Ryedale Arts and Culture

We're delighted to share some exciting news ahead of next month's full Ryedale Festival 2026 programme launch! Tickets go on sale TODAY AT 9AM for a special Festival concert by award-winning conductor 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 and 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, who begin a new three-year residency with the Ryedale Festival this July. Over the next three summers, our audiences are invited to encounter the orchestra through a sequence of distinctive projects, from British orchestral classics to the world of light music and the repertoire that has made this ensemble so acclaimed. Join us on 12 July for the first concert of their residency, at the brilliant @yorkbarbican, a venue new to the Festival. Sunday 12 July 2026 4pm | @yorkbarbican AN ENGLISH SUMMER 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 conductor @SinfoniaOfLondn 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 violin @CharlieLovellin 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻 Overture - The Yeoman of the Guard 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 The Walk to the Paradise Garden 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁 Summer Music 𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 The Lark Ascending 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 Spitfire Prelude and Fugue 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 Calling All Workers 𝗘𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿 Chanson de Matin & Chanson de Nuit 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 Suite - London Landmarks 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 Lake of the Woods 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 Coronation Scot 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 Cinderella An irresistible celebration of English music by ‘the most exciting conductor working in Britain today’ @Telegraph ‘this hand-picked super group has a reputation that outshines most established ensembles and brings audiences out in droves’ @guardian Tickets £48 · £40 · £12 (Under 25s) Available at ryedalefestival.com/events/john-wi… Tickets are also available direct from @yorkbarbican 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘹 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵. The Ryedale Festival takes place from 10-26 July 2026 - full details will be available online from 28 March.

Our summer festival's penultimate evening concert brings celebrated pianist Imogen Cooper to @stpeterschurch3 Norton with a recital of Beethoven Sonatas. 1/5