Past Events
2023 proved to be our biggest year yet. In a music-filled weekend, our Summer Festival in July featured over 80 musicians in 7 events all across Wirral. Record audience numbers enjoyed brilliant performances by Kantos, The Katona Twins and the Festival Players in some of Wirral's most intimate venues. Our multi-sensory family concert reached music lovers of all ages and the festival's youth events showcased the next generation of local string and brass players. Our Christmas by Candlelight concerts sold out within weeks and delighted audiences with enchanting music in a magical atmosphere.
2023
The Katona Twins St Mary's, Eastham
Kantos Chamber Choir St Andrew's, West Kirby
Wirral Youth Brass Woodside Ferry Village
Schubert's Trout Quintet Christ Church, Port Sunlight
The Music Monster Family Concert Gladstone Village Hall
Youth String Quartet Academy Williamson Art Gallery
Christmas by Candlelight St Luke’s, Hoylake and St. Mary's and St Anne's, Neston
2022
The London Handel Players Heswall Hall
Wirral Youth Brass Pacific Road, Birkenhead
Brahms' String Sextet All Saints Church, Thornton Hough
The Story of Brave Little Beau - Family Concert Pacific Road, Birkenhead
Liverpool Wind Collective The Holy Name of Jesus Church, Oxton
Christmas by Candlelight St Luke’s, Hoylake and St. Nicholas, Burton
2021
The Four Seasons All Saints Church, Thornton Hough and St Luke's, Hoylake
Liverpool Brass Quintet St Luke's, Hoylake
Schubert's String Quintet St Peter's, Heswall
Making Music Family Workshop The Dell, Port Sunlight
Klezmer-ish Hulme Hall
Online Concerts in the Community
Recorded in West Kirby Arts Centre, the following concerts were streamed online but can still be watched here.
Pixels Ensemble perform music by Bridge, Shostakovich and Piazzolla:
Liverpool Wind Collective perform music by Kummer, Piston, Muczynsky and Koechlin:
Spotlight series
During lockdown, we curated our own Spotlight series: free-to-view videos of lockdown performances given by members of the WCMF team and friends.
Festival founder and Artistic Director Thelma Handy plays Bach's Minuet from the Partita in E Major at home:
Festival co-founder Alex Holladay performs Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV for solo cello:
Performance pre-recorded and broadcast on Wednesday 2 December 2020 as part of a Pixels Ensemble recital for the University of Liverpool Lunchtime Concert Series: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/music/events/lunchtime-concert-series/
String Trio by Jean Françaix, movements I, III and II, as recorded for the Bitesize Proms, in aid of Help Musicians UK (Production by Chris Tann):