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Contact InformationMusic - Forthcoming Musical Events
Saturday 3 October 2026 at 7:30pm
Rotary Club of Northampton Becket - Family Charity Concert
Join us for a fantastic evening of musical entertainment perfect for the whole family. Enjoy your favourite theme tunes, classics, and Proms hits!
The Band: The Long Buckby Community Band
Director of Music: Chris Music
For more information please visit www.rotarybecket.org.uk
Tickets Available
Venue: St Matthew’s Church, Northampton
Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine on arrival and complimentary soft drink for children.
Tickets are limited. Secure your places today by emailing: fundraising@rotarybecket.org.uk
or buying them from our on-line store.
St Matthew's Church is wheelchair accessible and there is a toilet suitable for all mobility needs in the Church. There is plenty of on-street parking around
the church, but please allow sufficient time to park your car. If you have any other queries regarding the concert please contact us.
Saturday 24 October 2026 at 7:30pm
21st Malcolm Arnold Festival - GALA CONCERT (Last event of the day)
GALA CONCERT PROMISES ARNOLD SHOWPIECES
St Matthew’s Church provides the venue for the festival’s Gala Concert when the Northampton Symphony Orchestra will present a rousing celebration of orchestral music by Malcolm Arnold alongside two of his fellow-composers and performed under the baton of the orchestra’s musical director and life-long Arnold champion John Gibbons BEM.
An evening of high-octane performances is promised featuring the composer’s characteristically tuneful themes from the film soundtrack to The Sound Barrier, and his final work, the Little Suite No.3, also known as A Manx Suite, which incorporates traditional tunes from the Isle of Man. The Philharmonic Concerto – a three-movement orchestral showpiece featuring a wealth of percussion including bongos, tam-tam, side drum and tambourine – is to be performed to mark the 250th anniversary this year of the American Declaration of Independence.
Alongside these works will be the spirited Oboe Concerto by Ruth Gipps, written when the composer was just 20 years old and studying under the legendary Léon Goossens at the Royal College of Music, where Malcolm Arnold was a fellow student. As a fine oboist herself, the work demonstrates Gipps’ deep understanding and technical mastery of the instrument and reflects the expressive, lyrical style inspired by her teacher. For this performance, the oboe soloist will be the CBSO’s Principal Second Oboe, Emmet Byrne.
Two contrasting works by Dmitri Shostakovich bookend the programme: the exuberant Festive Overture, and satirical Symphony No. 9 - a piece famously banned in Soviet Russia until 1955. Acknowledging the composer’s creative influence and shared sentiment, Arnold viewed the symphony as a masterclass in artistic defiance, declaring “we’re kindred souls in a very rough barbaric world."
Malcolm Arnold:
The Sound Barrier -
Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op 38. Philharmonic Concerto for orchestra, Op 120
Malcolm Arnold: A Manx Suite (Little Suite No 3),
Op 142
Ruth Gipps: Oboe Concerto
in D minor, Op 20
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op 96
Shostakovich: Symphony No 9, Op 70
Northampton Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor
Emmet Byrne, oboe
For more information about the Malcom Arnold Festival and the other events taking place, please visit www.malcolmarnoldfestival.com
Tickets Available
Venue: St Matthew’s Church, Northampton
Book online now...
St Matthew's Church is wheelchair accessible and there is a toilet suitable for all mobility needs in the Church. There is plenty of on-street parking around
the church, but please allow sufficient time to park your car. If you have any other queries regarding the concert please contact us.
Saturday 14 November 2026 at 5:00pm
Britten - 50th Anniversary Concert
Marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten. Northampton Philharmonic Choir joins forces with Harrogate Choral to present this wonderful concert in two venues.
Thomas Moore is Deputy Music Director for Harrogate Choral and Music Director of Northampton Philharmonic Choir. St Matthews Church, Northampton, has connections with Benjamin Britten: one of the pieces in the concert, Rejoice in the Lamb, was commissioned by Walter Hussey, Anglican patron of the arts, for his church, St Matthews.
The concert will include Saint Nicolas, Jubilate in C, Old Abram Brown and Prelude and Fugue
on a Theme of Vittoria.
Tickets Available
Venue: St Matthew’s Church, Northampton
St Matthew's Church is wheelchair accessible and there is a toilet suitable for all mobility needs in the Church. There is plenty of on-street parking around
the church, but please allow sufficient time to park your car. If you have any other queries regarding the concert please contact us.
Saturday 5 December 2026 at 5:00pm
Britten - 50th Anniversary Concert
Marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten. Harrogate Choral joins forces with Northampton Philharmonic Choir to present this wonderful concert in two venues.
Thomas Moore is Deputy Music Director for Harrogate Choral and Music Director of Northampton Philharmonic Choir. St Matthews Church, Northampton, has connections with Benjamin Britten: one of the pieces in the concert, Rejoice in the Lamb, was commissioned by Walter Hussey, Anglican patron of the arts, for his church, St Matthews.
The concert will include Saint Nicolas, Jubilate in C, Old Abram Brown and Prelude and Fugue
on a Theme of Vittoria.
Tickets Available
Venue: St Wilfrid’s Church, Harrogate
St Matthew's Church is wheelchair accessible and there is a toilet suitable for all mobility needs in the Church. There is plenty of on-street parking around
the church, but please allow sufficient time to park your car. If you have any other queries regarding the concert please contact us.
Friday 18 December 2026 at 7:30pm
The George Michael Singers 'You Have Been Loved' Tour
A vocal trio of George Michael's original vocalists. The voices behind George Michael return for a deeply personal tour. Featuring music from Faith Live.
Find out more about by visiting The George Michael Singers website.
Tickets Available
Venue: St Matthew's Church
St Matthew's Church is wheelchair accessible and there is a toilet suitable for all mobility needs in the Church. There is plenty of on-street parking around
the church, but please allow sufficient time to park your car. If you have any other queries regarding the concert please contact us.
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