International Festival 30 July –12 August 2016

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Ambleside Parish Centre Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside 1 p6, 8, 10, 12, 17 6 p5, 8, 12, 17, 22, 26 Ambleside Parish Church Grasmere Parish Church 2 p7, 9, 13, 15, 20, 27, 28, 29 7 p22 (near venue) Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, 3 8 Parish Church near Bowness p6, 13, 20, 27 p23 Brathay Hall, near Ambleside Kendal Parish Church 4 p10, 15, 19, 24 9 p4

5 Carver Church, 10 Kendal Town Hall p26 p23 Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Church 11 p12 Rydal Church 12 p24 (near venue) St George’s Church Kendal 13 p11 St Thomas's Church Kendal 14 p5, 16, 18, 19, 21 Victoria Hall, 15 Grange-over-Sands p24 16 Zeffirellis, Ambleside p14, 25 Artistic Director’s Welcome 1

Artists, Colleagues, Friends and Music Lovers… Welcome all, to Festival 2016. Our opening weekend concerts Three exotic débuts: the distinguished recorder are in Kendal, the gateway to player Tabea Debus with Duo Seraphim, the Lakes. The Parish Church counter-tenor and lute; Bartosz Głowacki, will resound with Elgar’s The classical accordion virtuoso; the Silk and Bamboo Dream of Gerontius, marking Ensemble introduces ancient and more modern Elgar the launch of the Chinese soundscapes. Festival Chorus. In St Thomas’s Church, the Andrew Brownell’s fine recital opens with Mozart, brilliant A4 Brass captures the romantics and features the overlooked Sterndale Bennett, and modern with eloquence and spirit. ends with perhaps the greatest of Schumann’s piano works, the Etudes Symphoniques. Renowned cellist Colin Carr returns after far too long a break with a programme to relish: solo Bach, sonatas of Beethoven and Brahms.

A4 Brass Follow the musical threads and links inspired by historic events, triumphs and tragedies. From the 18th century indulge in the genius and beauty of Mozart. From the 20th century WW1 is commemorated by composers haunted by Kazuki Sawa & Emiko Tadenuma Colin Carr the carnage. From the 21st century there are ‘Music at Noon’ beckons: Japan’s acclaimed duo première performances, a special commission, partnership Kazuki Sawa and Emiko Tadenuma opera at Fellinis, jazz at Zeffirellis and play a charmed recital from Mozart to Stravinsky masterclasses at Brathay. with Brahms and Debussy’s 1917 violin sonata. Revealed: Breaking the Rules is music theatre… murder and repentance when the Marian Consort exposes the revered Italian renaissance composer Prince Carlo Gesualdo. Mid-fest and the Manchester Piano Trio balances WW1 Škampa Quartet Ravel and Ireland with Happy return and collaboration: the Škampa Mozart, Beethoven, and Quartet reveals Kodály between Haydn and Dvorˇák. The National Opera Beethoven and Dvorˇák between Mozart’s Horn Studio stars shine in duos, Quintet and the Viola Quintet in C when they trios and quartets from are joined by Alec Frank-Gemmill and world- Handel to Mozart, Verdi to renowned violist Roger Chase. Jonathan Dove. Maurice Ravel LDSM Full Page Ad_Layout 1 31/03/2016 14:01 Page 1

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The first filmed war documentary ever and an LDSM commission: fusing sound and vision, gifted composer and percussionist Jan Bradley composes and performs the music for the epic The Battle of the Somme. Expect to be

Chloë Hanslip Danny Driver exhilarated and poignantly moved.

The UK’s leading young violinist Chloë Hanslip Our finale is the Candlelight Serenade when and pianist Danny Driver include Bloch’s bold Academy soloists and chamber musicians 1920 Sonata and Beethoven’s sublime Op.96 in invariably exceed expectations. Under the their programme given in memory of LDSM’s inspiring baton of Kazuki Sawa the full-strength former Chairman Keith Scott CBE. ensemble will bring the curtain down on Festival & Academy with Schoenberg’s Collaborations and highlights: Viola and cello wondrous Verklärte Nacht, ‘Night Transfigured’. duos from Beethoven to Lutosławski with Yuko Inoue and Christoph Richter. The We look forward to Festival brilliance of the Chilingirian Quartet in two 2016, meeting and enjoying programmes with rarely-heard Bainton, while it with you. Dvorˇák and Bartók offset a sextet special, Renna Kellaway MBE,

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Cumbria Festival Chorus Amabile Girls’ Choir Northern Chamber Orchestra Ian Jones conductor Joyce Tindsley mezzo-soprano Festival Saver Deals Joshua Ellicott tenor Alex Ashworth bass-baritone Any 4 concerts for £80 7.30pm Kendal Parish Church SAVE UP TO £12 £16 unreserved SEATING Any 8 concerts for £150 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 91’ plus interval SAVE UP TO £31 ‘Go forth upon thy journey…’ – so an appropriate work as the opening concert of the festival, a joint celebration, as it is Any 12 concerts for £200 also the launch concert for the new Cumbria Festival Chorus, SAVE UP TO £57 a merger of the Mary Wakefield Festival and Cumbria Choral Simply choose the concerts you would like to Initiative. Composed in 1899–1900, Elgar’s Wagnerian attend. Mark the booking form in the middle of this Festival Diary, or telephone the Box Office stating masterpiece is simply “the greatest work of sacred music in that you wish to apply for one of the Festival Saver the half century between the Verdi Requiem and Stravinsky’s Deals at the start of your booking. Symphony of Psalms” (Michael Steinberg). Quoting Ruskin, Please note that this discount only applies to bookings of four, Elgar closed his manuscript with ‘This is the best of me…’ – eight or twelve different events purchased at the same time, and is not available online. Additional special offers or discounts and so it is. cannot be applied in conjunction with the Festival Saver Deals. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Sunday 31 July 2016 5

