ENGLISH HAYDN FESTIVAL
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ENGLISH HAYDN FESTIVAL 2027
Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
Dates: 9th June to 12th June 2027
FESTIVAL WEEK CONCERTS AT ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH
St Mary Magdalene Church, with its wonderful acoustics, is set in the beautiful hill-top market town of Bridgnorth overlooking the River Severn and provides a magnificent setting for the Festival. It was designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1792 at a time when Haydn was spending his celebrated years in London.
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ENGLISH HAYDN FESTIVAL
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2026
HAYDN'S MUSICAL WORLD
The 2026 English Haydn Festival was organised for 10th June to 13th June, with Lunchtime and Evening 'Period Instruments' Concerts featuring music by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, J C Bach, and other 18th century composers.
Join us for another inspiring week of wonderful music.
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Richard Wigmore, in his “Pocket Guide to Haydn”, states “ For nigh on two decades Haydn had been an international superstar, feted from Edinburgh to Naples, from Lisbon to St Petersburg. No composer, not even Handel, certainly not Mozart, had ever been as widely celebrated in his own lifetime".
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2026 FESTIVAL DETAILS:
Festival theme:
HAYDN'S MUSICAL WORLD
STEVEN DEVINE & THE ENGLISH HAYDN ORCHESTRA
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Steven Devine made his London conducting debut in 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall and is now a regular performer there – including making his Proms directing debut in August 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He has conducted the Mozart Festival Orchestra in every major concert hall in the UK and also across Switzerland. Steven is Music Director for New Chamber Opera in Oxford and with them has performed repertoire from Cavalli to Rossini. For the Dartington Festival Opera he has conducted Handel’s Orlando and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. He is currently conductor and Artistic Advisor for the English Haydn Festival. Steven works regularly with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Trondheim Barokk, the Victoria Baroque Players (BC, Canada) and Arion Baroque Ensemble (Montreal).
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- THE ENGLISH HAYDN ORCHESTRA
- The Festival seeks to promote the vast amount of wonderful music composed by Joseph Haydn and his friends and colleagues of the Classical period, which spanned the years from the mid eighteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century. ie; Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) to Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
FEATURED SOLOISTS:
CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS
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EVA CABALLERO
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EMILY WORTHINGTON
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PAVEL SERBIN
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ROBERT PERCIVAL
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AGATA DARASKAITE
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MARK BAIGENT
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JOHN MOORE
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DR TIM PARKER-LANGSTON
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ANA BEARD FERNANDEZ
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MIRANDA WESTCOTT
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FEATURED PERIOD INSTRUMENT ENSEMBLES
THE CONSONE QUARTET
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THE LITURINA PIANO TRIO
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FESTIVAL WEEK:
HAYDN'S MUSICAL WORLD
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WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 12.30pm BRIDGNORTH LUNCHTIME CONCERT A CONCERT OF MUSIC & SONGS ILLUSTRATING THE CREATIVE WORKS OF WOMEN IN THE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Tim Parker- Langston - fortepiano/tenor Ana Beard Fernandez - soprano Miranda Westcott - mezzo soprano Jo Lawrence - violin Pavel Serbin - violoncello Joseph Haydn: Selections from Canzonetta: Book One (poetry by Anne Hunter (1742-1821)) The Mermaid' Song (Miranda) Recollection (Vs 1) (Ana) Despair (Vs 1 and 4) (Tim) Fidelity (Miranda) Harriett Abrams: (1758-1821) The Eolian Harp (Ana) Crazy Jane (Miranda) The ballad of William and Nancy (Tim) Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy: (1744-1824) Sur le bord d'une onde (Ana) Louise Reichardt: (1779-1826) Unruhiger Schlaf (Miranda) Fanny Hensel (maiden name Mendelssohn): (1805-1847) Liederkreis (Ana, Miranda, Tim) Jane Austen: (1775-1817) Selections from her Music Collection Joseph Haydn: (1732-1809) She Never Told Her Love (Tim) François Devienne: (1759-1803) Qué j'aime a voir les hirondelles (Ana) Georgiana Cavendish: (Duchess of Devinshire) (1757-1806) I have a silent sorrow (Miranda) Joseph Haydn: Scottish Songs: Green Grow the Rashes (Ana, Miranda, Tim) Logan Water (Ana, Miranda, Tim) Macpherson's Farewell (Ana, Miranda, Tim) |
A colour print, from 1909, of a watercolour on the lid of a stationery box made by Balthazar Wigand and presented to Joseph Haydn. It commemorates Haydn's attendance at a performance of 'The Creation'. (Haydn can be seen seated in the lower centre of the image, wearing wig and hat.)
