ANTHONY FRIEND
Clarinettist
18 April 2026
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
McGregor - New Work
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bald Mountain
Stravinsky - Petrushka
Joanna McGregor, piano/conductor
Brighton Dome, 6pm
23 May 2026
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Britten - “Four Sea Interludes”
Strauss - Four Last Songs
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Newbury Spring Festival, 7.30pm
7 June 2026
Joseph Horovitz Centenary
Performing Joseph Horovitz Sonatina (1st mvt)
with Malcolm Miller alongside first screening
of collection of interviews with the composer.
New London Synagogue, Abbey Road, 6.30pm
5 July 2026
Recital with Antonio Oyarzabal
St Anne's Kew, 3.30pm
13 July 2026
Buxton International Festival
Piatti Quartet and Anthony Friend
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
St John's Church, Buxton, 3pm
22 July 2026
MusicFest Aberystwyth
Solem Quartet and Anthony Friend
Finzi - Five Bagatelles (clarinet + quartet)
Korngold - Quartet no. 2 in E flat
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Great Hall, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 7.30pm
13-21 August 2026
La Mariette Junior Masterclasses, France
11 September 2026
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Westminster Central Hall, 7.30pm
5 October 2026
London Sinfonia
Recording sessions
11 October 2026
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky - Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Mozart - Serenade in B-flat ‘Gran Partita’ K361
Brighton Dome, 2.45pm
25 October 2026
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
World of Warcraft: 20 Years of Music
Royal Albert Hall, 1.30pm and 5.30pm
7-29 November 2026
Wimbledon International Music Festival
28 November 2028
Quatuor Agate
Anthony Friend, clarinet
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Korngold - String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 26
Schubert - String Quartet No. 13, D. 804, 'Rosamunde'
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill, 7.30pm
6 December
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvo Pärt - La Sindone
Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela
Jonny Greenwood - Water
Vaughan Williams Symphony no.7 'Sinfonia antartica'