Our Sunday programme at Rippon Hall, Barroco, takes its name from the Portuguese word meaning an imperfect pearl — something naturally flawed, yet no less beautiful for it. This idea runs through the programme: that perfection isn't the goal in art or nature, but rather depth and human feeling. We’ve got a fantastic line up of festival artists joining us for these performances, including Baroque specialists James Bush (cello) and Erin Helyard (harpsichord).

The 2025 At the World’s Edge Festival begins in Wānaka in Rippon Hall, a striking setting for our first programme, Intimate Voices, which features three very different but deeply personal works for string quartet.