Classical Music on the Jurassic Coast BUDLEIGH SALT E RTON MUSIC FESTIVAL JULY 2015

Friday 10th to Saturday 18th July 2015 Choral Day 9th May

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Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Welcome As the Budleigh Music Festival enters its committee, but also many 11th season, we can truly acknowledge other members of the Budleigh community – either in practical that it has become an international affair. ways or by providing This year’s performers come from , financial support. New Zealand, Romania and , as well as Our thanks go to The Norman Family Trust, from all over Britain. Add to this a wealth of Devon County Council, The Exeter & District local talent, and you have a really exciting Classical Music Trust, Palmers, Mr & Mrs Gerald programme in prospect. McEwen, Miss Mary Faulkner, Mr David Many performers enjoy their stay in Budleigh Southern towards hire of the piano, Mr & Mrs and the friendly concert atmosphere so ask if Nichols towards the Schubert concert, Friends they can return. This year we welcome back a of the Festival and all our other benefactors who few friends from past festivals, but also introduce have supported us financially. We would also like you to many new faces. to publicly acknowledge the support of both We are especially delighted that opera returns St Peter’s Church and Temple Methodist Church to the Festival, though not as a stage production. in allowing us the use of their facilities. Devon Opera (re-formed from New Devon Committee members: Opera) will perform highlights from major Nicholas Marshall – Artistic Director; operas as a ‘final night Gala Evening’. Margaret Revell – Friends Secretary; We continue with our ever popular free Michael Demetriou – Treasurer; lunchtime concert programme. So make a David Cornes - Publicity; lovely day of it in beautiful Budleigh with lunch Carol Pearce – Administration; and a walk (or swim) combined with an hour of Jean Quinn – Concert Management; great music! David Wright and Malcolm Dobbins – Trustees. The Music Festival would not succeed without a great deal of work and help from not only the John Pearce (Chairman) Sir John Tavener TRIBUTE DAY Saturday 9th May 2015 9.45am to 6.00pm St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6LR

This will be a combination of Choral Day and Tribute Concert, concentrating on the late Sir John Tavener’s music. Whilst being open to all, it is especially suitable for competent and experienced singers and those who wish to pay tribute to John. Music: Mother and Child; and a selection from: Hymn to The Mother of God, Song for Athene, The Lamb, The Magnificat, Today the Virgin, The Lord’s Prayer. Conductors: David Davies (Assistant director of Music Exeter Cathedral) and John Pearce. Registration from 9.45; rehearsals 10.15 to 12.30; 2.00 to 4.30; Free informal concert at 5.00; please invite friends and family. Tea/coffee provided but not lunch. There are plenty of pubs/cafes in Budleigh. Cost £12 including music hire. Pre-booking by May 2nd ensures music availability. Download booking forms from our website – www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk

www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 1 Friday July 10th | Temple Methodist Church | 7.30pm | £15

The Schubert Ensemble The Schubert Ensemble: William Howard (Piano) Simon Blendis (violin) Jane Salmon (cello) Douglas Paterson (viola) Peter Buckoke (double bass) “American Rounds” for Piano Quintet Martin Butler Piano Quartet Op.47 Schumann Piano Quintet in A D667 “The Trout” Schubert

The Schubert Ensemble has established itself as one of the world’s leading exponents of music for piano and strings. Giving around 50 concerts a year, the ensemble has performed in over 40 countries and regularly broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. The Ensemble continues to enjoy a busy international concert and recording schedule. Alongside Schumann’s delightful Piano Quartet and Schubert’s ever popular Trout Quintet, we hear British composer Martin Butler’s Piano Quintet which gives ‘a witty lowdown on the hoe-down’.

“...The Schubert Ensemble of London are a marvellously unified ensemble, imparting their energy and lyricism to anything to which they turn their expert hands...“ Classic FM Magazine

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Friday July 10th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Alice Bell (Cello) & Peter Adcock (Piano) Dances & Dreams We start the 2015 Festival with a young local cellist. Alice enjoys playing chamber music, leading the cello section of the Somerset County Youth Orchestra and playing with the ISCA Ensemble. Peter Adcock is a well known freelance accompanist, and together they will present a programme of national dances and romantic pieces.

