Festival Programme 2011
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B B : The Bradfield Festival of Music 25th June - 2nd July 2011 TTHHEE PPLLOOUUGGHH IINNNN Low Bradfield Stocking - Bradfield Brewery’s Farmers Ales Our own exclusive ale Farmers Plough plus regular changing guest ales A Genuine Freehouse A warm welcome guaranteed from Chris and Mandy Davies Serving food every lunchtime Monday - Saturday 12 noon - 2.30pm Plus evenings Wednesday - Saturday 5.30pm - 8.30pm Cask Sundays 12 noon to 3.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm Marque Accredited Pub Beer Garden with kids playground, Large car park 61/62 bus stop outside 3/4 snooker table and other bar games in the Peak National Park New Road, Low Bradfield S6 6HW Tel. 0114 285 1280 Fresh farm bottled milk delivered daily in Stannington and surrounding areas Locally made ice cream, made with only the farm’s milk and cream, to which we add only the Whole milk, semi skimmed and best quality ingredients. fully skimmed milk only 54p per pint Come up to the farm for a cone, sit back on one of our benches and enjoy the view, or pick up some ice cream in a tub for your tea. All the ice cream is available from the farm where it’s made, and through local retailers. We also supply potatoes, free range eggs and fruit juice. Our Cow Molly Ice Cream available during the interval at all this week’s concerts Contact Mark Hague The shop is open Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. Telephone: 0114 2325331 Mobile: 07980 004548 Our farm shop is located just off the B6076 road, which runs between Stannington and Bradfield Email: [email protected] Web: www.storrsgreenfarm.co.uk Cliffe Cottage, Hill Top Road, Dungworth, Sheffield, S66 GW Tel. 0114 2332683 For larger orders please contact us for prices. visit our website: www.ourcowmolly.co.uk : Bradfield Festival of Music 2011 B Trustees and Patrons Specially Invited Guests PRESIDENT Lord Mayor of Sheffield and Consort JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER Cllr Dr Sylvia Dunkley and Mr John Dunkley VICE PRESIDENTS Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Rt Rev’d Steven Croft - Bishop of Sheffield Rt Rev’d John Rawsthorne - Bishop of Hallam Mr David Moody and Mrs Susan Moody James & Eileen Tomlinson Master and Mistress Cutler Prof and Mrs William B Speirs TRUSTEES Michael Threlfall - Festival Coordinator Bishop of Hallam Keith Hoyland - Hon Secretary Michael Hunt - Hon Treasurer Rt Rev’d John Rawsthorne Alan Isaacson Bishop of Doncaster Rt Rev’d Cyril Ashton and Mrs Ashton ASSOCIATES John Barrand Sheffield City Councillors Nicholas Blower Cllr Arthur Dunworth Roy Chamberlin Judy Hodson Cllr Vicky Priestley Patricia Hunt Clare Panniker Bradfield Parish Council Bernard Wilson Cllr Karen Southwood Festival Young Musician Award Winners SPONSORS BRADFIELD PARISH COUNCIL Elizabeth Heyes ECCLESFIELD WELFARE CHARITIES Kris Garfitt DAVID & BARBARA MANGLES JUST PRESERVES of WORRALL Composer, Director and Film-maker JULIE BRADBURY @ THREADS INTERIORS Benjamin Till of OUGHTIBRIDGE SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Representatives of all our sponsors SWANN-MORTON Ltd Apologies and good wishes received from: Bishop of Sheffield Rt Rev’d Steven Croft PATRONS Penny Arkley, Patricia Bancroft, Christopher Birkby, Elisabeth Birkby, Alison Boldy, Sheffield City Councillor David Brentnall, Patricia Brentnall, Pat Crawshaw, Cllr David Baker Grant Curley, Margaret Curley, Pam Dobby, Jane Eyre, Margaret Faulkner, Stephen Faulkner, Susan Franklin, John Gardner, Sandra Gardner, Elizabeth Hackett, Emergency Evacuation Procedure Kathryn Helliwell, David Hibberd, Phyllis Hibberd, Judy Hodson, Barbara Holder, Alan Isaacson, In the unlikely event of an emergency, Hilda Isaacson, Heather Hoyland, Michael Hunt, please leave the church by your nearest exit. Patricia Hunt, Alec Jenner, Barbara Jenner, Either: Barbara Mangles, David Mangles, Malcolm Nunn, - one of the two doors on the south aisle. Sybil O’Brien, Clare Panniker, Jean Panniker, or - through the Tower room and West door. Richard Panniker, Catherine Pinion, Penni Ravenhill, Christine Sheridan, Dennis Smith, Pauline Stafford, Move well away from the doors Ruby Stenton, Ted Stenton, Michael Threlfall, Malcolm White, Pauline Wiley, Rachel Yates. once you are outside. Keep the area at the church gates clear for The Bradfield Festival of Music is a Registered Charity - No. 1080130 emergency services. A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at Stannington The Royal Hotel Main Road, Dungworth, Sheffield S6 6HF FRUIT & VEG Tel: 0114 285 1213 Enjoy our fine ales Tetley’s plus guest beers 656 Stannington Road Tel: 0114 234 8452 Why not try one of Dave’s famous “Royal” home-made pies Served Mon-Fri 6pm - 8pm Sat 12 noon - 3pm & 6pm - 8pm Sunday 12 noon - 3pm Open Every Day Mon-Sat 9.00-6.00 Sun 9.30-3.00 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Daily Bed & Breakfast rooms available All with en-suite Local Milk, Eggs and “Our Cow Molly” Ice-cream £40 per single room / £65 per double room FREE Local Delivery Email: [email protected] www.royal-hotel-dungworth.co.uk Fresh flowers and plants available; Bouquets to order SEVEN HILLS MEAT IS SOURCED FROM LOCAL FARMS WITHIN The North’s Premier Catering 30 MILES OF OUR SHOPS. and Event Equipment Hire Company THIS ENSURES OUR MEAT HAS LOW FOOD MILES. Pleased to be supporting The Bradfield Festival of Music Delivering Throughout WE PERSONALLY SELECT ALL THE SEVEN Yorkshire and the North of England HILLS MEAT, SO CUSTOMERS GET OFFERED THE BEST OF LOCAL PRODUCE. 