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Cadenza Events Diary Classical and contemporary concerts in United Kingdom |
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| 7 August 2026 until 30 August 2026 | |
| Edinburgh Scotland Details: Web site | Edinburgh Festival |
| 27 August 2026 until 31 August 2026 | |
| St Andrew's Church Presteigne Powys Details: Web site | Presteigne Festival The Presteigne Festival, now in its 44th year, is widely acknowledged for its exceptional work in commissioning, performing and promoting new music and living composers, and has a strong tradition for supporting emergent artists in its programme. Its influence is felt artistically and economically throughout the Welsh Marches and beyond. |
| 11 September 2026 until 12 September 2026 | |
| Tobermory Isle of Mull Scotland Details: Web site | Isle of Mull Local Mòd |
| 8 November 2026 | |
| 5pm Smith Square Hall Smith Square London SW1P 3HA Details: Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square Web site | Mozart's Requiem (Levin Completion) |
| 18 December 2026 | |
| 7pm Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square, 146 Sloane Street London SW1X 9BZ Details: Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square Web site | Goldsmiths Christmas Celebration |
| 19 September 2026 until 20 September 2026 | |
| 7.pm Minghella Studios, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus, Building 195, Shinfield Road Reading RG6 6BT Details: Web site | Royal Philharmonic singer of the year, Claire Booth, to act Samuel Beckett's Not I. |
| 21 November 2026 | |
| 7.30pm Worcester Cathedral 8 College Yard Worcester, WR1 2LA Details: Web site 0333 666 3366 £10-£29 | Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem and Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson – Conductor Susanna Fairbairn – Soprano Jolyon Loy – Baritone Vaughan Williams: Donna Nobis Pacem Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Experience the region’s leading, large classical choir, with full symphony orchestra, performing an invigorating programme of 20th century British and American choral and orchestral classics this November. Thrill to the huge scale and intense drama of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s 1936 cantata Dona Nobis Pacem (“Give us peace”) – an impassioned plea for peace and understanding instead of war. Powerful and hopeful, this choral work’s rich harmonisation and heartfelt Walt Whitman verse remain relevant today. Echoing those same sentiments of peace is Leonard Bernstein’s exciting 1965 choral masterpiece, Chichester Psalms – a triumphant blend of Hebrew text, vibrant melodies and syncopated rhythms. The concert also features a true orchestral treat – Aaron Copland’s invigorating 1944 ballet Appalachian Spring, evoking a joyful young American Pioneer couple as they prepare for their wedding day. Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society are acclaimed soloists Susanna Fairbairn (soprano) and Jolyon Loy (baritone) and the superb Meridian Sinfonia symphony orchestra, all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral's director of music Samuel Hudson. So come and enjoy an evening of music that will stay long in the memory, and the heart! Book tickets at www.wfcs.online or call the TicketSource Hotline: 0333 666 3366 |
| 12 December 2026 | |
| 7.30pm Worcester Cathedral 8 College Yard Worcester, WR1 2LA Details: Web site 0333 666 3366 £10-£29 | Handel's Messiah by candlelight Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson – Conductor Alexandra Kidgell – Soprano Kate Symonds-Joy – Mezzo soprano William Balkwill – Tenor Alex Ashworth – Bass-baritone Handel: Messiah Hallelujah! Handel’s glorious, much-loved oratorio, Messiah, returns to the magnificent, candlelit surroundings of Worcester Cathedral this December – in the ultimate Christmas concert experience! Performed by the 140 voices of Worcester Festival Choral Society, the region’s leading, large classical choir, Messiah has been one of the world’s most popular pieces of classical music for nearly 300 years. From its mighty ‘Hallelujah’ chorus – so moving that King George II was said to have risen to his feet at its premiere – to stunning arias and choruses such as ‘For unto us a child is born’, ‘All we like sheep’ and ‘The trumpets shall sound’, this is a concert of choral favourites like no other. This performance is also the Choral Society's annual Benefit Concert for local children's causes, in partnership with grant-giving charity the Worcestershire Community Foundation. In addition the performance marks the Choral Society’s inaugural Hallelujah! Young Singers Opportunity, a new initiative encouraging a number of students and teachers from local secondary schools to experience the thrill of taking part in one of the most beloved choral works of all time. Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society are four, stellar soloists, Alexandra Kidgell (soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo soprano), William Balkwill (tenor) and Alex Ashworth (bass baritone), and the superb Meridian Sinfonia Baroque orchestra; all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral's director of music Samuel Hudson. So snap up your seats for a magical evening of music this Christmas! Book tickets at www.wfcs.online or call the TicketSource Hotline: 0333 666 3366 |
| 13 March 2027 | |
| 7.30pm Worcester Cathedral 8 College Yard Worcester, WR1 2LA Details: Web site 0333 666 3366 £10-£29 | Elgar: The Kingdom Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson – Conductor Anita Watson – Soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – Mezzo soprano Austin Gunn – Tenor Dominic Sedgwick – Bass-baritone Elgar:The Kingdom Join us for a transcendent evening of music in the heart of ‘Elgar Country’, as Worcester Festival Choral Society, world-class soloists and symphony orchestra perform one of Elgar’s greatest choral works, The Kingdom, at Worcester Cathedral. Premiered at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1906, The Kingdom was Elgar’s third, large oratorio, following the success of The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles. Including a mixture of astonishingly dramatic and gentle choral passages, as well as some of Elgar’s finest orchestral and soloist writing, The Kingdom is also known for the hauntingly beautiful soprano solo, ‘The sun goeth down’. Its narrative continues on from The Apostles, focusing on the lives of Jesus’s disciples and the Holy Women – portrayed as ordinary people who encounter extraordinary events – as they lay the foundations of Christian. Accompanying Worcester Festival Choral Society are acclaimed soloists Anita Watson (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo soprano), Austin Gunn (tenor) and Dominic Sedgwick (baritone), with the superb Meridian Sinfonia symphony orchestra, all under the baton of Worcester Cathedral's director of music Samuel Hudson. So put the date in your diary to enjoy this true ‘Elgar great’ this spring! Book tickets at or call the TicketSource Hotline: 0333 666 3366 |