There have been some amazingly wonderful concerts at Aysgarth church during 2023 thanks to the Swaledale Festival and to the Wensleydale Concert Series (WCS). There was breathtakingly exquisite and poetic oboe playing by Nicholas Daniel at the final concert of the WCS 2023 series on September 16 beautifully accompanied on the piano by Huw Watkins. It is an honour to have so many world-class musicians performing at the church. Scroll day for the Wensleydale Concert Series this year which start on May 11.
Parking at Aysgarth church for evening concerts: is £1.50 at the Pay and Display carpark
There is limited disabled parking at the church for any concert. Please inform us in advance. For the Wensleydale Concert Series please phone 01969 663026. For the Swaledale Festival concerts at Aysgarth church phone 01969 663362.
Swaledale Festival concerts
at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth
For Swaledale Festival enquiries please contact:
Office number: 01748 880018. Box office: 01748 880019.
Sunday 26th May at 4-5pm
Event no. 6 Echo Vocal Ensemble: Sweet Harmony
Adults £16; Under 25s £3
Tuesday 28th May at 4-5pm
Event no. 13 Xiaowen Shang Young piano prodigy
Adults £16; Under 25s £3
Tuesday 28 May 7.30 – 9.30pm
Event no. 14 – Leyburn Band
Adults £10; Under 25s £3
Wednesday 5 June 7.30 to 9.30
Event No. 44: Raphael Wallfisch and Friends: Quartet for the End of Time
Messiaen’s deeply moving Quartet for the End of Time
Adults £25; Under 25s £3
Thursday 06 June 2024 4-5pm
Event no 46 John Law and Jon Lloyd: Naissance
Uplifting, ambient jazz piano and saxophone
Adults £16; Under 25s £3
Wensleydale Concert Series
All concerts are at St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth at 7.30pm
For booking information click here. Tel. 01969 663026 for enquiries.
Tickets are £20 or £1 (for under 18s and full-time students) at the door or
£18/£1 when purchase in advance. You can order tickets with a printed
programme for £1.50 extra. Heavily discounted season tickets available.
Saturday 11th May - Jervaulx Singers
Conducted by Charlie Gower-Smith
A Yorkshire-based professional soloist choir including singers from across the
UK from choral and operatic traditions will perform Brahms – A German
Requiem accompanied by Brahms’s own 4-hand piano version of the score.
The two solo parts are performed by members of the choir.
Saturday 15th June - Daniel Grimwood & Yasmin Rowe
A four-hand piano recital featuring works by Franz Schubert and Anton
Rubinstein and featuring Stravinsky’s wild and dramatic Rite of Spring
Friday 21st June – Nazrin Rashidova & Daniel Grimwood
A Violin and Piano Recital with works by Arvo Pärt, Grieg, Godowsky,
Moszkowski, Szymanowski, Émile Sauret and Ethel Barns
Saturday 6th July – Benjamin Frith & Heidi Rolfe
A husband and wife four-hand piano recital including music by Field, Satie,
Schubert and Brahms and featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s - Scheherazade
Saturday 27th July – The Herschel Trio
Named after the famous astronomer, and North-East composer, the Herschel
Trio (flutes, harpsichord and viol) is bringing us a baroque performance
entitled "Baroque Britannia!" including works by Handel, Arne, Purcell and
Finger with traditional airs by Oswald, O'Carolan, together with Welsh airs
and a North/North-East connection with Avison, Garth, and Herschel.
Saturday 17th August - Ashley Fripp, piano
Internationally recognised pianist, Ashely Fripp is performing Schubert/Liszt
transcriptions from Schwanengesang, a selection of JS Bach Preludes and
Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1) and two late Beethoven
sonatas.
Saturday 7th September - Tango Siempre
Tango Siempre have toured the UK and Europe since 1998 with projects
ranging from traditional tango dance shows to collaborations with
orchestras, contemporary dance companies and jazz musicians. They are
unique in having three composers/arrangers within the band. Their
repertoire consists exclusively of original compositions and of music that
they have transcribed and arranged from historical recordings of the great
Argentinian orchestras and of Astor Piazzolla’s Nuevo Tango ensembles.
Saturday 21st September - Vitaly Pisarenko
Russian pianist Vitaly Pisarenko is in great demand and has performed in
over 30 countries in solo recitals and as concerto soloist with major
orchestras. He was the winner of the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano
Competition in Utrecht and took 3rd prize in the Leeds Piano competition in
2015. His programme will include works by Liszt and Schubert.
Swaledale Festival
There will be six Swaledale Festival concerts at St Andrew's from May 26 to June 6. See https://www.swalefest.org/