Shropshire: Classical
2025-2026 Season
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Friday 10 October 2025
7:30pm
St Alkmund, Shrewsbury
Carducci Quartet with Roderick Williams
Schubert's String Quartet, D87 and his song-cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.
Shropshire Music Trust is delighted to welcome back the much-loved Carducci String Quartet, this time in concert with international star baritone and composer, Roderick Williams. ...read more...
Tickets: £22; (under-18s and full-time students £11) HERE
Saturday 11 October 2025
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Seasons
Edge Chamber Choir
Works by Ian James Veitch (Summer Days — world première), Elgar, Ireland, Lili Boulanger, Poulenc, Kosma, Cecilia McDowall, Veljo Tormis, Joanna Marsh and Sally Beamish.
Linking to the concert's theme, canapés by CSons will be served in the interval. ...read more...
Tickets: £15 HERE (U18 free).
Saturday 18 October 2025
7:30pm
Shrewsbury Abbey
An Evening of Opera Highlights and
Hits from the Musicals
Shrewsbury Choral
British Police Symphony Orchestra
Works by Johann Strauss, Leonard Bernstein, Rogers and Hammerstein and others.
Tickets £20, u18s free, online HERE
Tuesday 21 October 2025
6:45pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Bellini's La Sonnambula
Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, Rolando Villazón ...read more...
Tickets £18 (u18: £7) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Thursday 23 October 2025
7:30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Thursday Classical — Ravel at 150
A welcome return to Ludlow of Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe with a programme that celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth in March 1875; with three works by Ravel himself and complementary works by Fauré, Lili Boulanger and Vaughan Williams. ...read more...
Tickets £22 (u18s £7) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Sunday 2 November 2025
3:00pm
Festival Drayton Centre
Daniel Lebhardt, piano
Works by Liszt, Beethoven and Chopin.
Born in Hungary, Daniel studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has given solo recitals across Europe and the United States and has performed concertos with the Royal Philharmonic, the Hallé, and the National Philharmonic of Ukraine among others. ...read more...
Tickets £16.00 (u21 £5, Friends £13.50) from Festival Drayton Centre box office HERE
Thursday 6 November 2025
7:30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Rêverie — the Life and Loves of Debussy
Lucy Parham, piano
Simon Russell Beale, narrator
Ahead of a performance at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall, Festival favourite, pianist Lucy Parham, returns with another of this country’s leading actors, Sir Simon Russell Beale, ...read more...
Tickets £22 (u18 £5) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE.
Friday 14 November 2025
7:30pm
United Reformed Church, Shrewsbury
Meliora Collective
Works by Ravel, Françaix and Brahms. /p>
Meliora Collective is a fresh and flexible ensemble made up of ten dynamic young musicians – five string players and five wind players – with the versatility to perform both as a full dectet and in smaller chamber groupings. ...read more...
Tickets: £22; (under-18s and full-time students £11) HERE
Thursday 20 November 2025
7:30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
London Chamber Ensemble Quartet
Works by Haydn, Charles Wood, Michael Berkeley and Borodin.
This is the first of two concerts this season by the London Chamber Ensemble both with programmes including neglected works by British composers as well as concert hall favourites. Madeleine Mitchell will be returning on 12 March ...read more...
Tickets £22 (u18s £7) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Saturday 22 November 2025
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Orchestra
Works by Haydn, Saint Saëns and Louise Ferrenc.
Haydn's ever-fresh Symphony No.100, gets its nickname Military from the allegretto second movement which prominently features trumpets and drums. The symphony is the second of Haydn's second set of 'London' Symphonies composed for his second visit in 1794. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Friday 28 November 2025
7:30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Mid Wales Opera
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti.
Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti bubbles with jazzy flair and biting satire. This one-act gem takes aim at suburban 'paradise', where cocktail hours and consumer bliss can’t mask the cracks in a picture-perfect marriage. ...read more...
Tickets: £22 (u21 £5) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Thursday 4 December 2025
7:00pm
St Chad, Shrewsbury
Ex-Cathedra
A beautiful, candlelit celebration for the festive season from one of the UK's most renowned choirs.
Ex Cathedra’s annual pre-Christmas concert has become a cornerstone of Shrewsbury's musical calendar, proferring a feast of seasonal favourites both traditional and modern, together with a menu of inspiring readings, all served up by gentle candlelight. ...read more...
Tickets, £25 and £22 (under-18s and full-time students £12 and £11) HERE
Saturday 6 December 2025
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Handel in Italy
Works by Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Lotti and Corelli performed by Ludlow Choral Society and Ludlow Camerata.
Ludlow Choral Society’s December concert will take us to Italy, the birthplace of opera and oratorio, and back to the 18th Century. Handel, probably best known for Messiah, and other Baroque composers were drawn there in the early years of the century. ...read more...
Tickets £18 (18s and under free) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms HERE or at the door.
Saturday 20 December 2025
7:30pm
St Chad, Shrewsbury
Handel: Messiah
Experience the timeless majesty of Handel’s Messiah! Join us for a stirring performance of soaring choruses, exquisite solos, and radiant orchestration. Let the music uplift your spirit, celebrate the season, and move your heart. A breathtaking musical journey not to be missed! ...read more...
Tickets: £20.00 (students, under-18s and unwaged free) are available onlne HERE, from choir members or at the door.