2019-Programme
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Friday 28th June - Saturday 13th July Box Office: 01304 370220 www.dealmusicandarts.com A message from our President Introduction Alison Balsom OBE A warm welcome to this year’s Deal Music & Arts Festival. Each year we aim to bring you the Once again it gives me immense very finest musical and artistic opportunities we can, and this year we are thrilled to welcome pride to be able to introduce to you some of the greatest talent on UK and international shores. the magnificent and inexhaustible Deal Music and Arts Festival. We are proud to be one of National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s (NYJO’s) selected ‘Feature Partners’, and this year we welcome them back as well as Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Under Paul Edlin’s inspired guidance Orchestra in two programmes that will be absolutely thrilling. These are the UK’s two best and leadership, the 2019 Festival big bands, and lucky Deal to be able to enjoy them both! And to cap our jazz credentials, we yet again proves that we needn’t welcome Tim Garland, one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of our time. be in one of the UK’s big cities to experience a blissful mix of stellar Steven Isserlis holds a special place in the hearts of Deal residents, as he was Jazz performers, Classical greats, formerly Artistic Director and is now a Vice President. He opens the festival together with brilliant young up and coming artists, the exceptional young musicians from The Purcell School, another organisation with or sensational local talent. which we have a strong and key relationship. In terms of early music, we welcome two of the world’s finest ensembles. TheAcademy of Ancient Music return alongside young More than any other art form, music musicians from Guildhall Department for Historical Musical Performance has the ability to bring together in a sparkling programme of exuberant orchestral works, and Florilegium perform the communities, reminding them of complete Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach. At the heart of the festival we host what is special about their town, a mini keyboard festival, which explores the development of the keyboard from the simple and the people who live there. Deal clavichord to the brand-new Magnetic Resonator Piano. With Freddy Kempf opening and is a magical place, and whether Rolf Hind closing this mini-festival, it is hard to imagine more exceptional artists guiding us you are a resident or a new visitor, through ‘Keyboard Evolution’. I encourage you once again to celebrate and rejoice in this truly In terms of exceptional young artists, we welcome back The Castalian Quartet and spectacular festival. Alexander Panfilov, this time with his trio. These performers are setting new standards in classical music, and we received a flurry of requests for them to return. Alison Balsom Ora Singers, directed by the pioneering and dynamic conductor Suzy Digby OBE, is now arguably the world’s finest chamber choir, winners of the prestigious 2018 Opus Klassik award for Best Ensemble. They bring to life the Music of Rome. © Jason Joyce Alongside all this, we have a packed programme with a range of outstanding events that draw Key to Event Symbols our community closer together. Some are free of charge and are devised for the whole family. C Community - Events that involve members of the community. And you may even witness some local SEAS artists creating new works in response to the F Family Friendly - Suitable for families with younger people at parental discretion. Not really music making throughout the festival. Ultimately, we want to make music and the wider arts as suitable for babies or toddlers. accessible, joyous and enriching as possible. T Toddler Friendly - Especially suitable for toddlers and the very young. Paul Edlin Artistic Director Cover: Coast 2019 © John Corley, image courtesy of Linden Hall Studio Programme designed and printed by Mickle Creative Solutions, Canterbury. Telephone: 01227 780001 We only use paper from sustainable sources or recycled paper. FRIDAY 28 JUNE FRIDAY 28 JUNE CELEBRATING THE WORK OF C TONY NANDI TRANSIENCE 6.30pm Linden Hall Studio Celebrated performance photographer Tony Nandi introduces his work which will be exhibited at The Linden Hall Studio throughout the Festival. The exhibition includes photographs that celebrate his time with Deal Music & Arts as photographer-in- residence. Ticket Price: £5.00 including glass of wine STEVEN ISSERLIS F THE PURCELL SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR PAUL HOSKINS 7.30pm St George’s Church, Deal ‘Cellist Steven Isserlis is acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery and enjoys a unique and distinguished career. Together with the remarkable young musicians of Purcell School they perform a programme including two sparkling works for cello and orchestra including Boccherini’s elegant sixth concerto and Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic Rococo Variations, as well as Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Ticket