Early Music Events in the South West
This list mainly comprises SWEMF events and local concerts, plus some local workshops by other organisers.
For a more complete list of national workshops, courses, festivals etc. (including those organised by SWEMF, other Early Music Fora, and other organisations) please see the Early Music Diary website.
Andrew Skidmore plays Bach Cello Suites
JS Bach's Cello Suites nos 1, 3 and 5, plus Domenico Gabrielli's Ricercar no 7
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
SWBO Afternoon Tea Concert
Join the South West Baroque Orchestra for a programme to include Marais, Muffat and a Telemann Concerto for recorder and viola da gamba. Refreshments will be available after the concert.
The Recital Hall, King's School, The Plox, Bruton, Somerset. BA10 0ED
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Clare Griffel
Secular song from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Wembury Village Memorial Hall, Plymouth. PL9 0LF
Sacred Shadows, Eternal Light
A Leipzig Soundscape
Celebrating a glorious choral heritage from Schütz to Mahler
Wells Cathedral
Newe Vialles - Old Viols
HENRIK PERSSON and CAROLINE RITCHIE - viola da gamba.
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Tewkesbury
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ
The Gonzaga Band - Love's Labyrinth
THE GONZAGA BAND:
Faye Newton – soprano
Jamie Savan – cornetto
Steven Devine – keyboard
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Mark Wilson
Vocal and instrumental workshop
St John’s Church, Keynsham, BS31 2BL
Workshop for Voices and Instruments, with Andrea Brown
Vocal and instrumental workshop - tba
Hambridge Village Hall, TA10 0AZ
Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Huw Morgan
Tomás Luis de Victoria
St Mary's Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH