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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 Valletta (21–27 November).

Our festivals planned for 2026 are Early Music in York (June – precise dates TBC), A Celebration of Music along the Rhine, (22–29 June), Music along the Danube (15–22 August) 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

Music Along the Rhine
Music Along the Rhine - Outstanding music, beautiful countryside and historic towns along Germany’s principal river
8th May 2025
Dr Katy Hamilton

Eight private concerts in beautiful and appropriate historic buildings. Musicians of the highest calibre: a constellation of soloists such as Isabelle Faust, Kristian Bezuidenhout and... Read more

£3,640 ex flights

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

£3,290

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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Tuscan Gardens
Italian Design
Art in the Netherlands
Gardens & Villas of the Campagna Romana
Palaces & Villas of Rome
" Dr Katie Campbell was so very informative about all the gardens visited, and very pleasant company. " Tuscan Gardens - The pick of Tuscan gardens and villas
" Dr Philippa Josep is outstanding, deep subject matter expert on wide range of topics, with passion, interest and charisma; on tour - a truly caring and interested in the group; transmitting exceptional positive energy " Italian Design - Modernism in Turin and Milan
" I joined this tour some months ago without knowing how things were going to be. When the date arrived, the experience - from greeting Desmond and Lawrence at St Pancras to saying a surprisingly emotional farewell to the group as we were pulling in on the final day - was more gratifying than I could ever have predicted. " Art in the Netherlands - A spectrum of the finest
" We saw the most extraordinary gardens, all never to be forgotten. " Gardens & Villas of the Campagna Romana - From formal to frivolous in spectacular settings
" Michael's knowledge was all encompassing and his delivery was very interesting and really engaging. " Palaces & Villas of Rome - From Empire to Papacy: the power of magnificence
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