The Peak Music season continues after the Christmas break with its familiar programme of world-class concerts and a special offer for 2026. With three concerts still remaining, the society is offering a special half-season membership for only £45, including entry to all three performances. New members are guaranteed music which is unlikely to be available outside the major cities in the welcoming atmosphere of the Cavendish Hall, Edensor, on the Chatsworth Estate. At £15 per

Peak Music Society’s second concert of the new season features an all-female trio, whose debut concert in 2023 was described as “ beguiling”. The Portrait Players specialise in bringing 17th and 18th century music to modern audiences and their choice of instruments from that musical era make for a different musical experience compared with the more usual chamber ensembles. Claire Ward (soprano), Kristina Watt (theorbo/lute) and Miriam Nohl (cello/viola da gamba) are in the