

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Festival Opening Concert
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: William Whitehead, Director of the International Orgelbüchlein Project, gives the festival’s opening recital.

William Whitehead organ
Festival Singers

Reger: Seven Organ Pieces, Op.145 No.1: Trauerode / Mourning Ode
Panufnik: Was Gott tut / What God is Doing
J S Bach: Chorale Prelude: Alle Menschen müssen sterben / All Men Must Die, BWV643
Viney: Er Stehn vor Gottes Thron / He Stands Before God’s Throne (world premiere)
van Oortmerssen: Chorale Prelude: Nun ruhen alle Wälder / Now All Forests Are at Rest
Smyth: O Traurigkeit / O Sadness 
Langer: O Traurigkeit / O Sadness
Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on BACH
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bedford/festival-opening-concert/200029600817921
- **Event Categories**: festivals, music, entertainment, concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bedfordmusic/festival-opening-concert-with-william-whitehead-organ-and-festival-singers/e-kqadpz?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bedford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bedford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Bunyan Meeting Church
- **lat**: 52.13682
- **long**: -0.46395
- **full address**: Bunyan Meeting Church, Bunyan Museum &amp; Library, Bedford, MK40 3, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Bedford Music Club (https://allevents.in/org/bedford-music-club/11611572)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bunyan Meeting Church, Bunyan Museum &amp; Library, Bedford, MK40 3, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bedford Music Club
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, music, entertainment, concerts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Festival Opening Concert ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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