Compelling Classical Music from the Heart of the Cotswolds
Cotswold Festival of Music presents Craig Ogden - one of the finest classical guitarists!
Friday 11 December 2026
6.00 pm for 6.30 pm
Grammy-nominated guitarist Craig Ogden will perform a candlelit recital in the beautiful setting of St Peter's Church, Farmington (GL54 3ND).
Doors open at 6.00 pm, Concert starts at 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
There will be NO interval.
A bar is available to purchase drinks prior and after the concert.
St Peter's Church, Farmington, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, GL54 3ND
Listen to Steven Devine, Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G major
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.
PAST CONCERTS
2026
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.
Thank you to all those who came to an evening of English Baroque, followed by a great English meal in the Wheatsheaf, Northleach.
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!
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!
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All funds raised will go to the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Northleach, Gloucestershire.