We hope you enjoyed our programme for the Hexham Abbey Festival of Music & Arts 2025. Although the Festival has now finished this page has been left for you to look back at some wonderful memories.
Wednesday 24 September; 6.30pm
Festival Choral Evensong
The combined choirs of Hexham Abbey; Michael Haynes, Director of Music; Matthew Kelley, Assistant Director of Music
No Ticket Required
Thursday 25 September; 1pm
Lunchtime Organ Recital: Matthew Kelley
Matthew became the Abbey’s Assistant Director of Music earlier this year and is renowned as a recitalist throughout the country.
Thursday 25 September; 3pm
Poetry and Music:
Sean O’Brien and John Green perform Briggflatts
Poet Sean O’Brien performs the evocative Briggflatts by Basil Bunting, with harpsichord interludes played by John Green.
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Hexham
Thursday 25 September; 8pm
Kathryn Tickell &
The Darkening
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music, landscape and people.
Sponsored by Hexham Violin Shop, Ltd., Nick Rossiter and Robert & Christine Hull
Friday 26 September; 7pm
The Sixteen: Angel of Peace
Celebrating 25 years of the Choral Pilgrimage with a programme for inner peace that combines medieval sounds with the contemporary voices of Arvo Pärt, Will Todd and Anna Clyne.
Saturday 27 September; 11am
Family Concert with Harmony’s Music Club:
The Velveteen Rabbit
A magical hour’s entertainment based on the classic children’s book by Margery Williams with storytelling and music.
Sponsored by Tynedale Rotary
Saturday 27 September; 7.30pm
Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Two rarely heard Britten works, Abraham and Isaac, and Rejoice in the Lamb, followed by Mozart’s Requiem in D minor.
Sponsored by Parmley Graham Ltd.
Sunday 28 September; 10am
Festival Choral Eucharist
The combined choirs of Hexham Abbey; Michael Haynes, Director of Music; Matthew Kelley, Assistant Director of Music; Preacher: The Revd Canon Celia Thomson
No ticket required
Sunday 28 September; 8pm
An Evening with Cole Porter: Just One of Those Things
Porter’s life is explored through some of his best-loved tunes along with lesser-known gems.
Queen’s Hall, Hexham
Sponsored by Chris & Jennifer Britton and Margaret Huntington