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Welcome to our 25th Anniversary 2023
featuring a Gala concert with Royal Northern Sinfonia at Ripon Cathedral on 30th September.
More details to follow.
Thank you to our wonderful artists, audiences and supporters for making 2022 such a memorable year! We presented the Spring Concert by Royal Northern Sinfonia in an electrifying Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ in a packed Ripon Cathedral, the Orchestra of Opera North in a mesmerising performance of the Dvorak Cello Concerto (soloist Maciej Kulakowski) and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’ at the Royal Hall: both concerts conducted by Janusz Piotrowicz; the exquisite Passacaglia Trio; chamber music, folk, jazz, cabaret, Wind in the Willows and celebrity writer Alison Weir.
Thanks also to our team of volunteers for their expertise and commitment
PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHTS
Hallé Orchestra –
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Seckou Keita & Catrin Finch
London Mozart Players –
Beethoven Symphony No 7
Dvorak New World Symphony
Alexander McCall Smith
Ian McMillan
Miklós Perényi
Red Priest
Royal Northern Sinfonia –
Schubert Symphony No 9
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra –
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
St. Nikolai Choir of Moscow –
Rachmaninov Vespers
Stile Antico
Clare Teal
Wihan Quartet
John Williams
2022 Events
Alison Weir – Author and Historian
Queens of the Age of Chivalry – England’s queens of the 14th Century. Alison Weir is the bestselling female historian in the UK and has sold …
Box Tale Soup Theatre – The Wind in the Willows
‘masters of storytelling … ingenious… delightful … absolutely enchanting’ ***** From the peaceful pleasures of Ratty’s beloved River Bank to the fearful frights and wicked …
Janusz Piotrowicz
Liszt: Funérailles, Consolation Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 Chopin: Nocturne Op 27 No 2; Ballade No 3; Mazurka Op 33 No 4; Scherzo No …
The London Revue Company ‘LOVEetc’
A musical guide to Love, Marriage and Growing Old Disgracefully Starring West End actors Nicola Keen and Michael Winsor. Director/piano Malcolm McKee Songs by Cole …
The Often Herd – Bluegrass Band
Robert Hughes – guitar; Evan Davies – mandolin; Niles Kreiger – fiddle; Sam Quintana – bass One of the most engaging and dynamic live acts …
Passacaglia Trio – ‘To Touch the Heart’
Annabel Knight recorder, baroque flute Reiko Ichise viola da gamba Robin Bigwood harpsichord Music of the Royal Courts of Prussia centred around the dramatic and …
The Black Dyke Band
Conductor – Nicholas Childs Programme: Kaye Queensbury Shostakovich Festive Overture Schjelderup Fantasy of Joy Ravel Bolero Sarasota Ziegeuneweisen Lovatt-Cooper Carrickfergus Black Dyke at the Movies; …
The After Hours Quintet
Oly Clarkson – vocals, woodwind Max Miller – guitar, banjo Elliott Roffe – D/B John Arnesen – drums Elias Bolufer Cabello – trumpet Dynamic, sophisticated, …
Morgan Szymanski – Guitar (Thirsk)
Musical Journey through Latin America – exciting rhythms and soulful melodies from the great classics of Agustin Barrios, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Ponce, Piazzolla, César Oliva, …
Morgan Szymanski – Guitar (Ripon)
Musical Journey through Latin America – exciting rhythms and soulful melodies from the great classics of Agustin Barrios, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Ponce, Piazzolla, César Oliva, …
Orchestra of Opera North
Janusz Piotrowicz – conductor Maciej Kulakowski – ‘cello Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro Dvorak …
Scenes from 2019
Thank you to our wonderful audiences, sponsors, friends and team of volunteers for helping to make the 2019 festival such a terrific success!
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Ripon International Festival is a world-class celebration of great orchestras, choral, chamber and folk concerts, jazz, gypsy, literature and poetry, in magnificent Ripon Cathedral, the Royal Hall – Harrogate’s “Palace of Gold”, Markenfield Hall – mediaeval manor, and historic village churches. Come and experience the festival’s distinctive atmosphere in an area full of history and natural beauty.
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