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TIM PARKER-LANGSTON
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Tim’s highlights include solo appearances with the Halle under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, the European Opera Centre with Richard Farnes, the Oxford Lieder Festival with Malcolm Martineau OBE, Dame Ann Murray and performances of Israel in Eygpt with the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
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ANA BEARD FERNANDEZ
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Ana's recent appearances include a Rameau and Charpentier double-bill with Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music, Elijah with the Crouch End Festival Chorus at Alexandra Palace, and concerts with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Symphony orchestras in Berlin, Stuttgart and Freiburg. |
MIRANDA WESTCOTT
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Miranda has covered and performed a variety of roles for the Royal Opera, Welsh National Opera and Garsington amongst others. Recent highlights include Rossweise (Die Walküre), Mércèdes (Carmen) and Trine (Festen) for the Royal Opera. In concert Miranda appeared at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, The Sage Gateshead, Oxford Lieder Festival and Sinfonia Smith Square. Miranda first performed at the English Haydn Festival in 2009 and is delighted to have returned over the years.
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JOANNA LAWRENCE
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Joanna has performed in venues and Festivals worldwide with ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), London Classical Players, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen, The Hanover Band, The King’s Consort, and Florelegium. She was part of an interactive chamber opera with Seaglass Arts at the Royal Opera House last year, and adapted and directed Acis and Galatea for children with Early Opera Company in the autumn. This year Joanna will be the violinist in ‘Purcell, the Musical’ with The Telling. Joanna continues to lead creative workshops for OAE and London Mozart Players. With Music for Life, run by Wigmore Hall, Joanna works with people living with dementia in free improvisation workshops.
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PAVEL SERBIN
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Pavel is recognised for not only his orchestral and solo performances, but his passion for research into lost compositions of both Russian and European eighteenth century composers. His achievements include the discovery of “lost” works by Russian baroque composers and Festival performances of discovered concertos by Woschitka, J. C. Bach, and Hoeke. His latest discovery is by the German composer Carl Friedrich Abel who established the first subscription concerts in London.
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GRAND OPENING ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
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WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 7.30pm EVENING CONCERT THE ENGLISH HAYDN ORCHESTRA on period instruments Conductor STEVEN DEVINE Soloists: Steven Devine - fortepiano Simon Standage - violin Mark Baigent - oboe Pavel Serbin - violoncello Crispian Steele - Perkins - trumpet |
JOSEPH HAYDN
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Haydn: Symphony No. 34 in C minor Hob 1/34 (1765)
J. C. Bach: Concertante in Bb WC48 (1780) Interval 30 minutes Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb major (1796) Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C Hob 1/60 (1775) |
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
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STEVEN DEVINE
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Steven combines a career as a conductor and director of orchestral, choral and opera repertoire with that of a solo harpsichordist and fortepianist. He is Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The English Haydn Festival; Music Director of New Chamber Opera, Oxford and Director of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s “Bach the Universe & Everything” series. Steven was educated at Chetham’s School of Music before reading Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He was Director of Opera Restor’d from 2002-2010 and Kurator and Conductor of the Norwegian Wind Ensemble from 2016-2018.
