Southwell Music Festival 2024: Day Three: Tenth Anniversary Concert: Mozart Requiem and Cheryl Frances-Hoad world Premiere

Sunday 25 August 2024 7.30 pm The Nave Southwell MinsterAlison Rose (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Frederick Long (bass-baritone), Festival Voices, Festival Sinfonia, Marcus Farnsworth (conductor) This was a special concert, celebrating ten successful years of the Southwell Music Festival. Before the concert began in a packed Nave, the Dean of Southwell, …

Southwell Music Festival 2024 Day Two: English Song Recital with Mark Padmore; Beethoven Live and Late

Mark Padmore performs in Southwell Minster. Image © Joe Briggs-Price

Saturday 24 August 2024 English Song Recital with Mark Padmore Mark Padmore (tenor) and Libby Burgess (piano)1.00 pm The Nave Southwell Minster Mark Padmore and Libby Burgess. Image © Joe Briggs-Price Festival Director Marcus Farnsworth announced this concert, saying it was a 'great privilege' to introduce Mark Padmore, the Festival's Artist in Residence, and pianist …

Southwell Music Festival 2024 Day One: Martin Bussey & Anthony Pinching on ‘A Brother Abroad’; Medieval Masters; Strings in the Nave; Cathedrals of Sound

Southwell Minster

Friday 23 August 2024 Martin Bussey & Anthony Pinching on 'A Brother Abroad' Martin Bussey (composer) and Anthony Pinching (librettist)3.00 pm The Marquee, Palace Gardens Composer and conductor Martin Bussey Prof Anthony Pinching is the Director of Pinner Music Festival and a former clinical immunologist and academic. He wrote the libretto for A Brother Abroad …

Southwell Music Festival 2024: Overview of the Tenth Anniversary Festival

Southwell Minster

Southwell Minster, where most of the events take place Southwell is a market town in the heart of Nottinghamshire, with a grade I listed cathedral, Southwell Minster. For the last ten years, the town has been the home of Southwell Music Festival, founded by the Artistic Director, Marcus Farnsworth. Marcus Farnsworth. Image © Andy Staples …