Kemp said: “We are delighted to welcome back in-person audiences to our events and it will be a thrill to bring people together through the shared experience of live music. Music@Malling are making every effort to make our events COVID safe for our in-person audiences and fabulous performers in what promises to be a very special and unique series of events.”

Highlights include internationally renowned Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performing a premiere of a specially-written piece, Concertino for Clarinet, with soloist Jon Carnac and conductor Thomas Kemp at St Mary’s Church.

Composer Eleanor Alberga OBE will bring Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to life in an education project involving local primary schools and Chamber Domaine performing the world premiere of Brain Elias’ Capriccio for Bassoon and Strings, with Opera North’s Adam Mackenzie, within a programme of works inspired by the British Isles and narrated by Aled Jones.

Elias’ music will also feature in concerts by The Sacconi Quartet and oboist Nick Daniel OBE; Richard Harwood - principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Chamber Domaine and pianist Daniel Grimwood.

Beethoven also features across the programme, including violinist Thomas Bowes performing the complete Telemann’s Fantasias in historic Malling Abbey.

There will also be jazz with Callum Au and Liane Carroll, and Ronnie Scott's residents The James Pearson Trio.

The festival is partnering with the Royal Academy of Music to support and mentor two groups - The Hill Quartet and Immy Churchill Trio while director Barrie Gavin will talk with Brian Elias and Mark-Anthony Turnage about A Passage from India” and Getting Scorched.

The festival is supported by a range of organisations including Arts Council England; Kent Community Foundation and the Malling Memorial Trust.

To see the full programme and book tickets go to musicatmalling.com

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