Berlioz La damnation de Faust from the Opéra de Paris 2.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside £16 ALLocATed SEATING duration 175’ Jonas Kaufmann stars in Berlioz’s feverish fantasia on Goethe’s book, a furious examination of the complexities of human nature and the seemingly impossible struggle for redemption. Sophie Koch (Marguerite) and Bryn Terfel (Méphistophélès) join in this new production filmed live in December 2015, directed by Alvis Hermanis and conducted by Philippe Jordan. A4 Brass See also the live screening of Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict from Glyndebourne on Tue 9th. 7.30pm St Thomas’s Church Kendal £16 unreserved SEATING

Cimarosa arr Robertson Overture: The Impresario 3’ Kosma arr Bates Autumn Leaves 4’ Ellerby Electra Dances 8½’ Poulenc arr Harrison O magnum mysterium 4’ Debussy arr Quane Deuxième Arabesque 4½’ Ireland arr Bates Elegy from A Downland Suite 4’ Bates two movts from Mists of the Mountains 8½’ Waespi South Uist Variations 11½’ Golland arr Bates Peace 4¼’ Gregson Brass Quartet No.2 6½’ N Clarke A Musical Murder Mystery at the Bates Motel 2¾’ Sato arr Bates Mae-e (Forward) 4’ Doss Moskito 4¼’ Gjeilo arr Bates Northern Lights 3½’ Gounod arr Robertson Finale from Faust 3’ Supported by the Golland Trust A4 Brass is comprised of principal players from some of the UK’s leading brass bands, including the world-famous Black Dyke, Grimethorpe Colliery, and Wingates bands. The quartet has a unique blend of instruments, with cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium creating a distinctive sound that stands out from the standard brass quartet. This is a chamber ensemble to rival any other, carving out a niche with its own distinctive arrangements alongside repertoire it is commissioning. 6 Monday 1 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Tabea Debus RECORDER Duo Seraphim COUNTER-TENOR & LUTE/THEORBO 11am Ambleside Parish Centre £16 unreserved SEATING

Tsoupaki Charavgi for recorder 9’ Monteverdi Si dolce è’l tormento 4’ Rognoni Vestiva i colli 3½’ Purcell Music for a while 4’ Caccini Amarilli mia bella 3’ Purcell Sound the trumpet 3’ Locke Suite No.3 Anon Vuestros ojos tienen Kapsperger Suite in G major in D minor/major 8’ d’amor 2½’ for lute 7’ Purcell The Plaint 7’ Campion I care not for these Purcell Job’s Curse 5½’ Lavista Ofrenda for recorder 8½’ ladies 2½’ Bowler Rounded with Sleep de Rippe Fantasie for lute 6’ van Eyck The English Nightingale world premiere 5’ Dowland Lasso vita mia 3’ for recorder 5’ Purcell Evening Hymn 4½’ Dowland Come again, sweet Monteverdi Zefiro torna7’ love doth now invite 4’ Music spanning over 450 years in one morning, with works taking us from dawn to dusk in a programme that explores a range of emotional colours and musical eras, and including a work to mark Shakespeare’s anniversary commissioned from Laura Bowler for today’s concert. Tabea Debus, Joe Bolger and Richard MacKenzie, three of the brightest rising stars in the UK’s early music firmament, come together specially for LDSM. photo: Maximilian Motel book online www.ldsm.org.uk Monday 1 August 2016 7 photo: Martina Kritznerová Škampa Quartet 1 8pm Ambleside Parish Church A £23 B £15 RV ALLocATed SEATING

Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op.42 13’ Kodály String Quartet No.2, Op.10 17½’ Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op.132 45’

…The reputation of the Skampa Quartet“ drew a huge audience! Expectations were met with a truly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart superb concert.… There are insufficient superlatives in the English language to describe the sublime joy that is listening Richard Deakin violin to the Škampa Quartet… A ‘glad to be Garfield Jacksonviola alive’ evening of the highest order. Audience members 2012 ” Emma Ferrand cello Two classical masterpieces bookend 5pm Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, nr Bowness Kodály’s strikingly original WW1 quartet £16 unreserved SEATING in the first of two concerts by the great Mozart Duo in B flat major for violin and viola, K42420’ Czech quartet (see also Friday). Mozart 41’ Divertimento in E flat major, K563 With Mozart, his music rarely mirrors The first of this year’s ever-popular Blackwell events in his personal circumstances at the partnership with Lakeland Arts Trust. Three artists long time... Beethoven is not one such: the associated with LDSM combine to bring us some of remarkable slow movement at the Mozart’s most sublime music. heart of Op.132 is headed ‘Hymn of thanksgiving from one who has Present your Blackwell concert ticket at the Arts & Crafts House ticket desk after 2pm and get £1 off the admission recovered from an illness’, for which price to the House. we must all be truly thankful. 8 Tuesday 2 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Music at Noon Bartosz Głowacki classical accordion 12noon Ambleside Parish Centre £16* unreserved SEATING

11.30am REFRESHMENTS 12noon CONCERT

D Scarlatti Sonata in A major, Kk208 4’ D Scarlatti Sonata in E minor, Kk98 3’ Berio Sequenza XIII ‘Chanson’ 9½’ Piazzolla Libertango 3’ Causton Ricercare 12’ Makkonen The Flight Beyond The Time 6’ Pärt Pari Intervallo 6’ Gubaidulina De Profundis 13’ Supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust LDSM audiences tell us you love to hear something different, so here is a festival first – music for an instrument that in the hands of this young artist can sound like a singer, an organ, an orchestra – but in truth with its own unique character. *includes tea/coffee & biscuits

