Illustration and details of the concert at the Shell House in Hatfield Forest

Musical picnic at The Shell House [Hatfield Forest]

Saturday 19 September 2026
12:00 to 16:00

Bloomsbury Baroque quartet plays for a picnic to celebrate the Houblon Shell House as part of Open House Festival.

The concert is organised by The Huguenot Museum and is given by kind permission of the National Trust. It is supported by the A C H Crisford Caritable Foundation.

Bloomsbury Baroque [using period instruments]

William Summers - Flute

Edward Webb - Violin

David Brooker - Viola

Ibrahim Aziz - Cello

Programme [interspersed by intervals]

Set 1: ’The Grand Tour’

Corelli: trio arr. Schickhardt in D minor

Telemann: duo in D for flute and violin

Locatelli duo: violin and viola

Alessandro Scarlatti: quartet

Set 2: Ignatius Sancho

’Thou soft flowing Avon’ [imstrumental]

Country Dances.

Letters read

Sweetest Bard

Other Huguenot music: Peter Prelleur

Set 3: Mainstream concert culture

JC Bach: flute quartet

Abel: flute quartet

Barthelemon: trio

Bologne: dance music

 

Please bring your own picnic; otherwise, additional refreshment available from the National Trust Café nearby.

 

Getting there

Free carparking available for National Trust members; parking can be booked through the JustPark app using the location code 80567

The nearest railway station is Bishops Stortford - a twenty minute taxi ride from Hatfield Forest and the Houblon Shell House. Hatfield Forest Summer Map 2026

Background information

Map

Contact William
williamjsummers@icloud.com
07949 652 315
Location
Bush End Road, Takeley
Bishop's Stortford
Essex
CM22 6NE
(view map)
Cost Free