Upcoming Events
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21st August -2nd September 2026
Performances around Norway
Alastair will be giving recitals with pianist Jon Pease onboard P&O Ship Arcadia as it voyages around Norway.
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10th September 2026
Lunchtime recital in Leatherhead
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving a lunchtime recital at Leatherhead Methodist Church as part of the Music on Thursdays series.
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16th September 2026
Evening performance at Chelmsford Cathedral
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving an evening performance at Chelmsford Cathedral as part of the Threads through Creation installation series at the Cathedral. More info to follow.
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16th October 2026
Lunchtime recital at Chelmsford Cathedral
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at Chelmsford Cathedral. More info to follow.
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23rd-25th October 2026
Benslow Autumn Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Autumn Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking here.
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11th November 2026
Lunchtime recital at All Saints' Hertford
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving a lunchtime recital at All Saints' Hertford as part of the Soundbites series.
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2nd-4th April 2027
Benslow Spring Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Spring Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking to follow.
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2nd November 2027
Lunchtime recital at Chichester Cathedral
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at Chichester Cathedral. More info to follow.
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Previous performances have included recitals at: (solo recitals unless otherwise stated)
1901 Arts Club (KSQ) - Acton Hill Church - All Saints, Hertford - Aylesbury Lunchtime Concerts - BBC Proms (BSQ) - Beaconsfield URC - Boston Concert Club (BSQ) - Bridgewater Hall (BSQ) - Brighton Festival (KSQ) - Brockenhurst Music Society (KSQ) - Bury St Edmunds Concert Club - Cambridge Music Festival (KSQ) - Canterbury Christ Church University Saxophone Day - Chapel Royal, Brighton - Charterhouse School (KSQ) - Chelmsford Cathedral - Chichester Cathedral - Chiltern Arts Festival (depping with Ferio) - Clitheroe Concerts (BSQ) - Cossington Concerts (KSQ) - Crosby Hall (BSQ) - Dart Festival (BSQ) - European Saxophone Congress - Faversham Music Club (KSQ) - Garforth Arts Festival (BSQ) - Grimsby Concert Society - Henley Festival (KSQ) - Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA, USA - Heron Theatre (BSQ) - Heswall Concerts (BSQ) - Holmes Chapel Music Society (KSQ) - Honiton Festival (BSQ) - Islington Proms - Katherine Concerts - Leamington Festival (BSQ) - Leatherhead Methodist Church - Live @ Dawkes - Liverpool University (BSQ) - London School of Economics (depping with Ferio) - Mansion House (KSQ) - Marlow Festival - Menuhin Room, Portsmouth - Milton Court - Music in Pinner (KSQ) - Music in Quiet Places (KSQ) - Newnham College, Cambridge - Purcell Room (Solo, BSQ) - Radlett Music Club (depping with Ferio) - RNCM Chamber Music Festival (BSQ) - RNCM Saxophone Day - Rottingdean Festival (KSQ) - Selwyn College, Cambridge - Sittingbourne Music Society (KSQ) - Skipton Music Society (BSQ) - St Anne's, Kew - St Catharine's College Chapel, Cambridge - St Edmund King and Martyr, London - St James's Piccadilly (Solo, BSQ) - St John's, Smith Square (Solo, BSQ) - St John's, Peterborough - St Lawrence Jewry (KSQ) - St Martin-in-the-Fields (Solo, BSQ) - St Magnus International Festival (KSQ) - Stour Early Music Festival (depping with Ferio) - The Forge, Camden (Solo, BSQ) - The Great Hall, Barts Heritage - The Old Court, Windsor (BSQ, KSQ) - Treasury Music Society (KSQ) - Two Moors Festival (KSQ) - Victoria International Arts Festival, Malta (ASQ) - Weston Music Society - WITS University, South Arica - Wooburn Festival - World Saxophone Congress (Solo, KSQ) - York University (KSQ) - Zurich University of the Arts
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Previous concerto performances include:
Beamish - Under the Wing of the Rock
Coates - Saxo-Rhapsody
Copland - Concerto for Clarinet
Glazunov - Concerto in Eb
Graham - In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ibert - Concertino da Camera
Itturalde - Pequena Czarda
Mackey - Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Milhaud - La Création du Monde
Penman arr. Stubbs - Rhapsody on Electric Dawn
Piazzolla arr. Stubbs - Ave Maria
Scott - Dark Rain
Shaw - Clarinet Concerto
Swerts - Dance of Uzume
Williams - Viktor's Tale
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Major venues performed at include:​
Barbican Centre - BBC Proms (at the Royal Albert Hall) - Birmingham Hippodrome - Bridgewater Hall - Bristol Hippodrome - Cadogan Hall - Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) - Hall for Cornwall - King's College Chapel (Cambridge) - Leicester Curve - The Lighthouse (Poole) - Liverpool Philharmonic - Luxembourg Conservatoire - Millennium Centre (Cardiff) - Milton Court Concert Hall - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall - Royal Albert Hall - RNCM Concert Hall - Sadler's Wells - Saffron Hall - Southbank Centre - St George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) - Symphony Hall (Birmingham) - UCLA - Usher Hall - West Road Concert Hall
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