Concerts in Upper Chapel
and Channing Hall
Please note: All tickets available
from individual promoters, as shown.
Please do not contact Upper Chapel for booking.
PETER'S FIELD - SEAN COONEY,
SAM CARTER & ROWAN RHEINGANS
UPPER CHAPEL, SHEFFIELD
FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2026
Peter’s Field is an epic musical chronicle that tells the story of one of the most important days in working class history.
On 16th August 1819, 60,000 people gathered in the centre of Manchester. Many had walked miles to be there from all across Lancashire. They went to hear the famous radical speaker Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt who called for working people to have the vote. They were unarmed and peaceful. Local magistrates sent in the yeomanry cavalry and 15th Hussars to disperse the crowd and arrest Hunt. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in the murderous scenes that followed. Women were deliberately targeted. It became known as the Peterloo Massacre. The magistrates and military were completely exonerated and it would be 100 years til working people had the vote.
Peter's Field is born from years of research and comprises 19 original songs by Cooney performed with Rowan Rheinghans and Sam Carter alongside a compelling spoken narrative derived from hundreds of eyewitness accounts.
What people have said so far
‘Peter’s Field is an astonishing work’ Songlines
‘Peter’s Field is the most powerful evocation yet of Peterloo’
Professor Robert Poole, author of Peterloo:the English Uprising
7pm Doors
7.30pm Start
1 x Support from Sam Carter (35 mins)
1 x Peter's Field Set (70 mins roughly)
Tickets: seancooney.co.uk
DVORÁK PIANO QUINTET
Ensemble 360
Saturday 14th March 2026 7.00pm
Upper Chapel S1 2JD
Tickets: www.musicintheround.co.uk
West Riding Ensemble
WRE Salon I Classical Traditions
Saturday 25th April 2026 6.30 - 8.00pm
Free - £20 Doors 5.45pm
www.westridingensemble.com
Laura Lootens
Diabolico
Saturday 12th June 2026
Named one of Classic FM's Rising Stars of 2024, Laura Lootens’ critically acclaimed recital programme Diabolico is sweeping across the UK this June. Gramophone calls it "fearless intensity" — pure theatre, pure drama, exceptional command. The programme journeys from Paganini's grand bravado through Rodrigo's Spanish lyricism and Rochberg's modern complexity, culminating in the darkly thrilling Capriccio Diabolico. Witness a truly exceptional artist at the height of her powers.
Past Concerts
Playing Patterns:
Percussion and Strings
Colin Currie and Ensemble 360
Saturday 14th February 2026 7.00pm
Upper Chapel S1 2JD
Tickets: www.musicintheround.co.uk
Fractals and Fugues:
Mathematics in Music
Prof. Sarah Hart
Saturday 14th February 2026 2.00pm
Channing Hall, Surrey Street S1 2LG
(Entrance between Bird Opticians and TaylorTaylor Barbers)
Tickets: www.musicintheround.co.uk
Symmetries in Sound
Ensemble 360
Friday 13th February 2026 7.00pm
Upper Chapel S1 2JD
Tickets: www.musicintheround.co.uk
Bach for Organ
David Goode
David's live performance will be projected onto a large screen,
so you will be able see him playing one of the finest organs in the City.
An Introduction to
Live Coding and Music
Alex McLean
Friday 13th February 2026 11.00am
The Hollis Room, Upper Chapel S1 2JD
Tickets: www.musicintheround.co.uk
Hallam Sinfonia Strings
Richard Strauss: 'Metamorphosen'
Sunday 1st February
3.00-5.00pm
Channing Hall, Surrey Street S1 2LG
(Entrance between Bird Opticians and TaylorTaylor Barbers)
Written during the final year of World War 2, Richard Strauss' deeply moving work for 23 strings players is a lament to the colossal destruction of his beloved German cities. Together with Richard Jenkinson, the Hallam Sinfonia Strings have been working on this beautifully poignant piece.
Tickets: www.hallamsinfonia.org.uk
Catrin Finch and Juliette Bausor
of Ensemble 360
FANTASIES FOR FLUTE AND HARP
Upper Chapel S1 2JD
Saturday 31st January 2026 2.00pm
Buy tickets at: www.musicintheround.co.uk
£23
£14 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s
Mediterranean Strings - performed by the Ciampa-Piccotti Duo
Experience a unique musical journey with Mediterranean Strings — a concert that brings together two of Italy’s most gifted classical musicians, the Ciampa‑Piccotti Duo. Cellist Erica Piccotti and classical guitarist Gian Marco Ciampa deliver an evening full of expressive warmth, refined virtuosity, and a deep musical connection. Their repertoire blends the rich colours of Spanish folk tradition — from Albéniz and Granados to De Falla — with the lyrical elegance of Italian opera, featuring works by Paganini, Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. The result is a soundscape where cello and guitar speak as one voice, weaving melody and emotion in every note. Whether you’re a longtime classical lover or new to this combination — this concert promises to enchant, move and stay with you long after the final chord.
TICKETS AND MORE INFO:
https://concerteventsglobal.com/duo?el=vp
15% discount code:
CPDUOCOM
West Riding Ensemble
West Riding Ensemble with Swedish pianist Alice Power and David Milsom, violin. Friday 9th January 2026.
(Photo copyright PJA Smith)
Isata Kanneh-Mason
Isata Kanneh-Mason 'Moonlight' 11th December 2025
(Photo copyright PJA Smith)
From back to front: Jan Bonar, Music in the Round trustee,
Kadiatu-Kanneh-Mason (mother of Isata), The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Cllr. Safiya Saeed, Jenny Dibden Stevens, Chair of trustees of Music in the Round and Jo Towler, CEO of Music in the Round.
(Photo courtesy of and copyright Jo Towler / Music in the Round)
O'Hooley and Tidow
Composers of theme tune to Gentleman Jack (BBC)
O'Hooley and Tidow 'So Long for Now' Tour 12th November 2025
(Photo copyright PJA Smith)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester visits
Music in the Round, at Upper Chapel
Thursday 2nd October 2025
The Duchess enjoyed a performance by pianist Tim Horton and violinist Claudia Ajmone-Marsan.
(Photo courtesy of and copyright Music in the Round)
(Photo courtesy of and copyright Music in the Round)