Ryedale Festival, Yorkshire with Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
An event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Concert features three contrasting concerts in different areas of the stunning country house Castle Howard. Each concert is presented three times, with the audiences rotating after each performance.
Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival, The Cotswolds
Candlelit Twilight Concert
Craig Ogden brings the festival to a beautifully reflective close with a selection of pieces to be included on his upcoming Chandos Records release which explores some of the most calming music in the repertoire.
Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove for Festive Classics and Bromsgrove Festival
Craig performs a solo recital in New Guesten Hall in the unique setting of Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings. The concert will be an opportunity to listen to Craig in an intimate setting, followed by lunch and is presented as part of Bromsgrove Festival.
Concerto with Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Robert Guy – conductor
Craig Ogden – guitar
Helen Brackley Jones – violin
Glazunov Summer
Glinka Summer Night in Madrid
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Craig performs Rodrigo’s most famous guitar concerto, Concierto de Aranjuez, with Stockport Symphony Orchestra in the stunning surroundings of Stockport Town Hall.
The orchestra was formed in 1975 as the New Orchestra of Manchester and performs eight concerts every season at the Town Hall with professional conductors and both established and rising stars of the classical music world.
Parbold, Lancashire with Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Recognised as one of the world’s leading guitar quartets, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet is a dynamic and innovative group known for its extraordinary ensemble in performance, expansive repertoire and ground-breaking work in developing the guitar quartet medium.
Parbold Music Lancashire is the title under which the concerts and musical events are presented and is the operational name of Douglas Music Society, a registered charity, founded in 1973, to present an annual season of Saturday evening concerts with established international stars, young artists and popular music to celebrate all kinds of music-making and musical tastes.
Sale Festival, Cheshire
Craig returns to Sale’s Waterside Arts Centre to give a solo recital in the charming setting of the wood-panelled Chambers at Waterside.
Doncaster, Music in the Round
Craig Ogden is one of the greatest classical guitarists of our time, whose incredible career over three decades has included a stream of best-selling albums, appearances with the world’s finest orchestras and a constant presence on Classic FM, where he’s long been a favourite artist with the station’s listeners.
Programme includes:
VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No.1
JS BACH Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998
REINHARDT Nuages
RODRIGO Tres piezas españolas
ALBENIZ Torre Bermeja, Sevilla
Sandbach, Cheshire for Sandbach Concerts with Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
The opening concert in Sandbach Concerts’ 15 years celebratory weekend features the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet with good friend of the concert series Craig Ogden, now a member of the quartet.
“If one guitar quartet can give a traditional string quartet a run for its money in terms of abundant technique and breath-taking artistry, it is the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet” International Record Review