2 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 3 Saturday July 11th | St Peter’s Church | 7.30pm | £15 Exeter Festival Chorus With Nigel Perrin (Musical Director) Gerald Dickens (Actor) Much Ado About Shakespeare A specially devised programme of songs and readings around the works of Shakespeare.

We welcome EFC back as it has gained a reputation as one of the most versatile and highly acclaimed choirs in the South West. They aim to bring choral music of the highest quality to audiences, under the inspired and dynamic musical direction of Nigel Perrin. Performing music from romantic classical to jazz settings, by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, John Rutter, George Shearing and others, the vibrant sound of the Exeter Festival Chorus will be complemented by Gerald Dickens’s engaging commentary and favourite readings from the most famous playwright of all time. Gerald Dickens is a great great grandson of the author Charles Dickens. He has worked as an actor, director and producer for many years and has performed in Budleigh before in the 2008 Music Festival and the 2009 Literary Festival.

Friends of the Festival who buy tickets for this concert are invited to an exclusive pre-concert reception, starting at 6.15pm in the church.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Saturday July 11th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Flute Cake Flute Fancies Sophie Brewer, Jennifer Campbell and Ruth Molins are a flute trio who play popular classics, folk tunes, and flute trios. They started as three friends wanting more opportunities to play the flute and eat cake! They all live and work locally. They play at weddings, parties and festivals and together they offer a sparkling lunch time recital at our festival.

2 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 3 Monday July 13th | Temple Methodist Church | 7.30pm | £15

Sonata, Op.10, No.3 in D Beethoven Scherzo no.2, Op.31 Chopin Alexandra Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky, arr. Pletnev Variations Sérieuses Mendelssohn Dariescu Polonaise, Op. 53 Chopin (Piano) We welcome Alexandra Dariescu back as one of the Festival’s favourites. From the Royal Albert Hall in London to Carnegie Hall in New York (and Temple Church, Budleigh), this young Romanian pianist has dazzled audiences worldwide with her effortless musicality and captivating stage presence.

Alexandra won the Women of the Future Award in the Arts and Culture category in 2013 and has released two CDs on Champs Hill Records to critical acclaim. “There’s much superb playing to enjoy; [Dariescu] is particularly good at creating atmosphere through her sound, which is cushioned, refined and beautifully balanced.” Jessica Duchen, BBC Music Magazine 2013

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Monday July 13th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin (Violin) with Martyn Parkes (Piano) A Summer Romance; Memories Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin, is 18 and a student at Chetham’s School of Music. Prishita represented the UK in Sri Lanka in 2013 for Commonwealth Resounds. She has played in master classes with Nicola Benedetti and Chloe Hanslip. She and Martyn performed here in 2013 to much acclaim and we are delighted to hear them again.

4 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 5 Tuesday July 14th | St Peter’s Church | 7.30pm | £15 The Festival Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Marshall With Xuefei (Guitar) A Mediterranean Journey Overture in the Italian Style, D.580 Schubert Concierto de Aranjuez Rodrigo Petite Suite Debussy Capriol Suite Warlock Pavane Fauré Overture, Masques et Bergamasques Fauré Italian Symphony Mendelssohn

The Festival Orchestra comes together again, this time to transport you to the warm climes of the Mediterranean!

We begin and end our journey in Italy, as seen through the eyes of Schubert and Mendelssohn, stopping in for Rodrigo’s much-loved Guitar Concerto, before going on to to visit two of her best-known composers, Fauré and Debussy. England also gets a look in through Peter Warlock, whose Capriol Suite is based on old French dance-tunes. Xuefei Yang, ‘One of the most extraordinary guitarists in the world’ New York Sun See next page for biographical details.

Friends of the Festival will be admitted to this concert through the Friends Entrance at 6.50pm.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Tuesday July 14th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Alison Burnett (Soprano) Funny Thought and Wild Wild Dreams! Alison, from Exeter, is a well known local soprano and vocal tutor who was trained at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Her repertoire for her solo concerts includes Baroque, Classical, English song and a bit of jazz but for this recital she will be singing lighter songs suitable for a summer afternoon here in Budleigh.