Prices: Premium £28.00 Full £24.00 DMA Friends: Premium £26.00 Full £22.00 Students half price. Photo: Kevin Davis 2 • www.dealmusicandarts.com Box Office01304 370220 • 3 SATURDAY 29 JUNE SATURDAY 29 JUNE STEVEN ISSERLIS F FEMALE JAZZ ICONS MASTERCLASS NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ 11.00am The Astor Theatre, Deal Steven Isserlis takes a masterclass with outstanding ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN young students from The Purcell School. DIRECTED BY MARK ARMSTRONG KENT YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH MUSICAL DIRECTORS GRAHAM MANN & MIKE AUSTIN 7.00pm St George’s Church, Deal NYJO is one of the greatest jazz organisations in the world and features 25 of the most stunning young artists in UK. Alumni include Guy Barker, Ticket Price: £5.00 Mark Nightingale, Pete Long, Amy Winehouse, Free to students Gwilym Simcock and Alan Wakeman. In this concert they present a programme that celebrates the greatest female jazz icons, FREE EVENT AT THE REAR OF ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, DEAL including some new works especially written for the band by leading female artists. MUSIC IN THE PARK 1 F C T Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra (KYJO) started 1.00pm – 3.00pm White Cliffs Symphonic Winds out in 1981 as part of Kent Music and is now an Conductor Graham Harvey independent Charity aiming to improve, develop Soloist Mark Upton and maintain public education of youth musicians Trumpeter and Eclipse Artist, Mark Upton’s legendary solo up to the age of 18 in the appreciation and the art performance of Macarthur Park with the Band of the Royal of Big Band Jazz. Marines at the Royal Albert Hall will be repeated today. The concert will include participants from Deal Music and Arts Deal Music & Arts are proud to be BOLD AS education project. NYJO Feature Partners. 3.15pm – 4.30pm – Rock Choir A celebration of local arts and culture with face painting and Ticket Prices: Full Price £22.00 Friends of DMA refreshments. Why not bring a picnic? £20.00 Students Half Price 4 • www.dealmusicandarts.com Box Office01304 370220 • 5 SUNDAY 30 JUNE SUNDAY 30 JUNE DEAL MUSIC & ARTS AT BETTESHANGER PARK F C Free* events from 11.00am – 5.00pm Betteshanger Park, Sandwich Road, Deal For the first time Deal Music & Arts brings outstanding music and culture to Betteshanger Park. Join us for a day of creative activities for all the family. Make instruments out of recycled materials and join in with the fantastic Junk Orchestra. Cook up a storm with renowned local forager Lucia Stewart or relax beneath the trees with Sound Bath Meditation. Step back into East Kent’s mining roots with the Snowdown Colliery Male Voice Choir and listen to live jazz as you explore the 250-acre Park. We invite you to celebrate the great outdoors with us and enjoy a day of culture in an exceptional natural setting. *some activities will incur a small charge. A full timetable of activities will be available on the Deal Music & Arts and Betteshanger Few world-class jazz F Park websites. improvisers are comparably TIM GARLAND Free to students imaginative composers, but the British reeds player Tim WEATHER WALKER Garland is that rarity. THE GUARDIAN TRIO 7.00pm St George’s Church, Deal There is no one who can The all-star acoustic trio of Tim Garland (saxophones), Yuri Goboulev (bass) and more convincingly unite Jason Rebello (piano) give a performance which is enhanced by innovative use of the jazz and European sound design and recorded spoken word inspired by landscapes. Virtuosic, lyrical and at times cinematic, the setting of St George’s Church is ideal for the magic classical music idioms. THE these three master musicians weave together. OBSERVER Ticket Prices: Full Price £20.00 Friends of DMA £18.00 Students Half Price 6 • www.dealmusicandarts.com Box Office01304 370220 • 7 MONDAY 1 JULY MONDAY 1 JULY THE MIGRANT’S TALE BOLD AS F C LindEn Hall WEST SIDE STORY Studio, Deal 6.00pm Linden Hall Studio, Deal featuring BOLD AS professional musicians The award-winning Child Migrant Stories explores and Trinity Laban dancers & musicians the experiences of child migrants both today and in the past. It brings together the voices and DEAL & SANDWICH SCHOOLS’ CONCERT experiences of those who migrated under the 10.00am St George’s Church, Deal age of 18 to the UK from 1930 to the present day. The initiative uses images, sound, text and short DOVER SCHOOLS’ CONCERT films developed in collaboration with former child 12.45pm Dover Town Hall migrants, some of whom are artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Film makers Eithne Nightingale and Mitchell Harris introduce their work and show their latest film, all about The leaders of Deal young Syrian refugees who have made the Isle of Bute their home. Music & Arts BOLD AS education project lead Tickets: £5.00 young musicians and dancers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire An installation will be available throughout the festival at Linden Hall to perform a concert Studio, allowing people to explore the many films made and tales told.