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FESTIVAL 2018 40TH ANNIVERSARY Tuesday 17 July – Saturday 4 August
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FESTIVAL 2018 40TH ANNIVERSARY Welcome to the 2018 Petworth Festival
elcome festivals; performances that doff the cap to to the the major anniversary that is the conclusion W2018 of the First World War; and ‘Open Door’ Petworth - a series of events focusing on young Festival – the and emerging performers or which are 40th anniversary specifically aimed at the younger and family Festival, and audience. All four strands reflect the best of one with a the last 40 years, but never have we quite programme pushed the boat out in this way. Please see to match and page 3 of this brochure for the full lists of the salute the major events in the four strands. milestone. There are so many There are events in ten venues and we reasons to hope cover classical and world music, jazz, you will be able comedy, theatre and the visual arts, and to join us this year not least our ‘significant’ with the Bignor Park Alive! event we hope to anniversary, but also because we have put draw in the widest family audience for what together a programme of immense variety should prove to be a real treat with events and extraordinary notoriety. The list of top of many differing colours and flavours taking line performers is unprecedented, but just place wherever you look around the grounds to mention a few, Dame Evelyn Glennie, of the Merseys’ beautiful home. Steven Isserlis, The King’s Singers, Bernard d’Ascoli, Alistair McGowan, Barbara We are hugely proud of what the Petworth Dickson, Elin Manahan Thomas, Darius Festival has achieved in the last 40 years, Brubeck, Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton …. and we thank those who have so loyally supported us. We hope we can continue to The programme offers four specific strands; rely on that support both this summer and in special events in celebration of our 40 years the longer term and to reward it in the only (including three that feature former Festival way we can… Artistic Directors); concerts by some of the festival’s ‘Best Friends’ - performers who Stewart Collins have particularly made waves at previous Artistic Director
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FESTIVAL 2018 40TH ANNIVERSARY Who’s Who SPECIAL THEMES President Lord Egremont Festival 40 Events Festival Board Special events in celebration of our 40 years, including Neil Franks Chairman three featuring former Festival Artistic Directors Alan Bennie Grand Choral Masterpieces p.5 Lord Egremont Alistair McGowan p.9 Claudia Golden Bignor Park Alive! p.15 Sir Geoffrey Pattie Piano Extravaganza p.16 Kate Wardle The Elgar Connection 1 p.17 Georgina Willis The Songs of Arthur Sullivan p.22 Evelyn Glennie and the HLK Trio p.26 Artistic Director The Elgar Connection 2 p.28 Stewart Collins The King’s Singers p.30 Festival Manager Barbara Dickson p.33 Kate Wardle The Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert p.35 Artist Liaison and Publications Editor Kate Lavender Best Friends Assistant to the Festival Manager Concerts by performers who have particularly made Hettie McNeil waves at previous festivals Venues & Volunteers Manager Ji Liu p.7 Liz Harris Steven Isserlis p.12 Come and Sing… ABBA with Ben Parry p.13 Secretary to the Board Sarah Matthews Min Kym p.14 Gyles Brandreth p.19 Box Office Paul Merton p.23 Pam Hampel, Carole Goldthorp, Judy Howard, Bernard d’Ascoli p.27 Imke Sanderson, Deborah Taylor and Kate Wardle Darius Brubeck p.31 La Serenissima p.32 2018 Literary Festival: Monday 29 October - Sunday 4 November 1918/2018 Anniversary Ruth Dent – War Requiem Print Exhibition p.4 Bloomsbury Quartet p.11 2019 Summer Festival: Between the Crosses p.11 Wednesday 17 July - Saturday 3 August Florian Mitrea p.13 For further information and to get involved see Duncan Rock & Joseph Middleton p.18 our website at www.petworthfestival.org.uk Small Forgotten Voices p.34 www.facebook.com/petworthfestival Open Door A series of events focusing on young and emerging @PetworthFest performers or specifically aimed at the younger and family audience petworthfestival The Arts Society ‘Art PopUp’ p.6 Palisander p.6 Festival Service p.8 Petworth Festival is a company limited by guarantee. RAM Lunchtime Concerts pp.11, 19, 23, 29 Registration number 5710001 and Registered charity Bignor Park Alive! p.15 number 1113784. Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show p.25 The Golden Walk p.25 Cover image: Dame Evelyn Glennie Photo credit: Jim Callaghan or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 3 Ruth Dent, Dies Irae II (detail) Tuesday 17 July - Saturday 4 August 1918-2018 Tuesdays – Saturdays 10.00am – 4.30pm Anniversary Kevis House Gallery Ruth Dent ‘War Requiem’ Print Exhibition
In association with the Petworth Festival and as part of the festival’s 1918/2018 anniversary strand, Kevis House Gallery presents an exhibition by artist Ruth Dent who uses ‘colour and gesture to express her emotional response to music, literature and nature’.
Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, itself a biting response to the horrors of the First World War, Dent “endeavours to capture the spirit of the music and words, as this monumental piece moves along its journey, always bearing in mind the cost to humanity”. The eight prints measure 33cm x 50cm, and are printed in an edition of 10 on handmade paper from Moulin de Larroque, Couzes, France. Each is individual due to the nature of the paper and the printing process. This element is important to Dent as “the handmade paper represents human skill and individuality – just as every soldier was an individual, loved by their friends and family for being themselves”.
The exhibition will run throughout the festival from Tuesday to Saturday 10am until 4.30pm, and the artist, will talk about her work at brief informal presentations at 11am and 2.30pm on Saturday 21 July and Saturday 4 August. Full details can be found at www.kevishouse.com.
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 4 Festival 40 Event Tuesday 17 July Petworth House Stable Yard 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.50pm) Grand Choral Masterpieces An absolute one-off and hugely atmospheric opener to the 40th festival – the combined professional choirs of the Armonico Consort (who so memorably performed Rachmaninov’s Vespers by candlelight at the 2015 Festival) and Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, together with 20 members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus combine to perform two of the most remarkable of all choral works, Thomas Tallis’s 40-part motet Spem in Alium and the work that inspired it, Alessandro Striggio’s 60-part Mass. With additional items by Tallis and Hildegard of Bingen the performance will take place as dusk falls in the Stable Yard of Petworth House – configured specially for the occasion.
Please note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed, unreserved seats are provided. There will be a bar selling wine and soft drinks.
By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National Trust
Generously sponsored by the Mersey Charitable Trust, Lady Penelope Gardens, Veronica Henty and Ronagh & Nicholas Wheeler
Tickets: £26 (18 and under £5)
1918-2018 Anniversary Armonico Consort (photo: Simon Jay Price)
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 5 Open Door Wednesday 18 – Saturday 21 July United Reformed Church 2.00pm – 6.00pm on 18 July, 12 noon – 5.30pm on 19, 20, 21 July
The Arts Society Art PopUp Following the enormous success of their PopUp Exhibitions in 2015 & 2017 the Young Arts team from The Arts Society West Sussex (formerly NADFAS) are holding the event again this year. Twenty schools will exhibit a variety of artwork in diverse media, celebrating the wonderful work produced by their pupils during the year. Previously the work was vibrant and exciting, we expect no less in this special 40th Anniversary year.
