Alastair Penman
Saxophonist - Clarinettist - Composer - Educator
Upcoming Events
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26th March 2025
London Contemporary Orchestra and Hildur Guðnadóttir at the Southbank Centre
Alastair will be playing clarinet and bass clarinet with the London Contemporary Orchestra and Hildur Guðnadóttir at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) as part of the London Soundtrack Festival. More info and tickets here.
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27th March 2025
Recital for Aylesbury Lunchtime Concerts
Alastair will be giving a recital at Aylesbury Lunchtime Concerts with Jonathan Pease. More info here.
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11th April 2025
Recital at Leatherhead Institute
Alastair will be giving an evening recital at Leatherhead Institute with Jonathan Pease. More info and tickets here.
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11th-13th April 2025
Benslow Spring Saxes
Alastair will be joined by Sally MacTaggart for the ever popular Spring Saxes course at Benslow music. More info and booking here.
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9th May 2025
Britten Sinfonia at Brighton Festival
Alastair will be playing saxophone with the Britten Sinfonia in a performance at Brighton Festival. More info and tickets here.
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17th May 2025
Evening recital for Hoddesdon Music Club
Alastair will be giving an evening recital at Hoddesdon Music Club with Jonathan Pease. More info and tickets here.
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27th May 2025
Lunchtime recital in Brighton
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at the Chapel Royal, Brighton. More info to follow.
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30th May 2025
Lunchtime recital in Chelmsford
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at Chelmsford Cathedral. More info to follow.
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1st June 2025
Jazz in Oxford
Alastair will be playing with the Claire Jones Quartet at the Rose and Crown, Oxford.
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5th June 2025
The Last Tree released
Alastair's new album, The Last Tree is released on World Environment Day, 5/6/2025. Find out more about the album and pre-order your copy here.
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27th June 2025
Lunchtime recital in Hyde
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital at Hyde Town Hall for Tameside Concert Society. More info to follow.
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5th July 2025
Soloist with Tredici Choir
Alastair will be performing as saxophone soloist with Tredici at St James, Sussex Gardens. More info here.
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11th July 2025
Victoria International Arts Festival, Gozo
Alastair will be performing with the Auric Saxophone Quartet at the Victoria International Arts Festival, Gozo (Malta).
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20th July 2025
Jazz in Witney
Alastair will be playing with the Claire Jones Quartet at the Three Horseshoes, Witney.
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5th-22nd August 2025
Recitals on board Arcadia
Alastair will be performing a series of recitals alongside duo partner Jonathan Pease on board P&O ship Arcadia as it voyages around Norway and Iceland.
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2nd October 2025
Jazz recital in Leatherhead
Alastair will be giving a jazz recital in the Music on Thursdays series at Leatherhead Methodist Church with the inimitable Marco Marconi. More info to follow.
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13th October 2025
Performance at Luton Music
Alastair will be performing at Luton Music with pianist Jonathan Pease. More info here.
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25th October 2025
Jazz in Oxford
Alastair will be playing with the Claire Jones Quartet at Jazz at St Giles, Oxford.
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28th-30th November 2025
Benslow Winter Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Winter Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking to follow.​​
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28th March 2026
Evening recital in Yatton
Alastair will be giving an evening recital at Yatton Music Society with Jonathan Pease. More info to follow.
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16th June 2026
Lunchtime recital in Chichester
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) - 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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