[An image from last summer’s Bath Abbey concert featuring Stile Antico, who will be returning this year.]
Tickets go on sell next Tuesday, January 21st, for this year’s Bath Music Festival – with a stellar lineup of internationally renowned artists.
This May’s curated collection of concerts in some of Bath’s most beautiful buildings sees twice as many events as 2024, with pieces from the classical canon, including Beethoven, JS Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Brahms, alongside some Renaissance masterpieces by Byrd and Palestrina, as well as an evening of raucous drinking songs.
The Bath Music Festival will run from Saturday 17 May to Sunday 25 May.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Tuesday 21 January.
Patrons, Benefactors and Gold and Silver Members have priority booking from Friday 17 January, while festival friends, sponsors and partners can buy tickets from Monday 20 January.
This year’s classical artists: The Marian Consort, Stile Antico, Marmen Quartet, cellist Guy Johnston, guitarist Sean Shibe, tenor Ben Johnson, pianist Janeba Kanneh-Mason, Ensemble Moliere, Fibonacci String Quartet, violinist Elena Urioste, flautist Adam Walker, clarinettist Yann Ghiro, pianist Tom Poster, The Chamber Orchestra of the West.
Bath Music Festival’s classical music programmer James Waters said: “The 2025 Bath Music Festival has something for everyone. Fabulous choral music from Stile Antico and The Marian Consort, great chamber music from the Marmen and Fibonacci String Quartets, all of Bach’s unforgettable cello suites with Guy Johnston and three performances by our artist in residence the world-leading guitarist, Sean Shibe. All of the above together with a virtuoso performance of Mendelssohn’s amazing Octet and a star piano recital by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason form part of a programme of fabulous music-making performed by great artists. See you there!”
Buy your tickets: https://bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festival/whats-on/
You can also buy tickets from Bath Box Office, by phone on 01225 463362, Monday to Friday 10am- 5pm, or in person during those hours at Bath Box Office counter, 1A Forum Buildings, St James’ Parade, BATH BA1 1UG.
Thanks for this Music Festival info.
Noticed your article cites a ‘Bath Box Office Counter’. Didn’t know there was one!
If ever there was a need to bring back the official Tourist Office to Bath – so unwisely shut down a few years ago, it’s in 2025.
What with the Jane Austen events all year long; an increase in tourist numbers expected & being actively encouraged by BANES, and ‘bigger & better’ events planned throughout the year… come on BANES…. bring it back! Bath is a UNESCO city… bring back its Tourist Centre… there are plenty of empty shops to set one up again!
‘Twice as many concerts as last year’ is still not very many as there were hardly any in 2024.
Are programmes for the Festival available? We used to be on the mailing list – and still get them for the Mozartfest and Bachfest – but none for the Bath Festival in May. (Incidentally, it’s just the ‘Bath Festival’ – ‘international’ and ‘music’ were dropped from the name when it merged with the Literature Festival in 2017.)