We are honoured to have the internationally renowned sculptor Philip Jackson to open the Exhibition at 4.30pm on Wednesday 18 July at the United Reformed Church, Petworth. We hope you will join us for the opening of this celebratory event which seeks to encourage young artists of the future. Philip Jackson
Wednesday 18 July United Reformed Church Open Door 12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Palisander with Louise Anna Duggan (percussion) Journey to the New World
Following a morning workshop session for local schools at Petworth Primary School, recorder quartet Palisander’s performance of Journey to the New World is inspired by the travels of Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, focusing on themes of exploration and discovery and their respective journeys to the New World. Repertoire includes music from the explorers’ native courts, pieces inspired by the sea, explorations of the music of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and works inspired by the conflicts that arose as Anglo-Spanish relations soured – music that spans over 500 years: Thomas Tallis to Vivaldi to Vaughan Williams.
Performing on a large range of Renaissance and Baroque Palisander (photo: Esteban Lalinde) recorders, Palisander present imaginative, historical programmes performing largely from memory on instruments ranging from a few inches to 6 feet tall.
Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family and Kristina Byng
Tickets: £14 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event. Unreserved seating “a seamlessly entertaining programme delivered with great panache” Brighton Early Music Festival Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 6 Open Best Door Friends Wednesday 18 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.25pm) Ji Liu (piano) Petworth Festival has been privileged to witness many fine concerts by leading international pianists but few have been more exciting and as intense as Ji Liu’s in 2016. The Festival welcomes the young Chinese pianist back for a sequel with tickets expected to be hot property. His programme celebrates the music of Debussy, whose centenary is celebrated in 2018 and follows the worldwide release earlier this year of his Classic FM album, Fire and Water.
Open Door Ji Liu (photo: Ray Burmiston)
Rameau Gavotte et Six Double Debussy Images Book 1 Reflets dans l’Eau Hommage à Rameau Mouvement Two Preludes La Cathédrale Engloutie Feux d’Artifice Scriabin Piano Sonata in G minor No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 10 Ravel 2 Poèmes Jeux d’Eau Une Barque sur l’Océan Stravinsky arr Agosti The Firebird Danse Infernale Berceuse Finale
Generously sponsored by John & Corinne Older, Tina & Gordon Owen and Members of Petworth House Real Tennis Club
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats) or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 7 Open Door Thursday 19 July St Mary’s Church 6.30pm (Ends approx 7.30pm)
Festival Service
The centrepiece of this year’s Festival Service sees founder member Lord Egremont reminiscing about 40 years of our great Petworth Festival. Always a sure sign that the festival is under way, St Mary’s ecumenical Festival Service will witness a special “Songs of Praise”: an hour of music, readings and prayer, with interludes from XinRu Chen from the Royal Academy of Music playing the beautiful piano music of Mussorgsky. As ever we finish outside with a glass of wine and canapés on what will surely be a lovely summer evening!
Lord Egremont XinRu Chen
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 8 Open Festival Door 40 Event Thursday 19 July Leconfield Hall 5.00pm (Ends approx 6.10pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.10pm) Alistair McGowan Introductions to Classical Piano
A Petworth first for the 40th anniversary festival: after the success of his recent piano album released through Sony Classical, the popular comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan premieres a brand new show which brings together all his talents. He will play tracks from the album and some other short classic piano pieces from Gershwin to Grieg, Mompou to Mendelssohn, Satie to Schubert. In between the pieces, he will talk a little about history of each piece, the composer and his own connection to the music.
Expect a lot of beautiful music (with the odd mistake!), some interesting stories and a sprinkling of his trademark impressions.
Generously sponsored by Sir Geoffrey & Lady Pattie
Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at these events
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 9 Thursday 19 July Champs Hill 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.25pm) Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) with Catrin Finch (harp) Secret Places of the Soul
Two fine artists, soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and harpist Catrin Finch, come together to present an intimate programme ideal for Champs Hill’s Music Room. Entitled Secret Places of the Soul, it is a beautifully created sequence of music by Dowland, Handel, Schubert, Fauré and Rodrigo and including the affecting traditional music from their native Wales.
Possessing a voice with an extraordinary range, Elin is one of the foremost sopranos of her generation. Since releasing her début album Eternal Light in 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment she has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. Her recordings range from the renaissance to Handel to Elgar and beyond, most recently Karl Jenkins’ Cantata Aberfan alongside Bryn Terfel. Harpist Catrin Finch studied at The Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music, in 2000 – 2004 having the honour of reviving the ancient tradition of Royal Harpist to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, last held in 1873. She has recorded for most of the major international recording companies both solo and with notable artists such as Bryn Terfel, Sir James Galway and Julian Lloyd- Webber.
Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pm Gardens open from 5.00pm for picnics.
Generously sponsored by David and Mary Bowerman
Tickets: £23 (18 and under £5) Unreserved seating Catrin Finch (photo: Rhys Frampton) Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 10 Open Door & 1918-2018 Anniversary Friday 20 July Leconfield Hall 12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: The Bloomsbury Quartet - Wartime: Before, During and After
In the first of several Festival events reflecting on the end of the First World War, the Royal Academy of Music’s Bloomsbury String Quartet present a programme featuring music inextricably linked with times of war. During a trip to Switzerland and just before the outbreak of The Great War, Stravinsky wrote Three Pieces for String Quartet. A century earlier Beethoven was living in Vienna when the city was invaded by Napoleon - characteristically he complained bitterly about how loud the bombing was. His String Quartet No.11 was composed shortly after. And in 1945, Benjamin Britten and Yehudi Menuhin went to Germany to perform to concentration camp survivors. On their return Britten composed his String Quartet No.2.
Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914) Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major Op. 36 Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family Tickets: £7 (18 and under £4) There is no interval at this event
Friday 20 July 1918-2018 Petworth House Chapel Anniversary 6.00pm (Ends approx 7.00pm) & 8.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) Between the Crosses (theatre) Acclaimed Flying Bridge Theatre present two performances in Petworth House’s hugely atmospheric Chapel. Between the Crosses is a story of survival, loss and hope. An uplifting yarn, written around the life, and featuring the real interview of Edgar Huggins, a World War One veteran and the last surviving member of the Durham Light Infantry. His stories of the battles at Ypres and the Somme are not extraordinary or spectacular, they are honest, shocking and direct; unlike so many of his generation who, in the interest of national security and sparing loved ones at home, held their tongues. The play focuses on the difficulties of being a survivor and on our need to create heroes. What is a hero? The survivor who left his pals in the field? The man who spares his family the trauma of what he has seen? If the experiences are not dealt with, will we ever learn? And what lessons will be learned and what is lost when a significant, historic event passes from living memory? By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National Trust Generously sponsored by Sir Geoffrey & Lady Pattie Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval in these events. Unreserved seating. No wheelchair access. or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 11 FriendsBest Friday 20 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) Steven Isserlis (cello) Connie Shih (piano) Composers and their Muses
One of our finest solo instrumentalists, cellist Steven Isserlis, together with pianist Connie Shih, returns to Petworth following the rapturous response to his 2015 appearance. Together they present an imaginative and thoroughly attractive programme entitled Composers and their Muses: paired works by male composers and the female composers with whom they had close relationships.
