FRI 28 APRIL
SCHOOLS’ PERFORMANCE
11am – 12 midday St Paul's Church
The culmination of our Festival education project led by the wonderful Sam Glazer involving local schoolchildren who will devise from scratch and perform their own original songs alongside our Festival musicians. Do come and hear the results.
TICKETS: Admission free
FUNKY LUNCH
12.30pm – 1pm The Arc
Lumas Winds
Come and join us
TICKETS: It's free
OPENING CONCERT
4pm – 6pm St Paul’s Church
David Adams, Lucy Gould, Rosalind Ventris, James Toll, Kate Gould, Lumas Winds, Huw Watkins
Suk Piano Quartet Op. 1
Barber Summer Music
Huw Watkins Elegy for Violin and Piano PREMIÈRE
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No 3
TICKETS: £23, £19 in side aisles
LATE NIGHT CONCERT
9pm – 10.10pm St Paul’s Church
James Gilchrist, Huw Watkins
Schubert Winterreise
TICKETS: £19, £16 in side aisles
SAT 29 APRIL
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MAESTRO
11.30am – 12.30pm The Nutshell
World famous conductor Mrs A Beat has gone missing! Join Musical Detective Will E Squeak in this interactive family concert where the audience literally roll the dice to decide where to go, listening to music and finding clues along the way. Performed by clarinettist Lenny Sayers and our Festival String Quartet.
TICKETS: £10, £5 for 4 – 18 year olds unreserved seating
AFTERNOON CONCERT
2pm – 4pm St Paul’s Church
James Gilchrist, Lucy Gould, David Adams, Maia Cabeza, Elliot Kempton, Kate Gould, Tim Posner, Lumas Winds, Huw Watkins
Schubert Auf dem Strom D943
Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano, Op. 100
Huw Watkins Piano Quartet (2012)
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge
TICKETS: £23, £19 in side aisles
FESTIVAL FOLK
8pm – 9.45pm St Paul’s Church
We welcome folk-fiddler extraordinaire, Donald Grant, to join festival performers for his Celtic folk tune arrangements and compositions, alongside Eastern European folk influenced classical works from the 20th century. You’ll be tapping your feet and even singing along by the end of the evening.
TICKETS: £23, £19 in side aisles
The Bar will be open from 7.30pm
SUN 30 APRIL
J S BACH HOUR
2.30pm – 3.30pm St John the Baptist Church
Maia Cabeza, Rosalind Ventris, Kate Gould
Bach Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio
TICKETS: £19 (unreserved) to include a post concert cup of tea
In memory of Andy Stoller 1949-2022
GALA CONCERT
7.30pm – 9.30pm Chapel of St Cross
David Adams, Lucy Gould, James Toll, Maia Cabeza, Rosalind Ventris, Elliott Kempton, Kate Gould, Tim Posner
Shostakovich Two pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Purcell Fantasia on One Note
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8 Op. 110
Mendelssohn Octet Op. 20
TICKETS: £25, £22, £19
MON 1 MAY
MASTERCLASS
10.30am – 11.40am St Paul’s Church
Come and listen to Festival musicians coaching young, up-and-coming ensembles
Louisa Paterson violin, Kiki Skinner cello, and Alistair Hamilton piano
Haydn Piano Trio in E flat, Hob XV: 30
TICKETS: Free unreserved seating
COMPOSERS’ TALK
2.30pm - 3pm St Paul’s Church
Huw Watkins in conversation with fellow composer Robin Holloway, Huw’s composition teacher at Cambridge University
TICKETS: Free unreserved seating
FESTIVAL FINALE
3.30pm – 5.30pm St Paul’s Church
Lucy Gould, David Adams, Maia Cabeza, Rosalind Ventris, James Toll, Kate Gould, Huw Watkins
Beethoven String Trio Op. 9 No 1
Robin Holloway Piano Quintet PREMIÈRE
Mendelssohn String Quintet Op. 87
TICKETS: £23, £19 in side aisles