Verdi Il trovatore from the Opéra de Paris 2.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside £16 ALLocATed SEATING

duration 145’ Hui He (Leonora), Marcelo Álvarez (Manrico), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Azucena) and Ludovic Tézier (Il Conte di Luna) head the cast in this new production by Alex Ollé filmed live in February 2016. Il trovatore is probably best known for its ‘gypsy’ music – the Anvil Chorus, Azucena’s ‘Stride la vampa’ and Manrico’s heroic ‘Di quella pira’. But Verdi wrote wonderful music for all four of his leads, with a host of thrilling ensembles and chorus numbers. The opera’s themes of jealousy, revenge and love play out against a hauntingly beautiful, wintry landscape that has been riven by war. For more Verdi, see Thu 4th. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Tuesday 2 August 2016 9

Andrew Brownell PIANO 7.30pm Ambleside Parish Church A £23 B £15 RV ALLocATed SEATING

Mozart Piano Sonata No.18 in D major, K576 14’ Stravinsky Sérénade in A 12½’ Sterndale Bennett Fantasia in A major, Op.16 21’ Mozart Ten Variations on Gluck’s ‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’, K455 14’ Schumann Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13 25’ Supported by Forsyth Brothers Ltd

… This was a true celebrity at the top of his amazing“ form. Andrew Brownell is not only the complete technical virtuoso but a player who demonstrated the full emotional range of the Schimmel piano… Audience member 2014” Festival favourite Andrew Brownell returns with an attractive and unusual programme: the central work marks the bicentenary of Sterndale Bennett’s birth with this major work dedicated to his close friend Robert Schumann… while Schumann in turn made tribute to the English composer in his own work. William Sterndale Bennett 10 Wednesday 3 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Music at Noon Kazuki Sawa violin Emiko Tadenuma piano 12noon Ambleside Parish Centre £16* unreserved SEATING

11.30am REFRESHMENTS 12noon CONCERT Mozart Six Variations in G minor on ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’, K360 11’ Brahms Sonata No.3 in D minor for violin and piano, Op.108 21’ Debussy Sonata in G minor for violin and piano 13’ Stravinsky Suite italienne (from Pulcinella) 17½’ Later this year this popular husband and wife duo celebrate their 40th anniversary as a duo. Debussy’s 1917 Sonata, his last completed work, continues our WW1 commemorations; if its middle movement conveys the characteristics of commedia dell arte’s Pierrot, Stravinsky continues in this vein in his first great neoclassical work. *includes tea/coffee & biscuits

Viola Masterclass Roger Chase 2.30pm Brathay Hall, nr Ambleside £10 unreserved SEATING

…I hope Roger Chase comes back, what“ an inspiration. I could have listened to a couple more hours of his ensemble class… Audience member 2015” Supported by Mr & Mrs Martin Rayner Roger Chase returns to LDSM and ISMA, with this afternoon’s masterclass leading advanced students through core repertoire, and a chamber music concert on Friday. Other masterclasses on Fri 5th (cello), Sun 7th (violin) and Wed 10th (ensemble). book online www.ldsm.org.uk Wednesday 3 August 2016 11

Breaking the Rules Introduction to the The Marian Consort play and its music Jamie Akers theorbo 6pm St George’s Church Kendal 7.30pm St George’s Church Kendal FREE £18 unreserved SEATING Rory McCleery, counter-tenor and duration 90’ plus interval Director of The Marian Consort, will discuss the background to the play LDSM makes its first-ever visit to this attractive Victorian and Gesualdo’s music. church, built in the Gothic Revival style. Blurring the boundaries between a one-actor play and a concert, Breaking the Rules marks the 450th anniversary of Gesualdo’s birth by exploring his haunted world and his extraordinary music, including his monumental Tenebrae Responsories and a selection of his madrigals. These provide the sound-track to Gesualdo’s mind on the final night of his life, as he contemplates his own mortality and the tumultuous events which have led him to this moment, not least his murdering of his first wife and her lover… photo: Robert Piwko photo: Robert Piwko 12 Thursday 4 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

horn wens Alec Frank-Gemmill O Andrew Dunlop piano

photo: Jen 11am Ambleside Parish Centre £16 unreserved SEATING

Beethoven Horn Sonata in F major, Op.17 15½’ Fanny Mendelssohn Vier Lieder for the piano, Op.8 9½’ F Strauss Introduction, Theme and Variations, Op.13 11’ F Strauss Nocturne, Op.7 6’ Ries Horn Sonata in F major, Op.34 22½’ R Strauss Introduction, Theme and Variations in E flat major for horn and piano 9’ R Strauss Andante in C major for horn and piano 3¾’ BBC New Generation Artist and Principal Horn of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Alec Frank-Gemmill brings us an attractive programme embracing master and pupil (Beethoven and Ries), father and son (Franz and Richard Strauss), and beloved sibling (Fanny, sister of Felix), all taken from the 19th century, a period in which the horn underwent huge development.

Purcell Violin Consort 12noon Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Church £10 unreserved SEATING

Leclair Sonata in A major for two violins, Op.3 No.2 9¼’ Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices for two Verdi Rigoletto violins, Op.18 Nos.2, 3 & 4 9’ from the Opéra de Paris Paganini Caprice in E major ‘La chasse’, Op.1 No.9 3’ 2.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside JS Bach movts from Partita No.2 in £16 ALLocATed SEATING D minor for solo violin, BWV1004 15½’ JS Bach movts from Sonata No.1 in duration 125’ G minor for solo violin, BWV1001 8¾’ Filmed live in April 2016, this new production is directed The beautiful Norman church of by Claus Guth in his house début. Between the frivolous, St Mary’s hosts these three young licentious Duke of Mantua (Michael Fabiano), and Gilda violinists from the Purcell School (Olga Peretyatko), a victim of the ignorance which holds participating in our Ensemble Jeunesse her captive, stands the double-faceted character of the and ISMA courses, for our popular hunchback Rigoletto (Quinn Kelsey), both buffoon and annual Kirkby Market Day Concert. curse-obsessed father. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Thursday 4 August 2016 13

Thaleia Quartet 5pm Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, nr Bowness £16 unreserved SEATING

Mendelssohn Capriccio in E minor, Op.81 No.3 6’ Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110 21’ Mendelssohn String Quartet No.5 in E flat major, Op.44 No.336’

…The phenomenally high standard of“ these young musicians never ceases to amaze me. Today we heard such admirable technical skill combined with elegance and artistry… Audience member 2015” In the wake of previous memorable concerts given by student quartets visiting LDSM from Japan, the Thaleia Quartet’s UK début will be eagerly anticipated. Present your Blackwell concert ticket at the Arts & Crafts House ticket desk after 2pm and get £1 off the admission price to the House.

