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Martin Randall Festivals

There surely can be few greater musical pleasures than listening to music in the places most closely associated with the composer or the first performance. Linking the music to the places so central to the composers’ lives, and providing the historical context, is at the heart of all our planning, as is ensuring that the music itself is performed by artists of the highest international standing.

The audiences on our classical music festivals are formed of participants who take a package which includes access to all the private concerts, accommodation, flights from the UK and transfers, meals with wine, talks by a musicologist, tips and much else besides.

Celebrating music and place

Our festivals in 2025 are Music along the Rhine (8–15 May) The Cotswolds Choral Festival, (16–20 June), Music along the Seine (16–23 July) and Handel in Malta (21–27 November).

Our festivals planned for 2026 are Early Music in York (June), A Celebration of Music along the Rhine, (22–29 June), Music along the Danube (15–22 August), The Johann Sebastian Bach Journey (September) and Monteverdi in Venice (11–17 November) – please contact us to register your interest.

The footage here is from Opera in Sicily in 2019.

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Featured Martin Randall Festivals

Cotswolds Choral Festival
Cotswolds Choral Festival - A celebration of the finest vocal music in England’s prettiest region
16th June 2025
Professor Stephen Darlington MBE

Eight private performances, mostly choral, in towns and villages in the Cotswolds, England’s prettiest region. Tremendous variety of sound world – from Palestrina to Pärt, with a... Read more

£2,940

Music Along the Seine
Music Along the Seine - Superb music in elegant châteaux and churches along France’s greatest river
16th July 2025
Professor Katharine Ellis

Eight private concerts in beautiful historic buildings along the Seine Valley. Repertoire ranges from medieval to modern, weighted towards the greatest eras of French music, including... Read more

£3,680

Handel in Malta
Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
21st November 2025
Mr Richard Wigmore

Three of the leading ensembles performing today: The English Concert, Solomon’s Knot and the Gabrieli Consort. A range of Handel’s best works, from the beloved Rinaldo to the vibrantly... Read more

£4,280

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Opera & Ballet in Copenhagen
Kingdoms of Southern India
The Douro
West Coast Architecture
Opera in Sicily
" The itinerary was excellent. Copenhagen is a wonderful city and I thoroughly enjoyed the opera experience. " Opera & Ballet in Copenhagen - Rossini, Wagner and the Royal Danish Ballet
" Excellent. It was a very thorough exploration of the area and I like the variety: both Islamic and Hindu sites. " Kingdoms of Southern India - Hindu and Islamic heritage of the Deccan Plateau
" An outstanding and thoroughly enjoyable week. I would definitely travel with MRT again. " The Douro - From Porto to Pinhão
" Our lecturer was excellent – deeply knowledgeable but patient and informative in responding to questions. " West Coast Architecture - A century of building in Arizona and California
" A real triumph which richly deserves to be repeated. " Opera in Sicily - Five performances in historic theatres in beautiful Baroque cities
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