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Cadenza Events Diary Classical and contemporary concerts in United Kingdom |
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| 11 September 2026 until 12 September 2026 | |
| Tobermory Isle of Mull Scotland Details: Web site | Isle of Mull Local Mòd |
| 15 July 2026 until 12 September 2026 | |
| London Details: Web site | BBC Proms |
| 19 September 2026 until 20 September 2026 | |
| 7pm Minghella Studios, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus, Building 195, Shinfield Road Reading RG6 6BT Details: Web site | Soprano Claire Booth acts Samuel Beckett's 'Not I' |
| 28 September 2026 | |
| 6.30pm St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh Details: Web site | Maiko Mori, piano - Beach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, MacCunn, Clara and Robert Schumann |
| 1 October 2026 until 11 October 2026 | |
| Devon and Somerset Details: Web site | Two Moors Festival The twenty-sixth edition of violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen's Two Moors Festival, situated between Exmoor and Dartmoor in the South West of the UK, has concerts in a large area of Devon and Somerset. |
| 15 October 2026 | |
| 6.30pm Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL Details: Herbie Clarke Web site +44 (0)7710 292681 £8-22 | The Peaceful Crystallographer - and other songs Frances M Lynch Electric Voice Theatre UC8 Clerkenwell Community Choir Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for a special 20th Bloomsbury Festival singing celebration of Crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) – the first female professor at UCL and the first female Fellow of the Royal Society. Defying all odds, her pioneering science led to breakthroughs in organic chemistry and medical treatments. Beyond science, Lonsdale was a prison reformer, women's rights activist and pacifist, warning of the dangers of nuclear physics and wealth inequality in her book Is Peace Possible? Electric Voice Theatre will be joined by some wonderful young acappella singers from University College London who call themselves UC8 and a group of singers from the exceptional Clerkenwell Community Choir, to perform music which reflects Lonsdale's eclectic life. Ranging through Irish folk song, music-hall, stirring anthems and ethical hymns. The performance features works by Judith Weir and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Lonsdale's contemporaries like Elizabeth Maconchy, Shena Fraser and Clara Novello Davies and Conway Hall's radical thinkers, Eliza Flower and Emily Josephine Troup. A British Sign Language Interpreted Performance |
| 24 October 2026 | |
| Northamptonshire Details: Web site | Malcolm Arnold Festival A day of live music celebrating Northampton's internationally-renowned composer |
| 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) |
| 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 Susanna Fairbairn, soprano Jolyon Loy, baritone Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson, conductor 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' 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 |
| 3 November 2026 until 29 November 2026 | |
| Wimbledon Borough of Merton London Details: Web site | Wimbledon Music Festival The eighteenth Wimbledon Music Festival includes concerts, talks and workshops for audiences of all ages in south-west London. Founded in 2009, it also encourages talent by working with schools in Merton Borough. |
| 1 December 2026 until 6 December 2026 | |
| St Anne's Church Highgate London Details: Web site | Highgate International Chamber Music Festival North London's annual festival which brings together leading musicians from around the world to perform in unique combinations features, this year, Alina Ibragimova, James Newby, the Carducci Quartet, Julian Bliss and Rachel Podger, alongside artistic director Natalie Klouda, whose clarinet quintet Charms & Chasms receives its first UK performance. Of particular note is the Art of Reinvention concert with piano and percussion duo Kateryna Titova and Bernhard Schimpelsberger, which reimagines familiar favourites through surprising instrumental combinations. |
| 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 Alexandra Kidgell, soprano Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo soprano William Balkwill, tenor Alex Ashworth, bass-baritone Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson, conductor 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 trumpet 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 |
| 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 |
| 13 March 2027 | |
| 7.30pm Worcester Cathedral 8 College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA Details: Web site 0333 666 3366 £10-29 | Elgar: The Kingdom Anita Watson, soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, mezzo-soprano Austin Gunn, tenor Dominic Sedgwick, bass-baritone Worcester Festival Choral Society Meridian Sinfonia Samuel Hudson, conductor 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' disciples and the Holy Women - portrayed as ordinary people who encounter extraordinary events - as they lay the foundations of Christianity. 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 wfcs.online or call the TicketSource Hotline: 0333 666 3366. |
| 23 May 2027 until 6 June 2027 | |
| Worcestershire Details: Web site | Elgar Festival |
| 26 August 2027 until 30 August 2027 | |
| Presteigne Wales Details: Web site | Presteigne Festival |