The 2025 Festival (our 65th) has been taking shape over the past few months and we are now very pleased to present an early look at what should be an immensely enjoyable programme of events to brighten the autumn. In addition to talks and poetry, there will be an exciting variety of music with performances of real quality in the intimate and evocative surroundings of the 10th-century church of St John the Baptist.
We will keep you updated over the coming months with more background on our Facebook and Bluesky social media and through emails, and further details of the events will soon be published on our website. As usual our brochure will be available in July with booking opening from early August but, in the meantime, please don't hesitate to email us if you have any questions.
We hope you will find much of interest and please keep your diaries free!
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The Monteverdi String Band with Hannah Ely (sop) – madrigals and instrumental music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries
Friday 3 October at 8.00pm |
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Art Lecture: Joanna Cannon on Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350, exhibition at the National Gallery (until 22 June)
Saturday 4 October at 3.00pm
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Jazz Evening with Zoe Rahman (piano) and friends
Saturday 4 October at 8.00pm
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Piatti String Quartet – British music and poetry reflecting our relationship with nature and the landscape
Sunday 5 October 12.00pm
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Piatti Quartet and Huw Watkins (piano) with music by Bach, Schumann, Ravel and Shostakovich
Sunday 5 October at 3.00pm
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Rebeca Omordia (piano) – a rich kaleidoscope of music by African composers
Tuesday 7 October at 8.00pm
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Gould Piano Trio with trios by Haydn (no44 in E), Rebecca Clarke and Schubert (in E flat, op100)
Wednesday 8 October at 8.00pm
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Tamsin Elliott (harp, accordion, flute), Tarek Elazhary (oud) and Rowan Elliott (fiddle) explore connections between English & Arabic folk music
Thursday 9 October at 8.00pm
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Galliard Ensemble – a feast of music for wind instruments by Mozart, Nielsen, Barber, Grainger and Arnold
Friday 10 October at 8.00pm
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| Emily MacGregor, writer, music historian and broadcaster, in conversation with Thomas Hyde Saturday 11 October at 3.00pm |
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Stile Antico celebrate their 20th birthday with Renaissance polyphony by composers including Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd and Victoria Saturday 11 October at 8.00pm |
| Chelys Viol Consort perform Orlando Gibbons – “The best hand in England” - in his 400th anniversary year Sunday 12 October at 3.00pm |
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“Hey for Christmas”: seasonal music under Cromwell with Siglo de Oro and the Spinacino Consort Friday 5 December at 8.00pm |
