A huge welcome to our 53rd Easter Festival! This year promises an absolute feast of music, with highlights including Vaughan William’s rarely performed Epithalamion; the magnificent Bach B minor Mass, dedicated to the memory of David Watkin, and Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 in A Major.
Our Festival will be conducted this year by John Butt, Ben Glassberg and Daniel Hogan, who are joined by soloists Sophie Bevan, Gareth Brynmor John, Tim Morgan, Rachel Nicholls and Emile Souvagie. Leaders of the St Endellion Easter Festival Orchestra are Paul Barritt, Christopher Jones and Kerenza Peacock, and the Festival Chorus will be expertly chorus mastered by Frances Cooke, Oliver Tarney and David Young. Our Come and Sing will be directed by Lucy Goddard.
We are thrilled to bring you the world premiere of a piece commissioned from Hugo Bell, winner of our 2026 Composition Competition. You are also invited to enjoy the Cornwall Watercolour Society’s stunning art exhibition, which is on display in the St Endellion Hall throughout the Festival.
We look forward to seeing you in April.
Look out for special ticket offers to commemorate 50 years since the death of Benjamin Britten – more details online at the Box Office.
Saturday 4 April 2026
Come and Sing Purcell 10am – 1pm rehearsal 2pm informal free performance
Join members of the Easter Festival, under the direction of Lucy Goddard, to work on a selection of Purcell’s choruses from Dido & Aeneas and other favourites. A short lunch break will follow the rehearsal – refreshments will be available, before an informal performance at 2pm –all welcome. All music will be provided. To participate please email tickets@ endellionfestivals.org.uk (£15).
Easter Sunday 5 April 2026
4.30pm – Choral Evensong
● Introit: Moore - Christ being raised from the dead
● Canticles: Murrill in E
● Anthem: Vaughan Williams - Rise heart, thy Lord is risen
Preacher: Reverend Prebendary
Paul Fiddes, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, University of Oxford
Monday 6 April 2026
9am – Thought For The Day
Speaker: Barnaby Kay, Chair of Two Bays Trust
7.30pm – Opening Concert
● Zelenka - Ouverture Suite in F Major, ZWV 188
● Britten - Prelude & Fugue for 18 Strings, Op.29
● Haydn - The Storm, Hob.XXIVa:8
● Mozart - Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550
Conductor – Daniel Hogan
Reserved Seats: £35, £33, £29 and £15
Tuesday 7 April 2026
9am – Thought For The Day
Speaker: Dr Chris Woods, GP, Poet and Friend of the Festivals
7.30pm – Chamber Concert
● Korngold - Abschiedslieder, Op.14
● Britten - Canticle V, Op. 89
● Hugo Bell – World Premiere
● Schubert - String Quintet in C Major (Cello Quintet), D956
Reserved Seats: £29, £27, £23 and £15
10.15pm – Late Night Candlelit Concert
MZ Duo
Award-winning interpreters of classical, improvised and contemporary music, performing on accordion and saxophone.
Unreserved Seats: £15
Wednesday 8 April 2026
9am – Thought For The Day
Speaker: Jemima Edney, Head of College, Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Festival Musician
1.15pm – Lunchtime Concert
An exciting concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Endellion, curated by Kerenza Peacock
Unreserved Seats: £15
Thursday 9 April 2026
9am – Thought For The Day
Speaker: Reverend Lisa Coupland, Assistant Curate, St Mawgan, Truro
7.30pm - Concert
● Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin, M.68
● Vaughan Williams - Epithalamion
● Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92
Conductor - Ben Glassberg
Reserved Seats: £35, £33, £29 and £15
10.15pm – Late-night Candlelit Concert
Join us for an intimate candlelit programme of beautiful keyboard works by JS Bach.
Unreserved Seats: £15
Friday 10 April 2026
9am – Thought For The Day
Speaker: Plum Grosvenor-Stephenson, Executive Director, Evolve Music
7.30pm - Concert
● Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F Major, BWV 1046
● Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb, Op.30
● Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622
Conductors - Daniel Hogan & David Young
Reserved Seats: £32, £30, £26 and £12
Saturday 11 April 2026
9.30am – 1pm: Open Rehearsal
Admission free
6.15pm - Pre Concert Q&A with John Butt
£5 to include refreshments
7.30pm – Concert
In Memoriam David Watkin
● Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Conductor – John Butt
Reserved Seats: £39, £35, £30 and £15
Sunday 12 April 2026
11am – Festival Eucharist
● Oliver Tarney - Missa Brevis Salve Regina
● Sarah Quartel - God with me
Preacher: Reverend Craig Ruddock, Rector of the North Cornwall Cluster of Churches
3pm Concert
● Copland - Appalachian Spring
● Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622
Conductor - Daniel Hogan Soloist - Emile Souvagie
Reserved Seats: £27, £25, £21 and £10
Booking Information
Book online at endellionfestivals.org.uk/boxoffice, from:
● 10am on Saturday 21 February 2026 (Friends of St Endellion Festivals)
● 10am on Saturday 7 March 2026 (Public)
● Concert day – please note telephone bookings only – please call 07564 232390
For more festival information: tickets@endellionfestivals.org.uk or please call 07564 232390
To become a Festival Friend: contact catherine.sandbrook@endellionfestivals.org.uk or please call 07730 420385
Please note doors open 45 minutes before each concert begins. Seats must be occupied 15 minutes before the start of the concert. A retiring collection for St Endellion Church will be taken each evening. Compline will be sung following the concerts on Monday 6 and Friday 10 April 2026.
Future Dates:
● 67th Summer Festival – Tuesday 28 July to Friday 7 August 2026
● 54th Easter Festival – Saturday 27 March to Sunday 4 April 2027
Please note all details are correct at time of print, and may be subject to change.
St Endellion Easter Festival
The Collegiate Church of St Endellion, St Endellion, Port Isaac, PL29 3TP
The St Endellion Festivals Trust - Registered Charity Number 1124805
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Cornwall Watercolour Society –Art Exhibition
You are invited to enjoy our Art Exhibition in the St Endellion Hall before concerts or during intervals, including works by local artists Lisa Cooper, Barbara Hawkins and Nicky May.