Manchester Piano Trio 1 8pm Ambleside Parish Church A £23 B £15 RV ALLocATed SEATING

Mozart Piano Trio in C major, K548 18’ Ravel Piano Trio in A minor 27’ Ireland Piano Trio No.2 in E minor 13’ Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op.1 No.3 27’ In a pair of concerts (see also next Sunday) pianist Jeremy Young of the Young Piano Quartet returns with his other chamber group to perform Mozart’s two 1788 trios and the C minor trios of Beethoven and Brahms, alongside WW1 treasures and rarities.

Maurice Ravel THursday EVENING events continue OVERLEAF 14 Thursday 4 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Gwilym Simcock/ Mike Walker/ Iain Dixon piano, guitar & saxophone trio 8.30pm Zeffirellis, Ambleside £16 unreserved SEATING

Gwilym and Mike so enjoyed their visit last summer – their pleasure was shared equally by us! – that they return with their colleague Iain for a one-off programme of their own compositions. Gwilym has recently been chosen by leading American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny to join his band for a world tour in 2016 and 2017, so this may be the last chance to hear him live in the UK for some time…

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Colin Carr cello Andrew Brownell piano 11am Ambleside Parish Church A £22 B £14 RV ALLocATed SEATING

JS Bach Suite No.3 in C major for solo cello, BWV1009 23’ Beethoven Sonata No.2 in G minor for cello and piano, Op.5 No.2 22’ Brahms Sonata No.2 in F major for cello and piano, Op.99 28’ The three Bs played by CC – what more could you possibly want? Colin Carr last visited LDSM in 2008 and he makes a welcome return as we commemorate the centenary of our former President, Yehudi Menuhin, by featuring alumni from his eponymous school (see also Chloë Hanslip, Garfield Jackson and Susie Mészáros on Mon 8th). For more solo Bach, see Thu 11th.

Cello Masterclass Colin Carr 2.30pm Brathay Hall, nr Ambleside £10 unreserved SEATING

Supported by Mr & Mrs Martin Rayner Following his recital this morning, Colin Carr will guide three students in this year’s ISMA cello class through core repertoire works. Other masterclasses on Wed 3rd (viola), Sun 7th (violin) and Wed 10th (ensemble). Our masterclasses reach a worldwide audience throughout the year via our video archive at: www.ldsm.org.uk/masterclasses. alovega E

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Škampa Quartet 2 Alec Frank-Gemmill horn* Roger Chase viola‡ 7.30pm St Thomas’s Church Kendal £18 unreserved SEATING

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat major, K407*‡18’ Dvorˇák String Quartet No.9 in D minor, Op.34 30’ Mozart Viola Quintet No.3 in C major, K515‡ 35’

…Superb ensemble playing and interpretative depth, allied“ with perfect technique all made for a memorable evening. And marvellous to think that such gifted players are helping to school young talents in ISMA – a great feature of the festival.… Audience member 2012 ” Never heard before at LDSM, Dvorˇák’s 1877 quartet played by his compatriots launches a strand of the great Czech composer’s chamber works (see also Sun 7th and Fri 12th). Some of the most memorable moments at LDSM have been the concerts when we bring together our visiting artists and tutors, and in a secondary strand of ‘Mozart Quartets Plus’, we offer two of his great quintets (see also Mon 8th and Fri 12th). photo: Martina Kritznerová International Festival 2016 Booking Form see page 31 for how to book Your Details Please complete all FOUR pages in CAPITAL LETTERS and send your completed booking form to: Lake District Summer Music, Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4PU Enquiries: 01539 742620

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Tue 2 12noon Bartosz Głowacki £16 Souvenir Book One free Souvenir Book for every order totalling over £75, and for Festival 2.30pm Verdi Il trovatore £16 Patrons booking during the early booking period. Pre-order additional copies 7.30pm Andrew Brownell of this valuable Festival guide below – you can collect it at the first event you attend. Wed 3 12noon Kazuki Sawa & Emiko Tadenuma £16 Price Qty Total 2.30pm Viola Masterclass £10 Souvenir Book 2016 £5.00 7.30pm Breaking the Rules £18 Souvenir Book Total 6pm Introduction to the play FREE

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Mon 1 11am Tabea Debus/Duo Seraphim £16 Mon 8 11am Chloë Hanslip & Danny Driver

5pm Silk and Bamboo Ensemble £16 5pm Deakin/Jackson/Ferrand £16 8pm Chilingirian Quartet 1 £18 8pm Škampa Quartet 1 Tue 9 11am Grasmere Concert £10 Tue 2 12noon Bartosz Głowacki £16 6.30pm Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict £20 2.30pm Verdi Il trovatore £16 7.30pm The Battle of the Somme 7.30pm Andrew Brownell Wed 10 11am Rydal Concert £10 Wed 3 12noon Kazuki Sawa & Emiko Tadenuma £16 7.30pm Maxwell Quartet £16 2.30pm Viola Masterclass £10 8pm Project Jam Sandwich £16 7.30pm Breaking the Rules £18 Thu 11 11am Morning Serenade † £16 6pm Introduction to the play FREE 2.30pm Romeo and Juliet £16 Thu 4 11am Frank-Gemmill & Dunlop £16 5pm Elinor Nicholson £16 12noon Purcell Violin Consort £10 8pm Richter/Inoue/Dunlop * 2.30pm Verdi Rigoletto £16 9.45pm Herdwyck Consort * £10 5pm Thaleia Quartet £16 Combination ticket for * £28 8pm Manchester Piano Trio 1 Fri 12 11am Chilingirian Quartet 2