Clara Schumann (arr. Isserlis) Three Romances, Op. 22 Fauré Romance Op. 69 Fauré Elegy Op. 24 Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Robert Schumann Fünf Stücke im Volkston Augusta Holmès (arr. Isserlis) Recitatif et Chante from the Steven Isserlis (photo: Satoshi Aoyagi) cantata La Vision de la Reine) Franck Sonata in A major
Generously sponsored by Rodney H Downes
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats) Connie Shih (photo: Bo Huang)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 12 FriendsBest FriendsBest Saturday 21 July St Mary’s Church 1.00pm for 1.30pm start – 4.30pm Come and Sing... ABBA! with Ben Parry Anyone who came within a few hundred yards of St Mary’s Church for Ben Parry’s Come and Sing… The Sound of Music last summer will have heard a church full of extremely happy people and will also have seen a wonderful parade of Nun’s habits, lederhosen and dirndls as many of the happy crowd of singers turned up in full costume. There is no particular dress code for this year’s version – although outrageous flares are of course welcome - but we fully anticipate a similarly fun experience at the 2018 equivalent, when the charismatic director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Ben Parry, takes us through our paces in versions of Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Knowing Me Knowing You, and numerous other numbers from the incredible ABBA songbook. Including full band…! The workshop
will culminate in a mini-concert at 3.45pm. Friends and family are welcome to come Ben Parry (photo: Susan Porter Thomas) to St Mary’s at 3.30pm for this.
Generously sponsored by Vintage TV
Tickets £10 (18 and under £5) Concert tickets: £3 on the door. Unreserved Seating
Saturday 21 July 1918-2018 Leconfield Hall Anniversary 12 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)
(piano) Florian Mitrea A member of the Royal Academy’s Piano Faculty, the Romanian/British pianist Florian Mitrea was described by the legendary Martha Argerich as an “outstanding young pianist” with an ability to play Mozart “extremely beautifully”. He was a double-laureate in the 2017 Scottish, 2015 Hamamatsu and 2014 ARD Munich International Piano Competitions and in 2016 was the joint winner of the Verona International Piano Competition.
In its 40th anniversary year Florian’s Petworth Festival performance embraces music from two years with significant relationships to our own time; music by Haydn and Mozart from the classical era and written 200 years before the festival’s appearance on the cultural scene – 1778 – and Prokofiev’s intense A Minor Sonata first performed 100 years ago just before the conclusion of the Great War. Haydn Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor, Hob. XVI:34 (1778) Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (1778) Mozart Rondo in A minor, K. 511 (1778) Prokofiev Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (1918) Generously sponsored by Joan & Christopher Hampson Tickets: £14 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event. Florian Mitrea (photo: Daniel Delang) Unreserved seating
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 13 FriendsBest Saturday 21 July Champs Hill 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) Min Kym (violin) with Ian Brown (piano) Following Min Kym’s fascinating and revealing talk at November’s Literary Festival at which she discussed the shocking experience of having her Stradivarius violin stolen, we hear the international Korean/British violinist in her more natural environment as she performs a recital featuring three works central to the solo violin repertoire and including Bartok’s brilliant rhapsody based on Hungarian folk melodies. As at her Literary Festival event, Min will be accompanied by the Nash Ensemble’s Ian Brown.
Bartok Rhapsody Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78 Faure Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13
Generously sponsored by David and Mary Bowerman
Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pm Gardens open from 5pm for picnics.
Tickets: £23 (18 and under £5). Unreserved seating
Min Kym (photo: Orli Rose)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 14 40 EventFestival & FriendsBest Open Door Sunday 22 July Bignor Park 2.30pm – 5.00pm Bignor Park Alive! Petworth Festival presents the musical equivalent of a musical and theatrical treasure hunt in the beautiful grounds, gardens and woods of Bignor Park. By kind permission on Lord & Lady Mersey audiences of all ages will be encouraged to go in search of over 25 different ‘happenings’ taking place in glades, gazebos, follies and clearings around the park. The performing company includes Travelling Light Circus’s Playground of Illusions, Handmade Theatre’s Too Many Cooks, This Is My Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland, Nearly There Yet’s Memory Man, and groups of top achieving young musicians from the Petworth based West Sussex Music Trust, and the choral forces of tip-top local choir, the Leconfield Singers. For an entire afternoon the woods, gardens and lawns will be alive to the sound of music, laughter, surprise…. and applause.
Refreshments will be available from Badgers of Coultershaw. Generously sponsored by the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation, Canice and Kate Hogan and Seaford College Tickets: £12 (18 and under £10), Family ticket for four people £35
Playground of Illusions
Bignor Park
Alice in Wonderland or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 15 Festival 40 Event Sunday 22 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm) Piano Extravaganza with Harry the Piano, James Pearson, Joe Stilgoe and Ben Waters
Ben Waters Harry the Piano James Pearson Joe Stilgoe (photo: Carl Hyde) One of the great celebratory events of the 40th anniversary festival, we welcome the combined talents of four remarkable and versatile pianists. All firm Petworth favourites, Ben Waters, Harry the Piano, James Pearson and Joe Stilgoe - together with two fine Steinway instruments - come together to create everything from pure musical joy to the nearest any Petworth concert will ever come to mayhem. Jazz, classical, requests, duets, trios, quartets, solos… anything that can be played will be. Genuinely for one night only!
Ben Waters - one of the UK’s supreme boogie piano players who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Ray Davies, Chuck Berry, Jools Holland, Jerry Lee Lewis…. in fact it’s a very long list!
Harry the Piano – Harry’s extraordinary talent and breath-taking creativity have earned him a reputation as one of the most gifted improvising pianists in the world.
James Pearson - Musical Director at Ronnie Scott’s and the owner of a ferocious piano technique coupled with a sense of musicality rarely heard – not to mention a wicked sense of fun.
Joe Stilgoe - a mixture of virtuosic musicianship, seasoned theatricality and witty interaction with the audience, combining on the spot improvisation and the quickest of wits.
Generously sponsored by Hiscox, Andrew & Judy Howard, Nicholas & Pat Moore and Tudor Rose Antiques.
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 16 Festival 40 Event Festival 40 Event Monday 23 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) The Elgar Connection 1 with The Fibonacci Sequence The first of two concerts in which the Petworth Festival celebrates the music of Elgar and founding Festival Director, Robert Walker, both of whom lived and composed at Brinkwells near Fittleworth.
Of his 1984 Piano Quintet - first performed at the 1984 Petworth Festival - Walker says “the fugue came out of a performance I heard of Stephane Grapelli and Nigel Kennedy having a jam-session. The second movement is a set of variations on a fascinating chord relationship which is helped along by a folk-song.”
