Ludlow Arts: Classical
2025-26 Season
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Thursday 12 February 2026
7:30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Ludlow Thursday Concert
Gerard Flotats, cello and Julian Chan, piano
Works by Cassadó, Mendelssohn, Janáček, Suk and Brahms. Note change to programme.
The Catalan cellist, Gerard Flotats and the Malaysian-born pianist, Julian Chan are rising stars on concert platforms everywhere. Their carefully compiled programme brings together five works ...read more...
Tickets £22.00 (u18 £7.00) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Thursday 12 March 2026
7:30pm
Ludlow Thursday Concert
London Chamber Ensemble Trio
Works by John Ireland, Clara Schumann and Brahms.
This is the second 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. ...read more...
Tickets £22.00 (u18 £7.00) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Tuesday 31 March 2026
7:15pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Wagner's Siegfried
streamed live from the Royal Opera House, Covent garden.
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber. ...read more...
Tickets £18.00 (u18 £7.00) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office and HERE
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 April 2026
Ludlow English Song Weekend
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
St Laurence, Ludlow
11 concerts and other events
Welcome to the Ludlow English Song Weekend – one of the world’s most compact music festivals, and definitely, we like to think, the friendliest. I believe that in Ludlow we have found the dream location for a few days of top class music.
More information and tickets HERE and from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office
Tuesday 28 April 2026
6:45pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Mozart's The Magic Flute
streamed 'as live' from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber. ...read more...
Tickets £18.00 (u18 £7.00) HERE
Tuesday 5 May 2026
6:00pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
streamed 'as live" from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. ...read more...
Tickets £18.00 (u18 £7.00) HERE
Saturday 16 May 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Orchestra
Works by Schubert and Mahler.
Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 make for a concert pairing that highlights two very different but complementary musical worlds. Schubert’s Third Symphony, written when he was just eighteen, sparkles with youthful energy, elegance, and melodic charm. ...read more...
Tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office soon.
Wednesday 20 — Sunday 24 May
Ludlow Piano Festival
Various Ludlow venues
Four conventional piano recitals are listed here — for other concerts and events across a wide range of genres, see the Ludlow Piano Festival website HERE
Thursday 21 May 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Works by Beethoven, Ravel and Dobrinka Tabakova.
One of the most sought-after young British pianists comes to Ludlow with a programme full of variety. Two Beethoven sonatas (including his most popular — Moonlight) are divided by Ravel’s passionate, fiendish and beautiful Gaspard de la Nuit and two flowing and haunting contemporary compositions by Bulgarian-British composer, Dobrinka Tabakova. A very hot ticket! ...read more...
Tickets: £25 (u18 £5) HERE
Friday 22 May 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Danny Driver, piano
Works by Lili Boulanger, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ligeti and Bill Evans.
One of the country’s busiest pianists, Danny is a regular on Radio 3, at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London and is known and respected for his very different and exciting programming. He brings us an intriguing mix of some rarely-heard and some well-known pieces by some rarely-heard and some well-known composers: Lili Boulanger, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ligeti and Bill Evans. A rare treat! ...read more...
Tickets £25 (u18 £5) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Saturday 23 May 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Peter Donohoe, piano
Works by Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and Schubert.
Peter loved playing in Ludlow so much last year that he asked us if he could come back! Who are we to say ‘no’ to one of the country’s most respected soloists? This time he plays Schubert, Brahms, Chopin and, for the first time at Ludlow Piano Festival, Mozart. Big names from a big name. ...read more...
Tickets: £25 (u18 £5) HERE
Sunday 24 May 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Vanessa Wagner, piano
The Complete Études of Philip Glass — UK première.
Vanessa Wagner has established herself as a major influence in classical music. Tonight, she plays (in full) one of the great contemporary landmarks – the twenty piano Etudes of Philip Glass, revealing its full emotional depth. For the listener, it’s a captivating journey where each piece unfolds into the next and Vanessa Wagner gradually and uniquely places these works among the great musical cycles. A UK première – in Ludlow! ...read more...
Tickets £25 (u18 £5) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE
Saturday 20 June 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Choral Society
Works by Steve Dunachie, Lili Boulanger, Maria Hester Park, George Gershwin, Robert Pearsall, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst & Eric Barnum
A mixed programme of musical delights for a summer eventing in Ludlow. ...read more...
Saturday 5 December 2026
7:30pm
St Laurence, Ludlow
Ludlow Choral Society
Works by Britten, Sarah Quartel and other composers.
This concert brings together two evocative choral works that reflect on winter, ritual, and the human spirit from very different perspectives. Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols is a beloved modern classic ...read more...