ACMF 2026 Hausmusik # 1: New Venue - Golden Lion

Join our informal Huismusik events where the audience decide what’s played from a selection of chamber music and the musicians sight-read it together for the first time.

We have a new venue - Golden Lion - in heart of Ashburton for our first Huismusik. Now a private home, once one of Ashburton’s most notorious hotels which inspired House of Fun by Madness and was where the Monster Raving Loony Party began.

The 2026 Repertoire: J. Brahms (1833 – 1897) – String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 G. Kurtág (b. 1926) – Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 44 J. Haydn (1732 – 1809) – String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 H. Biber (1644 – 1704) – Passacaglia in G Minor Philip Sawyers (b.1951) – string quartet and saxophone (world premiere) M. Ravel (1875 – 1937) – Sonata for violin and cello, M.73 J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006

Stefan Hersh, violin (USA) Solenne Padidassi, violin (France) David Yang, viola (USA) Noemie Raymond, cello (Canada) Andy Williamson, Saxophone (UK) Philip Sawyers, Composer-in-Residence