A virtuoso pianist in his own right, John McCabe always fascinates with his insights on all things musical. Today he will perform excerpts and talk about Haydn’s piano sonatas.

We welcome back Les Berriauds de Vierzon, a song and dance troupe from Hereford's twinned town in France, who who will be retracing the customs of the Berry region at the end of the 19th century.

The third in a series of four recitals by young organists selected by the Royal College of Organists following their final examinations in 2008.

Supported by Pat Hugill in memory of her late husband.

Supported by Leominster Town Council

The Tippett Quartet, one of Britain's leading young string quartets, formed in 1998, the year in which they made their Wigmore Hall debut, and are gaining increasing recognition in the world of chamber music.

A Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust event

An irreverent look behind the scenes at royal and national events entitled ‘Organized chaos’. To include tea afterwards.

The Festival Players Theatre Company brings you the Bard’s great comedy of riddles, romance and revenge, The Merchant of Venice, all in the open air.

Three Cathedral Choirs
Adrian Lucas conductor
Peter Dyke organ

Rose Responses
Murrill  Evening Service  in E
Purcell I was Glad
Purcell Voluntary in D minor for double organ

Our seasonal theme is picked up again in this concert, with John McCabe’s settings of poems charting a calendar of spring through to Autumn, and with Richard Strauss’s sublime Four Last Songs.

Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra and Adrian Partington conductor

Rachel Podger violin

A late night concert of unaccompanied Bach for violin.