2023 Summer
45. Coffee concert: Troubadour Trail I
Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors Main Street, Appleton-le-Moors, North Yorkshire, United KingdomMusic-making at its simplest and most mobile. A spellbinding duo set out on a ‘troubadour trail’ across Ryedale, bringing music to three beautiful and intimate North Yorkshire locations. Their first stop is Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors, described as ‘the little gem of moorland churches’ with its early French Gothic interior and pyramid spire.
46. Relaxed concert: Tea and Tunes
Amotherby Village Hall 1 Amotherby Lane, Amothherby, North Yorkshire, United KingdomJoin Siân and Krystal for a cup of tea and enjoy songs and poems about the animal kingdom. Presented in partnership with Ryedale Carers Support, this is a relaxed, informal and interactive concert created for people living with dementia, their friends, family and carers – and anyone else who would like to attend. The music will last for around one hour and everyone is welcome to come and go as they please and respond to the music in whatever way is natural for them.
47. Jess Gillam ensemble
St Peter's Church, Norton Langton Rd, Norton, MaltonPassionate about inspiring people and bringing them joy through music, Jess invites audiences on journeys of musical discovery through her electrifying performances and eclectic programming. She returns to Ryedale with a group of brilliant musicians who share her bold, uplifting and open-minded approach, and a vibrant programme including a new work commissioned by the Ryedale Festival from the award-winning Pickering-born composer Joseph Howard.
48. Coffee concert: Troubadour Trail II
All Hallows' Church, Sutton-on-the-forest Main Street, Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, United KingdomHuw Wiggin saxophone Oliver Wass harp For the second leg of their ‘troubadour trail’, the saxophone and harp duo repeat their programme in the intimate and beautifully situated church at […]
49. Aaron Akugbo and Zeynep Özsuca
St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby Front St, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1JGEnjoy a morning of music with the Nigerian-Scottish trumpet virtuoso Aaron Akugbo, a charismatic performer tipped for the top of his profession.
50. Darkness to Light: A Concert for Ukraine
St. Mary's Church, Thirsk Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom‘ Astonishing intensity and musicality- Gramophone
‘English choral singing at its best’ Choir and Organ
51. Troubadour Trail III
St Mary's Church, Ebberston Hagg Side Ln, Ebberston, North Yorkshire, United KingdomThe duo complete their ‘troubadour trail’ in Ebberston’s atmospheric and intimate grade 2* listed 12th century church
52. Boris Giltburg
Duncombe Park HelmsleyExtolled worldwide as a foremost interpreter of Rachmaninov’s music, Boris Giltburg offers Ryedale audiences a chance to hear his rarely performed first sonata, a work of stupefying virtuosity that evokes a titanic battle between good and evil (containing a wonderful tune with pre-echoes of Paul McCartney’s Yesterday), before turning to the much-loved Preludes that Rachmaninov composed in a mood of creative elation.
53. Garden Party
Worsley Arms Hotel, Hovingham 1 High St, HovinghamJoin us for a Worsley Arms cream tea, accompanied by the sounds of an award-winning brass band.
54. Choral Evensong
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham HovinghamPeople of all faiths or none are welcome at this service of thanksgiving, with music from anniversary composers Weelkes and Byrd.
55. Final Gala Concert
Hovingham Hall HovinghamDances from around Europe are followed by one of Haydn’s exuberant and exhilarating symphonies, aptly nicknamed The Fire, before the festival draws to a close with one of the brightest gems of the concerto repertoire.