21st March 2026 - World premiere of Carry Me Home - Ben Ponniah

written to celebrate the life of Alex Young

with Bass Jeremy Burrows, pianist Andrew Leach and Felixstowe Festival Ensemble, led by Nicholas Ward

Mark-Anthony Turnage's Two Memorials - Saxophone Solo - Sophie Burrows

and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem

6.30pm Pre-concert drinks and a brief talk by the Chief Executive Ged Flynn from Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide about the charity and its valuable work, with an opportunity to donate to save lives.

See more at https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

Concert starts 7.30pm

Concert including interval, finishes by 9.15pm

Please note that in view of the number of tickets already sold we have moved to a larger venue, St Joseph’s College Chapel, Belstead Road, Ipswich IP2 9DR

Don’t miss this evening of the most moving and poignant music - get your tickets now!

To buy tickets click on the link below

Dates for your Diary

29th March 2026 - Arvo Pärt Passio

with the Facade Ensemble

Conductor Benedict Collins Rice

in St Edmundsbury Cathedral

from 5.00 pm to 6.15 pm, admission free

Celebrating his 90th birthday, Arvo Pärt is possibly the greatest living composer and certainly the most performed. His style is beloved by millions for its tranquility and transparency, combining medieval and modern elements into a soundworld known as 'tintinnabuli', Latin for 'little bells'.

The iconic work Passio, setting Saint John's gospel account of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, is perhaps the most genuine example of Pärt's tintinnabuli style, as the events are narrated by an ethereal evangelist quartet of singers, while the parts of Pilate and Jesus are sung by two soloists, joined by a small chamber group of violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and organ, in a transifixing meditative minimalist experience.

Written for the Bayerische Rundfunkchor in 1982, Passio is now regarded as one of the supreme works of modernist music and it can be in no better hands than those of The Facade Ensemble.

For more information and free tickets see Facade’s website https://www.facadeensemble.co.uk/facade-events

6th June 2026 - Opera Choruses and Arias

Kings and Queens

4.00pm at St Andrew’s Church, Rushmere, IP5 1DH

Soprano Tara Bungard will sing the famous Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s Magic Flute.

Purcell - Dido's Lament and Final Chorus

Mozart - Idomeneo - Placido e il mar and Priests' Chorus

Verdi - Macbeth- Chorus of Scottish Refugee

Mussorgsky - Boris Gudonov Coronation Scene

Glass - Akhnaten - Hymn and Coronation Scene.

4.00pm St Andrew’s Church, Rushmere, IP5 1DH

Tickets £18, under 30 half price, 18 and under free, includes buffet tea