Schedule

Bournemouth Chamber Music | Recital: The Clock of the Years
Sunday 22 March 2026 | 15:00 | Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth
With Simon Lepper. Songs of lost love, including Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Finzi Earth and Air and Rain, and Schumann Dichterliebe.

Blackheath Halls | Opera Gala
Sunday 29 March 2026 | 19:00 | Blackheath Halls, London
Hosted by Sean Rafferty, with Ailish Tynan, Caroline Taylor, Katy Bray, and Giorgi Guliashvili.

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra | Bach: St John Passion
Tuesday 31 March 2026 | 19:00 | National Forum of Music, Wrocław
Conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak, with Ian Bostridge, Alicia Amo, Tim Mead, Lunga Eric Hallam, and Jerzy Butryn.

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra | Bach: St John Passion
Wednesday 1 April 2026 | 19:00 | Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Hall, Krakow
Conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak, with Ian Bostridge, Alicia Amo, Tim Mead, Lunga Eric Hallam, and Jerzy Butryn.

Polyphony & The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Bach: St John Passion
Friday 3 April 2026 | 14:30 | Smith Square Hall, London
Conducted by Stephen Layton, with Ruairi Bowen, Neal Davies, Lydia Teuscher Iestyn Davies (alto), Archie Inns.

Ludlow English Song Weekend | Shall We Dance? – Finzi in the 30s
Saturday 11 April 2026 | 14:30 | Ludlow Assembly Rooms
A varied programme, contrasting the songs of Finzi with other music of the decade from Gershwin to Shostakovich, with Iain Tindale, Bethany Horak-Hallett and Lily Mo Browne.

Ludlow English Song Weekend | Shakespeare at Home
Saturday 12 April 2026 | 14:30 | Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Ludlow English Song Weekend 2026 closes with Shakespearean settings by English composers. Plus, all sixteen of the weekend’s singers come together for Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music.

Newbury Festival | Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Thursday 21 May 2026 | 19:30 | St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Conducted by Tom Primrose, with Hilary Cronin.