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Petworth Festival 2018 PETWORTH FESTIVAL 2018 40TH ANNIVERSARY Tuesday 17 July – Saturday 4 August Box Office 01798 344 576 and at www.petworthfestival.org.uk Box Office open from 10 May The Leconfield Estates www.leconfieldestates.co.uk The Leconfield Estates is very pleased to be the principal sponsor again in 2018 and to have sponsored the Petworth Festival for each of its 40 years. Visit our website for information about activities on the Estates which include let properties and peaceful fly fishing on the River Rother & the lakes at Petworth, and also on the Derwent, an excellent salmon river in Cumbria. PETWORTH 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 Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk or on 01798 344 576 from 10 May 1 Booking Form Events Name of Event Number of Number of Ticket price Total £ Adult under 18 tickets tickets Souvenir Programme voucher Quantity £5 (Exchange for programme at first event) NB: reserved seating in Leconfield Hall. Please let us know if you have a Grand Total £ preference for raked or floor seating I enclose a cheque made payable to ‘Petworth Festival Ltd’ Please charge my Mastercard/Visa/Switch/Maestro Card (delete as necessary) Card Number Issue Number Name on card (Switch/Maestro only) Start Date Expiry Date Last 3 digits of security no. (back of card) Name Address Post Code Telephone Email address Please return the completed form to Petworth Festival, 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth GU28 9BD Book tickets at www.petworthfestival.org.uk 2 PETWORTH 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.
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