COMING THIS JUNE 2025
Celebrating Midsummer
with Celtic Folk Music from
Scotland's Leading String Quartet
The Maxwell Quartet
Friday, 27th June
We celebrate Midsummer in the 'Cathedral of the Cotswolds' Northleach Church, with the Maxwell Quartet hailing from Edinburgh. Deeply rooted in Scottish tradition, the group combines classical forms with new music alongside folk-inspired works. Its first two releases on Linn Records paired string quartets by Haydn with their compositions based on Scottish Folk music, the first album reaching number three in the classical specialist charts.
Steven Devine, the Artistic Director of the Cotswold Festival, describes the group as "a force of nature”.
Taking place in the round, in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Northleach, GL54 3HZ
Doors open at 18.00, Concert starts at 18.30
The ticket price includes a complimentary drink.
There will be an interval
A bar is available to purchase drinks throughout the evening
Following the concert, The Wheatsheaf is offering a Celtic Summer Menu to celebrate the Midsummer event. Please book directly with them via this link: https://bit.ly/WheatsheafDinner
Compelling Classical Music from the Cathedral of the Cotswolds
Our story
Formed in 2017, the CFOM is a new music festival based in the beautiful North Cotswolds, bringing together the highest quality of music-making from British classical music artists into the stunning Cotswold arena.
The CFOM seeks to raise funds for the wonderful Cotswold settings in which the festivals are held. The proceeds of events will go to the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Northleach, known as The Cathedral of the Cotswolds. It is a spectacular Church, the product of various stages of redevelopment and expansion, owing much to the 15th Century wool trade. The Church is entirely self-funding and relies on the generosity of the community and its visitors.
Steven Devine combines a career as a conductor and director of orchestral, choral and opera repertoire with that of a solo harpsichordist and fortepianist. He is Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The English Haydn Festival; Music Director of New Chamber Opera, Oxford and Director of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s “Bach the Universe & Everything” series.
Steven Devine was educated at Chetham’s School of Music before reading Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He was Director of Opera Restor’d from 2002-2010 and Kurator and Conductor of the Norwegian Wind Ensemble from 2016-2018.
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On Saturday 8th March, the purity and clarity of the award-winning twin sisters Charlotte & Laura Carrivick performed an intimate and unforgettable night of traditional bluegrass and old-time music, all set in the new Garden Room of the Wheatsheaf, Northleach. We were treated to their incredible harmonies and masterful skill on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and dobro, The Carrivicks are one of the UK’s premier acts and Charlotte is back with her band in October 2025.
Listen to Executive Director Chris Cooke on Cotswolds Radio - all things Baroque!
Thank you to all those who came to our Cotswold Festival of Music 2024, an evening of English Baroque, followed by a great English meal in the Wheatsheaf, Northleach.
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Thank you to all those who came to our Cotswold Festival of Music 2023, an evening of Bavarian Baroque, followed by a Bavarian Feast at the Sherborne Arms. What a great success!
Listen to Executive Director Chris Cooke on Cotswolds Radio - all things Baroque!
On 4th November 2022, we held A Neapolitan Night in Northleach, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater and works by Vivaldi, Corelli & Scarlatti.
The 2021 concert recreated an evening at the famous Cafe Zimmermann. Under the direction of Music Director Steven Devine, the night featured the best of the best on double harpsichord and strings playing the music of Georg Philipp Telemann and Johann Sebastian Bach, and the finale with Georg Friedrich Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks!
Northleach Church
Friday 10 November 2023- 6.30pm
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All funds raised will go to the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Northleach, Gloucestershire.