Ludlow Arts: Classical
Saturday 20 August 2022
1:00pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Millennium Saxophone Duo
Works by Gershwin, Cockcroft Bach, Juichi, Buckland, Norton, Ferling and Mellits
Nicole Micheli and Dominic Cotta are two talented young musicians currently studying saxophone at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. ...read more...
Free admission, unreserved seating, donations welcome.
Sunday 28 August 2022
4:00pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Brackenbury Bianco
Improvisation on the music of Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen (c1098 — 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, ...read more...
Tickets: £15/£10/u18 free at the door.
2022-2023 Season
A full programe of Ludlow Arts: Classical concerts will return in the 2022-23 season starting in September. Details will be published here as soon as they are available.
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Friday 16 September 2022
7:30pm
St Michael, Munslow
Corvedale Festival
Jarualda String Quartet
Works by Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel
The Jarualda String Quartet plays three staples of the quartet repertoire. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Saturday 17 September 2022
12:45pm
St Michael, Munslow
Corvedale Festival
Schubert's Trout Quintet
Schubert's immortal Trout Quintet for a perfect Saturday lunchtime. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Saturday 17 September 2022
1:00pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Victor Lim
Chopin's Legacy
Works by Chopin, Thomas Adès, Scriabin and Fauré
Frederic Chopin's output of masterpieces for solo piano are a towering influence across the genre. In this recital, South Korean-British pianist Victor Lim presents a creative reflection of Chopin's legacy, ...read more...
Free admission, unreserved seating, donations welcome.
Saturday 17 September 2022
7:30pm
St Michael, Munslow
Corvedale Festival
Duncan Honeybourne, piano
Works by Grieg, Brahms, Zinck, Henley, Debussy, Baines and Chopin
Renowned pianist Duncan Honeybourne is well-known for his frequent appearances in the Welsh Marches and from Radio 3 and Symphony Hall. He brings a delightful programme ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Sunday 18 September 2022
3:00pm
St Peter, Diddlebury
Corvedale Festival
Edge Chamber Choir
Works by James Whitbourn, James MacMillan, Eleanor Daley, Paul Henley, Christian Forshaw, Penelope Thwaites, Caroline Shaw and Eric Whitacre.
Popular and accomplished local chamber choir, The Edge, bring a delightful and varied programme of new and lesser known music, including a world première. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Tuesday 20 September 2022
12:45pm
All Saints, Culmington
Corvedale Festival
Oboe Quartets
Works by Mozart and Arnold.
Join us for lunch and hear two very contrasted pieces for the unusual combination of oboe plus string trio, together known as an oboe quartet. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Thursday 22 September 2022
12:45pm
All Saints, Culmington
Corvedale Festival
Two's Company
Alex Postlethwaite, violin
Jane Park, viola
Works for violin and viola duo by Mozart and Martinů.
Husband and wife duo, Alex and Jane share a special connection which brings an extra dimension to their music making. Don't miss this! ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Friday 23 September 2022
7:30pm
St Michael, Munslow
Corvedale Festival
Miscellany for soprano and harp
Claraliz Mora, soprano and harp
Emily Hopper, harp
Ruth Henley, cello
Works by Delibes, Puccini, Mascagni, Saint-Saëns, Vaughan Williams and others.
Fifty one strings, a bow and three ladies! with a world première by Paul Henley. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Saturday 24 September 2022
12:45pm
St Catherine, Tugford
Corvedale Festival
Sweet Ayres of Arcadia
Gwendoline Martin, soprano
Din Ghani, lute
Works by Thomas Campion, John Dowland, William and Henry Lawes and Thomas Ford and others.
Gwen Martin and Din Ghani bring a delightful programme exploring the theme of Arcadia through renaissance music. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Saturday 24 September 2022
7:00pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Cory Band
Cory regularly wins both domestic and international brass band competitions and performs a widely varied repertoire of music at home and abroad to a professional standard. The band seeks to grow its artform with powerful and inspiring experiences for its artists and its audiences. ...read more...
Tickets £18 and £10 HERE.
Saturday 24 September 2022
7:30pm
St Michael, Munslow
Corvedale Festival
Jarualda String Quartet
Works by Mozart, Paul Henley and Dvořák
The Jarualda String Quartet plays the world première of Paul Henley's new quartet and two classics of the repertoire. ...read more...
Tickets HERE
Wednesday 5 October 2022
7:00pm
Sun Inn, Leintwardine
Arcadia Festival - taster event
Just turn up and listen to the Arcadia players in an informal setting — in “possibly the most unspoilt pub in the country” with a drink in hand!
Thursday 6 October 2022
7:00pm
St Michael and All Angels, Kingsland
Arcadia Festival
Works by Telemann, Mozart and Bartók.
This concert features music for flute and strings. Telemann's delightful duo has four short movements, but Mozart's middle period Quartet is a real showpiece for the flautist. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Friday 7 October 2022
7:00pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Arcadia Festival
Works by Mozart, Alberga and Mendelssohn.
Mozart's horn quintet differs from the usual wind instrument and string quartet line-up. In this piece there is a second viola instead of a second violin to fit in with the range of the French horn. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Saturday 8 October 2022
7:00pm
St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine
Arcadia Festival
Works by Mozart, Bartók, Telemann and Mendelssohn.
Mozart wrote his three Prussian quartets a year or so before he died and they demonstrate the composer' quartet writing at its full maturity. You can hear the other two Prussian quartets at the Thursday and Sunday concerts. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Sunday 9 October 2022
3:00pm
St Giles, Downton-on-the-Rock
Arcadia Festival
Béla Bartók's Quartet No.5 was written in 1927 and is in the ‘arch’ form he favoured at that time. There are 5 movements. The second and fourth movement are charactaristic of Bartók's ‘night music’. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Saturday 15 October 2022
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Edge Chamber Choir
Works by James Whitbourn, James MacMillan, Eleanor Daley, John Joubert, Paul Henley, Christian Forshaw, Penelope Thwaites, Caroline Shaw and Eric Whitacre.
Popular and accomplished local chamber choir, The Edge, bring a delightful and varied programme of new and lesser known music. ...read more...
Saturday 19 November 2022
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Orchestra
Works by Wagner, Mendelssohn - violin concerto with Gina McCormack, violin - and Bizet.
The Ludlow Orchestra presents a programme of three lush works from the romantic era. ...read more...
Saturday 3 December 2022
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Choral Society
Works by Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of Britain's outstanding composers of the 20th century, was born in 1872. This year he is being remembered with concerts across the globe. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon
Ludlow English Song Weekend
Friday 14 April 2023
Saturday 15 April 2023
Sunday 16 April 2023
Venues to be announced
Iain Burnside: Artistic Director
Concerts and other events over three days. Tickets for individual concerts and full festival passes available.
For further details see HERE