Ludlow to tune in for music celebration
South Shropshire will come alive with song when a very special event makes its return to Ludlow.
Set to take place from April 11-13, Ludlow’s English Song Weekend (LESW) will delight crowds with three days of concerts and events bringing some of the very best classical artists from the UK and around the world to the beautiful market town.
Guided by its artistic director, the pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside, Ludlow English Song Weekend offers music-lovers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in high quality music-making while enjoying the picturesque South Shropshire countryside. The 2025 festival will bring an array of top class performers in a fresh and vibrant programme, plus some very special guests.
LESW is set to welcome visionary Australian mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean, known for her irrepressible sense of drama and unmissable, urgent musicality to St. Laurence’s Church, where she will be joined by her father, the internationally acclaimed composer and violist Brett Dean.
Their concert – ‘Buzz!’ – is full of music about living life to the fullest, and includes a song Brett wrote especially for Lotte in 2023.
Elsewhere in the programme there’s plenty of British talent too, with rising stars Andrew Hamilton and Liam Bonthrone returning to the UK after honing their craft in Munich at the Bavarian State Opera.
