Festival programme

THE festival programme at the 12th Century Brinkburn Priory. Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Red Priest.

Saturday, 3pm: Two members of Red Priest, Piers Adams and Howard Beach, return with a soaring family concert of recorder music.

Saturday, 7.30pm: The Carducci Quartet, with a programme of Haydn, Moeran and Beethoven.

Sunday, 3pm: Director Paul McCreesh and The Gabrieli Consort’s I Heard a Voice from Heaven.

Sunday, 5.30pm: Choral Evensong with the Brinkburn Festival Choir and some Gabrieli guests.

Next Friday, July 10: Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis perform a song cycle by Franz Schubert.

Saturday, July 11, 4pm: Mark Padmore leads a masterclass for young singers from the region.

Saturday, July 11, 7.30pm: Sir Thomas Allen returns to his native North East for an evening of song – ranging from 18th Century Germany to 20th Century England – accompanied by pianist Caroline Dowdle.

Sunday, July 12, 3.30pm: Gabrieli Players, soloists and Chetham’s Chamber Choir perform the scaled-down version of Haydn’s The Creation.

Food will be available, but festival-goers are welcome to take a picnic. There will a bar selling wines, Champagne and Pimms.