During the Festival, we present a series of free concerts.
The first week features six Coffee Concerts, with a wide variety of music; the second week features three Organ Recitals in various local churches.
After each Coffee Concert (but not Organ Recitals) Berry’s Coffee House will provide tea and coffee along with homemade biscuits supplied by volunteers, with proceeds going to Mayfair Community Centre.
Paul Mocroft
Paul Mocroft
Baritone Paul Mocroft opens this year’s programme. He will be accompanied by Colin Willis and you can be sure they will present a lovely and varied programme.
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Gill Styles & Richard Walker
Gill Styles & Richard Walker
Piano duet recital by Gill Styles and Richard Walker, including one of the gems of the duet repertoire: Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor.
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Gina Taylor
Gina Taylor
Harpist Gina Taylor made a spectacular Stretton Festival debut in 2023. Don’t miss her return visit which will really show off the harp at its best!
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Harry Reybould
Harry Reybould
We always hire a really good grand piano for the Festival, and today Harry Raybould will put it through its paces. Harry has played regularly in Shrewsbury to great acclaim.
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Dvořák’s Quintet for piano and strings
Dvořák’s Quintet for piano and strings
The major chamber music concert in this series is a performance of Dvořák’s Quintet for piano and strings, presented by a group of fine local musicians.
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Brian Stone
Brian Stone
‘Notes on a well-travelled fiddle’. Crowd-pleasing local fiddler Brian Stone presents an engaging mix of traditional and contemporary music to end our coffee concert week.
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Organ Recital – Richard Walker
Organ Recital – Richard Walker
Our first organ recital features the large electronic organ at All Saints’ Church, Little Stretton. Richard Walker will show off the huge versatility of the instrument.
The Green Dragon will be open for coffee from 11.15am and again after the concert for lunch (booking advised).
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The Green Dragon will be open for coffee from 11.15am and again after the concert for lunch (booking advised).
Organ Recital – Anthony Pinel
Organ Recital – Anthony Pinel
We welcome back Anthony Pinel, of St Chad’s, Shrewsbury, for the second organ recital.
The Wistanstow organ is a mid-19th century instrument with a really attractive sound quality.
There will be refreshments in the church from 11.15am.
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The Wistanstow organ is a mid-19th century instrument with a really attractive sound quality.
There will be refreshments in the church from 11.15am.
See More info for full directions to the church.
Organ recital – Nicholas Freestone
Organ recital – Nicholas Freestone
The final recital is by Nicholas Freestone, (Assistant Organist of Worcester Cathedral), who will have just finished playing in the Three Choirs Festival. This is the first time he has played in our Festival and we are very grateful to him for not taking the holiday from organ playing that he will have earned.
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