Classical Concerts & Landscapes

Tewkesbury Abbey was the venue for tonight's concert of composers Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler. Adrian Partington conducted the British Sinfonietta with Lee Bissett (soprano), Claudia Huckle (mezzo soprano), Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor) and Aidan Smith (bass) as part of the Cheltenham Festivals 2026.

It was a Tale of Dragons in Leominster Priory with Leominster Choral Society conducted by James Atherton with soloists Brittany King (soprano), Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano) and Paul Bradley (tenor) with organist Hilary Norris.

A fitting conclusion to the Elgar Festival was the Festival Evensong in Worcester Cathedral. And with this post it's the end of the festival for 2026 ..............

Winner of numerous international competitions, pianist Roman Kosyakov plays the final concert Elgar Festival 2026, with a wonderfully virtuosic programme that includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations arranged for piano.

The Annual Elgar Society AT Shaw Lecture which is a popular event at the Elgar Festival had Kenneth Woods, conductor talking to Andrew Keener, record producer about his work in the studio with some of the most renowned Elgar conductors and instrumentalists from the 1980s to the present day.

Well its the big one!! The Gala Concert of the Elgar Festival in Worcester Cathedral. The English Symphony Orchestra , The Festival Chorus, Kenneth Woods, conductor and Rosalind Ventris - Violist. A packed Cathedral enjoyed Thea Musgrave The Seasons; Elgar Cello Concerto op. 85 (arr Lionel Tertis) ; Elgar The Black Knight op.25 and Elgar Imperial March op. 32 A fitting final evening concert for a marvelous festival of music.