The Newbury Spring Festival is a mix of classical, jazz, folk and chamber music thrown in for good measure. It will take place from 11 to 25 May 2024.
Newbury Spring Festival 2024 Highlights
Concerts will be performed at St Nicolas’ Church including the London Mozart Players (Saturday 11 May) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (Saturday 18 May). The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will close the festival with a performance of Sibelius’ symphonies and Wagner’s Wesendonk Leider.
There will also be a series of chamber music with Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko, Calefax Reed Quintet, Kinsky Trio Prague and Takács Quartet
Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Cordelia Williams, Manu Brazo and Bryan Evans, and Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain will also perform at the leading UK classical music festival .
Newbury’s Corn Exchange will host a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, as well as the Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, folky Kabantu (Wednesday 15 May) and Indian Classical Music. Tim Kliphuis will close Corn Exchange music performances with his trio performing Django Meets Mussorgsky.
The festival will also have plenty of activities for the kids including sailing with groovy pirates or seeing the world from the eyes of Thumbelina.
Newbury Spring Festival 2024 Schedule Highlights
11 May, 7.30pm – London Mozart Players, St Nicholas Church
11 May, 7.30pm – National Youth Jazz Orchestra: A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, Corn Exchange
12 May, 3pm – Vadym Kholodenko, Corn Exchange
13 May, 12.30pm – Young Artist Recital: Maiastra Piano Quintet, Corn Exchange
14 May, 7.30pm – Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Corn Exchange
15 May, 12.30pm – Young Artist Recital: The Bellot Ensemble, Corn Exchange
15 May,7.30pm – Kabantu, Corn Exchange
15 May,7.30pm – Kinsky Trio Prague, Englefield House, Theale
16 May, 3pm – Daniel Finkelstein in Conversation with Robert Harris, Englefield House, Theale
17 May, 12.30pm – Young Artist Recital: Alinde Quintet, Corn Exchange
17 May, 7.30pm – Sam Jewison Quintet, Corn Exchange
17 May, 7.30pm – Newbury Spring Festival Chorus: 25th Anniversary Concert, St Nicolas Church
18 May, 7.30pm – A Night of Argentinian Tango: The Romano Viazzani Ensemble, Corn Exchange
18 May, 7.30pm – London Philharmonic Orchestra St. Nicolas Church
19 May, 7.30pm – Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams, St. Mary’s Church, Kintbury
20 May, 7.30pm – Manu Brazo: Fantasia, Church of the Ascension, Burghclere
21 May, 7.30pm – Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain, Donnington Priory
22 May, 7.30pm – The Telling: Into the Melting Pot, Corn Exchange
22 May, 7.30pm – Tenebrae: Path of Miracles, Douai Abbey
23 May, 7.30pm – A Night of Indian Music: Jonathan Mayer and Kousic Sen in Concert, Corn Exchange
23 May, 7.30pm – VOCES8: Draw on Sweet Night, St Martin’s Church, East Woodhay
24 May, 7.30pm – Joe Stilgoe Trio: The Entertainers, Corn Exchange
24 May, 7.30pm – Emma Johnson: The Orchestra for the Environment, St. Lawrence Church, Hungerford
25 May, 7.30pm – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Nicolas Church
25 May, 7.30pm – Tim Kliphuis: Django meets Mussorgsky, Corn Exchange
Festival Venues
The music festival will take place throughout Newbury. A list of venues can be found here.
When Is the Newbury Spring Festival 2024?
It will take place from 11 to 25 May, 2024.
Festival Tickets
To purchase your tickets for the festival, click here.
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