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Partner and Principal Sponsor Funders Welcome This year’s Festival programme panel of distinguished writers explores ‘What makes is peppered with tributes to a Hero?’ in this modern age. extraordinary individuals. There are theatrical snapshots of Ian Dury, Enrico Through music we celebrate Caruso and Jane Austen, and a chance to dine Principal Sponsor Media Partners the lives of Paul Robeson, ‘Fawlty Style’ with the reincarnated Basil, Sybil and Dame Myra Hess and Frédéric Manuel. Wives of famous men throughout the ages Contents KENTISH Chopin, while Gilbert and Sullivan and Shakespeare’s come to life, and Marilyn Monroe’s dog even gets a supported by GAZETTE gigantic rogue Falstaff jostle for position in our opera look in ….. read the full programme to spot how! The official newspaper of 2010 Canterbury Festival programme. Concerts of works by Shostakovich, Classical Music 02 Tallis and Beethoven reflect these composers at the From the opening night party with the Peatbog World Music 10 pinnacle of their powers. Faeries in Westgate Hall to the closing notes of Sponsors Fauré’s Requiem in the Cathedral – it’s a packed Festival Club 13 Living legends Rick Wakeman, Stacey Kent, Geno programme of quality performances, exhibitions Comedy 16 Washington and Chris Wood are all top exponents and activities to suit all ages and tastes. It may Theatre & Dance 17 of their musical genres – and they appear alongside celebrate ‘the individual’, but it’s designed to appeal some emerging stars – Kieran Goss, Mikhail Karikis to everyone. Please read from cover to cover, Talks 25 and Turin Brakes - in our most eclectic musical book quickly and enjoy! Literature 27 line-up ever. See you there. Family 30 As part of the Talks programme, Roy Hattersley Film 32 reflects on the life of Lloyd George, while Philip Rosie Turner Festival Fringe 33 Ziegler traces a photographic biography of Her Festival Director Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Three Wise Men are Walks 34 revealed through the art they have inspired, and a Exhibitions 37 Artists’ Open Houses 40 The Big Eat Out 44 The Big Sleepover 45 Umbrella 46 At a Glance Diary 50 Trusts and Patrons Acknowledgments 52 The Sir John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust / The Sunley Foundation / The Seary Charitable Trust / James and Jenny Bird / Map 53 Canterbury Festival Foundation (Friends) / The Beerling Foundation 01227 378188 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: 01227 787787 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: 01 Tchaikovsky Symphony Festival Evensong Canterbury Sacconi Quartet DIRECTOR’S CHOICE Orchestra of Moscow Radio Canterbury Cathedral Choir Operatic Society Beethoven Cycle Part 2 Love, Grief and Joy Admission: One Shilling Dr David Flood Director Terje Mikklesen Conductor The second set of three concerts at the Savoy Patricia Routledge as Dame Myra Hess Alena Baeva Violin jointly presented by Canterbury Christ A special Festival Evensong Church University, Music at Piers Lane Piano Devised by Michael Irwin featuring masterworks from the St Peter’s and Canterbury Music Club. Olsen The Wild Hunt of Thor with Reg and Janet Brown Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor men’s choir repertoire by Palestrina Tickets £15 In an extraordinary musical and CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICAL and Tallis. theatrical collaboration actress Patricia MUSIC CLASSICAL Shostakovich Symphony No 5 A delightful concert devoted (Children and Students between Routledge and pianist Piers Lane Sunday 17 October to the trials and tribulations 8 and 25 free, supported by the celebrate the life of Dame Myra Hess One of Russia’s most prestigious orchestras Cathedral Quire 3.15pm of the heart as conceived Cavatina Trust) – a remarkable woman who initiated, returns to Canterbury with a selection of Admission free through the comic Ticket offer for Concerts 1 and 3 directed and performed in a number music from cold countries set to warm the imaginations of Gilbert booked together £24 of legendary concerts at the National heart and stir the imagination. and Sullivan. This special Gallery during the Second World War. With one hundred and seven players under Festival event has been Concert 1 Her concerts provided a cultural oasis Norwegian Principal Guest Conductor Terje Tears and Ice commissioned to showcase Beethoven Quartets Op 18 No 3 in D; for thousands who remained in London Mikklesen, Shostakovich’s most popular the exceptional musical Op 18 No 2 in G; Op 59 No 1 in F Philip Eve Tenor during the war years. and accessible Fifth Symphony will prove a entertainment Canterbury (Razumovsky) stirring curtain raiser to this year’s Festival. Christopher Gould Piano Operatic has been offering Monday 18 October The words are taken from letters, books Saturday 16 October for over 100 years. So join Franz Schubert Die Winterreise Augustine Hall, Rhodaus Town, and interviews given by Dame Myra, Cathedral Nave 8pm them for a merry romp Canterbury Christ Church University interspersed with short piano pieces Tickets £28.50 £25 £20 £15 £10 through those favourite Schubert’s wonderful setting of 7.30pm by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Savoy moments of tears and Sponsored by twenty-four poems by Wilhelm Müller Beethoven and Bach. Not only does laughter we know and love takes us on a journey into the frozen Concert 2 Patricia Routledge strongly resemble so well! landscape of the soul. Heartbreaking Beethoven Quartets Op 18 No 5 in A; Hess, but her chemistry with pianist and at times almost unbearably Sunday 17 October Op 135 in F; Op 59 No 2 in Piers Lane, developed over many years moving, Winterreise, with Die schöne Shirley Hall, E minor (Razumovsky) of friendship, makes their performance Müllerin, holds the foremost place The King’s School 7.30pm Wednesday 20 October a delight. in the history of the song cycle. The Tickets £12 St Peter’s Methodist Church Tuesday 19 October concert is introduced with a short 7.30pm Shirley Hall, The King’s School 7.30pm talk by the performers and will be Tickets £18 illustrated by a series of specially Concert 3 Sponsored by 1. commissioned photographs by Beethoven Quartets Op 130 in B flat; James and Jenny Bird 2. Melanie Ryder. Op 59 No 3 in C (Razumovsky) 1. Philip Eve Sunday 17 October 2. Sacconi Quartet Friday 22 October 3. Image © Venetia Van Festival Box Office: 01227 787787 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: St Gregory’s Centre for Music Augustine Hall, Rhodaus Town, 01227 787787 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: Hoorn Alkema North Holmes Road 5pm Canterbury Christ Church University 3. Patricia Routledge 02 Tickets £12 (Students £6) 7.30pm Image © John Timbers 03 Willard White DIRECTOR’S CHOICE Festival Chamber Robeson Re-explored Falstaff Orchestra Following the success of his Tribute to Paul Robeson, Willard White explores Mid Wales Opera Anthony Halstead Conductor more of the repertoire and life story of Paul Robeson – an inspirational John Harle Soprano Saxophone figure whose energy and integrity raised awareness of equality and human Mid Wales Opera Chamber Jeremy Ovenden Leader rights in the mid-twentieth century. Neal Thornton leads the ensemble Orchestra Ian Crowther Oboe of outstanding musicians including Guy Barker (trumpet) and the Pavão CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICAL String Quartet, in tailor-made arrangements of Negro spirituals, British folk Martin Lloyd-Evans Director MUSIC CLASSICAL A programme of wonderful pieces reworked song and classic early jazz, as Willard White takes on the mantle of this Nicholas Cleobury Conductor to feature the soprano saxophone played international hero with his own legendary charisma and vocal power. Verdi’s operatic masterpiece features by one of its leading exponents John Harle, Sponsored by including Zipoli’s Adagio for Oboe, Cello and Friday 22 October one of the world’s greatest stage characters in a sparkling drama of Strings; Nyman’s The Piano Sings; Warlock’s Shirley Hall, The King’s School 7.30pm young love and old foolishness. Capriol Suite; Albinoni’s Double Concerto for Tickets £18 (Students £12) Sung in English with its scintillating Oboe and Soprano Saxophone and Country musical score, a bubbling comedy it Dances by Richard Rodney Bennett. might be …. but it is anything but superficial. ‘Harle’s tone control which makes the top Super Size Polyphony register of the legendarily temperamental Armonico Consort soprano saxophone sound like a chorister, is with the Choir of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge This innovative production by one of the foremost British touring opera one of the most remarkable phenomena on companies, is the first under its new the contemporary music scene.’ You don’t need to go to the cinema to experience the magic of (The Guardian) surround sound! Artistic Director Nicholas Cleobury. Super Size Polyphony celebrates large-scale works from the 16th century Those who love life at its richest cannot Sunday 24 October including the extraordinary motets Ecce Beatum Lucem and Spem in help but love Falstaff in all its glory. Shirley Hall, The King’s School 4pm Alium, both in forty parts and performed by singers spaced around the Tickets £16 (Students £10) magnificent Cathedral Nave. Under the dynamic leadership of founder Sunday 24 October and Artistic Director Christopher Monks, the Armonico Consort has earned Theatre Royal Margate 7.30pm high praise for its fresh musicality, often as in this case, performed in a Tickets £25 £20 (Students £12) wonderfully atmospheric setting. ‘Superb’ (The Times) ‘Don’t miss’ (BBC Music Magazine) Sponsored by Festival Box Office: 01227 787787 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: 1. 2. Saturday 23 October 1. 01227 787787 | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk Festival Box Office: 1. Willard White 1. Falstaff 2. Pavão String Quartet Cathedral Nave 7.30pm The Seary 2. John Harle 04 3. 3. Armonico Consort Tickets £28.50 £25 £20 £15 £10 Charitable Trust Image © Nobby Clark 2.