BINHAM PRIORY
Warham Road, Binham, Norfolk, NR21 0DG
CONCERT DATES
2026
Saturday 25 April 6pm
Serenata Female Voices
Andrew Foxley, music director, Jacquie McBride, accompanist
“Celestial Songs”
Music by Schubert, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Elaine Hagenberg, Darius Lim, Bob Chilcott, Victoria, Lauridsen, Forbes, Tavener
Serenata is delighted to be invited to perform a multilingual programme of celestial songs by composers and lyricists across the ages and from around the globe at Binham Priory on 25th April. Conducted by Andrew Foxley, Serenata is a vibrant choir of women from the East of England who love to sing music arranged for female voices in rich harmony. This concert follows closely on from performances of our springtime repertoire in Spain at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and Girona Cathedral. Our celestial themes encompass sacred and secular pieces from Forbes’ lovely arrangement of Ave Maria and John Taverner’s exquisitely intimate and spine-tingling setting of William Blake’s The Lamb to eclectic musical evocations of sun, moon, stars and light with the poignant poetry of Sarah Teasdale and the dynamic and dramatic Lady of the Evening Star from Singapore-based composer and conductor Darius Lim.
Tickets: Adult £15, Under 18 £5, Family £32 (plus booking fee)
available soon from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
wellsmaltings.org.uk
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Sunday 24 May 3pm
Suffolk Singers
Claire Weston, music director
“In Sweet Music”
Music by Palestrina, Bruckner, Albinoni, Poulenc, Moses Hogan, Arnesen and Hagenberg.
Suffolk Singers, a renowned ‘a capella’ choir, are delighted to return to Binham Priory to give a recital on Sunday 24th May at 3pm. The programme is an eclectic mix of sacred and secular works celebrating the enduring power of the human voice, from the luminous polyphony of the Renaissance to the rich, expressive music of modern composers. We will be singing well-known choral anthems including Bruckner’s Ave Maria and Palestrina’s Exsultate Deo and we are very excited to perform a version of Albinoni’s much-loved Adagio, which has been set to the words of Ave Maria and arranged especially for Suffolk Singers by Jamie John Hutchings. American composer and arranger Moses Hogan brings a different spiritual dimension to the programme through his powerful arrangements of music that draw on the legacy of African American sacred song, offering both exuberant energy and profound emotional resonance. On a lighter note, the programme includes an arrangement of ‘My love is like a red,red rose’ and two Shakespearean songs which capture the charm and elegance of Victorian part-song writing. The programme reaches into the 21st century with the contemporary voice of Elaine Hagenberg and the modern harmonic language of Kim André Arnesen. We will be performing Three Antiphons of Hildegard of Bingen, written for the choir by Jamie John Hutchings, demonstrating that choral music continues to evolve while remaining deeply connected to its past.
This is a ticketless event and a retiring collection will be taken.
Afternoon tea is available before the concert at The Parlour, adjacent to Binham Priory. Booking is essential.
Suffolk Singers website www.suffolksingers.co.uk
The Parlour website theparlourbinham.co.uk
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Saturday 27 June 7pm
Viva Voce Singers
Jody James, music director
“Music when soft voices die”
Including music by Benjamin Britten and Charles Wood.
An evening of a cappella choral music including Benjamin Britten’s A.M.D.G.(Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam) and partsongs by Irish composer Charles Wood.
Viva Voce Singers is a small and friendly Norwich-based chamber choir of around 25 singers. The choir has a reputation for high quality performances and enjoys performing a varied repertoire in venues around Norfolk and beyond. Viva Voce Singers gives around five concerts a year and helps to raise money for local charities.
Tickets will be available from our website: www.vivavocesingers.org.uk or on the door. Priced at £15 or £13 for concessions.
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Saturday 11 July 6pm
Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society
David Ballard, music director
“Echoes of the Divine”
Music by Brahms, Vaughan Williams and Richard Strauss.
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem (with piano four hands), Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs, Richard Strauss - Im Abendrot
Founded in 1933, the choir has been bringing high quality choral music to North Norfolk for more than 90 years.
Tickets £20 (under 18’s and care-givers free) from www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/104730
For full details visit www.sheringhamandcromerchoral.org.uk
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Saturday 25th July
Picnic2jazz
Details to be announced
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Summer Series 2026
Saturday 18th July 6pm
Norwich Baroque
“Flights of Fancy: exuberant music from the 17th century”
Castello, Kapsberger, Mayone, Schmeizer, Ucellini, Lambardi, Mealli, Piccinini, Bertal
In the turbulent decades of the early 17th century, European composers threw off the restraints of Renaissance polyphony and embraced a thrilling new world of expressive freedom. This programme gathers some of the era's most inventive voices — Castello's mercurial sonatas, Kapsberger's luminous theorbo textures, Schmelzer's earthy and celestial violin writing, and Piccinini's mesmerising variations on the ancient folia — into a single, vivid journey through the birth of the Baroque. Dramatic, passionate, and unapologetically fantastical, this is music that still astonishes four centuries on.
Tickets: £20 available soon
from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
wellsmaltings.org.uk
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Saturday 8th August 6pm
Xuefei Yang
Guitar
Celebrate the fiery spirit of Spanish music in a special concert marking the 150th anniversary of Manuel de Falla’s birth.
From the irresistible colour and rhythm of 'The Three-Cornered Hat' to the lyrical passion of 'Love, the Magician', the evening also features works by Rodrigo, Albéniz, Malats and Sabicas. Together, these pieces create a rich tapestry of Spanish sound - passionate, virtuosic, and deeply expressive - honouring a towering figure and his lasting musical legacy.
Tickets: £20 available soon
from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
wellsmaltings.org.uk
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Saturday 29th August 6pm
Kyan String Quartet
“A Multi-century Journey from England to Central Europe”
Purcell, Elgar, Schulhoff, Brahms
Making their debut at Binham Priory Concerts, the award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, and France. Established in 2020, the quartet enjoys a busy and vibrant career, having performed across Europe and Asia in venues including Wigmore Hall, Beethoven-Haus Chamber Music Hall, and Shanghai Opera House. This programme reflects the quartet's own journey from London's Royal Academy of Music, where they formed, to Salzburg, their current home.
Tickets: £20 available soon
from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
wellsmaltings.org.uk
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Sunday 13th September 7.30pm
Candlelit concert
Intesa Duo
viols and voice
“Voices of San Lazzaro”
Selling to sold out audiences throughout Europe, with their unique combination of viols and voice, Intesa presents a programme which combines a union between Armenian and Italian traditions exploring the connections between sacred and secular love, both in their pain and redemption. It highlights the Armenian story of faith and women's story of misunderstanding told through pieces selected from both traditions, which are woven together in sets through music and narrative. The practice of self-accompaniment is inspired by figures like Francesca Accini, Barbara Strozzi, and the concerto delle donne, as well as the Armenian ashugh traditions of storytelling through song.
Tickets: £20 available soon
from Wells Maltings Box Office, 01328 710885 (10am – 4pm)
wellsmaltings.org.uk
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