0113 246 7411 Stocksbridge: 518 Manchester Road T: 0114 288 3548 Hillsborough: Unit 25, Hillsborough Barracks T: 0114 285 5200 www.northernhire.co.uk Chapeltown: 3A Loundside T: 0114 246 0808 0113 246 7511 Catering enquiries T: 0114 288 2020 www.johncrawshaws.co.uk : Bradfield Festival of Music 2011 B Welcome to the Festival This is our fourteenth festival, since the revival in 1998 - All this support, as well as individual donations is a source of there is evidence in the Bradfield Parish archives of one day great encouragement to us and also enables us to keep ticket festivals held in 1813, 1825 and 1835 on Whit Mondays, in prices down. Bradfield Church. Our thirteenth Festival in 2010 was not our most successful, with attendances down by 30% and as a This year we have invited back some popular performers, not consequence we had a significant financial loss. In part due least, our President, Julian Lloyd Webber and his pianist, Pam to the economic downturn, but also many of you felt that the Chowhan; the accomplished Wihan String Quartet from balance of the programme lacked variety. Some felt the Prague, which proved popular in 2009; Saxsational, The Brass programme was too ‘highbrow’. In our defence, we Players, Meirion Ensemble and our Gilbert & Sullivan group produced some better performances than the England return by popular demand. Making their first appearances are football team in the World Cup in South Africa. Dore Male Voice Choir, the Blossom Street Singers, and the rising star Elizabeth Watts, accompanied by Paul Turner, The organising committee has listened to your comments appears after a long break - she sang as a guest of Worrall Male and we hope that this year there is a greater variety, without Voice Choir when she was a Sheffield University student. compromising our reputation for high quality performances. We sincerely hope that many of you will return this year as All in all, we think it looks very good and we hope you enjoy it ticket sales are our major source of revenue. in these beautiful surroundings. Please let us know what you think as this will help us plan for 2012. Whilst we are a social, not a commercial enterprise, finance is inevitably a major consideration for us and we anticipated The best feature of last year was the glorious weather (our first there would be some difficulty in attracting financial all dry festival), so let us hope for some more lovely weather, sponsorship. However, this year has turned out to be our to compensate for the winter which we had to endure. best ever year for sponsorship. Although sadly we have lost This Festival now seems to be well established and long may it one of our commercial sponsors, we have gained two new continue. It does not belong to any individual or group: it ones in Julie Bradbury of Oughtibridge, and Just Preserves belongs to the community. It will only continue if people make of Worrall. Bradfield Parish Council and Ecclesfield Parish it continue. So if you feel you can make a contribution, please Council continue to give us grants and this year we have speak to any member of the committee. You do not need to be generous support from Sheffield City Council, via the ‘You a musician - strange though it may seem, organising a music Choose’ funding allocation to Stannington Ward. The loyal festival has very little to do with music! support from Swann-Morton Ltd and David & Barbara Mangles continues. A date for your diary - next year’s Festival: Saturday 23rd -Saturday 30th June 2012 The Bradfield Festival of Music Association would like to thank the many people involved in the planning and organisation of the event. The Association thanks the following for their support and encouragement. - The Rector, Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council of St. Nicholas, High Bradfield for use of the church. - Our President, Vice Presidents, Sponsors, Patrons, Donors and Advertisers. - Bradfield Parish Council, Ecclesfield Welfare Charities, and Sheffield City Council for Grants. - Margaret and Stephen Faulkner, Pat and Mike Hunt, and Postcard Café, Low Bradfield, for ticket sales. u - Mary Heyler and Mathew Knowles of Sheffield Schools Music Service. - Matthew Wood, Ian Dukes, Mark Bird and Derek Banks for installation of lighting equipment. o - David Helliwell for transport of staging. - Susan Heritage for page turning services.