2024/25 Bedford season

We return to our Bedford home for another season featuring top soloists and beloved repertoire.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia standing on stage at Bedford Corn Exchange, facing the audience

We’ve got some real treats for you this season, including fantastic symphonies by Sibelius, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov’s beloved Second Piano Concerto.

Our Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns to Bedford in November. He’s joined by one of the most exciting names on the British classical music scene: saxophonist Jess Gillam.

And in December, the Philharmonia’s superb brass players take centre stage for the first time for an evening of seasonal music.

Our opening concert forms part of Nordic Soundscapes, our autumn series exploring the relationship between music, nature and the climate crisis from a Nordic perspective.

Book 3 or 4 concerts and save 10%

Jess Gillam holding a saxophone and looking to the side, wearing a sparkly suit, in front of a colourful wall
Concert

Bedford: Santtu and Jess Gillam

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophone

  • Shostakovich (arr. Cornall) Suite from Moscow, Cheryomushki
  • Glazunov Saxophone Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Bedford Corn Exchange

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Conductor Osmo Vanska holding baton and smiling into the camera
Concert

Bedford: Osmo Vänskä conducts Mendelssohn

Osmo Vänskä – conductor
Mao Fujita – piano

  • Mazzoli These Worlds In Us
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503
  • Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'
Bedford Corn Exchange

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason playing the piano in a recording session
Concert

Bedford: Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Rachmaninov

Tess Jackson – conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason – piano

  • Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Bedford Corn Exchange

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.