Celebrating the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach today. This year's festival will include performances of his glorious 'cello suites on Baroque, modern classical, and Hardanger 'cello. Here's a clip showing their versatility (maybe next year we'll get a nyckelharpa?!) youtu.be/BD6-M_fXTxE?...
Check our website for the first details of this year's festival
www.little-missenden.org
We are excited to welcome artists including @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social and the Kleio Quartet
Bring music into children's lives! We need someone to coordinate our school workshops next year. They take place in February with a concert in March in Great Missenden. You'll liaise with 3 schools and book the musicians. Details from contact@little-missenden.org Please pass on
Little Missenden Festival funds music workshops for Year 2s at 3 state primary schools led by inspirational composer John Webb. Everyone had such fun today!
![Happy Birthday from Mozart • Werner Elmker piano improvisation [HQ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tlcxvyupxd7dmhjmx64jyo2o/bafkreih7dlhwtx5f6e5srlzszpzr4n3eorkredznhliuocsge4coxojqya)
Cheer up! It's Mozart's birthday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cayM...
This is surely a reason to smile
Final day!
The news is depressing, the weather is horrible, so cheer yourself up by looking forward to this year's festival (2-11 Oct). If you pass this on to people who might be interested we guarantee a warm fuzzy feeling for doing something positive! www.little-missenden.org/our-story.html
Calendar from 1496
Here's an easy New Year's Resolution: mark your calendar for the 2026 Little Missenden Festival 2-11 October
We're looking forward to welcoming @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social to Little Missenden this evening. There are just 4 seats left! Book at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Coming up this week! We're reviving our popular programme Hey for Christmas. The concept is an imagined 17th-century family Christmas in London, with carols, folks songs, ballads and broadsides. Oxford on Thurs, @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social on Friday and NW1 on Saturday.
More info:
siglodeoro.co.uk
There are just a few tickets left for our concert on 5 Dec when @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social recreate a 17th century Christmas. Details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Not long now… 🎄🎶 More details on our website.
Don't miss the final weekend of the Festival. Tickets still available for Galliard Ensemble (Fri Oct 10), Chelys Viol Consort (Sun Oct 12), and Emily MacGregor (Sat Oct 11). NB the @stileantico.co.uk concert on Saturday evening is sold out. Details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
You really can get close to the music at Little Missenden Festival. The Gould Piano Trio's cellist, Richard Lester suggested someone in the front row might be able to scratch his nose during their lively performance of Haydn, Rebecca Clarke and Schubert last night!
Photograph: Robert Piwko
Once again, the Festival has given us music ranging from Monteverdi to jazz and an art lecture. Don't miss the rest. Details at www.little-missenden.org
Thanks to the Monteverdi String Band, Piatti Quartet, @piattiquartet.bsky.social Zoe Rahman. Pics by Robert Piwko
The church is ready to welcome you to Little Missenden Festival which starts tonight!
The festival starts today! The Stile Antico concert on 11th October is now sold out but seats are available for many other exciting concerts and talks. Details and tickets at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
You don't only get amazing music at our Festival, the Piatti Quartet @piattiquartet.bsky.social weave together poetry inspired by the British countryside with music by composers including Vaughan Williams and Thomas Adès
on Sunday October 5th. Details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Little Missenden Festival starts on Friday! We are excited to welcome an array of performers including @rebecaomordia.bsky.social @stileantico.co.uk
Full details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Can you help encourage the musicians of the future?
Little Missenden Festival urgently needs a volunteer to coordinate the workshops we hold at 3 primary schools in Buckinghamshire in January and February each year. Please email contact@little-missenden.org for details. This is an unpaid position.
We're looking forward to hearing the Piatti Quartet at Little Missenden on the afternoon of 5th October. We're offering a discount if you book for both concerts. Full details here
www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
There's something special about music from over 400 years ago performed in an even older venue. Look out for the Chelys Viol Consort celebrating the life of Orlando Gibbons 12th October in Little Missenden. Details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program... and a taster here youtu.be/9Q6RsFi366A
Less than a month to go before this year's festival. We look forward to welcoming @piattiquartet.bsky.social @rebecaomordia.bsky.social @stileantico.co.uk and many other amazing performers. Details and tickets at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Hear Emily MacGregor talk about her new book which has been described as "for anyone who is interested in our complex, joyful, knotty lifelong relationships with music" (3pm, 11th October). Tickets at www.little-missenden.org/202.../emily...
Little Missenden Festival has something for everyone: world class classical music, folk and jazz plus art and literature lectures. Booking opens today. See www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...
Please spread the good news! @stileantico.co.uk @piattiquartet.bsky.social @rebecaomordia.bsky.social
General booking opens on Monday August 18th for the Galliard Ensemble's performance of works by John Taverner, Amy Beach, Carl Nielsen and Cecilia McDowall (10th October). Details and tickets at www.little-missenden.org/.../galliard...
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Friends' priority booking opens today! See www.little-missenden.org/2025-program... for details of this year's wonderful programme including @stileantico.co.uk and @piattiquartet.bsky.social
General booking opens on 18th August.