Friday 23rd December 2016 at 7.30pm

The YORK WAITS are the foremost performers of medieval music in the country and have performed at Royal and many international events. They will perform a selection of music with a festive flavour, from the medieval period through to the present day.

Their unique instruments - viols, sackbutts, hurdygurdy, baroque flute, to name but a few - are played in period costume and create a wonderful sound and scene in the fine surrounds and acoustics of the church.

Festive refreshments will be served during the interval.
 

York Waits Booking Form

To book tickets for this events, please  follow the intrsuctions on the booking form.

For more information or help with your booking , please contact Richard Taylor on 01709 527713 or via the Musical Enquiry category on our Contact Page

Saturday, 3rd December at 7.30 pm
 

Escafeld Chorale: Here we Come a-Wassailing with Mince Pies and Mulled Wine (or Tea or Coffee).

Tickets in advance cost £7.00, or you may pay at the door, where the cost is £8.00. All tickets include a free programme and light refreshments. This will be the twenty first successive year that this concert has been held at Wentworth.

Escafeld Chorale Booking Form

To book tickets for any of the above events, please  follow the intrsuctions on the booking form. Alternatively tickets are also available on the night.

Escafeld Chorale Poster

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Saturday 15th October at 7.30 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

Led by Deborah Catterall, Director/Soprano with Hugh Cherry on Lute

Will the Real John Dowland Please Stand Up?

A unique opportunity to hear an intimate, atmospheric and colourful programme written in the 16th/17th centuries by one of the greatest composers of the Western hemisphere. Who was John Dowland? Why is he the 'stand out' composer of secular Renaissance Europe?

Tickets cost £7 (or £6 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediately prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)

Thursday 13th October at 7.30 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

The choir was founded nearly fifty years ago as a mixed group which take the name of their musical director who is well known as a tutor to many professional singers, including those with Opera North and English National Opera. Margaret Duckworth is a professional soloist of international reputation in her own right, having sung with the Berlin Philharmonic and having won the Kathleen Ferrier award at the S’Hertogenbosch International Competition in Holland.

A range of short solos will be performed by selected members of the choir.

After many highly successful concerts, we look forward to welcoming them again to Wentworth.

Tickets cost £7 (or £6 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediatly prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)

Saturday 24th September at 7.30 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

The choir was founded in 1974 by James Kirkwood, head of music at Thornbridge School in Sheffield as the Radio Sheffield Choir and is now a 50 strong mixed choir with a reputation for high quality and an extensive range and repertoire, conducted by Neil Taylor, who has a long association with Sheffield Cathedral.

The Radio Sheffield Choir quickly gained a reputation for popular programmes and the choir was featured on Radios 2, 3 and 4, including two very successful performances on the programme, ‘Glamorous Nights’ on Radio 2. In 1984, the choir changed its name to The Sheffield Chorale, increased its membership through audition, and took on board large choral works with orchestra.

The choir has raised many thousands of pounds for local and national charities through its performances, of which its main one, the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols at St. John’s Church, Ranmoor, has always remained a popular and well-attended event.

They will be demonstrating their versatility with a wide range of music, from Praulins Missa Regensis to Porgy and Bess and more contemporary and popular items.

Tickets cost £7 (or £6 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediatly prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)

Saturday 24th September at 1.00 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

2010 saw the restoration of the magnificent Father Willis Organ in Wentworth Church. This continues the celebration of the completion of this magnificent instrument.

Neil Taylor won a Scholarship to the Royal College of Music, and during his studies he was organ scholar at St Albans Cathedral. On graduation he became Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral, building up the music, touring with the Cathedral Choir and forming a girls’ choir, before becoming Organist and Master of the Music at Sheffield Cathedral, a post he held from 1997 until 2016, when he toured extensively and made seven CD recordings.

Neil has directed and assisted choral courses as far afield as Aldeburgh, Mexico City, and the Eton Choral Courses.

Tickets cost £7 (or £6 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediately prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)

Friday, 23rd September  2016 at 7.30pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

The Emperor String Quartet was formed in 1992 and continues to enjoy a varied and successful international career with their original membership intact. In 1995 they Were the first British winners of the Evian/Bordeaux competition, having won the Menuhin Prize in London the previous year. They have been BBC artists since 1993 and have made a number of highly acclaimed CD recordings

The Quartet's repertoire ranges from Haydn to contemporary composers such as James Macmillan and Harrison Birtwistle and they have premiered numerous works by talented composers of their generation. They have performed at all of the major UK Festivals and at a number abroad, from the Prague Spring to New York City's "Mostly Mozart" Festival. They have toured throughout Europe, Scandinavia and North America and have made concert tours for the British Council in Ecuador and Nigeria. The Wentworth programme will include Haydn quartet Haydn quartet Op 64.

Tickets cost £12 (or £10 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediately prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)

Thursday 22nd September at 7.30 pm

[This event forms part of our Music Festival for 2016]

Threeway combines two of the UK’s leading players with one of the North’s most experienced bandleader/composers, Ben Crosland.

Ben formed the trio in 2004 with Steve Waterman and Steve Lodder, two long term associates, in order to explore the subtle and open possibilities of a jazz group without drums. The result is playing with acute sensitivity to dynamics and therefore fit superbly well with “Listening” jazz venues, exploiting superbly the acoustics of Wentworth Church.

Threeway Trio performed in Wentworth in 2010, and we are delighted to welcome them back in 2016.

Note: A pre-concert talk will be given by the artists at 6.30 pm to explain their unique approach to their music.

Tickets cost £7 (or £6 for concessions) and are available from Wentworth Village shop, or by contacting Richard Taylor on 01709 527713.

Any unsold tickets will be  available on the door immediately prior to the event (subject to availability)

Series tickets that cover all events/concerts in this year's music festival cost £33, (£29 for concessions)