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SIMON STANDAGE
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Simon was Leader and soloist with the English Concert from its foundation until 1990, he also fulfilled the same role for many years with the City of London Sinfonia. In addition to the many records he made with the English Concert (including Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, nominated for a Grammy award), he also recorded solo and chamber music, including all of Mozart’s violin concertos with the Academy of Ancient Music, of which he was, with Christopher Hogwood, Associate Director from 1991 to 1995. Simon received a medal for services to Polish culture in 2008, was awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music in 2009, and in 2010 received the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize from the city of Magdeburg.
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MARK BAIGENT
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Mark is one of the UK’s leading period oboists. His playing career took off in 2000 when he joined the English Baroque Soloists under Sir John Eliot Gardiner for their epic year long Bach Pilgrimage. Since then Mark has freelanced with most of the UK's leading period instrument orchestras as well as those in Europe and Australia performing repertoire from Bach to Stravinsky using copies and original oboes from his collection of over 20 instruments. |
PAVEL SERBIN
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Pavel has performed in numerous early music ensembles. From 2004 to 2017, he taught baroque cello, early chamber ensemble and quartet at the Department of Historical and Contemporary Performing Arts at Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. His main research interests are history of Russian early music and biographies of Russian musicians of the pre-Glinkian era. He has edited and published a number of academic editions of Russian early orchestral, keyboard and cello music, including J. W. Hässler’s Piano Concerto op. 50 (Moscow Conservatory Press, 2013).
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CRISPIAN STEELE-PERKINS
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Crispian's performances receive widespread critical acclaim. A BBC's 'CD Review' concluded that of all worldwide available recordings of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto his was 'the one to have'. Described as ‘the world's leading exponent of the Baroque Trumpet’ particularly when heard in duet with the great singers such as Kiri te Kanawa, Dame Emma Kirkby and BrynTerfel.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY WIND MACHINE
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THURSDAY 11th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 12.30pm LUNCHTIME CONCERT THE REVOLUTIONARY WIND MACHINE on period instruments Mark Baigent - oboe Cait Walker - oboe Emily Worthington - clarinet Fiona Mitchell - clarinet Richard Bayliss - horn Claire Reynolds - horn Robert Percival - bassoon William Gough - bassoon Georg Druchetzky: Arrangement of Joseph Haydn’s ‘The Seasons’. Sedlak. Paul Wranitzky: Octet in F (Previously attributed to Haydn) (1803) Beethoven: Octet in E flat Opus 103 (1792) . |
GEORG DRUCHETZKY
PAUL WRANITZKY
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MARK BAIGENT
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Mark tours extensively throughout Europe, America and the Far East, performing for festivals, music societies and radio with ensembles including the Sixteen, English Baroque Soloists, The Academy of Ancient Music, and his two chamber groups, the Denner Ensemble and Pipers 3 oboe trio. |
NICOLA BARBAGLI
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Nicola graduated from Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique. He moved to the UK to play in the Southbank Sinfonia, and studied historical oboes at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the "San Martino Scholarship" and "Nancy Nuttal Early Music Prize". |
EMILY WORTHINGTON
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Emily is one of the outstanding period-instrument performers-scholars of her generation. Equally at home playing music from Handel and Mozart to Messaien and Hindemith on historical instruments from her own substantial collection, Emily’s performances and research activities cover a wide range of repertoire and topics from c.1750-1950. Emily is in great demand as an orchestral clarinettist with leading period orchestras around the world, including the Gabrieli Consort and Players, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre de Champs-Elysees, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, the Kings Consort, and Spira Mirabilis. During 2018-19 she will be playing guest principal with Concerto Copenhagen, the Academy of Ancient Music, and the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra.
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SANDRA PEREZ
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Sandra originally from Xalapa, México, Sandra studied a Master’s in Historical Performance in the Netherlands. She is studying a PhD in Music at the University of Huddersfield, researching late 18th century repertoire for a soprano chalumeau.