Walker’s work is paired with Elgar’s Piano Quintet said to have been “influenced by the quiet and peaceful surroundings [of Brinkwells] during a wonderful summer”. The opening John McCabe piece makes reference to John Donne’s poem A Nocturnal upon St Lucie’s Day - the mood of which is reflected in the quintet.
The Fibonacci Sequence celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 and is considered one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber ensembles with a wide-ranging discography and impressive reviews. Joe Stilgoe (photo: Carl Hyde) “...no praise can be too high for the Fibonacci Sequence’s polished and dashingly committed performances...” Gramophone
John McCabe Nocturnal (1986) Robert Walker Piano Quintet (1984) Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor (Op. 84)
Generously sponsored by the Mersey Charitable Trust
Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats) Robert Walker (photo: Jayne West) or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 17 1918-2018 Anniversary
Tuesday 24 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) Duncan Rock (baritone) with Joseph Middleton (piano) Echoes of War
The rapidly rising Australian baritone Duncan Rock presents a programme that reflects on times of war, including songs written by a composer who both fought and died in the Great War, George Butterworth. The centrepiece is Butterworth’s setting of A E Houseman’s A Shropshire Lad with other repertoire by Gerald Finzi and Ned Rorem. Duncan Rock is accompanied by Joseph Middleton recently described by Gramophone magazine as “outstanding - his reputation as a rising star among accompanists is richly deserved”.
Duncan Rock studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently at the National Opera Studio. Amongst a long list of awards he was the winner of the 2012 Chilcott Award - made to support a ‘major young artist with the potential to make an international impact’; he was a Jerwood Young Artist at the Glyndebourne Festival, and the recipient of 2010 John Christie Award, given by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. The 2017/18 season includes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, his return to Covent Garden, a new production for the Teatro Réal in Madrid and concert performances of Wonderful Town with the LSO under Sir Simon Rattle.
Generously sponsored by Gay Bradley and John Rank
Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)
Duncan Rock (photo: Paul Mitchell) Joseph Middleton
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 18 1918-2018 Anniversary FriendsBest Tuesday 24 July Leconfield Hall 5.00pm (Ends approx 6.00pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.00pm)
Gyles Brandreth – Break a Leg! They say all political careers end in tears. In Gyles Brandreth’s case it’s tears of laughter as the actor, author, BBC’s One Show reporter, former MP and government whip returns to West Sussex with his new one-man show Break a Leg! - a celebration of all things theatrical. Last seen at the festival in 2011, this is Brandreth unleashed on the stars he’s known and the theatre stories that have made him laugh – and, occasionally, cry. Without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation), Just a Minute regular Gyles delivers a dazzling evening of wit, wisdom, high drama, low comedy, and hilarious name- dropping. And he’ll do it twice!
“Incredibly funny, wildly indiscreet.” Daily Mail
Generously sponsored by Guilt Lingerie (5pm performance), Meghdoots Mystique Masala, Middleton Advisors and Sarah & Robert Jeans (8pm performance)
Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at these events
Wednesday 25 July Leconfield Hall Open 12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Door Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Meera Maharaj (flute) & Dominic Degavino (piano)
Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin Dutilleux Sonatine for Flute and Piano Gade Tango Fantasia Jongen Sonata for Flute and Piano Op. 77
Two fine young students from the Royal Academy perform a wide ranging programme that includes the charming sonata by the Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), and one of the early works of Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), the French composer who followed in the paths of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.
Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family
Tickets: £7 (18 and under £4)
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 19 Wednesday 25 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) Trio Martinů
Petr Jiříkovský piano Pavel Šafařík violin Jaroslav Matějka cello
The Petworth Festival welcomes acclaimed international visitors, The Trio Martinů. The trio was formed at the Prague Conservatory in 1990 and its current line-up has remained unchanged since 1993. Their programme includes Martinů’s lesser known but immense in scope Third Piano Trio, full of broad romantic themes and a clear stylistic relation of the earlier Brahms and Dvořák works.
Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101 Martinů Piano Trio No. 3 in C major H332 Dvořák Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65
Generously sponsored by Andrea Frears and John & Belinda Horley
Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 20 Wednesday 25 July Easebourne Church 8.00pm (Ends approx 10.00pm)
Merope Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė (Lithuania) voice and kanklės Jean Christophe Bonnafous (France) bansuri Bert Cools (Belgium) guitar and effects
The festival returns to Easbourne Parish Church where it has established a reputation for a series of stunning ‘world music’ performances in recent years. The first of two concerts in the 40th anniversary festival features Merope, a mesmerising combination of Lithuanian, French and Belgian musicians. Together they share a unique chemistry as they combine traditional Lithuanian melodies with their own compositions - elegant textures, harmonies and polyrhythms creating an ethereal atmosphere. Music for a calm spirit…
“The mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds is perfect in balance. The beauty and virtuosity embrace each other gently. The songs consist of layered melodies, which make a warm flood whose direction can change any moment.”
Bar kindly provided by The Halfway Bridge
Tickets: £21 / £15 (18 and under £5 / £3.50) Merpope (photo: Visvaldas Morkevicius)
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 21 Festival 40 Event Thursday 26 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) The Songs of Sir Arthur Sullivan - Weir) with David Owen Norris and friends
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A second 40 anniversary event featuring a former Simon
Petworth Festival Artistic Director – pianist and broadcaster extraordinaire, David Owen Norris. David is joined by (photo: two exceptional singers, tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Ashley Riches, in a celebration of one of Britain’s most loved Norris musical sons, Sir Arthur Sullivan. Although best known for his collaborations with the great W S Gilbert, Sullivan’s range went Owen
way beyond the so-called ‘Savoy’ operettas. In addition to many larger-scale works he composed dozens of song settings with
texts ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Tennyson. The David Petworth performance includes Sullivan and Tennyson’s so- called Liederkreis, The Window.
David Owen Norris is a pianist, composer and broadcaster. He has performed all over the world since his appointment as the first Gilmore Artist in 1991. His compositions include a Symphony, a Piano Concerto, the oratorios Prayerbook and Turning Points, and the multi-media tribute to the passing seasons, Henge Music. His Chord of the Week programmes on BBC2 television are a popular feature of the Proms.
Generously sponsored by Jo & Peter Lavender
Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)
Thursday 26 July “One of the finest and most Easebourne Church entertaining British-based 8.00pm (Ends approx 10.00pm) exponents of global music” She’Koyokh The Guardian The festival’s second visit to Easebourne sees the joyously infectious Klezmer-inspired band She’Koyokh take to the platform. After sixteen years spent absorbing and performing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans, the seven members of She’Koyokh bring together the stunning melodies and rhythms of Bulgaria, treasured tunes from Serbian villages and exhilarating Gypsy dances from Romania as well as soulful Sephardic songs and klezmer music from the Jewish diaspora. She’Koyokh is a Yiddish word meaning “nice one!” Photo: Savannah Photography Generously sponsored by Jonathan & Claudia Golden
Bar kindly provided by The Halfway Bridge
Tickets: £21 / £15 (18 and under £5 / £3.50)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 22 Festival 40 Event FriendsBest Friday 27 July Petworth House Stable Yard 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) Comedy in the Stables: Paul Merton’s Impro Chums They’re back! Neither Paul Merton nor his fabulous troupe of ‘Impro Chums’ need much introduction as they are already amongst the festival’s most loved performers, but to celebrate the festival’s 40th anniversary, and the 3rd Comedy in The Stables session, Paul Merton, Suki Webster, Lee Simpson, Mike McShane and ‘Richard Vranch at the Piano’ return to run with any idea thrown at them and – almost miraculously – turn them into 24 carat comedy sketches.
