Ryedale Festival Launch Concert – Aris Quartett
All Saints' Church Helmsley Market Place, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, United KingdomHaydn – Sunrise Quartet in B flat major (op. 76, no. 4)Janácek – String Quartet no. 1 Kreutzer SonataDvořák – Quartet no. 13 in G major (op. 106)‘Music is the shorthand for emotion’ said the novelist Tolstoy, whose novella The Kreutzer Sonata inspired one of Janácek’s most dramatic and searingly emotional works. The brilliant young […]
Come and Sing With John Rutter
St Peter's Church, Norton Langton Rd, Norton, MaltonCome and join one of the world’s most popular living composers and conductors for a fabulous day of singing! Whether you are young or old, an experienced chorister or new to choral singing, this will be a day to remember, performing an interesting and varied selection of music under the kindly and expert guidance of […]
Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
National Centre for Early Music, York St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, YorkThe double-bassist and composer Misha Mullov-Abbado burst onto the scene in 2015 with a sensational debut album that prompted a stream of plaudits from international press and fans alike. As the son of the conductor Claudio Abbado and Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova, Misha has not only exceeded high expectations but established himself as a highly […]
Aleksey Semenenko and Inna Firsova: Concert and Cake
Birdsall House Birdsall, MaltonMozart – Violin Sonata in G major (K.301)Beethoven – Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minorSchubert – Valse-CapricePoulenc - Violin SonataTchaikovsky – RomanceSaint-Saens - Rondo CapricciosoThe Ukrainian violinist Aleksey Semenenko has been widely praised for his spellbinding virtuosity and passionate commitment. He joins pianist Inna Firsova for a programme that takes in the disarming simplicity […]
1 Dido and Aeneas I
St Mary’s Church, Lastingham Lastingham, YorkThis performance is now sold out, but please see Event 13 on Monday 15th July or Event 19 on Wednesday 17th July for alternative performances Eamonn Dougan musical director Monica Nicolaides movement director Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas ‘Remember me but ah, forget my fate…’ In the first great English opera, Dido, Queen of Carthage, […]
Festival Exhibition
Helmsley Town Hall Market Place, Helmsley, United KingdomSadly the planned Festival Exhibition in Helmsley Town Hall from 12th – 28th July is cancelled.
3 Triple Concert
Castle Howard , United KingdomAn 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 concert will be preceded by a Patrons Reception at 6pm. CHAPEL: echo Choir Sarah Latto director Purcell Hear my prayer Roxanna Panufnik O […]
4 Lauren Zhang
St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby Front St, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1JGCoffee Concert Lauren Zhang piano Beethoven Piano Sonata no.31 in A flat, op.110 Brahms Variations on a theme of Paganini Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, op.61 The winner of the 2018 BBC Young Musician competition performs a scintillating set of variations nicknamed ‘Witchcraft’ for their diabolical nature and fearsome technical challenges, as well […]
5 The Wind in the Willows
Kirk Theatre, Pickering Hungate, PickeringA Community Opera by Richard Shephard Em Whitfield Brooks director Eamonn Dougan musical director Join Rat, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad for a series of riotous adventures on the river bank, as Richard Shephard recreates Kenneth Grahame’s classic story of friendship and bravery as a community opera. An all-age cast from across the region join […]
6 Jess Gillam in recital
St Peter's Church, Norton Langton Rd, Norton, MaltonThis performance is now sold out, but please see Event 6B on Sunday 14th July for a repeat performance Jess Gillam saxophone Zeynep Özsuca piano Iturralde Pequeña Czarda Ravel Vocalise en forme de habanera Britten Temporal Variations Nyman ‘If’ from The Diary of Anne Frank John Harle Rant Marcello Concerto for Oboe in C Minor Graham Fitkin […]
7 Elias Quartet
St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton 18 Town St, Old Malton, MaltonLate-Night Candlelit Concert Fantasias and folk Elias Quartet Purcell Fantasias Donald Grant Scottish folk tunes suite Like Purcell, who often borrowed traditional tunes of his day, the Elias Quartet see no hard border between folk and classical music. Interleaving dazzling fantasias with Scottish traditional tunes, they relish the unstuffy blend of complexity and immediacy, […]
8 The Wind in the Willows
Joseph Rowntree Theatre Haxby Rd, YorkA Community Opera by Richard Shephard Em Whitfield Brooks director Eamonn Dougan musical director Join Rat, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad for a series of riotous adventures on the river bank, as Richard Shephard recreates Kenneth Grahame’s classic story of friendship and bravery as a community opera. An all-age cast from across the region join […]
6b Jess Gillam in recital
St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby Front St, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1JGJess Gillam saxophone Zeynep Özsuca piano Iturralde Pequeña Czarda Ravel Vocalise en forme de habanera Britten Temporal Variations Nyman ‘If’ from The Diary of Anne Frank John Harle Rant Marcello Concerto for Oboe in C Minor Graham Fitkin Gate Dowland Flow my tears Wiedoeft Valse Vanité Milhaud Scaramouche In 2016, Jess Gillam made […]
9 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Hovingham Hall HovinghamJ.S. Bach Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C J.S. Bach Sinfonia BWV 42 J.S. Bach Violin Concerto in E J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor J.S. Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins Order and moderation versus rebellion and sensuality. In between those battling forces lies that elusive ideal we […]
10 Flora Curzon
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham HovinghamLate-Night Candlelit Concert Young Artist Platform Flora Curzon violin Pawel Siwczak harpsichord J.S. Bach Violin Sonata in G Trad. Sephardic Lullaby from Andalusia Pandolfi La Cesta Trad. British folk songs suite Böddecker Sonata in D minor ‘I love playing different styles of music – for fun, to hear how different genres talk to […]