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Sonnets from the Somme Simon Yaxley READER Gemma Beeson PIANO 12noon Ambleside Parish Centre £16* unreserved SEATING

11.30am REFRESHMENTS 12noon CONCERT

My subject is War, and the pity of War. The“ Poetry is in the pity. ” Simon Yaxley made a deep impression as narrator in The Soldier’s Tale here last summer, so we welcome his return to read a special selection of WW1 verse, with piano solo interludes including Ravel, Debussy, Kelly, Gurney, Satie, Granados and Bridge played by Gemma Beeson. Measure for Measure – Shakespeare from The Globe See also The Battle of the Somme film screening on Tue 9th. 2.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside £16 ALLocATed SEATING *includes tea/coffee & biscuits duration 155’

Rich, messy and human... Mariah Gale gives a performance“ of delicacy and force as Isabella... As the Duke, Dominic Rowan milks the comedy from the scenes where his character is disguised as a friar, but he also brings a moral intricacy to the role. The Stage ” One of Shakespeare’s blackest comedies, the play explores the problematic mechanisms of sexual politics and social justice in a Vienna in which “some rise by sin, and some photo: Sarah Kay photo: Sarah by virtue fall”. In this story of secret identities and manipulation, the audience is invited to unravel the layers of intrigue skilfully crafted by a superb cast starring Mariah Gale as Isabella, Dominic Rowan as Duke Vincentio and Kurt Egyiawan as Angelo, and the directorial prowess of Dominic Dromgoole in his final production for the Globe Theatre. Filmed live in summer 2015, with music by Claire van Kampen.

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Royalty, Romans, Rakes and Revenge! National Opera Studio Reisha Adams soprano Hanna-Liisa Kirchin mezzo-soprano William Wallace tenor Dingle Yandell bass-baritone Eda Seppar piano 7.30pm St Thomas’s Church Kendal £18 unreserved SEATING

Verdi La traviata Brindisi Handel Agrippina Bizet Carmen Habanera Io di Roma il Giove sono Donizetti L’elisir d’amore Donizetti L’elisir d’amore Quanto è bella Una furtiva lagrima Mozart La clemenza di Tito Mozart Don Giovanni Ah perdona al primo affetto Là ci darem la mano Mozart Don Giovanni Bellini Beatrice di Tenda Madamina, il catalogo e questo Angiol di Pace Mozart Don Giovanni Britten The rape of Lucretia In quali eccessi… Mi tradi Give him this orchid… quell’alma ingrata flowers bring to ev’ry year Rossini La donna del lago Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles Tanti affetti Au fond du temple saint Gounod Faust A moi les plaisirs Dove The Enchanted Pig Verdi Rigoletto It’s my wedding Bella figlia dell’amore Rodgers South Pacific Dvorˇák Rusalka Song to the moon Some enchanted evening An ‘enchanted evening’ of solos, duos, trios and quartets sung by graduates of the National Opera Studio in this showcase programme specially devised for LDSM and presented by the performers. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Sunday 7 August 2016 19

Violin Masterclass Chloë Hanslip 2.30pm Brathay Hall, nr Ambleside £10 unreserved SEATING Manchester Piano Trio 2 7.30pm St Thomas’s Church Kendal …I was captivated by the Violin Masterclass £18 unreserved SEATING at“ Brathay Hall. The youngsters were so accomplished already, yet the tutor brought out Mozart Piano Trio in G major, K564 18’ all kinds of colour and expression we wouldn’t Brahms Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, have realised was possible… Op.101 20¼’ Audience member 2015 ” Bridge Miniatures Set III 9½’ Dvorˇák Piano Trio No.2 in G minor, Supported by Mr & Mrs Martin Rayner Op.26 25’ Other masterclasses on Wed 3rd (viola), More Dvorˇák new to LDSM: the G minor Fri 5th (cello) and Wed 10th (ensemble). Trio closes the second of the Manchester Piano Trio’s paired concerts (see also Thu 4th), prefaced by Bridge’s brief vignettes: a Valse Russe, Hornpipe and Marche Militaire. 20 Monday 8 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Silk and Bamboo Ensemble 5pm Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, nr Bowness £16 unreserved SEATING

Silk (si) and Bamboo (zhu) are the two of the eight ancient categories of Chinese musical instruments, classified according to what they were made of: silk for strings and bamboo for flutes, hence string and wind music. The Silk and Bamboo (sizhu) Ensemble, a renowned Chinese music group based in the UK, features four leading performers on erhu and gaohu fiddles,pipa lute, guqin and guzheng zithers and dizi and hulusi flutes. The ensemble plays both traditional regional, and contemporary music alovega

E inspired by the past. Present your Blackwell concert ticket at the Arts & Crafts House ticket desk after 2pm and get £1 off the admission price photo: Benjamin to the House. Chloë Hanslip violin Danny Driver piano 11am Ambleside Parish Church A £22 B £14 RV ALLocATed SEATING

Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op.35bis 12’ Bloch Violin Sonata No.1 29½’ JS Bach Sonata No.1 in B minor for violin and keyboard, BWV1014 14’ Beethoven Violin Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.96 27’ Chloë Hanslip makes her eagerly-awaited LDSM début and brings the music of Bloch to the festival for the first time – the 1920 sonata was his personal response to the horrors of WW1. Here it rubs shoulders with Prokofiev’s work of the same year. Another first goes back 200 years to Bach, with the first true duo sonata. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Keith Scott, who not only played a key part in the foundation of LDSM, and served as Chairman for many years, but also supported Chloë in the funding for her remarkable 1737 Guarneri del Gesu violin. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Monday 8 August 2016 21