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RICHARD BAYLISS
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Richard is a founding member of the Galliard Ensemble Wind Quintet, and is a regular performer with many of the UK’s leading chamber ensembles and chamber Orchestras. Richard also works regularly with many of the UK’s leading Symphony Orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia and BBC Orchestras, and has performed as guest principal with Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
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CLARE REYNOLDS
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Clare studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where she was introduced to the world of baroque and classical horns. She works with a variety of groups including The Academy of Ancient Music, London Handel Orchestra, The OAE, Gabrieli Ensemble, Hanover Band. Clare also teaches brass and piano. |
ROBERT PERCIVAL
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Robert performs extensively on historical bassoons and contrabassoons with many of the leading early instrument groups across Europe, including the OAE, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and Ensemble Pygmalion, and co-directs Boxwood & Brass, a Harmonie specialising in wind music of the 18th and 19th century. He is also a leading specialist in historical practices in editing, arranging and orchestration, in particular for wind instruments, which formed the focus of his doctoral research.
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WILLIAM GOUGH
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William is in demand as an orchestral bassoonist, performing with leading period instrument ensembles such as Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music and English Baroque Soloists, and playing guest principal with orchestras such as London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and RTÉ Symphony Orchestra. She received first-class honours for both her undergraduate degree at Oxford and Masters degree at Royal College of Music.
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THE LITURINA PIANO TRIO
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THURSDAY 11th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 7.30pm EVENING CONCERT THE LITURINA PIANO TRIO: Dominika Maszczynska - fortepiano Gabriella Jones - violin Samuel Ng - violoncello Haydn: Trio in E minor Hob. XV12 (1788/89) J. C. Bach: Sonata in C minor Opus 17/2 (1780) Haydn: Trio in E No. 44 Hob. XV:28 (1797) interval Haydn: Adagio in G Hob. XV22 (1794) J. C. Bach: Trio in C Opus 15/1 (1774) Beethoven: Trio in C minor Opus 1/3 (1795) |
BEETHOVEN
J. C. BACH
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J. C. BACH (1735-1782) established a reputation in England, and in 1766 became music master to Queen Charlotte. He performed symphonies and concertos at the Hanover Square Rooms which was London's premier concert venue in the heart of fashionable Mayfair. The surrounding surrounding Georgian homes offered a well-to-do clientele for his performances. In 1777, Bach won a landmark case, Bach v Longman, which established that English copyright law applied to musical scores. Even before then, Bach demanded a proper credibility for his compositions almost at the same time upon his arrival to London in 1762. He was granted an exclusive right to publish his music for 14 years.
The Liturina Trio is a vibrant, award-winning early music chamber ensemble known for innovative performances on historical instruments. Founded. They perform diverse repertoires from Telemann and Bach to new commissions, championing historical performance while forging new paths through genre crossovers, aiming to inspire young composers and audiences.
