Two Moors Festival

27/08/2026

5 weeks to go!

This year's festival begins with a very special evening of Haydn and Mozart at the historic Great Fulford. Enjoy two exquisite concerts given by internationally acclaimed chamber musicians, pianist James Baillieu, soprano Caroline Taylor, cellist Adrian Brendel and violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, interspersed with a dinner interval.

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25/08/2026

Join us at the Two Moors Festival for the English premiere of a new string quartet by , the Devon premiere of Speak of the North by , and new choral works by David Buckley performed in Exeter Cathedral.

We can guarantee you haven’t ‘herd’ it all before! 😉

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24/08/2026

Gorgeous Grieg at this year’s Two Moors Festival.

Hear his only song cycle - Haugtussa - that tells the story of a young herding girl, her first love affair and first heartache - and his 2nd Violin Sonata, written while Grieg was on his honeymoon.

20/08/2026

There are just six weeks to go until the start of this year's Two Moors Festival.

We are enormously excited to be welcoming "the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin," Rachel Podger (The Times) and recorder virtuoso Lucie Horsch, praised by The Guardian as "the latest big thing in recorder playing" to Dunster on 9 October.

Don't miss their programme of dazzling virtuosity and profound expression, featuring music by JS Bach and Telemann alongside traditional tunes. Tickets are on sale now for their concert in St George's Church, Dunster at 6.30pm on Friday 9 October.

https://tickets.twomoorsfestival.co.uk/sales/events/2026-festival/exmoor/rachel-podger-and-lucie-horsch

13/08/2026

The countdown is on! With just 7 weeks to go until this year's Two Moors Festival now is the perfect time to take a look at the programme and book your tickets.

We're excited to welcome the Calidore String Quartet who will give the English premiere of Arietta by Mark-Anthony Turnage, as well as performing quartets by Korngold and Dvořák. Catch them at St Andrew's Church, Moretonhampstead on Saturday 3 October.

More info and tickets: https://tickets.twomoorsfestival.co.uk/sales/events/2026-festival/dartmoor/calidore-string-quartet

13/08/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming author Harriet Rix to the Two Moors Festival this October. She'll be speaking about her acclaimed debut book, The Genius of Trees, which has just been shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 👏🌳

https://tickets.twomoorsfestival.co.uk/sales/events/2026-festival/dartmoor/harriet-rix-the-genius-of-tree

We're delighted to announce the 2026 Shortlist for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing! 🌿

From ancient woodlands and remarkable trees to rural communities, folklore and the landscapes that shape us, these books invite us to look more closely at the places we call home, and our enduring relationship with the natural world.

🌿 Ancient, Luke Barley (.books)

🌿 Craftland, ()

🌿 Ghosts of the Farm, ()

🌿 Love Is A Toad, ()

🌿 Stone Lands, , illustrator (, )

🌿 The Cuckoo's Lea, Michael J. Warren (, )

🌿 The Genius of Trees, ()

Congratulations to all the shortlistees and publishers on this fantastic shortlist.

12/08/2026

The final event of our Dartmoor weekend of this year's Two Moors Festival is not to be missed!

One of the foremost clarinettists of his generation, Michael Collins has served as Principal Clarinettist of the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, and is among the most recorded clarinettists in the world with more than 35 recordings to his name. As a soloist he has performed internationally on famous stages from Carnegie Hall to the BBC Proms and has been hailed as "one of the best clarinettists walking the planet" by The Times.

We are delighted to welcome him to Ashburton for a concert inspired by his highly acclaimed recording with pianist Noriko Ogawa, La Clarinette Parisienne.

Enjoy Debussy's seductive Rhapsodie, Poulenc's emotionally conflicted Sonata and one of Saint-Saëns' final works, Clarinet Sonata in Eb major, Op. 16.

Collins and Ogawa have given concerts worldwide and this concert promises to conclude our Dartmoor weekend in dazzling style.

Tickets on sale now!
https://tickets.twomoorsfestival.co.uk/sales/events/2026-festival/dartmoor/michael-collins-and-noriko-oga

06/08/2026

"like going to the Wigmore Hall, with better views. And cows."

Get out of the city and join us in spectacular, rural venues across Exmoor and Dartmoor this October.

With performances from Rachel Podger, Claire Booth, Christopher Glynn, Lucie Horsch, Michael Collins, James Baillieu, the Calidore String Quartet, Steven Osborne and Tamsin Waley-Cohen, among others.

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04/08/2026

New music at this year's Two Moors Festival:

Join us in Dulverton to hear Speak of the North by Gavin Higgins - a piece co-commissioned by the Two Moors Festival.

Described as "a vast and sprawling journey across the moors, mountains, cities and coasts of the north of England" (The Guardian), Gavin Higgins' new song cycle features poems by northern writers, such as Tony Williams and the Brontë sisters, interwoven with folk violin in a collection of musical pictures brought to life through song.

Speak of the North will be performed by award-winning soprano Claire Booth, violinist and Two Moors Festival Artistic Director, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, and GRAMMY-winning Festival favourite, pianist Christopher Glynn.

Tickets from £10
https://tickets.twomoorsfestival.co.uk/sales/events/2026-festival/exmoor/claire-booth-tamsin-waley-cohe

31/07/2026

Hailed in the Guardian as "the latest big thing in recorder playing", we're really looking forward to welcoming to Dunster for a joint performance with Baroque violin legend, Rachel Podger.

Here's Lucie in action with Charlotte Barbour-Condini, Bojan Čičić and Academy of Ancient Music performing Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in a video that's had more than 3 million views on YouTube!

Lucie’s new album ‘Origins’ will be released on 23rd September 2022...