Chilingirian Quartet 1 Garfield Jacksonviola* 8pm St Thomas’s Church Kendal £18 unreserved SEATING

Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op.54 No.2 21’ Bainton String Quartet in A major 25½’ Mozart Viola Quintet No.4 in G minor, K516* 35’ In the first of the Chilis two concerts (see also Fri 12th) we continue our ‘Mozart Quartets Plus’ strand (see also Fri 5th and Fri 12th) and bring another work from the glorious year of 1788 (see also the Mozart piano trios on Thu 4th and Sun 7th and the Divertimento on Mon 1st). The central work is a rarity unearthed by Levon Chilingirian: the British composer Edgar Bainton wrote his A major Quartet in 1919 following his wartime experiences in the Ruhleben internment camp, where his colleagues and compatriots included Benjamin Dale, featured in last year’s festival. We dedicate this concert to the memory of Derrick Johnson, a long-time supporter of LDSM and a member of the Council of Management under Keith Scott.

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Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict LIVE from Glyndebourne 6.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside £20 ALLOCATED SEATING

duration 140’ inc 30’ interval Laurent Pelly director Robin Ticciati conductor Béatrice Stéphanie d’Oustrac mezzo-soprano Bénédict Paul Appleby tenor Héro Hélène Guilmette soprano Claudio Philippe Sly bass-baritone Somarone Lionel Lhote bass-baritone Don Pedro Frédéric Caton bass-baritone Ursule Katarina Bradic´ mezzo-soprano London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlioz’s last major work is a rarely-performed sparkling Grasmere Concert gem, inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing; it receives its first-ever Glyndebourne staging as part of LDSM Academy Artists the national Shakespeare400 celebrations. One cannot 11am Grasmere Parish Church summarise it better than in the first edition of Kobbé: £10 unRESERVED SEATING ‘The gist of the comedy is the gradual reaction of the brilliant but captious Béatrice from pique and partially …One of the great pleasures of LDSM feigned indifference toward the witty and gallant Bénédict, is the opportunity to hear the young “ to love. Both have tempers. In fact they reach an agreement musicians of the Academy with their freshness, vigour and obvious to marry as a result of a spirited quarrel.’ commitment… a lively yet polished performance by a youthful ensemble: the epitome of LDSM!… Audience member 2015” The resting place of William Wordsworth, set in the heart of Grasmere, this church is always an inspiring location to hear great music performed by emerging professional artists attending our International Summer Music Academy.

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The Battle of the Somme Jan Bradley PERCUSSION 7.30pm Kendal Town Hall Balcony £20 Stalls £16 Music for a Supported by Sir John Manduell CBE Summer Evening LDSM Academy Artists This year, Imperial War Museums (IWM) and the First World War Centenary Partnership, of which LDSM is a 8pm Hawkshead Parish Church member, are working together to show the UNESCO- Retiring Collection unreserved SEATING listed film The Battle of the Somme (77’) to audiences Our annual partnership with this popular across the world. Shot and screened in 1916, it was Hawkshead summer concert series presents the first feature-length documentary about war and LDSM Academy Artists in this idyllic church changed the way both cinema and film was perceived on the hill. Soloists and ensembles in by the public. In the year of its release, around 20 million residence at Brathay Hall, the base of the people (almost half the population of Britain at the time) LDSM Academy during the Festival, will watched The Battle of the Somme, many hoping to present a varied programme offering talent, see the image of a loved-one or friend captured on musicianship and mastery. film. One hundred years later, this unique film from IWM’s collection is being shown to commemorate the NB Tickets cannot be booked in advance – anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. just turn up at the door. Exclusively for LDSM, the composer and percussionist Jan Bradley will improvise a soundtrack live for our screening. Last year Jan wrote a piece setting texts by three WW1 female poets for his percussion ensemble 4-MALITY and singer, which was so successful (the LDSM première was chosen as one of the new music highlights of the year by a leading critic) that Jan was a natural choice of artist to accompany this remarkable film. 24 Wednesday 10 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Rydal Concert LDSM Academy Artists 11am Rydal Church £10 unreserved SEATING

…The phenomenally high standard of these“ young musicians never ceases to amaze me. Today we heard such admirable technical skill combined with elegance and artistry. Rydal Church is a lovely venue. Altogether, a memorable event.… Audience member 2015 ” Always one of our most captivating venues, this historic church was where Wordsworth and his family worshipped when they lived at Rydal Mount from 1813 to 1850. Today, Maxwell Quartet talented string players from our International 7.30pm Summer Music Academy at Brathay fill this Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands beautiful intimate rural church next to Dora’s £16 unreserved SEATING Field with the poetry of music. Mozart String Quartet No.21 in D major, K575 24’ Beamish Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No.3) 16’ Bridge Three Idylls 14’ Brahms String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51 No.1 31’ Supported by Valerie Howe and Mary Powney The Maxwell Quartet was formed in 2010 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where its founding members met as postgraduate students. Since then its reputation has spread rapidly, from regular tours of Scotland to placement in the Park Lane Young Artists programme and the Tunnell Trust Awards Scheme, and most recently innovative collaborations between the Quartet and the Royal Ballet School and with Ensemble Masterclass the cinematographer Herman Kolgen. Garfield Jackson The first of Mozart’s final set of three string quartets makes 2.30pm Brathay Hall, nr Ambleside prominent use of the cello, doubtless in homage to its £10 unreserved SEATING commissioner and dedicatee, the King of Prussia – himself an amateur cellist. The key of C minor is associated with Supported by Mr & Mrs Martin Rayner drama and angst and just as in Brahms’ later piano trio (see Sun 7th) and his contemporaneous First Symphony, it is this LDSM’s Artistic Associate and founder key that drives the music forward in his first quartet. violist of the Endellion Quartet Garfield Jackson brings his decades of Written on the island of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Sally experience as a chamber musician in this Beamish’s Reed Stanzas was commissioned by the BBC for illuminating event. Other masterclasses the 2011 Proms Chamber Music Series and was shortlisted on Wed 5th (viola), Fri 7th (cello) and for the RPS Music Award for Chamber-Scale Composition: Mon 10th (violin). it takes the form of variations on a Celtic-inspired theme. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Wednesday 10 August 2016 25