David Owen Norris (photo: Simon Weir) There will be a bar selling wine, Langhams cask ale and soft drinks, and hot drinks provided by the Vintage Coffee Company.
By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National Trust
Generously sponsored by Sara & Alan Bennie, Robert Evans and English Woodlands Timber
Tickets: £26 (18 and under £5) Please note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed unreserved seats are provided.
Saturday 28 July Leconfield Hall Open 12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Door Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: London Metropolitan Brass
London Metropolitan Brass was formed in 2016 by Mark David and Bob Hughes. Group members have performed with orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, the quintet won the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Brass Ensembles Prize and have since given recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields and as part of the Royal Academy of Music’s Tuesday Lunchtime series.
Joakim Agnas Tango Enrique Crespo Peruano Vals Bo Nilsson Wendepunkt Antonin Dvořák Song to the Moon from Rusalka Krzysztof Penderecki Capriccio for Solo Tuba Anders Hillborg Brass Quintet Michael Kamen Quintet Enrique Crespo Son del Mexico
Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family
Tickets: £7 (18 and under £4) There is no interval at this event or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 23 Saturday 28 July Petworth House Stable Yard Doors open 5.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) Jazz in The Stables with Swing Zazou and The Dixie Ticklers One of the Festival’s most popular events… This year we hit the ground running in the company of Swing Zazou and The Dixie Ticklers; a complete evening of great jazz, and an opportunity to dance away one of the summer’s most enjoyable nights. Swing Zazou are a hugely popular seven-piece band that mixes gypsy swing with big band sounds – a foot stomping recipe of hot licks, driving beats, swing-scat vocals and vintage swing. They come to Petworth following a string of festival appearances up from the length and breadth of the country, including Wilderness, Larmer Tree and WOMAD. The evening begins in the hands of traditional ‘jazzers’ The Dixie Ticklers. Led by clarinettist and composer Dom James, the ‘Dixies’ formed in 2005 since which time they have built a fierce live reputation within the jazz, blues and acoustic scenes.
Hot food will be provided by Badgers of Coultershaw and hot drinks by the Vintage Coffee Company. There will be a bar selling wine, beer and soft drinks. The audience is kindly requested to consume only food and drink purchased on the premises. By kind permission of Lord & Lady Egremont and the National Trust Generously sponsored by Savills Alan & Sara Bennie Quintet: John Bird Antiques, The Corn Store, The Oakapple Trading Co, Sorella Clothing and the Toni Arden Gallery Tickets: £26 (18 and under £5) This event includes two intervals Please note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed, unreserved seats are provided.
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 24 Open Sunday 29 July Door Leconfield Hall 11.00am (Ends approx 12 noon) Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show A comedy-fuelled theatrical explosion charting the recovery of the world’s foremost daredevil…
Mr Danger - stuntman extraordinaire - has finished recover- ing from his recent catastrophic stunt effort and is ready to wow the crowds once again! The man the doctors struggled to save after his epic effort to jump a motorcycle across 20 double decker buses with a brown paper bag over his head is back, and he’s thirsty for your amazement! There’s just one problem. He’s now absolutely terrified of everything.
Generously sponsored by Alan & Sara Bennie
Tickets: £9 (18 and under £7, four and under FREE, but ticket must be booked) There is no interval at this event
Sunday 29 July Meet at The Village Hall, Tillington (GU28 9AF) Open 1.30pm – 5.00pm Door Festival 40th Anniversary Walk This year’s Festival Walk led by Jonathan Golden will start in Tillington at the edge of Petworth Park. The walk takes us into the Park and, by kind permission of the Leconfield Estates, on through the Estate towards Lurgashall, and back down to Tillington through River Common with beautiful views of the surrounding area and the South Downs towards Midhurst. The terrain is gentle with some hills over this rewarding seven-mile walk. Petworth Park (photo: Hettie McNeil) There is free parking outside the Village Hall. Tea and cake donated by Tiffins Tearoom can also be purchased at the Village Hall at the end of the walk with all proceeds going to local charities.
The walk itself is free, and will be on wet or fine! Boots recommended. Dogs who don’t wander off are welcome.
FREE – no booking required
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 25 Festival 40 Event Sunday 29 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)
with Evelyn Glennie Trio HLK Another of the 40th anniversary festival’s headline events, we welcome one of the country’s most remarkable and respected musicians, percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie in a unique collaboration with the Scottish HLK jazz trio. Playing vibraphone and marimba, Dame Evelyn and the trio are additionally joined by alto sax virtuoso Steve Lehman. Part of a major national tour that takes them across the length and breadth of the country, expect an evening of classic tunes reworked the two special guest artists draw together the languages of their musical worlds.
“HLK - one of the most exciting young ensembles to have emerged in the last year” BBC Jazz on 3
“Collaborating with Trio HLK has been a wonderful journey of exploration, a challenge that I have thoroughly enjoyed. It has allowed me to venture out of my comfort zone, explore new rhythms and marvel at the Trio’s compositional prowess” Evelyn Glennie
Generously sponsored by Lady Barbara Bossom, Beth & Tim Dugan and Ian & Caroline McNeil
Tickets: Premium Event £32, £20, £8 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £8 seats)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 26 Festival 40 Event FriendsBest Monday 30 July St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm) Bernard d’Ascoli (piano)
Bernard d’Ascoli will need little introduction to regular supporters of Petworth Festival where he has performed regularly – most recently in 2013. For his welcome return he pays homage to Claude Debussy and his contemporaries. D’Ascoli’s programme will include works by Chopin (Debussy’s teacher’s teacher), Franck (whom he eventually rejected although he benefitted from his positive influence on French music), Ravel (to whom he was often compared) and of course Debussy himself.
“The very acme of pianistic grace and poetic refinement” Daily Telegraph
Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue FWV21 Chopin Five Studies from Op. 10 and 25 Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Debussy Images book II Cloches à travers les feuilles Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut Poissons d’or L’Isle Joyeuse
Bernard d’Ascoli was born in the South of France and began learning piano and organ at the age of eleven. In 1978 he won the First Prize in the Barcelona International Piano Competition but first came to major public attention in 1981 when, following his Third Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition, he made his London debut both in recital and with orchestra and recorded the Liszt sonata and other works for EMI.
