Classical Concerts & Landscapes

Worcester Cathedral are very good at promoting events and have used three images to advertise events in the Cathedral which are part of the Elgar Festival.

The Elgar Festival using my images from previous festivals to promote events at the 2026 festival. The availability of images showing the same event from previous years showing potential audience members exactly what to expect.

Rogers Theatre in Malvern College was the venue of the first event of the 2026 festival with a number of players joining Joe Davies, Assistant Conductor, English Symphony Orchestra for a full day of playing in an orchestra.

"I wanted to ask whether you happened to be available this Saturday, 9th May, for a concert I am conducting at Bath Abbey with two of my choirs, The Malmesbury Singers and The Athenaeum Singers, who are joining forces to perform Sir Edward Elgar’s ‘The Dream of Gerontius’. We will be accompanied by Bath Philharmonia, with three soloists: Andrew Kennedy, William Stevens and Olivia Jane Gomez. " Thomas Mottershead's email on the 6 May inviting me to photograph a special concert

More usage of my images helping to promote musical events in 2026 Elgar Festival 2026 Five beacons of light in Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra Worcester Festival Choral Society Amy Carson soloist Elgar Chorale

Good to see the Elgar Festival using one of my images from a concert earlier in the year to promote the masterclass for 2026.

Well that music festival was incredible, spanning two weeks with numerous venues, performers, and very appreciative audiences. The festival keeps improving each year, and I'm eager to see what 2026 has in store. To see more images from the festival https://elgarfestival.org/

Many photos of Rosalind Ventris - Violist playing in Great Malvern Priory with the English Symphony Orchestra and Kenneth Woods, conductor during the Elgar Festival 2025. .

An incredible final festival recital yesterday afternoon at Henry Sandon Hall at Royal Porcelain Works as the phenomenal Raphael Wallfisch and Simon Callaghan performed works by Kenneth Leighton, John Ireland, British Composer , Ian Venables - Composer and, of course, Elgar, and then treated the completely sold out room to a beautifully moving encore of Sospiri.

Worcester Cathedral was packed on Saturday night for our Festival Gala concert! Huge thanks to all who took part to create the Elgar Festival Chorus of 2025, conducted by Stephen Shellard. To baritone Gareth Brynmor John who landed only that morning from Vienna! To Ian Venables - Composer for giving us his beautiful and newly orchestrated song cycle, Out of the Shadows To to our fantastic artistic director Kenneth Woods, conductor And last but not least to the wonderful pla

The Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir under the leadership of Stephen Shellard dedicated this evenings evensong to the Elgar Festival

We rounded off Festival Friday with a hugely uplifting concert given by the English String Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Woods, conductor in The Priory Church at Great Malvern featuring Rosalind Ventris - Violist and including 2 beautiful works by our festival Ian Venables - Composer alongside Peter Fribbins, Elgar and finishing with breathtaking Walton - what a performance!

All Saints Church was the venue for the free to enter event from the Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra as part of the Elgar Festival . Mozart, Ruth Gripps and of course Elgar were on the programme. Conducted by Keith Slade the full church were treated to some marvelous music.

The The Elgar Chorale conducted by Piers Maxim in St martins Church as part of the Elgar Festival performed songs from Elgar and Ian Venables - Composer

April Fredrick , soprano and Eric McElroy , piano played to an audience in the Huntigton Hall. The programme consisted of : Elgar: Speak, Music, from Op. 41 Elgar: Rondel, from Op. 16 Elgar: Pleading, from Op. 48 Lennox Berkeley: Counting the Beats Ian Venables: Love’s Voice, Op. 22 Arthur Bliss: The Hare Arthur Bliss: This Night Arthur Bliss: The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House Eric McElroy: A Dead Man’s Embers

image by classical music concert photographer michael whitefoot

image by classical music concert photographer michael whitefoot

The ESO Youth players, conducted by James Topp, wowed a packed Worcester Cathedral last night, joined by presenter Zeb Soanes to perform Paddington's First Concert and other bear related repertoire! Congratulations also went to Rory Woodward and Ottilie Wallace, winners of this year's festival Young Composer Competition, who had their pieces performed by the wind players of the English Symphony Orchestra and their prizes awarded by Ian Venables.

In a strange twist the Elgar Festival together with the National trust and Malvern Council decided to put on a days event at the Rushwick park. Free cycle and scooter repairs were on offer as well as refreshments Even the local police popped along to have a go. And of course the music in the background was written by Sir Edward Elgar.

A concert held in St Georges RC Church by the Elgar Festival involved hearing notes taken by Elgar whilst organ playing in the church and the quintet playing the pieces Elgar wrote.