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St John's Kirk of Perth
St John's Kirk Music and Concerts
St John’s Music, running throughout autumn, winter and early spring, is a series of Organ and Chamber Recitals (usually on the first Saturday of the month at 1.00 pm) and Concerts (occasional Sundays at 3.00 pm) promoted by the Kirk. It aims to showcase the best of local music-making and to provide a platform for the many talented performers who live in and around Perthshire as well as other musical friends from further afield.
In addition the Kirk often plays host to professional ensembles within Scotland (Dunedin Consort, Scottish Ensemble, etc), Perth Chamber Music Society and a wealth of internationally renowned soloists, as well as amateur choirs and ensembles from the region.
If you would like to be kept informed of musical events at St John’s you can join our e-mailing list by submitting your e-mail address via the Contact menu of our website, which also contains full details for all concerts and recitals:
Free admission (retiring collection) at all events except those marked* (details at www.perthchambermusic.org.uk)
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Howard Duthie
Director of Music
What's On
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St John’s Music
2026-2027​​
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Sat 3 Oct 2026, 1.00 pm
Savourna Stevenson (harp)
Harp virtuoso Savourna will present an exciting and innovative recital of her own music for the Scottish Harp (Clarsach), crossing boundaries between classical, traditional, world music and jazz. Savourna is also an acclaimed composer (“a national treasure” – The Herald) and her new work “Song of Stars Cantata”
(subsidised by Creative Scotland) can be heard in the Kirk later this month.
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Fri 16 Oct 2026, 1.00 pm
“Song of Stars” Cantata by Savourna Stevenson
¬ A choral work for children based on Antoine de Saint- Exupéry's "The Little Prince". This will be a free public dress rehearsal prior to its world première the following day, with The Song of Stars Choir (Choir Director Maciej Granat). It promises to be an engaging introduction to choral music for young audiences.
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*Special Event – Fri 23 Oct 2026, 7.30 pm*
A welcome return visit from AARON HAWTHORNE for another of his ever-popular Silent Movie Nights – this time it’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920)
(N.B. admission charges apply)
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*Sun 25 Oct 2026, 3.00 pm*
*Edinburgh Quartet*
Haydn, Puccini, Rebecca Clarke, Schubert
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Sat 7 Nov 2026, 1.00 pm
Sopranaria
Moira Docherty, soprano, Barbara Scott, mezzo-soprano and Robert Duncan, piano, are delighted to be performing at St John's Kirk again. Their programme will include duets by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Grieg.
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*Sun 15 Nov 2026, 3.00 pm*
*Fibonacci Quartet*
Frank Bridge, Debussy, Tchaikovsky
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Sat 5 Dec 2026, 1.00 pm
Toby Moschard (organ)
Originally from Perth, Toby was Organ Scholar of Hatfield College Durham and Durham Cathedral, and received the Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal in 2005. He has since performed internationally and here will present a programme including works by Buxtehude, J.S. Bach and Howells.
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*Sun 6 Dec 2026, 3.00 pm*
*Lumen Trio* (violin, cello, piano)
Perth Chamber Music’s 2026 Emerging Musicians Concert
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Sun 13 Dec 2026, 3.00 pm
Perthshire Brass with Scottish Police and Community Choir
Now an annual staple at St John’s Kirk, these two inspiring groups combine to raise Christmas spirits as well as money for their own youth and community development work (for which there is a suggested minimum entry donation of £10).
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*Sun 17 Jan 2027, 3.00 pm*
*Thistle Trio* (flute, clarinet, oboe)
Beethoven, Bizet, Dukas, John Williams, Scottish arrangements
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Sat 6 Feb 2027, 1.00 pm
Chiara Lordi (piano)
Chiara has appeared in venues ranging from Steinway Hall in London and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall to Teatro Manzoni in Cassino, Italy. She has appeared on Channel 4’s The Piano, and was a semi-finalist in the 2024 BBC Young Classical Musician of the Year.
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*Sun 7 February 2027, 3.00 pm*
*Ethan Loch* (piano)
Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ethan
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Sat 6 March 2027, 1.00 pm
John Kitchen (organ)
John Kitchen is Edinburgh City and University Organist and Director of Music at Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church. His programme includes music by William Kinloch (16th cent. Scottish), Gibbons and Purcell as well as Carl Nielsen, Niels Gade and Edvard Grieg, with the Toccata in E minor by the Belgian Joseph Callaerts as a spectacular finale.
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Sat 1 May 2027, 1.00 pm
Daniel Moult (organ)
A celebrity organ recital promoted in conjunction with Tayside Organists’ Association. Daniel is a concert organist, educator and film-maker with an international reputation.
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