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Summer Concert No 1: Guitar – Yvonne Bloor

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Sunday 29th June – 2pm – Venue: St Peter’s Church, Church Langton

St Peter’s Church Summer Concert season 2025 opens on Sunday 29th June with a recital by classical guitarist, Yvonne Bloor. She will perform from 2.00pm until 2.45pm.

Tickets on the door cost £5 and £8 with coffee and cake included.

Full details and register your interest with Roz Folwell by email here

About Yvonne Bloor

Yvonne Bloor is a classical guitarist and composer, based in Leicester. Yvonne gained her Master of Music in solo guitar performance from the Royal Northern College of Music and is also a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music and a Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the London College of Music.

Yvonne has performed concerts in the UK and abroad including appearances at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and broadcasts on BBC Radio Leicester. Yvonne’s charity concerts raised over £2,500 for Leicestershire Churches.

Yvonne has published three books of music, described as ‘excellent publications containing mature, melodic, interestingly harmonised, lovely little pieces’ (Classical Guitar Magazine.)

Yvonne’s composition, Promise, is published by Trinity College of Music in the 2016 examination series, and my piece Majesty, which was composed for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, is included in the Jubilee Time Capsule.

Read more about Yvonne on her website: yvonnebloor.com

Photo of classical guitarist, Yvonne Bloor shows her sitting and smiling with her guitar on her lap
Yvonne Bloor Classical Guitarist

Summer Sunday – Afternoon Concerts

St Peter’s warmly invites you to our series of summer concerts for 2025. These concerts last around 45 minutes and take place at 2pm (1.45 on 27th July) on the last Sunday of each month £5 on the door – or £8 with coffee and cake. Details of the programme to follow – Subscribe to our posts for full details.

Summer Cinema in aid of St Peter’s Church

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Cinema in the Langtons presents ‘One Life’ (12A), starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, the man who rescued hundreds of children from Czechoslovakia, fleeing imminent invasion and occupation by Nazi Forces. This remarkable story is one not to be missed. Join us at Tuesday 18th June, at the Community Hall, 7:30pm, Tickets on the Door £8.00 – All proceeds to support St Peter’s Church, for which we are most grateful.

Full details from Roz Folwell see below…

Summer Concerts at St Peter’s Church

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Sunday afternoon concerts

We are delighted to announce a wonderful programme of concerts at St Peter’s Church which will take place on the last Sunday of the months of June, July, August and September, from 3pm – 3.45pm.

  • Sunday 25th June: Foxton Community Choir
  • Sunday 30th July: Knighton Chamber Orchestra
  • Sunday 27th August: Organ Recital
  • Sunday 24th September: GBRT Orchestra

Tickets are £5.00 or £8.00 with tea/coffee and cake.

Tickets can be purchased on the door but please contact us by email clergy@churchlangton.org.uk to reserve tickets with refreshments for our caterers.

St. Peter’s church is well known for its fabulous acoustics and of course its musical
heritage. Come and experience it for yourself, the surroundings are steeped in history, with carvings in wood and stone, stained glass windows, enhanced with simple flower arrangements. Music in St Peter’s is balm for the soul and a treat for all the senses. We look forward to welcoming you.

Parking at the Community Hall where you’ll find the toilets too.

Concerts in St Peter's