Forthcoming Concerts
Season 2024/25 – For Past Concerts Click HERE
Wednesday 26 March 2025 – Evening service at 5.30 pm
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (before the service) includes Pastoral for clarinet and piano arr for organ by Tim Harper
Thursday 27 March 2025 from 10.15 am to 7 pm
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Performances and talks marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Bliss on 27 March 1975.
Mark Bebbington, David Aspin, Robert Markham, Chu-Yu Yang, Rebecca Watson, Bianca Vancea.
Programme includes Triptych, Viola Sonata, Violin Concerto, Piano Quartet, Two Nursery Rhymes.
£20 is the price of a ticket for the whole day, prices for individual sessions are as follows:
£5 morning (10:15 – 12:30)
£10 afternoon (1:15 – 4:00)
£10 evening (7 pm)
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To order dinner (between the afternoon and evening sessions), please email .
Thursday 27 March 2025 – Evening service at 5.30 pm
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (before the service) includes Bridal Ceremony (Adam Zero) arr Robert Gower
Saturday 29 March 2025 at 3 pm
St Mary’s Church, Painswick GL6 6UT
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
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Saturday 29 March 2025 at 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2SY
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bryan Western
Lily Dai (cello)
Programme includes Cello Concerto
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Sunday 30 March 2025 at 5 pm
St Michael’s Church, 95/99 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
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Sunday 30 March 2025 – Evening service at 5.30 pm
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (after the service) includes Ballet for Children (Things to Come) arr Robert Gower
Thursday 3 April 2025 at 1.10 pm
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Corner of George & Bathurst Streets, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
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Sunday 6 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
Howard Assembly Rooms, 32 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Andrew West (Piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
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Sunday 6 April 2025 at 3 pm
St Luke’s Church, Victoria Rd, Chesterton, Cambridge CB4 3DZ
CSD Brass, Conductor: Chris Lawrence
Programme includes Fanfare Homage to Shakespeare
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Tuesday 8 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Andrew West (Piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
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Saturday 12 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
St Laurence’s Church, 2 College Street, Ludlow SY8 1AN
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), Brett Dean (viola), Iain Burnside (piano).
Programme includes The Dandelion and Ragwort (Two Nursery Rhymes)
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Saturday 12 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
St Marie’s Cathedral, Norfolk Row, Sheffield S1 2JB
City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra, Conductor: Christopher Gayford
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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Sunday 13 April 2025 at 11.30 am
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 1 Mill Street, Ludlow SY8 1AZ
Shana Moron-Caravel (mezzo), programme includes Lenten Flowers and Storm (Angels of the Mind)
Patrick Dow (baritone), programme incudes Gone, gone again is Summer and Being Young and Green (Seven American Poems)
Niall Townley (piano)
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Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 7.30 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brabbins
Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Programme includes Piano Concerto
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Saturday 3 May 2025 at 12 noon
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Mark Bebbington (piano)
Programme includes Masks and Triptych
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Sunday 4 May 2025 at 12 noon
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Andrew West (Piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
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Sunday 4 May 2025 at 7 pm
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
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Monday 5 May 2025 at 7 pm
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Simon Callaghan (Piano), Sacconi Quartet
Programme includes Piano Quartet
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Thursday 8 May 2025 at 7.30 pm
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London CV32 4AA
London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Conductor: Ron Corp
Programme includes Morning Heroes
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Saturday 10 May 2025 at 7 pm
St Barnabas Church,
Ealing Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: John Gibbons
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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Sunday 18 May 2025 at 5 pm
Westminster Abbey, Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
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Friday 23 May 2025
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-upon Thames OX10 7HH
Raphael Wallfisch (Cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Yates
Programme includes Cello Concerto
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Saturday 24 May 2025 at 1.30 pm
Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-upon Thames OX10 7HH
Ben Alden (tenor), Andrew Plant (piano)
Programme includes Simples
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Saturday 24 May 2025 at 7.30 pm
St Philip and St James Church Leckhampton, 60 Grafton Road, Cheltenham GL50 2DD
Charlton Kings Choral Society, Conductor: John Wright
Programme includes O give Thanks unto the Lord
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Friday 30 May 2025 at 1 pm
Huntingdon Hall, Deansway, Worcester WR1 2ES
April Frederick (soprano), Eric McElroy (piano)
Programme includes Simples, The Hare and The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House
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Sunday 8 June 2025 at 2.30 pm
Malvern Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HB
Black Dyke Band, Conductor: Nicholas Childs
Programme to include Checkmate (Suite), arr Ball and Things to Come (Suite) arr Ball
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Saturday 21 June 2025 at 7.30 pm
Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SY
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bryan Western
Programme includes Suite from Things to Come
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Saturday 21 June 2025 at 7.30 pm
St John the Baptist Church, Middle Street, Beeston, NG9 1BJ
Nottingham Chamber Singers, Nottingham Classical Players , Conductors: Angela Kay, Rachel Parkes
Programme includes Pastoral (Lie strewn the White Flocks)
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Sunday 22 June 2025 at 4.30 pm
St Andrew’s Church, 5 St Andrew Street, Holborn, London EC4A 3AF
Elgar Sinfonia of London, Conductor: Adrian Brown
Programme to include Introduction and Allegro
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Tuesday 24 June 2025
St Nicholas Church, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire S6 6LG
Mark Bebbington (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano) and Chu Yu Yang (violin)
Programme to include Masks, Violin Sonata, Suite for Piano (1925)
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Tuesday 24 June 2025
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme includes A Colour Symphony arr organ Tim Harper
Further details follow in due course.
