Lunchtime classical concert of the Swindon Recital Series at The Wyvern Theatre, with repertoire from the seventeenth century to the present day.
The Swindon Recital Series is back for its 2026/27 season, with three concerts coming up across The Wyvern Theatre and Christ Church on Cricklade Street. The first is a lunchtime one at the Wyvern on Wednesday 28 October at 13:05, followed by an evening at Christ Church on Saturday 31 October at 19:30, and then back to the Wyvern on Sunday 14 November at 19:30. This year's theme is classical music in film, and it's a broad one: the season moves between drama, comedy and romance, from the silent cinema of the early days to Bollywood. The programme works in two formats: lunchtime explorations of musical and dance traditions, and evenings where a musician provides the live sound for a silent screen.
Behind it all is the Swindon Recital Series, a registered charity run by artistic director Paul Turner, who started it more than 30 years ago. The season runs from September to April, usually six or seven concerts a year, split between the Arts Centre's evening and weekend programmes and the Wyvern Theatre's Wednesday lunchtimes. The repertoire stretches from the seventeenth century to the present day and is often built around a featured composer or a national theme. The series draws on a 'Friends' organisation to supplement ticket sales and deliberately mixes artists of all generations.
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If you're heading to the Wyvern, tickets are £9.50, which includes a £1 theatre levy; students aged 15-18 pay £3.50 with no levy, and accompanied children aged 14 and under go free. At Christ Church, it's £18 standard, £15 for senior citizens, £3.50 for students aged 15-18, and free for accompanied children aged 14 and under, with tickets sold on the door only.
