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12–26 May 2018 newbury spring festival 12–26 may 2018 maxx-design.co.uk two weeks of world-class music We are proud to have sponsored Newbury Spring Festival since 1999 www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk Welcome For our 40th Festival I am delighted to welcome back some much-loved musicians who appeared in earlier Festivals: John Lill played in the very first and he returns to perform Beethoven with Flanders Symphony Orchestra; Llyrˆ Williams, Guy Johnston, Tom Poster, Elizabeth Watts, Natalie Clein, Ruby Hughes and YolanDa Brown all came to Newbury at the start of what are now major international careers, and I am pleased to introduce alongside them some outstanding young British musicians. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, singers James Newby and James Way, and our new Festival Chorus Master Benjamin Cunningham with his chamber choir Sansara make their Festival debuts as John Lewis Young Stars . To mark our 40th anniversary young British composer Hannah Kendall has been commissioned to write a new work which will be performed by the Philharmonia under Edward Gardner, both returning for our opening night. It is also an honour to welcome back legendary bass baritone Sir John Tomlinson in a new work, Kokoschka’s Doll, written for him and Counterpoise. The Schubert Ensemble who are almost as old as the Festival will give one of their final performances before they retire in June; Ex Cathedra, enhanced to 40 singers, revisits Douai Abbey; and broadcaster and art historian Andrew Graham–Dixon returns by popular demand. Many of you will remember the extraordinary Tibetan Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery who I am delighted will again be in residence, and it is so exciting that Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, will be with us for a special interview at Sydmonton. The twin themes of ‘spring’ and ‘40’ are woven into the musical programme as well as a few notable centenaries: the 1918 Armistice, the birth of Leonard Bernstein and the deaths of Hubert Parry and Claude Debussy. The Festival concludes with performances of two of the greatest settings of the Mass, Bach’s in B Minor, performed from memory by Solomon’s Knot, and on the last night Mozart’s uplifting version in C Minor, conducted by Stephen Barlow, with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Newbury Spring Festival Chorus, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Mark Eynon Festival Director © Fiona Cue Saturday 12th May Saturday 12th May Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Law’s The Festival is delighted to celebrate the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra opening night of its 40th anniversary with a specially commissioned work by young with The Gatsby Girls composer Hannah Kendall. For the opening of the 40th Spring Festival, From the Charleston of the 1920s what better work to include than Schumann’s through the beautiful classic songs uplifting Spring Symphony. This is preceded by of the 1930s to swing and jazz Elgar’s Sospiri, written at the outbreak of the mayhem, Michael Law’s Piccadilly First World War, and his monumental Cello Dance Orchestra and the four Concerto composed after the Armistice, the Gatsby Girls present a night of razzle centenary of which we commemorate this year. dazzle. The evening features some of the greatest music of the golden jazz Sheku Kanneh-Mason, winner of the 2016 age, including such timeless classics BBC Young Musician of the Year, joins as It Don’t Mean a Thing, The Very Festival favourites the Philharmonia Orchestra Thought of You and Yes, Sir, That’s conducted by world-renowned Edward My Baby. Gardner, who makes a welcome return to the Festival. Celebrating its 30th year, this leading jazz orchestra presents its Anniversary Gala Gatsby Concert, transporting the audience back to a world of sophistication, glitz and Gardner is certainly proving glamour, delighting the senses with to be a very fine Elgarian. flapper fun and frolics. Bachtrack A wonderfully entertaining [Sheku] held the capacity evening ... there wasn’t audience spellbound. anything that was less than The Guardian exceptional. BBC4 Ed Gardner © Benjamin Ealovega / Sheku Kanneh-Mason © Glen Thomas Edward Gardner Hannah Kendall St Nicolas Church Sponsored by Michael Law Corn Exchange Supported by conductor Baptistry Newbury Greenham Trust conductor, piano, vocals Newbury Friends of Sheku Elgar RG14 5HG Piccadilly Dance Orchestra RG14 5BD Newbury Spring Opening work Festival Kanneh-Mason Cello Concerto 7.30pm (ends commission with Louise Cookman 7.30pm (ends cello Elgar approx 9.15pm) supported by vocals approx 9.35pm) Sospiri RVW Trust, £41 and The Gatsby Girls £22 Schumann Philharmonia £31 Orchestra and Symphony No. 1, £21 Op.38 Spring Three Choirs Festival 4 box office 0845 5218 218* newburyspringfestival.org.uk 5 Sunday 13th May Sunday 13th May Sound Beginnings Llyrˆ Williams Romeo and Juliet The Festival is delighted to welcome back one of its former Young Artists, The whole family is welcome to this all-inclusive performance now established as one of