The Stoller Hall

Avoid the early evening rush hour and relax with an hour of live music from up-and-coming performers here at the Stoller Hall.

These hour-long concerts are a chance to catch artists from our Emerging Artists Scheme, which has been generously supported by the Haworth Trust.

Special Offer

Five concerts for the price of four. Book all five of our Rush Hour concerts in one transaction for just £20. (Discount will be automatically applied at checkout.)

About The Portrait Players

Described in its debut concert as ‘beguiling’, The Portrait Players is an all-female trio whose engaging programmes are inspired by historical characters. Featuring Claire Ward (soprano), Kristiina Watt (theorbo/lute) and Miriam Nohl (cello/viola da gamba), the trio, founded in January 2023, has quickly established a busy concert schedule across the UK.

Upcoming engagements for 2024-2025 season include recitals at Handel Hendrix House, London and Stoller Hall, Manchester, as well as the launch of the Louise Labé Song Project, expanding the trio’s popular programme ‘Les Femmes Illustres‘ with a contemporary song cycle by composer Clare Elton.

The ensemble made its debut at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Autumn 2023 in a recital hosted by City Music Foundation. Further concerts include performances at Brighton Early Music Festival, Amersham Festival, Surrey Hills International Music Festival, St. Pancras Clock Tower, Northumbria University, Barts’ Great Hall in the City of London, New College Oxford, The Workshop Series Lewes, University College Oxford, and collaborations with Opera Prelude in London and Henley.

Since its genesis, the trio have been supported by a number of emerging ensemble programmes, including the Stoller Hall Emerging Artist Programme (2024/2025), Making Music/Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist Scheme (2024/2025) BREMF Live! (2023/2024) and Live Music Now (2023-2025). They took part in the 2024 RCM/NCEM/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble Development Day and have had the opportunity to develop their work with Dame Emma Kirkby, Sophie Daneman, Laurence Cummings, Christopher Suckling and Liz Kenny.

Graduates of the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music, the three members of The Portrait Players each lead busy freelance lives and work with many of Europe’s leading orchestras and ensembles including The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Academy of Ancient Music, La Nuova Musica, The English Concert and The Monteverdi Choir.

Seating for this show will be unallocated. If you have any access requirements, please do let us know at boxoffice@stollerhall.com or on 0333 130 0967 (lines open Tuesday – Thursday 1.30pm – 4pm).