Musical Events at Berwick Parish Church
May 2026
11.30am, Saturday 9 May
The Bridge Singers, Felton A choral Coffee Concert with a wide variety of styles.
Tea/Coffee and something to eat from 10.45am in the Parish Centre
2.00pm, Saturday 16 May:
Berwick Music Society, presents Ieva DubovaLondon based Latvian pianist and composer
7.00pm, Wednesday 20 May:
Andrew Forbes – Director of Music, Glasgow Cathedral, gives the second recital in our Summer Organ Recital series. Appointed at the age of 21, at the time the youngest cathedral organist in the UK.
Interval drinks and canapés
7.30pm, Friday 29 May:
Leeds Male Voice ChoirWith a history
stretching back 110 years, the choir sings a
rich variety of music, including sacred
works, folk melodies, pop favourites, and
showtunes.
Tickets £12, under 18s and students free
June 2026
7.00pm, Friday 12 June:
Drones and Dances–
Atmospheric sound performance, “Drones and Dances”, comes to Berwick.
An unusual and immersive evening of music will take place at Holy Trinity Church (Berwick Parish Church), Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Friday 12 June at 7pm, as Berwick-based composer Dr Martin Parker presents “Drones and Dances”. Blending multi-channel electronics, brass instruments, church organ and even mobile phones, the work makes full use of the church’s resonant acoustic and will be presented in quadraphonic sound, surrounding the audience on all sides. Structured as a sequence of eight short movements, the piece moves from slow-moving, drone-like textures into more intricate, shifting soundscapes. The result is an evocative and quietly absorbing listening experience, in which the space itself becomes part of the performance. Martin Parker, is a lecturer in sound and composition at the University of Edinburgh. His current research focuses on responsible and creative approaches to the use of artificial intelligence in music. Martin said, ‘I’m excited to be able to share this research in Berwick, my home for the last ten years, and to work with Berwick musicians in the special interior of Holy Trinity Church. There is, rightly, deep concern in the arts at the moment around the exploitation of creative work for artificial intelligence. I hope this event will show some ways in which AI can be incorporated into our creative traditions rather than replacing them, helping us to craft and enrich new musical experiences.’
11.30am, Saturday 13 June:
Tweed Strings Ensemble – a newly formed string group gives a delightful Coffee Concert Tea/Coffee and something to eat from 10.45am in the Parish Centre
7.00pm, Wednesday 17 June
Calum Landon– Campbell Watterson Organ Scholar, St Andrew’s University, returns to Berwick Parish Church, where he started his organ journey.
Interval drinks and canapés
11.30am, Saturday 27 June
Italian guitar duo, Giulio Tampalini & Daniele Fabio play a wide ranging programme including Rossini’s overture to the Barber of Seville and a fantasy on English folk melodies. Both players are multi award winning musicians. Giulio has received the prestigious Arts and Culture Prize of Milan and Daniele is a recipient of the Ali Sul Mediterraneo International Prize.
July 2026
11.30 am, Saturday 11 July
Pianist Jill Crossland has performed extensively throughout Europe and the UK, including at the Wigmore Hall and Southbank in London. She is a recording artist and has appeared on radio and TV. She has preformed a complete cycle of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues and her nine albums include Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart and Beethoven.
7.00pm, Wednesday 15 July
Steve Luck, North East based composer of more than 100 film scores, two time Royal Television Society award winner plays his atmospheric piano music. His music has been streamed over 4 million times. http://www.steveluck.com/
Interval drinks and canapés
7.00pm, Wednesday 22 July
Leander van den Bos – the organist of the Gasthuiskerk, Zierikzee, Netherlands gives our fourth recital in the Summer series. He specialises in improvisation and will play a piece based on a theme suggested by the audience.
Interval drinks and canapés
11.30am, Saturday 25 July
Alexandra Standing and Duncan Honeybourne present a piano duo Coffee Concert. Alexandra returns, bringing renowned pianist, Duncan Honeybourne for what promises to be a thrilling recital of piano duets and solos, including Tempus Plangendi by local celebrity composer, John Casken.
Tea/Coffee and something to eat from 10.45am in the Parish Centre
August 2026
11.30am, Saturday 8 August
Tribe, the well-known and well-loved female a cappella vocal group comes to give Coffee Concert.
Known for their sophisticated arrangements of folk music, this promises to be a toe-tapping and highly entertaining event.
Tea/Coffee and something to eat from 10.45am in the Parish Centre
7.00pm, Wednesday 19 August:
Angela Sones – is a freelance organ recitalist based in Lichfield. She has given recitals in many of the major British cathedrals and will be giving recitals this year in Lichfield, Truro, St Albans and St. Mary’s Warwick….and Berwick.
September 2026
7.00pm, Wednesday 16 September:
Oda Voltersvik – – is an internationally renowned Norwegian pianist, having performed at top venues such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the fields and Norwegian Opera House. She has a significant discography and performers at festivals in throughout Europe and the USA. We are thrilled to be welcoming an artist of her calibre
7.00pm, Wednesday 30 September
Alana Brook – the Australian Assistant Director of Music of Wakefield Cathedral will be giving the last of this year’s Summer Organ Recitals. Formerly Organ Scholar at Ripon and Assistant Organist at Lincoln, she is much in demand as a recitalist.
November 2026
7.00pm, Wednesday 18 November:
Tenor, Matthew McKinney and pianist, Roelof Temmingh give a song recital that will include repertoire from their debut album.
“The outstanding young tenor, Matthew Mckinney” (Observer review of his recent concert in the Sistine Chapel, Rome), was the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Award winner, makes his Glyndebourne debut this season, which will be followed by his English National Opera debut in the spring. He recently gave the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s ‘Angels Unawares’ accompanied by the Sixteen and the Britten Sinfonia in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and made his debut at Carnegie Hall, New York.
This is a unique opportunity to hear a world class artist on our doorstep.
Retiring donations
Interval drinks and canapés
7.00pm, 21 November:
Folk musicians John Reed, Shirley Barr, Beth Porter and Rachel Taylor-Beales form the Untangled Knot. Their performance will be the basis of a new album and will include material that will come out of workshops earlier on in the day
