We are very excited to announce our Spring Concert for 2025 titled, Music of the Habsburg Empire, on Saturday 5th April at 7.30pm.

We are delighted to be joined by distinguished guest soprano, Philippa Hyde and renowned organist, Ian Runnells with choral works from Haydn, Mozart and Mendelssohn amongst others.

The venue for our spring gala concert is Ampthill Methodist Church which has perfect classical acoustics and a powerful organ, ensuring this will be a night of music not to be missed.

If you would like to join us, you can book your tickets online by clicking the button below.

Alternatively, please fill out the form on our contact page and we will endeavour to get back to you shortly.

Biography

In 2001 she was awarded the ARAM, an honour granted to past students of the Academy who have achieved distinction in their profession.

Philippa’s busy and varied concert, oratorio and operatic career has taken her all over the world, from Helsinki to Beijing, as well as to many of the major concert venues and festivals of Europe. She has performed regularly with The Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Parley of Instruments, The Musicke Companye, Canzona, The Hanover Band, the Harmonious Society of Tickle Fiddle Gentlemen, as well as with her own Period Instrument ensemble, Bloomsbury Baroque.

Memorable moments of Philippa’s career to date include performing Dido and Aeneas whilst operating a sizeable puppet at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall; performing the same work (without puppets) in the Roman amphitheatre at Sabratha in Libya and attempting a song recital during a thunderstorm in New Delhi, India, as well as performing in such extraordinary venues such as the chapel of Versailles and the throne room in the Rosenborg Palace in Copenhagen.   She loves the personal and musical interactions that her career enables her to experience, whether it is singing alongside choirs throughout the UK, or collaborating with Baroque ensembles in other countries, most notably in Poland. 

Philippa is an experienced recording artist. Most recently, she performed the role of Adonis in the first recording of Pepusch’s Venus and Adonis with the Harmonious Society of Tickle Fiddle Gentlemen, which won the 2016 Opera Award in the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik in Germany. It is released on the Ramee label.

Philippa is married to Richard Tanner, Director of Music at Rugby School and has two sons. In her spare time she enjoys reading, studying, walking, travel, and enjoying the buzz of London. She is currently studying for an MSc in psychology at Birkbeck College.