DOMINIKA MASZCZYNSKA
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Dominika won the RCM Historical Performance Competition and the Century Fund Prize. She was a semi finalist of the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges (2019). Dominika was awarded the Charles Colt Scholarship in 2019 and the Fellowship in Historical Keyboards at the Royal College of Music for three consecutive years, 2020-2023. |
GABRIELLA JONES
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Gabriella collaborates with composers, and has premiered works by Sally Beamish and John Joubert. She performs regularly as a baroque violinist, playing with ensembles such as Instruments of Time and Truth, and Florilegium. Gabriella frequently leads the Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra. Her baroque violin is a 1756 Jacob Kloz, which is generously on loan from the Cherubim Trust. |
SAMUEL NG
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Samuel is the recipient of the Raphael Sommer Music Scholarship Trust Award. He studies with Raphael Wallfisch and Helene Dautry at the Royal College of Music. Samuel has won numerous prizes which have led him to perform in many of the prestigious London music halls. Highlights to date include a concerto debut playing Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante, and an appearance at the Vienna Musikverein in January last year for the Vienna Philharmonic Ball. |
THE CONSONE QUARTET
FRIDAY 12th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 12.30pm
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
THE CONSONE QUARTET
Agata Daraskaite - violin
Oliver Cave - violin
Elitsa Bogdanova - viola
George Ross - violoncello
Haydn: Quartet in G Opus 33 No. 5 Hob 111:41 (1781)
Mozart: Quartet No. 17 in Bb KV458 “The Hunt” (1784)
St Mary's Church, East Castle St, Bridgnorth. 12.30pm
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
THE CONSONE QUARTET
Agata Daraskaite - violin
Oliver Cave - violin
Elitsa Bogdanova - viola
George Ross - violoncello
Haydn: Quartet in G Opus 33 No. 5 Hob 111:41 (1781)
Mozart: Quartet No. 17 in Bb KV458 “The Hunt” (1784)
AGATA DARASKAITE
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Agata started playing the violin at the age of six and made her solo debut four years later. A prize winner of ten national and international competitions Agata moved to England to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in 2003. Since then she has been performing solo and chamber music across the UK and Europe. In 2009 she performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the LPO's "Between two worlds: Alfred Schnittke" Festival with Valdimir Jurowski conducting. In 2012 as a RCM Concerto Competition winner, Agata performed Berg's violin concerto with the RCM Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner.
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OLIVER CAVE
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Oliver is a member of La Serenissima and frequently performs solos and chamber music alongside the group’s director, Adrian Chandler. He is also a member of the 12 Ensemble, where he often plays as Principal 2nd Violin. Additionally, Oliver regularly collaborates with acclaimed ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Photographer Valya Korabelnikova. |
ELITSA BOGDANOVA
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Elitsa moved to London from Bulgaria in 2007 to complete her degree at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, studying with Alexander Zemstov and Rachel Roberts, and at the same time developed an interest in historical performances with Jane Rogers and Pavlo Beznosiuk. Elitsa has performed on period instruments with ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, and as principal violinist of La Serenissima, specialists in Venetian music. In 2013 Elitsa co-created the Bulgarian interdisciplinary Festival '180 Deg', which features a variety of chamber music and other art forms. |
GEORGE ROSS
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George specialises in period instrument performances, having completed his Master's studies at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague where he received lessons from Jaap ter Linden. Having attained a first-class honours for his Bachelor of Music degree at the Royal College of Music, George has worked with groups such as The King's Consort, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Arcangelo, the Hanover Band. George has performed as a solo artist at Wigmore Hall.
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HAYDN'S FRIENDS
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FRIDAY 12th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St., Bridgnorth. 7.30pm EVENING SYMPHONY CONCERT THE ENGLISH HAYDN ORCHESTRA on period instruments Conductor STEVEN DEVINE Soloists: Eva Caballero - flute Emily Worthington - clarinet Agata Daraskaite - violin Robert Percival - bassoon William Gough - bassoon Haydn: Overture in D Hob 1a:4 (1785) Franz Krommer: Concertante in D Opus 80 (1810) Interval 30 minutes Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for 2 bassoons in F (1785) Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Opus 93 (1812) |
FRANZ KROMMER
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
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EVA CABALLERO
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Eva originally from Barcelona, Spain, was awarded a scholarship to study at Trinity College of Music, London, with Daniel Pailthorpe. Towards the end of her BMus (Hons) degree, she discovered the baroque flute with Stephen Preston and continued her studies on historical flutes with Lisa Beznosiuk at the Royal Academy of Music. Eva has won numerous awards as a chamber music performer in the UK and Spain including XIII Paper de Música de Capellades, Premi Ciutat Manresa, IX Pòdiums de St. Joan de Vilatorrada and the Anglo-Czech Trust Competition. Her work involves performing in London-based ensembles and a variety of orchestras, including Solomon’s Knot, The Mozartists, The Sixteen, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Armonico Consort among others. She has also given recitals at the Handel Hendrix House, Raynham Hall, the Wallace Collection and St. Martin-in-the-Fields among others. Eva is also an enthusiastic educator and works as a flute teacher in North London primary and secondary schools as well as North London Conservatoire.