Thursday 26 June 2025 at 7.30 pm
Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2EA
Capella Edina, Conductor: Luis Schmidt
Programme includes Edinburgh Overture
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Saturday 29 June 2025 at 3 pm
Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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Monday 7 July 2025 at 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Luton LU1 3JF
Chu Yu Yang (Violin), Eric McElroy (Piano)
Programme includes Sonata for Piano and Violin
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11 – 27 July 2025
Timothy Ridout (viola)
Programme to include the first performance of The Viola Concerto (Philip Wilby’s orchestration of the Viola Sonata)
Further details follow in due course.
Saturday 12 July 2025
Black Dyke Band, Conductor: Nicholas Childs
Programme to include Checkmate (four Dances), arr Ball and Adam Zero (Suite), arr Childs
Further details will be available in April.
Monday 21 July 2025
Wesley Centre, Oxford Street, Harrogate HG1 1PP
Maxime Despax (viola), Christopher Atkinson (piano)
Programme to include Viola Sonata
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Saturday 26 July 2025 at 3.30 pm
St Francis Xavier’s Church, 19 Broad St, Hereford HR4 9AP
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme to include Clarinet Quintet
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Monday 28 July 2025 at 11.15 am
Holy Trinity Church, 164 Whitecross Road, Hereford HR4 0DH
Mark Bebbington (piano), Irene Loh (piano)
Programme to include Masks, Fun and Games (for three hands) from Adam Zero, Triptych
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Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 11.30 am
Holy Trinity Church, 164 Whitecross Road, Hereford HR4 0DH
James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Programme to include The Hare, This Night, The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House
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Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 7.30 om
Hereford Cathedral, 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG
Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Michael Bell (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone)
Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Conductor: Adrian Partington
Programme to include Mary of Magdala
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Saturday 2 August 2025 at 2.45 pm
Leominster Priory, Church Street, Leominster, HR6 8NH
National Youth String Orchestra, Conductor: Damian Iorio
Programme to include Music for Strings
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Saturday 9 August 2025
St John The Baptist Church, Vicarage Lane, Knaresborough HG5 9AE
Matthew Secombe (baritone), Rebecca Watson (piano)
Programme includes Seven American Poems, Thunderstorms, This Night, Leisure, Simples
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Monday 11 August 2025 at 7 pm
Church of Our Lady St Mary, South Creake, New Rd, Fakenham NR21 9LX
Robert Plane (clarinet), Ensemble 360
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
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Saturday 16 August 2025 at 7 pm
St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth
Mark Bebbington (piano)
Programme includes Masks
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Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 7 pm
Marquee Welburn
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
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Friday 22 August 2025 at 7 pm
Marquee Welburn
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Programme includes Elegiac Sonnet
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Sunday 31 August 2025 at 7.30 pm
St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2EP
Scottish Sinfonia, Conductor: Neil Mantle
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
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Wednesday/Thursday 17/18 September 2025
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Performances marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Bliss on 27 March 1975.
Kate Romano (Clarinet), Ian Buckle (Piano), Pixels Ensemble
Programme includes Triptych, Pastoral (clarinet & piano), Piano Quartet, Clarinet Quintet.
April Fredrick (Soprano), Eric McElroy (Piano)
Programme includes Bliss songs: Simples (The Joyce Book) ,The Hare (from Three Romantic Songs), Autumn (from Ballad of the Four Seasons), Lovelocks (from Three Romantic Songs), The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House, A Child’s Prayer, Fair is My Love (from Serenade)
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Sunday 12 October 2025 at 3 pm
Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2EA
Arthur Bruce (baritone), Capella Edina, Conductor: Louis Schmidt
Programme includes A Knot of Riddles
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Saturday 8 November 2025
St Edmund’s Church, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1JN
David Aspin (viola), Sinfonia of Leeds, Conductor: David Greed
Programme to include the second performance of The Viola Concerto (Philip Wilby’s orchestration of the Viola Sonata)
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