4 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 5 Wednesday July 15th | Temple Methodist Church | 7.30pm | £15 Xuefei Yang (Guitar) Born in , now based in the UK, Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Torre Bermeja, Tango, Asturias Albeniz, arr. Yang Born during the time of the Scherzo – Vals Llobet Cultural Revolution, an era when western music and Caprice, no.14 Paganini instruments were banned, Recuerdo de la Alhamba Tarrega the story of Fei’s rise to the Carnival of Venice Tarrega world stage is that of a The Fisherman at Eventide Trad. Chinese, arr. Yang musical pioneer.

Three Japanese Fragments Nicholas Marshall She was the first ever Song from a Bird John Williams guitarist in China to enter Milonga del Angel Piazzolla a music school, and became

The Old Castle (Pictures at an Exhibition) Mussorgsky, arr. Yamashita the first to launch an La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Debussy, arr. Bream international career. She has performed in 40 countries Homanaje (pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy) de Falla, arr. Yang throughout the UK, , Spanish Dance no.1 (La Vide Breve) de Falla, arr. Yang Asia and America. “Ms. Yang demonstrates her feisty virtuosity, impeccable technique and sensitive musicianship in repertory ranging from Albeniz to Asian songs ... Yang’s guitar sings as if she had grown up in the shaded courtyards of Andalusia.” The New York Times.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Wednesday July 15th | St Peter’s Church | 12noon | FREE Ralf Ayling-Miller Organ Delights Ralf began organ lessons at the age of 11 with Christopher Fletcher, organist at Plymouth Cathedral. He is currently senior organ scholar at St Peter’s Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton and was the winner of the 2014 St Michael’s Young Organist Competition in Exeter. His programme will include music by J.S. Bach, Josef Rheinberger, Saint-Saëns and Max Reger.

6 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 7 Thursday July 16th | Temple Methodist Church | 7.30pm | £15 Roderick Williams (Baritone) Susie Allan (Piano)

Four Last Songs Vaughan Williams Everyone Sang Brian Inglis Slumber Song Nicholas Marshall The Face of Grief Tim Torry Four Songs Herbert Howells Bredon Hill, and other songs George Butterworth Sea Pictures Edward Elgar

We are delighted to welcome one of this country’s foremost baritones for an evening of English song. Roderick Williams was the featured soloist in the 2014 ‘Last Night of the Proms’. He is active in the opera house, on the concert platform and in recital, encompassing a repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music. Roderick is an accomplished recitalist and also a successful composer. His numerous recordings include operas by Verdi, Berkeley and Britten, as well as song recitals.

Susie Allan is best known for her work as a vocal accompanist and has received numerous prizes, including Accompanist of the Year (1993) and the Gerald Moore Award (1994).

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Thursday July 16th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Kirsty Chaplin (Piano) Back by popular demand, Kirsty (16) is passionate about playing the piano. She had a wonderful time in Budleigh Salterton last summer and is thrilled to return this year. She will play a range of repertoire - Beethoven, Chopin and Scriabin and will include some favourites such as ‘Clair de Lune’ and ‘Montagues and Capulets’ (the theme from ‘The Apprentice’). If you missed her last time, make sure to come to this recital!

6 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 7 Friday July 17th | Temple Methodist Church | 7.30pm | £15

Carducci String Quartet Quartet in C minor, Op.18, No. 4 Beethoven Quartet no 9, in E Op.117 Shostakovich Quartet no.12 in F, Op.96 (American) Dvořák

Described by The Strad as presenting “a master class in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the Carducci Quartet is recognised as one of today’s most successful string quartets.

Performing over 90 concerts worldwide each year the quartet also run their own recording label Carducci Classics, and have won many international competitions. In 2015 the quartet will present the complete catalogue of Shostakovich’s String Quartets across a number of cycles in Europe and the Americas. The project will be accompanied by a recording of Quartets nos. 4, 8 and 11.

Although these three works were written decades apart, there is a unifying theme in that all were influenced by music written before them – Beethoven being acutely aware of Haydn and Mozart’s quartets, Shostakovich by Rossini and Dvořák by the American music he heard on his arrival there.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Friday July 17th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE

Victoria McBride (Horn) A Host of Jacqueline McBride (Piano) Horn Solos Victoria is studying French Horn as a scholarship holder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has played in the North Yorks Festival under Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and in the Wigmore Hall. For Budleigh she will present a programme offering a taste of the wide variety of styles composed for the horn and will include some arrangements of well known jazz favourites.

