Honorary Patron: Steven Isserlis CBE
Artistic Director: Sophia Rahman
Only two days to go! The first concert of this year’s festival is on Thursday evening, when you can hear an exhilarating performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on two accordions and strings, as well as Samantha Lewis singing Erbarme dich, mein Gott. Several folk have attended the rehearsals of the Goldberg today and were blown away. …
Bells to ring out for the Festival! Bellringers from St Oswald’s church Oswestry, will be at St John the Baptist Whittington, to usher in the start of the festival from 6.15 – 7 pm on Thursday 14 May. What better way to celebrate than with the joyous sound of church bells! Saturday 16th May, 4.00 …
Tickets On Tuesday, 27th January, anyone can start buying tickets from the online box office www.whittingtonmusicfestival.org.uk/book-tickets. Check out the fantastic programme for this year’s festival here www.whittingtonmusicfestival.org.uk/festival-programme and book early for your chance to buy the best seats. Membership Subscriptions If you haven’t yet renewed your subscription, now is your opportunity to benefit from membership privileges such as attending rehearsals, …
Season’s Greetings from Sophia Rahman and the Whittington Music Festival Trustees. Save the Dates! The 2026 Festival takes place from 14 -17 May, when Whittington will welcome 19 outstanding musicians in our most ambitious and imaginative programme yet. Programme for 2026 If you can’t wait that long check out this video of Dermot and Martin Breaking …
Winter Concert Our first winter concert of the year takes place on Saturday 1st November at 7 pm in Whittington Church. The Scholars and Gentlemen conducted by Mike Donkin will be singing secular and sacred music by Monteverdi. There’s an interval and a bar. To avoid a fine if you are parking at the Whittington …
Whittington’s Young Musicians We were thrilled to see both teenage cellist Oliver Pearce, who has taken part in our Saturday morning masterclass sessions and played in family concerts, and soprano Kizzy Lumley-Edwards on national TV, performing at the BBC Proms this year. Oliver played with the National Youth Orchestra, while Kizzy had the honour of …