Project Jam Sandwich 8pm Zeffirellis, Ambleside £16 unreserved SEATING

Jumping straight out of Manchester’s vibrant multicultural canvas is a dynamic quintet which views world music as its oyster. Project Jam Sandwich (violin, cello, guitar, double bass, percussion and vocals) banishes the restrictions of genre and tradition to bring you music from around the globe, arranged to incorporate fusion, originality and above all – enjoyment. Offering everything from Celtic reels to Afrobeat, Middle Eastern melodies to gypsy jazz, Project Jam Sandwich dares its audiences to sample unconventional music. Whether you’re a hard core folky, world music fan or simply a curious music lover, the eclectic programme that Project Jam Sandwich offers means that there is something for everyone. 26 Thursday 11 August 2016 box office 01539 742621

Morning Serenade LDSM Academy Artists and Ensemble Jeunesse 11am Carver Church, Windermere £16 unreserved SEATING

…Excellent concert with lots of variety“ – programme well chosen. Carver Church is one of the best venues for comfort, acoustics and visuals… A really amazing performance by all the young musicians and their accompanists… Audience members” 2015 A treasure trove: after ten intensive days of coaching and playing, the Academy students give a showcase concert with masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire alongside some pleasant surprises, with repertoire in previous years throwing up neglected gems. Combination ticket for this concert and tomorrow’s Candlelight Serenade £30 (cannot be used in conjunction with Festival Saver Deals)

Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare from the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company 2.30pm Fellinis Cinema, Ambleside £16 ALLocATed SEATING

duration 180’ tbc

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and“ her Romeo. ” Recorded live from London in July, this is the fifth production in the inaugural ‘Plays at the Garrick’ season. Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as the pair of star- cross’d lovers who take their life and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio, together with Meera Syal as the Nurse. Music by Patrick Doyle. book online www.ldsm.org.uk Thursday 11 August 2016 27

Elinor Nicholson harp 5pm Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, near Bowness £16 unreserved SEATING

Grandjany Fantasy on a theme of Haydn, Op.31 8’ Renié Contemplation 4½’ Hindemith Sonata for harp 12’ Glinka Variations in E flat major on a theme of Mozart 8’ Tournier Sonatine, Op.30 15’ Patterson Spiders, Op.48 10’ Supported by John Whibley ‘Holidays with Music’ Scottish harpist Elinor Nicholson achieved a Bachelor of Music degree with first class honours from the Royal Northern Christoph Richter cello College of Music and is currently working viola towards her Masters of Music there. In Yuko Inoue her delightful programme we are taken Andrew Dunlop piano* from classical echoes of Mozart’s Magic 7.30pm Ambleside Parish Church Flute and Haydn’s Symphony No.53 A £23 B £15 RV ALLocATed SEATING L’Impériale via French impressionism and Hindemith’s surprisingly lyrical JS Bach Suite No.2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV1008 20’ 1939 Sonata, to Patterson’s depiction R Clarke Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and cello 6’ Brahms Sonata in E flat major for viola and piano, of Australian arachnids… Op.120 No.2* 21’ Present your Blackwell concert ticket at the JS Bach Clavier-Übung III, Duetti No.3 in G major, BWV804 Arts & Crafts House ticket desk after 2pm and No.4 in A minor, BWV805 6’ and get £1 off the admission price to the Glière Four Pieces for viola and cello, Op.39 7½’ House. Lutosławski Bucolics for viola and cello 6½’ Beethoven Allegro from Eyeglass Duo in E flat major for viola and cello, WoO.32 9’

…That these are extraordinarily fine artists needs no discussion.“ As always, very much praise and thank you for bringing artists of the finest calibre to the Lakes… Audience member 2012 ” The combination of viola and cello is rarely heard but has attracted not only viola-playing composers such as Rebecca Clarke, whose WW1 piece we hear, and Beethoven – but looking further east to Glière’s pre-WW1 work and Lutosławski. Each instrument also has its moment in the twilight with masterpieces by Bach and Brahms.

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Music for Compline Herdwyck Consort 9.45pm Ambleside Parish Church £10 unreserved SEATING

Padilla Deus in adjutorium 3’ White Christe qui lux III 5’ Palestrina Ecce nunc Sheppard In manus tuas 4’ benedicite 3’ Dalitz Christe qui lux 3’ Byrd Christe qui lux 3’ Mouton Salva nos 3’ Tallis In manus tuas 2’ Blitheman In pace 4’ A late-night concert of unaccompanied sacred choral pieces based around music for the ancient monastic evening office of Compline. Music from the Mexican baroque and European renaissance contrasts with meditative hymns and responds from sixteenth-century ; a skein of plainsong runs through the whole 45-minute programme, which will be introduced by members of this local group. Combination ticket for Richter/Inoue/Dunlop and Herdwyck Consort £28 (cannot be used in conjunction with Festival Saver Deals)

John Whibley “Holidays with Music”

Since 1999 John Whibley "Holidays with Music" has been organising a range of music holidays, from world renowned festivals to city breaks and small chamber music festivals in Europe, America and the . We will take you to wonderful and historically interesting places to listen to some of the world's best music, whether it be Orchestral, Choral, Chamber Music or Opera.