8 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 9 Saturday July 18th | St Peter’s Church | 7.30pm | £15

Devon A Opera Night at the A Night at the Opera Opera

A gala concert with a champagne atmosphere – and a glorious way to finish the Festival week. Featuring: Lynsey Docherty, Laure Meloy (sopranos); Alison Kettlewell (mezzo); Anando Mukerjee, Gyula Rab (tenors); Philip Smith (baritone); Mervyn Hayes (narrator); and Joyce Clarke (piano).

Devon Opera is the only professional opera company based in Devon. They offer a programme of intimate performances designed to complement the large-scale productions of the national touring companies. They last performed at Budleigh Festival three years ago, so we welcome them back following the company’s restructuring and re-branding. On this occasion, there will be six top-class singers and a narrator presenting popular arias, duets, trios and ensemble numbers from a selection of operas.

The programme will include the famous Quartet from Rigoletto; the exquisite duet “O Soave fanciulla” from La Bohème; the hugely popular “Au fond du temple saint” from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers; the tragic love duet “Parigi, o caro” from Verdi’s La Traviata, alongside many popular arias from - among others - Carmen, Turandot, Così fan tutte and Tosca.

Friends of the Festival will be admitted to this concert through the Friends Entrance at 6.50pm.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Saturday July 18th | Temple Church | 12noon | FREE Quattro Cello Quartet The winner of the 2014 Pettman/ROSL Arts International Scholarship for a New Zealand Chamber ensemble is Quattro from the University of Waikato in Hamilton. The quartet comprises Catherine Kwak, Jacky Siu, Sam Lucas and Alexander Arai-Swale. Their prize includes an all-expenses trip to the UK and recitals in London, Edinburgh and... Budleigh Salterton.

8 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 9 Friends of Budleigh Music Festival The Friends are extremely important for the continuing success of the Festival. Through their Social events financial support and ticket buying, as well as by joining our Benefactor scheme, they provide a high in 2015 proportion of our audience and income. The special for Friends of atmosphere that audiences feel at Festival concerts is Budleigh Festival largely down to the loyal support of our Friends. Saturday 11th July before the Our Benefactor scheme has proved popular and we first concert (Exeter Festival are most grateful for the extra support this provides, Chorus) at St. Peter’s: there will either when targeted to specific items of expenditure be an exclusive pre-concert or to overall Festival costs. This enables us to be a reception for Friends in the little bolder in concert planning. church from 6.15 pm, with ‘light bites’ and a glass of bubbly. In gratitude for their support we again offer an Early Booking Period for Friends, allowing them an Invitations will be included with opportunity to purchase discounted tickets. the tickets purchased by Friends They also receive regular newsletters about Festival for this concert. developments, and benefit from exclusive social occasions. And something to look forward to this autumn: In addition this year there is a new benefit, which will allow early entry to the three concerts at On Thursday 12th November St Peter’s Church. A Friends entrance will open at there will be a Friends lunch at 6.50pm. We feel this will be a considerable East Devon Golf Club and the improvement to our present arrangements and will opportunity to enjoy beautiful enable Friends a priority choice of seats. Please note coastal views. we cannot yet offer this benefit for concerts in the Temple Church.

For more information on becoming a Friend or Benefactor, please look on the Festival website, or contact: Margaret Revell, 7 Exmouth Road, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6AF or email: [email protected]

10 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 11 HOW TO BOOK All tickets for evening concerts cost £15. However, discounts are available in the Early Booking Period where 5 or more different concerts are booked (see below). Entry to Lunchtime concerts is free and booking is not required; however if the venue reaches maximum capacity, the organisers reserve the right to refuse admission. BOX OFFICE Budleigh Tourist Information Centre, Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6NG Telephone: 01395 445275 Website: www.visitbudleigh.com Bookings can be taken by post, by telephone or in person. Payment may be made in cash, by debit/credit card, or by cheque payable to Budleigh Salterton Festival From Monday 11th May, bookings can also be made on-line via the Festival website: www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Last year some evening concerts sold out, so we do recommend early booking. CONCESSIONS Children under 16 and full-time students are admitted to all concerts for half price. DISABILITIES Visitors with disabilities are welcomed at all concerts. For disabled people who need to bring a personal assistant we offer one free ticket. Please let us know your requirements. TICKETS BY POST Tickets will be issued by post if a stamped addressed envelope is provided with the booking. Otherwise tickets will be available for collection from the Budleigh TIC, or from the concert venue 30 minutes before the start of the performance. IMPORTANT DATES Friday 24th April Booking opens for Festival Friends, using Early Booking Form provided in Friends mailing (discounts available). Friday 8th May Booking opens for the general public using Early Booking Form available from TIC (discounts available). Saturday 9th May Final day of Early Booking Period with discounts Monday 11th May On-line booking opens through the Festival website. Postal, personal and telephone bookings continue through the TIC. EARLY BOOKING PERIOD DISCOUNTS (24th April to 9th May ONLY) Discounts of up to £20 are available in the Early Booking Period to individuals booking 5 or more different concerts using the Early Booking Form.

