BINHAM PRIORY CONCERT DATES, 2025
19 July, 6.00 pm
Norwich Baroque
Directed by Rachel Stroud
“MAESTRA:VIOLIN GIRL POWER FROM THE TIME OF VIVALDI”
Antonio Vivaldi,
Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen, Anna Bon
Rachel Stroud
Norwich Baroque's programme this year combines favourites by Vivaldi and other composers connected to Venice's musical orphanages, with music written for, and composed by, the women themselves.
Tickets (£ 20) available from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
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9 August, 6.00 pm
Xuefei Yang
classical guitar
“CROSSING CULTURES”
Albeniz, Tarrega, Satie, Ponce, Jobin, Valazquez, Kern, Garner
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A most welcome return to Binham Priory Concerts.
Xuefei will take us on a musical journey across the globe, with music from Europe, Latin, Jazz and Asian.
Join us for a great night of music from one of the world's finest classical guitarists.
Tickets (£20) available from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
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30 Aug, 6.00 pm
Guildhall Strings
“AIRS AND DANCES - ancient and modern”
Bach, Telemann, Handel, Pachelbel, Walton, Warlock, Holst
A unique opportunity to hear the Guildhall Strings who are returning to their roots here in North Norfolk for this landmark reunion concert
Formed in 1981, at Gunthorpe Hall, they were immediately recognised as one of the UK’s leading classical groups. Their almost telepathic performances without conductor were described by The Guardian as ‘an object in ensemble playing’. They broadcasted regularly for the BBC and have toured to North & South America, Europe, Africa and the Far East. Their many recordings on major labels span the music of five centuries.
Tickets (£20) available from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
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6 September, 6.00 pm
Bone-afide
Trombone Quartet
Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Saint Saëns, Kodaly, Callum Au
Bona-afide Trombone Quartet is an international chamber ensemble made up of some of Europe's leading young trombonists. They strive to showcase the versatility of the trombone, performing works from all genres and periods. The quartet has won several prestigious awards including the International Trombone Association Quartet competition and the Royal Philharmonic Society Philip Jones Prize. The members are also in demand on the professional circuit playing with several of the major European orchestras, chamber ensembles and on West End Shows in London.
Tickets (£20) available from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
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13 September, 6.00 pm
North Sea Voices and Ely Collegium
Dr Susannah Self, conductor, Jonathan Stamp, organ.
“Inspiring Sacred Music”
"Stabat Mater", Susannah Self and “Gloria”, Vivaldi
North Sea Voices and Orchestra, together with the superb chamber choir Ely Collegium, have been thrilling audiences in Norfolk and Ely with their moving renditions of popular choral repertoire such as Fauré's Requiem and Vivaldi's Gloria. Dr. Susannah Self's stunning major new works, Sea Requiem and Stabat Mater were both rapturously received in Ely Cathedral. This is a rare opportunity to hear her exquisite Stabat Mater, a moving meditation on Mary’s grief at the foot of the cross. Vivaldi’s ever-popular Gloria remains a firm favourite in the repertoire.
“Sea Requiem was a substantial score, yet the material flowed naturally… the extended silence which followed this conclusion…. was a tribute to the audience’s rapt concentration and the cumulative effect of Susannah Self’s fervent, directly expressive music.“
Paul Conway, Musical Opinion 2023
Tickets (£15) available from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
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17th – 20th September 2025
RUDDIGORE AT BINHAM PRIORY
Performances at 7pm (and limited matinées at 2.30pm)
Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society present an outdoor performance of Ruddigore in the ruins of Binham Priory.
Building on over 50 years of celebrated summer productions at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, this September sees The Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society bring the comic operetta Ruddigore to this most atmospheric of settings. The show itself explores the depths of the human experience with themes of legacy and duty, but more importantly what one must do when you inherit a Curse. You are invited to tuck into a locally-sourced picnic from the Abbey Dairy and enjoy this most unique performance as the sun sets on the monastic precinct with 900 years of history.
Hiding in a Cornish Village from an ancestral curse that forces each Baronet to commit one crime per day, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd has fallen in love with the fair Rose Maybud. His prospects are ruined when his foster brother Dick Dauntless betrays him to Sir Despard Murgatroyd, the current baronet. Ruthven must take on the baronetcy and its curse, enforced by a portrait gallery of ghastly ancestors.
Tickets available from £10 - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cugands
Picnic spreads (pre-order only) can be arranged by contacting the Parlour directly on 01328 830 796.
For 'Assigned Seating' tickets, raked/stepped seating is provided with chairs no more than 3 rows deep (though it is not possible to book specific seats).
For 'Bring Your Own Seating' tickets, patrons are asked to bring their own seating arrangements in designated areas around the site with views of the stage.
Wheelchair and accessible seating is available. Please contact ruddigore@gands.org.uk to arrange these tickets.