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EMILY WORTHINGTON
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Emily studied at the University of York, the Royal College of Music and the Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes. Emily held the post of Senior Lecturer in Music Performance at the University of Huddersfield, where she co-founded the interdisciplinary Research Centre for Performance Practices with Dr Ben Spatz. Alongside her academic posts Emily continue to perform with orchestras around the world, including the Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Anima Eterna, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Gabrieli Consort, and the Academy of Ancient Music. From 2013-2023 Emily co-directed historical wind ensemble Boxwood & Brass, whose recordings were hailed as ‘revelatory’ (Early Music Today) and ‘dazzlingly persuasive’ (BBC Music Magazine).
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AGATA DARASKAITE
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Agata enjoys a busy and varied performing career on both modern and period instruments. Of Lithuanian- Polish descent, she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music, where, as a winner of the concerto competition, she performed Berg’s Violin Voncerto with Edward Gardner conducting. She graduated with Distinction, winning The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl which she received from the then HRH Prince Charles. From 2013 to 2019 Agata was a member of the Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra led by Gidon Kremer with which she extensively toured Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and North and South Americas, playing in some of the world’s most prestigious halls. As well as playing with the Consone Quartet, Agata’s current projects include a cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas with her duo partner, pianist James Cheung, and freelancing with ensembles such as Academy of Ancient Music, Solomon’s Knot, La Serenissima, Florilegium, Aurora Orchestra, twelve Ensemble and London Contemporary Orchestra. In 2023 Agata spent her summer guest leading the English Concert in two opera productions at Garsington Opera and an all-Mozart programme directed by Trevor Pinnock.
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ROBERT PERCIVAL
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Robert began playing historical bassoons and contrabassoons in 2001. He now performs repertoire from Bach to Brahms and Mahler with many leading early instrument groups, including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London and the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées in France. When he’s not playing, Robert is kept busy as a freelance music copyist, editor and arranger. His music preparation work for major publishers and composers has included some of the most noted new music premieres of recent years. His expertise in 18th- and 19th-century repertoire is also much in demand from colleagues and ensembles. Robert’s arrangements have been performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and at the BBC Prom concerts. More recently, his arrangements and editions for wind ensemble have formed the core of Boxwood & Brass’s repertoire, as well as the basis of his ongoing research at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he holds a doctoral scholarship.
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WILLIAM GOUGH
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William made his concerto debut in December 2015, performing Vivaldi's 'La Notte' in Headington. He went to Italy in 2016 and 2017 with the RAM bassoon department for masterclasses with Marco Lugaresi, and played Vivaldi concerti with orchestra. In November and December 2017 William performed both the World Premiere and the London Premiere (at Kings Place with Tchaikovsky Camerata) of a new bassoon concerto by Colombian composer Arturo Cuellar. William was a guest artist at Musikk I Sentrum Festival, Norway, in 2019, including soloist in a Vivaldi concerto, a recital with piano, and soloist in the gala concert.