Autumn / Winter 2016 Haydn Festival Eisenstadt - Callino Festival at Dartington - Music in La Mancha - La Fenice, Venice Janáček Festival in Brno with Richard Wigmore - Glyndebourne Touring Opera - Wexford Festival Opera Bath Mozartfest - Chamber Music in Portugal - Christmas Oratorio Leipzig

Spring / Summer 2017 Valletta Festival Malta - Bath Bachfest with Richard Wigmore - Chamber Music in Canterbury Amsterdam and Weesp - New York - Schubertiade en Bugey with Richard Wigmore - Chamber Music in Andalusia Music and Wine in Italy - Music in a French Village - St Magnus Festival - Opera in Munich - Tanglewood Three Choirs Festival Worcester - West Cork Chamber Music - Buxton Festival - Lucerne Festival

The holidays are operated by: Specialised Travel Limited licensed by ABTA and the civil Aviation Authority.

For a brochure with full details on all our holidays please contact:- Tel: 01663 746578 E-mail: [email protected] www.whibley.co.uk book online www.ldsm.org.uk Friday 12 August 2016 29 photo: Kevin Laitak photo: Kevin Chilingirian Quartet 2 Yuko Inoue viola‡ Christoph Richter cello‡ Candlelight Serenade Alastair McMath double bass* LDSM Academy Artists LDSM Academy Ensemble 11am Ambleside Parish Church Kazuki Sawa director A £22 B £14 RV ALLocATed SEATING 8pm Ambleside Parish Church Dvorˇák Four Cypresses Nos 2, 3, 9 &11 9’ A £23 B £15 RV ALLocATed SEATING Dvorˇák Waltzes Op.54 Nos.1 & 4* 6½’ Bartók String Quartet No.2, Op.17 27’ …The whole series of concerts indicate the Mozart String Sextet in E flat major, K364‡30’ worthwhile“ aims of bringing together established Our ‘Mozart Quartets Plus’ strand concludes professionals and aspiring young performers. with a sextet arrangement of the great Sinfonia Every year it’s both a revelation and inspiring!… Concertante, with Levon Chilingirian and Susie The undoubted highlight of the festival. Superb programme superbly played. Mészáros taking the solo parts. Dvorˇák rarities Many, many thanks… preface Bartók’s work – save for a brief period Audience members 2015” in Dvorˇák’s home land, Bartók was unable to continue his folk music collecting due to the war, Supported by Mr & Mrs Harold Lefton and the Quartet’s slow gestation from 1915 to This is your opportunity to hear musicians destined for 1917 only intensified the composer’s drawing on great careers in this culmination of the intense work past folk influences. between the ISMA Artists and their tutors in the last twelve days. Solos, duos and some of the greatest chamber works of the classical repertoire bring the festival to a close in a spectacular fusion of sound and lighting with a programme reflecting our themes and anniversaries, to include Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (30’)… may our night be transfigured by this moving work, in its 1917 version for string orchestra. A unique event not to be missed. Combination ticket for this concert and yesterday’s Morning Serenade £30 (cannot be used in conjunction with Festival Saver Deals) photo: Colin Reynolds Colin photo:

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LDSM Patrons priority booking Concessions OPENS Monday 23 MAY Concessions of 50% are available to under-18s, Priority Booking is available to Patrons of LDSM. full-time students on production of NUS cards, and Please return your completed Booking Form those in receipt of JSA, ESA or DLA. Appropriate ID marked PATRON, enclosing payment and a stamped will be required and concessions must be requested addressed envelope. LDSM Patrons are advised to at the time of booking. Please bring along your proof/ take advantage of the Priority Booking Period, by identification to the first event you attend, whereupon post ONLY from 23 May – 5 June. All ticket orders you can collect your tickets. Concessions are not received after this period will be treated as standard available on the Festival Saver Deals (see page 4) postal bookings. Patrons also receive a free copy of and apply only to ticket purchases. the Souvenir Book if ordered during early booking. Ambleside Parish Centre Box Office Online and postal booking Tickets for all Festival events will also be available OPENS MONDAY 6 JUNE from Ambleside Parish Centre from Saturday 30 July To book online go to www.ldsm.org.uk. Your tickets during the Festival, 10am – 4pm and at evening will be held for you to collect at the first concert you events held at Ambleside Parish Church. have booked, unless you request that tickets are posted to you in advance, for which there is a £2 Refunds transaction fee. Please check your tickets as soon as you receive them. For postal bookings, please return your completed The Box Office cannot exchange tickets or refund Booking Form to Lake District Summer Music, money. Tickets may only be returned for resale Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, Kendal, (except those purchased as part of a Festival Saver Cumbria LA9 4PU enclosing payment and a stamped Deal, see page 4) if the event in question is sold out. addressed envelope for the return of your tickets. A A £2 handling charge will be made per return. £2 transaction fee will apply to all postal bookings not accompanied by an SAE, and to online bookings if you Latecomers request that tickets are posted to you in advance. LDSM reserves the right to refuse admission until a suitable break, or the (first) interval. We regret that Telephone booking babes-in-arms and children in prams cannot OPENS MONDAY 13 JUNE be admitted to ticketed performances. Please call LDSM Box Office on01539 742621. Open Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm. A 24hr message If you require a copy of our Festival Diary in service is also in operation, on the same number. LARGE PRINT or any other format, please contact the LDSM Box Office. Booking in person OPENS MONDAY 13 JUNE Tickets will be available from the Lake District FREE 2016 Souvenir Summer Music offices at Stricklandgate House, Book worth £5 92 Stricklandgate, Kendal (Monday to Friday, with any booking totalling over £75 10am to 4pm). Our staff will be pleased to meet Packed with programme notes, articles you at Stricklandgate House reception and take and artist biographies giving a rich your booking. Subject to availability, tickets will also insight into the festival, an essential purchase for any festival-goer. be on sale at the venue on the day of each concert If you pre-order before the festival, you from an hour before the performance. will receive a voucher to exchange for a book during the festival.

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