Great Bowden Music Fest
Great Bowden Music Fest 2026
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th June 2026
Take a look at our 2026 programme featuring all our favourite regular musicians returning including the Harborough Big Band and the Great Bowden Proms is returning to end the weekend.
Tickets go on sale from Saturday 21st March 2026.
Ticket Prices:
£65 Fest Ticket (6 concerts)
£18 per Evening Concert
£10 per Coffee and Chamber Music Concert
£5 for 12-18 year olds
Under 12s FREE
*Please note that there is an administration fee of £1 per ticket added online
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1996
Friday 5th June 2026
12:15pm
Step back into 1996 for a celebration packed with rhythm, nostalgia and virtuosity. This special 30th-birthday concert brings together three of Great Bowden Music Fest’s popular returning musicians, all turning thirty this year, for a programme devoted entirely to music written in the year of their birth.
Expect an electrifying mix of duet and trio performances, from dance tunes and shimmering minimalism to evocative Japanese film music plus some pop music hits. It’s a year that gave us everything from the cinematic beauty of Ryuichi Sakamoto's scores to the boundary-pushing minimalism of John Adams.
Join us for a vibrant, genre-crossing tribute to a remarkable musical year — reimagined live by three artists celebrating their own 1996 beginnings.
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Featuring:
Vanessa Brooks-White (violin), Lizzie Elliott-Capulli (cello), Radu Prisada (piano)
HARBOROUGH BIG BAND
Friday 5th June 2026
7:30pm
What a way to start the Fest- our first evening concert promises to be a rip-roarer! The Harborough Big Band hit Great Bowden for a night of swing, jazz and above all, fun! Led by Musical Director Tony Rifugiato the Band's repertoire ranges from the 1940's Big Band sound of Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald through to modern artists including Michael Buble, Robbie Williams and Adele. This is an evening for all ages. If this doesn't make your pulse race and your foot tap then nothing will. ​​
QUIRKY COFFEE
Saturday 6th June 2026
12:15pm
Aaron Copland Violin Sonata (1943)
Christopher White (violin) and Melanie Reinhard (piano)
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BENEDIKT BRYDERN Bebop for Beagles
Vanessa Brooks-White (violin) and Charis Morgan (cello)
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BROOKS GRIFFITH AND FRIENDS
ON WINGS OF SONG
Saturday 6th June 2026
7:30pm
MOZART Flute Quartet in D major K285
Lisa Nelson (flute), Christopher White (violin), Tamaki Higashi (viola) and Andrew Bound (cello)
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SCHUBERT Selections from Schwanengesang D 957
Peter Brooks-White (baritone), Melanie Reinhard (piano)
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INTERVAL
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AMY BEACH 'Dreaming' from Four Sketches Op 15
Lizzie Elliott-Capulli (cello) and Radu Prisada (piano)
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AMY BEACH Invocation Op 55
Vanessa Brooks-White (violin) and Radu Prisada (piano)
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AMY BEACH Piano Quintet Op 67
Vanessa Brooks-White and Tomohiko Kimura (violin), Charis Morgan (viola), Lizzie Elliott-Capulli (cello) and Radu Prisada (piano)​
SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR
Sunday 7th June 2026
12:15pm
PAGANINI God Save the King and Caprice No 24
Marino Capulli (violin)
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YSAYE 2nd Violin Sonata Op 27
Christopher White (violin)
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*Opera Highlights
Peter Brooks-White (baritone) and Radu Prisada (piano)
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LAST NIGHT OF THE BOWDEN PROMS
Sunday 7th June 2026
6pm
SUK Serenade for Strings Op 6
Great Bowden Camerata
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DONIZETTI Clarinet Concertino in B Flat
Easher Austin (clarinet) Rising Star from Loughborough Grammar School
INTERVAL
MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night's Dream for Four Hands Op 61
Melanie Reinhard and Radu Prisada (piano)
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS​ ​
Great Bowden Camerata
Easher Austin (clarinet)