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PIANO TRIO CONCERT
CELBRATING THE 300th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF DR CHARLES BURNEY
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SATURDAY 13th JUNE 2026 Acton Round Church, ACTON ROUND 12 noon LUNCHTIME CONCERT DR CHARLES BURNEY John Moore - fortepiano Christian Halstead - violin Jo Lawrence - violin Pavel Serbin - violoncello Trio Sonata in C minor Opus 4 No. 4 (1777) Sonata No. VI in A for Violin & Continuo Trio Sonata in D Opus 4 No. 4 No. 6 William Herschel: (1738-1832) Trio Sonata No.VI in A Major for violin and continuo - I - Moderato II - Adagio III - Allegretto spiritoso Charles Burney: (1726-1814) Sonata for two violins and continuo in Bb Major Op.4 no.5 1 - Adagio II - Andante allegro III - Affettuoso Charles Burney: Sonata for two violins and continuo in C Minor Op. 4 no. 4. I - Grave II - Allegro III - Largo IV - Allegro affetuoso Charles Burney: Sonata in D Major for two violins and continuo Op.4 no> 6. I - Grave II - Allegro assai III - Pastorale |
CHARLES BURNEY
WILLIAM HERSCHEL
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John Moore read music at the University of East Anglia and Royal Academy of Music, where he studied piano with Sidney Harrison and Alexander Kelly. After teaching music in Edinburgh for ten years, where he also pursued a career as a conductor with Edinburgh Grand Opera and Edinburgh Music Theatre as well as forming his own chorus, The New Scottish Concert Choir, John also composed for several Channel 4 shows, and appeared frequently as accompanist and continuo player with amongst others, The Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Ensemble, and the Scottish Baroque group, Kist of Music.
Joanna Lawrence has performed in venues and Festivals worldwide with ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), London Classical Players, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen, The Hanover Band, The King’s Consort, and Florelegium. She was part of an interactive chamber opera with Seaglass Arts at the Royal Opera House last year, and adapted and directed Acis and Galatea for children with Early Opera Company in the autumn. This year Joanna will be the violinist in ‘Purcell, the Musical’ with The Telling. Joanna continues to lead creative workshops for OAE and London Mozart Players. With Music for Life, run by Wigmore Hall, Joanna works with people living with dementia in free improvisation workshops. Christian Halstead enjoys a busy and varied career as a freelance violinist, working with ensembles such as London Mozart Players, St. Paul’s Sinfonia, City Chamber Orchestra, the 18th Century Concert Orchestra, Ex Cathedra, and Armonico Consort. Pavel Serbin was a prize winner at various competitions, including the Premo Bonporti Competition in Italy, the Van Wassenaer Concours competition at the Utrecht, and the Early Music Competition in Bruges. He has performed worldwide as principal cellist with numerous orchestras and ensembles. |
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GRAND FINALE ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
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SATURDAY 13th JUNE 2026
St Mary's Church, East Castle St., Bridgnorth. 7.30pm EVENING CONCERT THE ENGLISH HAYDN ORCHESTRA on period instruments Conductor: STEVEN DEVINE Soloists: Pavel Serbin - violoncello Emily Worthington - clarinet Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A Hob: 1/87 (1786) Luigi Boccherini: Symphony No. 2 in D Opus 37 - 2 (1787) Interval 30 minutes Krommer: Clarinet Concerto in Eb major Opus 36 (1803) Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in Eb major Hob: 1:103 (1795) |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
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PAVEL SERBIN
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Pavel is recognised for his orchestral and solo performances, and passion for research into lost compositions of both Russian and European eighteenth century composers. His achievements include discovering 'lost' works by Russian baroque composers and Festival performances of discovered concertos by Woschitka, J. C. Bach, and Hoeke. His discovery of the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini’s symphony No.2 was first performed in 2007.
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 EMILY WORTHINGTON
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Emily regularly performs as a guest principal clarinettist with leading ensembles around the world. She joined York University in 2022 as Lecturer in Music specialising in “Historical Performance”. Emily trained at The Royal College of Music and through the Formation Superieure de l’Abbaye aux Dames des Saintes, where she specialised in orchestral and chamber music performance of Classical and period instrument repertoire. Emily is acknowledged to be one of the outstanding period instrument performers and scholars of her generation. |
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Programme subject to change.
The English Haydn Festival appreciates the financial support of Festival Friends, Sponsors, Donors, and Music Trusts, including the Continuo Foundation's support of the English Haydn Orchestra. They are all crucial to maintaining the quality of this World Class event.
AN 18th CENTURY EXPERIENCE
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