Music at The Castle is one of the most popular of Martin Randall Travel activities. Although perhaps atypical – short weekends within the UK – Music at the Castle nevertheless shares many of the characteristics and maintains the award-winning standards of our small-group tours and music festivals:

• World-class musicians performing in sybaritic and intimate surroundings: the Monmouth Room within the Castle Hotel. There are, furthermore, opportunities to meet and converse with the musicians throughout the weekend.
• While unabashedly leisurely, the weekends are also an intellectually and aesthetically stimulating experience, with a musical theme developed over the weekend’s four concerts. Two of the weekends also feature a musicologist lecturing on the music, the composers and their context.
• Excellent accommodation in the Castle, one of the finest hotels in England, renowned for its warm hospitality and the quality of its restaurant, located on the doorstep of Exmoor and the Quantocks.
• Every aspect of the weekend, from time of booking to after the final concert on Sunday, is meticulously and thoughtfully planned.
• The price covers nearly everything, from the concerts themselves to the interval drinks.

Comments from participants during the 2006/7 Music at the Castle season:

‘This was my first time at the Castle and I have never enjoyed a weekend of music more.’

‘A first class 48 hours with good company.’

‘Inspiring in every way.’

‘[The Chilingirian Quartet] created a feeling of shared delight in the music and became friends as well as performers.’

‘Each concert was a learning experience with a heightened appreciation of the music. I thought the playing was delightful and so personal in the intimate atmosphere of the Monmouth Room.’

‘A thoroughly pleasurable and instructive weekend.’

‘The hotel was excellent – we have had the same room for the four weekends we attended this year – a nice touch.’

‘A real treat to be able to hear such a range of this type of music performed by such accomplished musicians.’

‘The speaker was entertaining and thought-provoking. Really added to the enjoyment of the concert.’

‘A splendid variety, very well put-together programme and thoroughly enjoyable. The speaker was witty and erudite. His comments added a great deal to the flow of the weekend.’

‘Everything was excellent – or more so – during the weekend.’