Generously sponsored by Ann Bayne, Rosemary Harris, Kees van der Klugt
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats)
or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 27 Festival 40 Event Tuesday 31 July Champs Hill 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) The Elgar Connection 2 with Daniel Pioro (violin) and Kathron Sturrock (piano)
A second celebration of the music of Edward Elgar and Petworth Festival’s founding Artistic Director Robert Walker, both of whom lived and worked at Brinkwells in Fittleworth. The programme includes the world premiere of Walker’s Violin Sonata, which, in the composer’s words he “feels it to be one of his major works”, promising “a highly attractive and immediate work.” The programme also includes three contrasting works, the simplistic beauty of Arvo Pärt’s Frâtres, the elegance of Mozart’s E minor Violin Sonata, and one of the classics of the repertoire, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. We once again welcome the exciting young violinist Daniel Pioro, who is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most innovative young violinists of his Daniel Pioro generation. He is joined by pianist Kathron Sturrock.
Arvo Pärt Frâtres Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor K.304 Robert Walker Violin Sonata WORLD PREMIERE Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (original version) Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82
Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pm Gardens open from 5.00pm for picnics
Generously sponsored by David and Mary Bowerman
Kathron Sturrock Tickets: £23 (18 and under £5). Unreserved seating Petworth Festival Souvenir Programme Don’t forget to pick up your 40th Anniversary Souvenir Programme, must-have reading to accompany and enhance your enjoyment of all Festival events.
It’s a comprehensive guide to what’s on and when, packed with artist biographies, photos, programme notes and more.
On sale at all Festival events or available to pre-order when booking tickets at the box office by phone, post or online for collection at your first event. Just £5 Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 28 Festival 40 Event Tuesday 31 July Leconfield Hall 7.45pm (Ends approx 9.05pm) Buster plays Buster (film event) The first ‘Buster’ of the title is jazz percussionist Buster Birch, the second is the one-and-only Buster Keaton, the legend of the silent movie era. Together the two Busters magic up a brilliant evening combining an iconic film together with live jazz played by the Buster Birch Quartet synchronising perfectly to the film The film? The Keaton classic Steamboat‘ Bill Jnr.’ Keaton plays Willie Canfield, the namby-pamby son of rough-and-tumble steamboat captain “Steamboat Bill” Canfield. When he’s not trying to make a man out of his boy, the captain is carrying on a feud with Tom Carter, the wealthy owner of a fancy new ferryboat. Carter has a pretty daughter, Mary King, with whom Willie falls in love… You can imagine of course the chaos that ensues, the film including many of Buster Keaton’s most memorable visual gags.
Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event
Wednesday 1 August Leconfield Hall Open 12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Door Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Duo Pressenda - From Darkness to Light
Johanna Roehrig violin Aleksandra Myslek piano
Born in 1993 in Hamburg, Germany, Johanna started learning the violin at the age of six. As a prizewinner of the Ethel Kennedy Jacobs Award she is currently studying for a Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music with Rodney Friend, and receiving further support from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation Hamburg. She performs on a violin by Joannes Francesco Pressenda from 1833, Turin, kindly loaned to her by the Royal Academy of Music.
Aleksandra Myslek is a Polish pianist born in Warsaw. She gained her higher education degrees at the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Christopher Elton and later Hamish Milne supported by Royal Academy scholarships. She has also received lessons and inspirational advice from musicians including Leon Fleisher, Ferenc Rados, Michel Beroff and Fou Ts’ong.
Janacek Sonata for Violin and Piano in D flat major JW VII/7 J. S. Bach Ciaconna from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Generously sponsored by Deborah Godfray
Tickets: £7 (18 and under £4) There is no interval at this event or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 29 Festival 40 Event Wednesday 1 August St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) The King’s Singers - Gold As the Petworth Festival celebrates its ‘significant’ anniversary, one of the UK’s top vocal ensembles ascends to even greater heights. A major musical export and a shining tribute to the British choral tradition, the King’s Singers, reach their half century in 2018 and the Festival is privileged to stage one of the ensemble’s special, celebratory concerts.
The King’s Singers are in global demand. Every season this double-Grammy winning six-man vocal ensemble performs their diverse repertoire with unique charm and British wit to all kinds of music lovers worldwide, but rarely in their anniversary year will there be an opportunity to hear them in such intimate surroundings as in Petworth. Their Gold programme includes the vast range of music that has given the ensemble its reputation, music from Palestrina, through Poulenc to the groups’ famous Party Bag: classic audience favourites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style.
“…they are still unmatched for their sheer musicality and ability to entertain.” The Times
Generously sponsored by The Angel Inn, Augustus Brandt, The Hungry Guest, New Street Bar & Grill and Petworth Antiques Market
Tickets: Premium Event £32, £20, £8 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £8 seats) Borggreve)
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The Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 30 Festival Best 40 Event Friends Thursday 2 August Leconfield Hall 5.00pm (Ends approx 6.00pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.00pm) The Darius Brubeck Quartet Another artist returns to the festival having made a major impact on his debut in 2014 – to the extent that an additional show had to be laid on. This time no risks are being taken with two performances being scheduled from the outset. The name Brubeck will be familiar to most, the legendary Dave Brubeck being one of the most significant names in 20th century jazz. The gene has clearly come through to his pianist son Darius, who brings to Petworth some of Brubeck-père’s classics as well as his own terrific compositions. Once again, Brubeck is joined by his stellar quartet of musical confederates including the magnificent sax player that is Dave O’Higgins. Generously sponsored by Accurist London Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at these events Darius Brubeck (photo: John Frost) The King’s Singers (photo: Marco Borggreve) or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 31 FriendsBest Thursday 2 August St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm) La Serenissima Adrian Chandler violin/director Vladimir Waltham cello
Few who were at the closing concert of the 2015 Festival will forget the thrilling performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons given by Adrian Chandler and his colleagues from La Serenissima. For their return visit to Petworth they concentrate on further extraordinary riches produced by Italian composers from the late baroque period – Vivaldi, Caldara, Tartini and Brescianello.
Vivaldi and Tartini were at the top of the league producing copious amounts of virtuosic violin repertoire for both themselves and their pupils; Vivaldi taught at the prestigious Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, Tartini at his Scuola delle Nazioni in Padua. Caldara by contrast was more of a vocal music specialist, whilst Brescianello spent much of his musical life in the princely courts of Germany.
Vivaldi Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat, RV. 547 Caldara Overture to La Verità nell’Inganno for strings & continuo Tartini Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G D. 45 Vivaldi Concerto per Sua Maestà Cattolica Cesarea for violin, strings & continuo in C, RV. 171 Vivaldi Concerto for violin & cello, strings & continuo in A, RV. 546 Brescianello Ouverture con una Chiaccona in D for strings & continuo (reconstruction: Adrian Chandler)
Generously sponsored by The Golden Charitable Trust in memory of Lewis and Jacqueline Golden
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats) La Serenissima (photo: Eric Richmond)
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 32 Best Festival Friends 40 Event Friday 3 August St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm) Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland plus support A very special Petworth evening in the company of Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland. The duo let the words and melodies take centre stage as they perform material drawing on Barbara’s folk roots, contemporary greats, and some of her classic hits. Barbara emerged from the Scottish folk scene of the late 1960s and has enjoyed mainstream chart success with hits including Answer Me, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Caravan and the million- selling number one single, I Know Him So Well. As Scotland’s best-selling female album artist she has earned 6 platinum, 11 gold and 7 silver albums and cemented her status as one of the UK’s best-loved performers. Her stage career has included the roles of the original Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s long-running musical, Blood Brothers and as Viv Nicholson in Spend Spend Spend, both of which have won her an Olivier award for Best Actress. Barbara was awarded an O.B.E. in the 2002 New Year’s Honours for her services to music and drama. With support from Edwina Hayes, the Yorkshire- based singer songwriter described by the country music legend Nanci Griffith as “the sweetest voice in England.”
