There have been some amazingly wonderful concerts at Aysgarth church during 2024 thanks to the Swaledale Festival and to the Wensleydale Concert Series (WCS). It is an honour to have so many world-class musicians performing at the church. 

Concerts in 2025

Swaledale Festival

Saturday 31 May at 19:30 with earlier rehearsal: Jervaulx Singers
Friday 6 June at 16:00 to 17:00 with earlier rehearsal: Xiaowen Shang, solo piano

Wensleydale Concert Series

14 June 19:30 Iyad Sughayer
Piano Recital - Mozart, Schubert, Sibelius & Khachaturian

28 June 19:30 Fenella Humphreys & Emma Abbate
Violin & Piano Recital

12 July 19:30 Ben Cruchley
Piano Recital

26 July 19:30 James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook
Tenor & Piano Recital - Songs by Butterworth, Gurney, Ireland and Vaughan Williams

16 August 19:30 Mark Bebbington
Piano Recital: music by Alwyn, Carwithen, Bliss, Ireland and Chopin

6 September 19:30 Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Shostakovich In Memoriam: Marking 50 years since the composer's death.

20 September 19:30 Jeremias Fliedl & Callum McLachlan
Cello & Piano Recital - music by Bach, Beethoven, Pärt and Rachmaninoff

Click for more information about WCS concerts see www.wensleydaleconcertseries.co.uk/

Richmond Chamber Orchestra
Sunday July 13th 3.00pm at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth
Yorkshire’s new orchestra presents lovely relaxing music for a summer’s afternoon. An Elgar masterpiece, Bach’s E major violin concerto, Janacek’s Idyll Suite, Percy Grainger’s bumptious Molly on the Shore & Tchaikovsky’s exquisite Andante for cello & strings - plus a mystery piece…
Soloists Philippa Mo (violin), Helen Dawson (cello) & Sally Cathcart (piano)
Tickets £15.00, U18 £7.50 from www.ticketsource.co.uk, call 0333 666 3366, or at the door. More information at www.richmondchamberorchestra.co.uk

There is limited disabled  parking at the church for any concert. Please inform us in advance at 01969 663362..  For the Wensleydale Concert Series please phone 01969 663026.