The latest 'Wylde Britain' news
The 'Wylde Britain' concerts will be launched at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with eight performances between 10-13 August.
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A wonderful 'Wylde Britain' moment with Dame Judi Dench
↓ See the video below ↓
'Wylde Britain'
A stunning new one-hour concert for Summer / Autumn 2026
Music, stories, natural soundscapes - an inspiring one-hour journey through the British Isles
Shetland ∗ Loch Ness ∗ Hadrian's Wall ∗ Ireland ∗ Alderley Edge ∗ Snowdon ∗ Sherwood Forest ∗ Sussex ∗ Zennor ∗ Land's End
For details and audio samples of the programme, click >> HERE <<
Live concert performances in SurroundSound
with bassoon soloist
Laurence Perkins
BBC Radio 3 / Classic FM / Hyperion, Signum Classics and Heritage solo recordings
(four albums in U.K. classical charts, 2019-2025)
2026 U.K. Tour, August - December
Edinburgh Fringe Festival ∗ Beaumaris (Anglesey, Wales) ∗ Camborne, Cornwall ∗ Zennor, Cornwall ∗ Land's End, Cornwall ∗ St. Just, Cornwall ∗ Alderley Edge, Cheshire ∗ Irish Centre, Hammersmith, London ∗ Brampton, Cumbria ∗ Loch Ness, Scotland ∗ Shetland ∗ Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire ∗ Chichester, Sussex
For tour details, click HERE to go directly to the 'Dates and Venues' page
with stories and legends told* by (in programme order)
Sandra Voe (The 'critter' at Loch Ness)
Sef Townsend (A Roman soldier at Hadrian's Wall)
James Quinn (The Wizard of Alderley Edge)
Stephen Bill (Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest)
Sir Derek Jacobi (A Sussex woodland with a nightingale)
Dame Judi Dench (The Mermaid of Zennor)
Soundscapes - original recordings of natural sounds in stunning SurroundSound
For more details of the programme, click HERE to go directly to the 'Concert Details' page
* Original narrations specially recorded and contributed for the 'Wylde Britain' concert programme.
A delightful moment of sharing with Dame Judi Dench
Below is a short video of Laurence playing an excerpt from 'The Mermaid of Zennor' to Judi, who recorded the 'mermaid lines' from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. The recording of her narration, which can be heard in the concert performances, was made specially for the 'Wylde Britain' programme. The music is by Cornish composer Judith Bailey, written for Laurence and for the 'Wylde Britain' concerts.
'Wylde Britain' concerts are fundraising events
The concerts support the U.K. charity UK-Med and their outstanding medical aid for survivors in Ukraine and other war zones worldwide, as well as natural disaster locations including Venezuela. For more details, click HERE
UK-Med is the first UK-based medical charity verified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an Emergency Medical Team.