2023

Marie-Elsa Bragg is a writer, lecturer, Anglican priest and a Duty Chaplain at Westminster Abbey.  Her novel ‘Towards Mellbreak’ is a hymn to the landscape of Cumbria ‘an impassioned elegy for a way of life … a remarkable gift for observation’ (Mail on Sunday). She has appeared at the Hay Literary Festival, the Proms at […]

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 Wright  harpsichord ~ and Julia Bishop violin – founder-member – makes a welcome return ~ ‘scorching performance’ Washington Post ‘deliciously dangerous’ Daily Telegraph J S Bach Preludio from Partita

Royal Northern Sinfonia Janusz Piotrowicz conductor Beethoven: Symphony No. 8  Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Schubert: Symphony No. 9 ‘The Great C major’ Under the electrically charged baton of our Artistic Director ‘sheer exhilaration .. searing excitement’ Royal Northern Sinfonia plays an epic programme of intoxicating beauty.  Beethoven’s playful ‘little symphony’ with its

Grandjany: Rhapsodie John Thomas: Watching the Wheat Walter-Kühne: Fantasy sur un thème de l’Opéra Eugene Onegin Smetana arr. Hans Trnecek: The Moldau  Esther Swift: Time Spinner Renié: Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle Winner of the Harp finals of the National Eisteddfod Wales, and finalist in the London Harp Competition, Louise has also performed at

David Purkiss conductor Programme includes Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral; Fantasia on British Sea Songs; Jerusalem; Pomp and Circumstance; Keep Smiling Through; In Christ Alone – Euphonium Solo; It Don’t Mean a Thing – Trombone Trio; Alfie – Flugel Solo In 2017 the band represented England at the World Championships, gaining 3rd    place, and in

Dyad Productions present A Room of One’s Own adapted and performed by Rebecca Vaughan ‘intelligently adapted, beautifully performed  ….entrancing’ ***** British Theatre Guide The award-winning Dyad Productions (Female Gothic, I, Elizabeth, Christmas Gothic, and Austen’s Women) return with a twenty-first century take on Virginia Woolf’s celebrated pre-TED talk.  Take a wry, amusing, and incisive trip through

A fantastic mix of 3 Brothers Grimm Tales! As I was walking down the beach, one bright and sunny day, I saw a great big wooden box, a-floating in the bay. I pulled it in and opened it up, and there to my surprise, I discovered a …?..?..?… right before my eyes!” What’s in the

Hagai Shaham violin | Raphael Wallfisch cello | Arnon Erez piano Beethoven Piano Trio Op 1 No. 3  Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Grieg Andante con moto  Beethoven Allegretto We are thrilled to welcome three of the world’s finest international instrumentalists in a rare appearance of the Trio outside London. They play in major

Tabea Debus recorders Reiko Ichise viola da gamba Toby Carr lute & theorbo The imaginative programme, Principles of Nature – Air, Earth, Water, Fire and the effect of external forces of love and strife – includes Purcell:  Dido’s Lament  Schmelzer: Sonata Cu Cu Couperin: Le Rossignol-en-amour, Les Papillons  Isang Yun: The Visitor of the Idyll

Robert Hughes guitar | Evan Davies mandolin| Niles Kreiger fiddle| Sam Quintana bass One of the most engaging and dynamic live acts in the UK’s Bluegrass, Americana and Roots scene. ‘Best European Blue Grass band 2018’ La Roche Festival, France,  IBMA World of Bluegrass Showcase artists 2021, ‘a study in virtuosity from a supremely talented group’