General description

The Little Missenden Festival, now in its 48th year, takes place each October and covers the whole range of classical music styles from early music, contemporary electronic, baroque and jazz, together with education and workshop projects, lectures, poetry readings and exhibitions. There is a particular focus on Early Music with 3 or 4 Early Music concerts promoted each year. Funding from Arts Council, local councils, trusts and foundations, local sponsorships. Recent artists include Mark Tucker, Pavlo Besnosiuk, Paula Chateauneuf, David Roblou, Gary Cooper, The Orlando Consort, The Clerks’ Group, Catherine Bott and Liz Kenny, Robin Blaze and Mark Levy, Rose Consort of Viols, Horses Brawl, Rachel Podger and Savadi.

Performance space details

Most early music takes place in Little Missenden Church: a small Saxon-cum-Norman building enriched with medieval wall paintings. The church has a fine immediate acoustic and music heard at this intimate range has real impact and presence. Maximum seating is 180 although sight lines from the cheaper seats are not brilliant. The setting is highly appropriate for early music. There is complete access for wheel-chair users and loop available for those with hearing difficulties.