Last Monday I and my close friend Elizabeth took our seats in the Cavendish Hall, ready to be entertained by a group of string players we had not heard before. From their first entry on the stage, the group promised we would hear and see something very special. The opening work was Haydn’s ‘Jack-in-the-box’ Quartet […]
Welcome to the Peak Music Society
The Peak Music Society is a flourishing music society based at the Cavendish Hall at Edensor on the Chatsworth Estate.
Our members enjoy a series of high quality chamber concerts throughout the autumn and spring each year.
Membership for the 2024-25 season will be available for £90 (£20 for those in full-time education) from 1st August. We will be serving wine and canapés after the Sunday afternoon concert in April. Please note that the Spring 2025 concerts will start at 4.30pm. Full details of the concerts can be found by clicking here.
You can click here to download a membership application form, or for enquiries about membership email membership@peakmusicsociety.org.uk .
Tickets may also be available to book by clicking here or on the door for some of our concerts, priced at £25 and £30. Email tickets@peakmusicsociety.org.uk or call 07989 637964 for further details or help in booking.
Scroll down to listen to some short excerpts from recent recitals.
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A leading music society
Recognised for hosting some of the finest musicians in the country.
Stunning location
Cavendish Hall is in the village of Edensor on the glorious Chatsworth Estate.
Accessible for all
Enjoy five extraordinary classical concerts for an annual fee of just £90.
Some of our recent recitals
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Baroque Alchemy
One might imagine that the pairing of a powerful and technically sophisticated instrument such as the synthesiser with one which is essentially a tube of wood with holes in it would be something of a mismatch, but Baroque Alchemy proved how well it can work. Recorder maestro Piers Adams and his keyboard partner Lyndy Mayle’s […]
Scottish charm leaves Peak Music audience spellbound
The Maxwell Quartet performed their programme with finesse and sensitivity, with quartets from Haydn and Beethoven along with their own arrangements of some folk music of Scotland. Their playing showed excellence not only in their musicality but also in how they smilingly interacted with each other as each moved in or out of a […]