2022 Events now available online!
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WELCOME to our 25th Anniversary 2023
...celebrating great music and arts!
September
The London Revue Company with West End actress Nicola Keen (Sat 2nd)
Duo Diez: Violeta Barrena violin and Dimitris Dekavallas guitar (Tue 5th & Wed 6th)
Folk bands Ninebarrow (Fri 8th) and The Often Herd (Sat 9th) Music at Markenfield Hall
(12th & 13th ) Poetry: Red Comet – Sylvia Plath Talk by Heather Clark (Sat 16th) Lempen Puppets ‘The Amazing Thing’ (Sun 17th ) Theatre: Rebecca Vaughan in ‘A Room of One’s Own’ (Wed 20th) Carlton Main Frickley Band (Sat 23rd) Royal Northern Sinfonia Beethoven 8, Mozart Flute Concerto, Schubert 9 (Sat 30th)
October
Nature in Music Talk by John Leeman (Fri 6th) Red Priest Baroque Extravaganza (Sat 7th); November: Writer Marie-Elsa Bragg ‘Towards Mellbreak’ (Sat Nov 4th)
On Sale dates to be notified
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
2023 Events
2022 Events
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Previous Events
The Wihan Quartet
Summer Celebrity Concert The Wihan Quartet ‘Spirit of Bohemia’ ~ Love and Longing Leos Cepicky violin | Jan Schulmeister violin Jacob Cepicky viola | Michal …
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia Janusz Piotrowicz conductor Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in DSchubert: Symphony No. 9 ‘The Great C major’ Under …
Vintage! Red Priest
Autumn Celebrity Concert Vintage! Red Priest – Baroque Extravaganza ‘Superhuman’ The Washington Post‘astonishing all-out virtuosity’ New York Times Piers Adams recorders Angela East ‘cello David …
Marie-Elsa Bragg – Author
‘Towards Mellbreak’ and ‘Sleeping Letters’ Marie-Elsa Bragg is a writer, lecturer and Anglican priest. Her first novel ‘Towards Mellbreak’ is a hymn to the landscape …
The Kathryn Tickell Trio
Kathryn Tickell Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, voice Stef Conner lyres, vocals Amy Thatcher accordion, clog dancing Kathryn Tickell is one of Britain’s most celebrated traditional musicians, …
The Gesualdo Six – Choral Concert
Owain Park – Conductor Josquin’s Legacy: Marian Devotions & Song of Songs Josquin des Prez, Jean Mouton, Antonius Divitis, Antoine Brumel, Jean L’Héritier, Antoine de …
The Dominic Alldis Trio
– A Tribute to Jacques Loussier Dominic Alldis piano, Andrew Cleyndert bass, Martin France drums Themes by Bach, Handel, Fauré, Ravel, Satie, Bizet and Chopin …
Anne Denholm – Harp
Reinhold Glière Impromptu Louis Spohr Fantaisie in C minor, Op. 35 Trad. David of the White Rock Alphonse Hasselmans – La Source Esther Swift – …
Max Baillie violin Alexander Baillie ‘cello
Haydn, Martinu, Handel, Ravel, Bartok, Paganini’s beautiful Cantabile, Alexander Baillie: The Ballad of Flannan Isle – music and narrative A sparkling mix of classical and …
Amanda Owen – The Yorkshire Shepherdess
SOLD OUT! The best-selling author and TV personality presents her new book about life at the remote hill farm which she runs with her husband, …
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita – ‘Soar’
‘a sublime duo of two artists who are masters of their instruments’ London Evening Standard Programme: Bach to Baisso, Clarach, and other tracks from their …
A Night at the Opera with Sky Ingram
Sky Ingram, soprano Nicholas Lester, baritone Sam Armstrong, piano Excerpts from Don Giovanni, Rusalka ‘Song to the Moon’, La Bohème, Le Nozze de Figaro ‘Largo …
Sean Shibe guitars SoftLOUD
‘Shibe is another Bream, or something close. His playing unites finesse and poetry’ Sunday Times Programme includes J S Bach , the exquisitely lyrical melody …
Music at Markenfield – Tabea Debus Trio
Tabea Debus recorders Alex McCartney theorbo Jonathan Rees cello Music by Caccini, Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Marais Three virtuoso artists present a delightful …
Flaugissimo Duo – A Salon Opera
Yu-Wei Hu baroque flute Johan Lofvig theorbo and guitar Flauguissimo Duo presents flute and plucked string music of court dances and opera scenes from the …
The Rhos Male Voice Choir
James Llewelyn Jones: Music Director Kevin Whitley: accompanist Rachael Marsh: soprano Programme includes the famous love song, Myfanwy, Spirituals, Opera Choruses inc. Verdi’s Speed Your …
The Outside Track – Celtic Folk Group
Mairi Rankin fiddle, Teresa Horgan flute whistle, Ailie Robertson gaelic harp, Fiona Black accordion, Michael Ferrie guitar The Outside Track’s marriage of Celtic music, song …
Crime Writer Peter Robinson – Many Rivers to Cross
Widely known for his best-selling Inspector Banks novels and the popular DCI Banks Television series, Peter Robinson presents his latest thriller, ‘Many Rivers to Cross’. …
Ninebarrow – The Waters and the Wild
Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardière ukelele, mandolas, piano, harmonium BBC Radio 2 ‘Horizon’ Folk Award nominees 2017 Ninebarrow are impressing audiences across the country with …
Jamal Aliyev – Cello
J S Bach Suite No 3 in C major BWV 1009 Ligeti Sonata Casals Song of the Birds Sollima Alone Cassado Suite for Solo Cello …
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