Generously sponsored by Alan & Sara Bennie and Tishie Burr Tickets: Premium Event £32, £20, £8 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £8 seats)
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Friday 3 August Leconfield Hall 7.45pm (Ends approx 9.00pm)
Small Forgotten Voices Composer Tom Smail has always been gripped by the events of the First World War and the thought of the young men who left Britain – and of course many other countries – with notions in their heads of honour and glory, cavalry charges, colours and swords flying, only to be met by the mud and squalor of the front, disease, barbed wire, endless shelling and the dreadful onslaughts as they trudged into the teeth of massed machine guns from the opposing trenches. His song cycle Small Forgotten Voices is his response to these images and these all too real experiences, taking verbatim texts from Max Arthur’s book of the same name. Tragic British, German, and non-combatant experiences from the period performed by a quartet of singers with cello and piano accompaniment and special introductions from Max Arthur.
“I never dreamed that even borrowed time could go so slowly”….
Generously sponsored by The Sosland Family in recognition of the contribution Morton & Estelle Sosland have made to the Petworth Festival for many years
Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event Tom Smail
Saturday 4 August Sacred Heart Church 12 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm) Julian Perkins (clavichord) Described by the Sunday Times as “exuberantly stylish”, Julian Perkins enjoys a demanding career as a conductor and keyboard player. He is the Artistic Director of Cambridge Handel Opera and Founder Director of Sounds Baroque. For this highly intimate lunchtime event in Petworth’s Catholic Church, Julian will introduce us to the clavichord, the elegant stringed keyboard instrument that was used largely in the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. Historically, it was mostly used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances.
Julian treats us to repertoire by J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and more recently composed music by Herbert Howells and Stephen Dodgson.
Tickets: £14 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event
Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 34 1918-2018 Anniversary Festival 40 Event Saturday 4 August St Mary’s Church 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm) Pete Long’s All Star Goodman Orchestra Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall
A suitably memorable finale to the 40th anniversary festival, the Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 is widely regarded as the finest jazz spectacle ever. It was thanks to Benny in general, and this concert in particular, that jazz was elevated from the dance halls, clubs and dives to the concert platform.
The repertoire is as refreshing today as it was in 1938, and Pete Long and the All-Star Goodman Orchestra bring it to life with their outstanding musicianship. In keeping with the original concert, Pete uses Benny Goodman’s favoured ensemble of clarinet, reeds and drummer, with Petworth favourite Richard Pite playing an exact replica of Gene Krupa’s drum kit and using Gene’s actual cymbals and brushes. The entire repertoire from the 1938 concert is featured, including Don’t Be That Way, Sing Sing Sing, I Got Rhythm, If Dreams Come True and Springtime in the Rockies.
The charismatic and ever-entertaining Pete Long leads this recreation of a landmark concert from the front, anecdotes and all...
Benny Goodman (photo: Cincinnati Generously sponsored by UBS Contemporary Jazz Orchestra)
Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats) WE ALL NEED FRIENDS! It is always difficult to finance a Festival of this nature, due in part to the diversity of the events and the high standard of our artists, combined with the delightful, but often small, venues. The Petworth Festival, a Registered Charity, relies on support from businesses and individuals as well as the box office to finance the programme.
“Festival Friends”, who give £25 or more each year (per household), are entitled to a priority booking period and a 10% discount on tickets bought by post during that priority period. They receive exclusive preview information early each year and there are also Friends’ parties from time to time. Friends who give £100 or more – our much-valued Patrons – receive a slightly longer priority booking period. With many Festival events selling out before they go on sale to the general public, this Priority Booking period becomes a real bonus!
For more information about becoming a Festival Patron or Friend please call 01798 343 055 or email [email protected] or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 35 Mr Bryan Scholey The Sosland Family Festival Mr Kees van der Klugt Mr & Mrs Ed Warner Mr & Mrs Nicholas Wheeler Sponsors Sir Michael & Lady Wright Petworth Festival would like to thank the large The Festival would also like to thank all the number of individuals and corporate organsations generous individuals who have made donations who support the Festival, both financially and in kind. and have asked to remain anonymous. Without their continued support the Festival would not be possible and we remain extremely grateful. Community & Education Partners The Anstruther Family Principal Sponsor The Arts Society The Leconfield Estates The Bennie Family Trust Petworth Town Council Individual Donors Royal Academy of Music The Anstruther Family West Sussex Music Trust Mrs Ann Bayne O R T H T W O T W E COUNCIL N Mr & Mrs Alan Bennie P Lady Barbara Bossom 1894 Mr & Mrs David Bowerman Mrs Gay Bradley Mrs Tishie Burr Trusts & Foundations Mrs Kristina Byng Aldama Foundation Mr & Mrs Peter Drummond Bennie Charitable Trust Mr Rodney H Downes Boltini Trust Mr & Mrs Tim Dugan Cameron Mackintosh Foundation Mr Robert Evans Mrs Anne Ford-Robertson Golden Charitable Trust The Franks Family Mersey Charitable Trust Mrs Andrea Frears Mrs Deborah Godfray Corporate Partners Mr & Mrs Jonathan Golden Accurist Mr & Mrs Robin Gourlay Angel Inn Petworth Mr & Mrs Josceline Grove Augustus Brandt Mrs Rosemary Harris Corn Store Mr & Mrs Christopher Hampson English Woodlands Timber Mr Martin Haslam Guilt Lingerie Mr Neil Hart Halfway Bridge Mr Michael Harting Hennings Wine Merchants Mrs Veronica Henty Hiscox Mr & Mrs Canice Hogan Hungry Guest Mr & Mrs J Horley John Bird Antiques Mr & Mrs Andrew Howard Mr & Mrs David Hunter Kevis House Gallery Mr Stuart Jeffery Lady Penelope Gardens Mr & Mrs Robert Jeans Langham Brewery Prof & Mrs Peter Lavender Meghdoots Mystique Masla Mr & Mrs Ken Lintill Middleton Advisors Mr & Mrs Ian McNeil New Street Bar & Grill Members of Petworth House Real Tennis Club Oakapple Trading Co Mr & Mrs Nicholas Moore Petworth Antiques Market Mr & Mrs John Older R W Armstrong Mr & Mrs Gordon Owen Sacre Associates Mrs Jennifer Parsons Savills Sir Geoffrey & Lady Pattie Seaford College Mr & Mrs Mark Powell Sorella Clothing Mr & Mrs C Purchas Sussex Life Mr John Rank Tiffins Tea Room Mr & Mrs Peter Rhys-Evans Toni Arden Gallery Tudor Rose Antiques UBS Upperton Vineyard Vintage TV Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 36 Festival Forty The Anstruther Family Mr & Mrs Ed Warner
Steinway Concert Grand Piano Both Steinway concert grand pianos chosen and hired by the Petworth Festival for concerts in St. Mary’s Church are supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons, London. Our thanks to Bryan Scholey and an anonymous donor who have contributed towards the cost.
