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Our next concert – 2 November 2025

The Monteverdi String Band, comprising of Oliver Webber (violin), Hannah Ely (soprano) and Toby Carr (lute / theorbo) opened our 2025/6 season in fine style to a very appreciative audience performing their concert, “A Thousand Flexible Ways”.

We now look forward to welcoming back the wonderful Chelys, with their concert “The Best Hand in England” celebrating the life and works of Orlando Gibbons, 400 years after his death.

The concert will be held at the Old Bishop’s Palace, Worcester at 15.30. Tickets are already on sale via earlymusic.sumupstore.com

Great News!

It has finally been agreed that the Old Bishop’s Palace (WR1 2JD) will be our home for our forthcoming 2025/6 season.

Parking is available strictly for Blue Badge holders only, but the nearby Copenhagen Street car park (WR1 2EY) is just a few minutes’ walk away. The quickest and easiest way to access the venue from Copenhagen Street is via Deansway.

You will find information about our season’s concerts on the Events page of this website, via our Facebook and Instagram pages and also the Continuo Connect (www.continuoconnect.com) website.

Due to rising costs, we have taken the decision to increase ticket prices by a small margin. Online ticket sales are now available via the SumUp link: earlymusic.sumupstore.com

End of Season Concert

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Students

Our end of season concert in the Old Bishop’s Palace was a fantastic occasion, attended by a magnificent audience who were well rewarded with some wonderful playing from the conservatoire students……..”the amazing young talent we were privileged to enjoy made for a most heart-warming finale to the season” wrote one of our regular audience members. And another was heard to say: “It seems the future of early music is in safe hands”

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful season of Worcestershire Early Music concerts. Our next season’s dates and artists can be found on the events page and news of the venue will follow shortly.

STOP PRESS

Our last concert of the season will take place on Sunday 15th June at 3.30pm in

The Bishop’s Palace, Deansway, Worcester

It’s right on the bend before/after the cathedral (depending on which way you’re facing!) Nearest parking is Copenhagen St Car Park (there will only be spaces in the Palace car park for those with a Blue Badge)

We hope you will agree that this is a beautiful venue for our summer concert, offering a complementary ambience to the music we promote.

Students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire studying Historical Performance will perform for us, playing works by Telemann, J.S.Bach, Henry Purcell, Francois Couperin and Jean-Baptiste Lully.

As they come to the end of their final year they will appreciate this opportunity to perform before they begin their professional careers.

Tickets are £20 (free entry to under 18’s) and can be bought at the door or from:earlymusic.sumupstore.com