the UK’s of Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev’s great ballet based on leading pianists. Shakespeare’s most well-known love story. Lasting just under an hour, with selections of the ballet specially arranged Welshman Llyrˆ Williams is widely admired for two pianos, the story is narrated in animated style making for his profound musical intelligence, and the audience feel part of the cast. With beanbags for for the expressive and communicative youngsters to sit on, and with all ages welcome, no one will nature of his interpretations. With several mind if your little ones make a noise! Beethoven cycles under his belt, he recently completed a sonata cycle at After the performance delicious organic food using produce the Wigmore Hall to great acclaim, and raised and grown at Sheepdrove Organic Farm is served. a Beethoven concerto cycle with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The sound Williams creates has an irresistible singing quality like no one else’s. Washington Post © B.G. Ealovega Mikhail Kazakevich Sheepdrove Eco Centre Sponsored by Schumann Corn Exchange Sponsored by piano Lambourn The Sheepdrove 4 Nachtstucke, Op.23 Newbury Sir Hugh and Elena Zozina RG17 7UU Trust Debussy RG14 5BD Lady Stevenson, piano Suite bergamasque and Sir David 10.00am (ends approx 11.00am) 3.00pm (ends and Lady Sieff Richard Morris and 12.00 noon (ends approx 1.00pm) Debussy approx 4.45pm) narrator L’isle joyeuse £20 adults £22 £9.50 children 5 years and over Rachmaninov £50 family ticket Preludes: Op.32 Nos. Under 5s free 3, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Op.23 Nos. 6, 8, 10 Prices include food served Scriabin after the performance Sonata No. 5 6 box office 0845 5218 218* newburyspringfestival.org.uk 7 Sunday 13th May Young Artists Lunchtime Recital 1 Monday 14th May Bernstein Revealed Misha Mullov-Abbado Group Edward Seckerson conducted one of the last Misha Mullov-Abbado is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. The Misha major interviews with Leonard Bernstein less Mullov-Abbado Group is made up of some of the finest, multi-award- than a year before his death in 1990 and it is winning musicians in London, and under Misha’s direction the group Both his that memorable encounter that is at the heart performs his original compositions and arrangements with a broad variety composing of this intimate musical evening. of influences. talents and To mark Bernstein’s centenary, broadcaster The band has performed at many venues and festivals all around the UK his propulsive Edward Seckerson, musical director Jason such as King’s Place, the Barbican Centre, the Elgar Room as part of the bass-playing Carr and West End star Sophie-Louise Dann BBC Proms Lates series, and has toured internationally around Europe are currently celebrate the musical superman who bestrode and in Mexico. Having been signed to Edition Records the group released such hot UK the Broadway stage as whole-heartedly and its debut album New Ansonia, included in ‘Best Jazz Albums 2015’ of both jazz news. adeptly as he did the world’s great concert halls. The Telegraph and BBC Radio 3. The Guardian Through a cocktail of stories and songs – including from West Side Story, Candide and On The Town – the show explores the life and music of this extraordinary composer, conductor, pianist, teacher, father and activist. The fast-paced evening never had a dull moment ... [the] patter and anecdotes were always enlightening. Musical Theatre Review Edward Seckerson Combe Manor Barn Sponsored by Misha Mullov- Liam Dunachie Corn Exchange Sponsored by compère Combe BHP Project Abbado piano Newbury The Headley Trust Sophie-Louise Dann RG17 9EJ Management double bass Scott Chapman RG14 5BD soprano 7.30pm (ends James Davison drums 12.30pm (ends Jason Carr approx 9.40pm) flugelhorn approx 1.30pm) piano Matthew Herd £30 alto saxophone £10 to include a glass (series ticket of Coates & Seely Sam Rapley for all 6 lunchtime sparkling wine tenor saxophone recitals £48) on arrival 8 box office 0845 5218 218* newburyspringfestival.org.uk 9 Monday 14th May Tuesday 15th May The Highclere Concert Sir John Tomlinson A welcome return by Guy Johnston talks to Barry Millington and Tom Poster, two of the Festival’s previous Young Artists whose creative Acclaimed as one of the world’s partnership is now one of Britain’s leading bass baritones, Sir John most established and renowned. Tomlinson has dominated the Dame Ethel Smyth’s composing international opera scene for several career, most notably in opera, was decades, appearing at the Bayreuth occasionally interrupted by her Festival every year from 1988 to 2006. actions as a suffragette; here is In this special event, Sir John talks to a rare opportunity to hear her chamber renowned music critic Barry Millington music. When studying in Leipzig, she about his extraordinary career, the met Grieg, whose cello sonata was roles he has sung, the world of opera premiered there; it is described as and the new work, Kokoschka’s Doll, ‘imbued with the soaring ecstasy of written for him by John Casken, which yearning wistfulness’.
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