Diary

An artistic mid-season celebration that helps spur people on towards Spring.  10.15-11.00 - tea/coffee as usual with free festive cakes.  Click here  for more lecture details.

Celebrated saxophonist Jess Gillam joins our Principal Conductor for an evening of irresistible tunes.

 ​​​​​​The Magic of classical ballet, performed live on stage. Prepare to enter a magical new world 

Get into the Christmas spirit with this hilarious hit musical about Buddy the Elf who travels from the North Pole to visit his father in present-day New York and discovers his family is on the naughty list!

4th-8th December.  Exhibition of decorated Christmas trees and hear community choirs perform.

Get into the Christmas spirit with this hilarious hit musical about Buddy the Elf who travels from the North Pole to visit his father in present-day New York and discovers his family is on the naughty list!

4th-8th December.  Exhibition of decorated Christmas trees and hear community choirs perform.

Featuring London Show Choir will bring festive cheer with their beautiful melodies. Tickets £10 or £15. Click here for more information and to book.

Step inside into the warmth and join the Philharmonia Orchestra’s brass ensemble for an evening of seasonal music.

Enjoy all your favourite Christmas songs with the dynamic swing band treatment from Glenn Miller, Sinatra, Basie, Nat King Cole - jazzing up those Jingle Bells!

Hauntings is a spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories, E.F. Benson and M.R. James.

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This Christmas concert feel good show, brings all the magic of the season to life, with all you favourite songs, you will know and love!

Combining the full sound of big band swing with charisma, panache and swagger, the trio – collectively known as The Rat Pack, had attitude to spare.

Featuring :  Bedford Choral Society and Sharnbrook Community Choir.  Tickets £15.   Click here  to book.

Tickets: £55.00 per person – all tickets include a 3-course meal and 2-hour interactive show!

Tickets: £55.00 per person – all tickets include a 3-course meal and 2-hour interactive show!

‘Dancing Man’ comes directly from a sell-out preview performance and West End run. Featuring music from Cabaret, La Cage aux Folles, Singin’ in the Rain to name but a few. Join him as he weaves his way through his own musical journey.

A trip around this iconic gallery. Cost £12. Link for further details.  To book, please  click here

Doors open 11:30am for a 12noon concert (45 min running time). Click here  for more information and to book tickets.

Its beginnings, its Golden Age and its near disappearance.

Doors open 11:30am for a 12noon concert (45 min running time). Click here  for more information and to book tickets.

Geometry, The Arabesque, floral designs and figural art.

Its complex language with intriguing backstories and influences.

Brahms: German Requiem (piano version)

Ducal treasures, the paintings by Piero della Francesca.

Jane will talk about the history and culture that brought this dynamic art to fruition.  Three lectures with lunch between.  Venue:  St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Bedford. 10.30am – 3.15pm.  Coffee from 10.15. Cost tbc.  Bookings taken from January at lectures or email click here.

Their lives and work, the different ways they were accepted.

The ultimate wall decoration.  Landmark sets, the production, Flemish weavers, the expense.

Haydn: Nelson Mass; and Mozart: Solemn Vespers

Long live Photography!  The fascinating dialogue between them.

Once at the heart of daily European life, no longer valued.  The history and techniques.

The Annunciation in Art.  Inspiration for some of the most beautiful images in Western Art.