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Special Thanks To David & Mary Bowerman for allowing the use of the Music Room at Champs Hill, the Mersey family for the use of Bignor Park, the National Trust and Lord & Lady Egremont for the use of the Petworth House Stable Yard, the Petworth House Chapel and the Gallery and Chapel at St Mary’s Church, everyone at St Mary’s Church, the Leconfield Hall, the United Reformed Church, The Church of the Sacred Heart, Petworth, and at St Mary Church, Easebourne.
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FESTIVAL 2018 Diary Dates
JULY Tue 17 July 8.00pm Stable Yard Grand Choral Masterpieces Wed 18 July 12 noon URC Palisander - Journey to the New World 7.30pm St Mary’s Ji Liu (piano) Thur 19 July 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall Alistair McGowan - Introductions to Classical Piano 6.30pm St Mary’s Festival Service – speaker Lord Egremont 7.30pm Champs Hill Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) & Catrin Finch (harp) Fri 20 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Bloomsbury Quartet 6.00/8.30pm Petworth House Chapel Between the Crosses (theatre) 7.30pm St Mary’s Steven Isserlis (cello) & Connie Shih (piano) Sat 21 July 1.00pm St Mary’s Come and Sing … ABBA with Ben Parry 12 noon Leconfield Hall Florian Mitrea (piano) 7.30pm Champs Hill Min Kym (violin) & Ian Brown (piano) Sun 22 July 2.30-5.00pm Bignor Park Bignor Park Alive! (family) 7.30pm St Mary’s Piano Extravaganza - with Harry the Piano, James Pearson, Joe Stilgoe and Ben Waters Mon 23 July 7.30pm St Mary’s The Elgar Connection 1 with the Fibonacci Sequence Tues 24 July 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall Gyles Brandreth - Break a Leg! 7.30pm St Mary’s Duncan Rock (baritone) & Joseph Middleton (piano) Wed 25 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Meera Maharaj (flute) & Dominic Degavino (piano) 7.30pm St Mary’s Trio Martinů 8.00pm Easebourne Merope (world/traditional music) Thur 26 July 7.30pm St Mary’s The Songs of Sir Arthur Sullivan with David Owen Norris and friends 8.00pm Easebourne She’Koyokh (world/traditional music) Fri 27 July 7.30pm Stable Yard Comedy in the Stables – Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Sat 28 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: London Metropolitan Brass Doors 5.30pm Stable Yard Jazz in The Stables – with Swing Zazou and The Dixie Ticklers Sun 29 July 11.00am Leconfield Hall Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show (family) 1.30pm Tillington Village Hall The Golden Walk 7.30pm St Mary’s Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion) with the HLK Trio Mon 30 July 7.30pm St Mary’s Bernard d’Ascoli (piano) Tues 31 July 7.30pm Champs Hill The Elgar Connection 2 with Daniel Pioro (violin) / Kathron Sturrock (piano) 7.45pm Leconfield Hall Buster Plays Buster (film) AUGUST Wed 1 Aug 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Johanna Röhrig (violin) and Alexsandra Myslek (piano) 7.30pm St Mary’s The King’s Singers Thur 2 Aug 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall The Darius Brubeck Quartet 7.30pm St Mary’s La Serenissima Fri 3 Aug 7.30pm St Mary’s Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland plus support 7.45pm Leconfield Hall Small Forgotten Voices Sat 4 Aug 12 noon Sacred Heart Julian Perkins (clavichord) 7.30pm St Mary’s Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall – The Pete Long Big Band Other Events Throughout Festival Kevis House Gallery Art Exhibition Wed 18 July Educational workshop with Palisander and percussionist Louise Anna Duggan Wed 18 – Sat 21 July URC Schools Art PopUp Exhibition with The Young Arts Society West Sussex Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 40 Booking Information Priority Booking Festival Venues 12 April - 9 May Bignor Park Near Pulborough RH20 1HG Priority bookings for Sponsors, Patrons and Champs Hill Coldwaltham, Pulborough RH20 1LY Friends can only be made by post on the Church of Sacred Heart Petworth GU28 0BG appropriate form (see page 2 of this brochure). Kevis House Gallery Lombard Street GU28 0AG Priority bookings for Sponsors, Patrons and Leconfield Hall Market Square GU28 0AH Friends can only be made by post on the Petworth House Petworth GU28 0AE Petworth GU28 0AD appropriate form (see page 2 of this brochure), St Mary’s Church Easebourne GU29 0AH and should be addressed to: Petworth St Mary Church United Reformed Church Petworth GU28 0AW Festival Box Office, 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth GU28 9BD There are licensed bars at St. Mary’s Church Petworth, the Stable Yard at Petworth House, Leconfield Hall and Easebourne Church. General Booking opens All venues have accessible toilet facilities. All venues have wheelchair access except 10 May 2018 Petworth House Chapel where Between the Crosses is staged. How to book Online 24 hours a day: Parking www.petworthfestival.org.uk Limited disabled parking at Church Lodge (adjacent to St. Mary’s Petworth). Please leave entrance to the church free for emergency By phone: vehicles. Outside the church, please do not 01798 344576 park half on the pavement – this is an offence. Telephone opening times: 10am - 1pm No parking in Lombard Street opposite. There Closed Sundays and Mondays is a large car park in Petworth (GU28 0AP) and additional free parking by the Sylvia Beaufoy Centre (GU28 0ET) off the mini roundabout on By post: Using the form on page 2 the A272.
Wheelchair users are requested to notify the Concessions Box Office at the time of booking. For all ticketed events children aged 18 and under may purchase tickets for £5 or free where Most credit and debit cards are accepted stated – please refer to each concert listing for details. The lowest priced seats in St. Mary’s Church are available to children aged 18 and Tickets under free of charge, but must be pre-booked. Ticket price bands are shown on ticket price boxes for St. Mary’s Church Petworth where they apply throughout the brochure. Terms & Conditions Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged. Seating plans for St. Mary’s Church Petworth Refunds are not given unless the event is sold and the Leconfield Hall can be found on pages out and your tickets can be re-sold, or if the 38 and 39 of this brochure. event is cancelled. The information contained in this brochure was correct at the time of printing, For more brochures please telephone but may be subject to subsequent alteration. 01798 867643 or 01403 701861 By purchasing a ticket permission is deemed to be given to use photographs taken at events for Petworth Festival publicity only. Please inform Petworth Festival if you do not accept this condition. or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 41 Think property, think Savills.
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