2024 Summer

Concerteenies for Babies relaxes and reinvigorates parents and carers, creating a calm and welcoming environment and special bonding moments with their pre-crawling babies

Our feisty heroine Eliza Jane isn't your average child. Instead of a cute, fluffy bunny, she has her heart firmly set on a prehistoric pet. Join Eliza Jane and her parents on a marvellous magical tour of their local dinosaur department store.

Concerteenies for Babies relaxes and reinvigorates parents and carers, creating a calm and welcoming environment and special bonding moments with their pre-crawling babies.

Kirkbymoorside has had a band for over 200 years. It has played to celebrate eight coronations and won countless competitions and awards. Enjoy an afternoon of brass band classics in their superb new hall.

Katy Hamilton introduces Schubert’s 2nd Piano Trio, once described as being ‘like an angry comet from the sky.’

Schubert’s astonishing 2nd piano trio was one of his last and greatest works, dedicated ‘to nobody, save those who find pleasure in it.’ It is heard here alongside one of Haydn’s most enthralling chamber works and the UK premiere of a new piece by one of Holland’s most exciting composers.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ From Old English folk tunes to Imogen Heap, Monteverdi to Sandy Denny, the five stunning voices of Papagena juxtapose classical repertoire with traditional folk, medieval and contemporary music to create a captivating programme on a theme of night.

A simple tune was all Bach needed to create one of the wonders of the musical world. Join a superbly gifted pianist for this astonishing and riveting musical journey, composed for ‘the soul’s delight of music lovers’.

Our feisty heroine Eliza Jane isn't your average child. Instead of a cute, fluffy bunny, she has her heart firmly set on a prehistoric pet. Join Eliza Jane and her parents on a marvellous magical tour of their local dinosaur department store.

Concerteenies for Babies relaxes and reinvigorates parents and carers, creating a calm and welcoming environment and special bonding moments with their pre-crawling babies.

Sledmere House and Church are the venues for two short concerts, both performed twice, with the audiences changing places after a picnic interval.

An artist full of heart who takes inspiration from a long line of guitar greats, Plínio Fernandes fuses his Brazilian cultural heritage with his love of western music, having studied and finessed his craft in Europe.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ The Unthanks bring the rich colours of their eleven-piece ensemble to Malton.

Ryedale Festival Young Artist Jack Gonzalez-Harding joins friends for an enchanting baroque programme, performing by candlelight in one of Malton’s most atmospheric and historic spaces.

The incomparable baroque violinist sets off on a Troubadour Trail, bringing music to three beautiful North Yorkshire churches. Beginning with one of Bach’s most famous works, this is a sparkling programme based on her multi-award-winning album Tutta Sola.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ An event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Concert features three contrasting concerts in different parts of Castle Howard, each performed three times, with the audiences changing places between performances.

The incomparable baroque violinist sets off on a Troubadour Trail, bringing music to three beautiful North Yorkshire churches.

Join one of the UK’s best-loved actors for a unique afternoon in which she reflects on her life and introduces live performances of some of her favourite pieces of music, from Beethoven’s final string quartet to a famous showtune from Sweeney Todd.

One of the most popular and haunting pieces of music ever written, Allegri’s Miserere is famous for its sorrowful beauty and sense of spiritual calm. The award-winning Marian Consort make it the centrepiece of an unmissable programme that culminates in James MacMillan’s highly personal and moving response to the same psalm.

Members of the Carducci Quartet share their skills and knowledge with local young musicians.

The incomparable baroque violinist sets off on a Troubadour Trail, bringing music to three beautiful North Yorkshire churches.

From stormy Beethoven to beautiful character pieces by the too-long-neglected Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of today’s most exciting violinists.

Vicky Johnson talks about her new book exploring the world of the voice. She is joined by two outstanding young singers to explore how sound journeys from the lips to the heart.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ A group of friends and superb musicians join forces to play the music they love in two performances in Norton and York.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ A group of friends and superb musicians join forces to play the music they love in two performances in Norton and York.

⚠️We are sorry to report that this concert is now waiting list only. Click here to join the waiting list.⚠️ Join us for a Worsley Arms cream tea and enjoy the explosive energy of a truly worldclass gypsy jazz quartet. With fingers flying and adrenaline pumping they deliver performances of electrifying intensity that always leave audiences exhilarated.

People of all faiths and none are welcome at this service of thanksgiving, with music by Stanford to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his death.

A rhapsody on the theme of The Star-Spangled Banner, a work of fairytale charm and Mozartian beauty from Strauss’s last year, and Beethoven’s rousing and revolutionary first symphony.