Discounted price per person Early Booking Saving 5 different concerts £70 £5 6 different concerts £80 £10 7 different concerts £90 £15 8 different concerts £100 £20 All information in this brochure was correct at time of going to press. All tickets are non-refundable but may be returned to the Box Office to be resold only in the event of the concert selling out. You will be refunded the cost, less a £2 administrative fee per ticket.

10 Box Office 01395 445275 www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 11 Concert Church Arrangements Services: Door opening times: The doors will normally be opened 30 minutes before the start of each concert – 7.00pm for evening St Peter’s: Sunday 12th July: concerts and 11.30am for lunchtime concerts. 8am Holy Communion Festival Friends will be allowed into concerts at 10am Family Service St Peter’s at 6.50pm. The concert manager holds the 6pm Holy Communion right to vary these times should conditions dictate.

Programmes for evening concerts will cost £1.50; Sunday 19th July lunchtime programmes are free. 8am Holy Communion 10am Holy Communion There will be a retiring collection at lunchtimes. For mid-week services please Evening interval refreshments will be available, check on: though not included in the ticket price – wine and stpetersbudleighsalterton.org.uk soft drinks at St Peter’s; coffee, tea and soft drinks at The Temple. Temple Methodist Church: St Peter’s postcode: EX9 6LR Sunday Services - The Temple postcode: EX9 6NG 10.30am & 6.30pm. Please do not try to park in the church car budleightemplemethodist.org.uk parks – they are reserved for performers and blue badge holders.

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St Peter’s Music Society We are pleased to wish Budleigh Music Festival success this year and to announce our concerts for 2015 at The Temple Methodist Church Wednesday 15th April - Elizabeth-Jane Baldry - harp recital Wednesday 13th May - Lux Wind Quintet from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

at St Peter’s Parish Church Wednesday 17th June - Kammer Philharmonie Europa Saturday 3rd October - Paul Lewis - piano recital See our website, www.stpetersmusic.org.uk or telephone 01395 442275, for details of the programmes and how to get tickets. All concerts are at 7.30pm Printed by INK:press - 01395 488603 INK:press by - 07704 220495 | Printed Middleton David by Designed

www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk Box Office 01395 445275 BUDLEIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 TIMETABLE Evening Concerts Doors open 7.00pm Friday July 10th Temple The Schubert Ensemble 7.30pm Saturday July 11th St Peter’s Exeter Festival Chorus 7.30pm Monday July 13th Temple Alexandra Dariescu, Piano 7.30pm Tuesday July 14th St Peter’s The Festival Orchestra with Xuefei Yang 7.30pm Wednesday July 15th Temple Xuefei Yang, Guitar Recital 7.30pm Thursday July 16th Temple Roderick Williams, Baritone 7.30pm Friday July 17th Temple Carducci Quartet 7.30pm Saturday July 18th St Peter’s Devon Opera 7.30pm Evening concerts should finish at about 9.30.

Lunchtime Concerts Doors open 11.30am Friday July 10th Temple Alice Bell, Cello 12.00 Saturday July 11th Temple Flute Cake 12.00 Monday July 13th Temple Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin, Violin 12.00 Tuesday July 14th Temple Alison Burnett, Soprano 12.00 Wednesday July 15th St Peter’s Ralf Ayling-Miller, Organ 12.00 Thursday July 16th Temple Kirsty Chaplin, Piano 12.00 Friday July 17th Temple Victoria McBride, Horn 12.00 Saturday July 18th Temple Quattro Cello Quartet 12.00 Lunchtime concerts starting at 12 noon usually finish before 1.00pm.

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