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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS WELCOMEIn Cheltenham 70 years ago, there was no greater act of looking to a post-war future than the establishment of a Music Festival. In this anniversary year of both the end of WWII and the start of this Festival, we take a look at the kind of music that was being written
during the war, and at its close: pieces by Britten, Copland, Messiaen, Poulenc, Shostakovich and Strauss that are as strikingly different as they are indisputably great.
Paris, that great cultural melting pot of the early 20th century and a city already emerging from wartime occupation in 1945, is another focus in this year’s festival — from the Montmartre of Satie to Claire Martin’s cabaret programme, from a Joan of Arc silent film to wartime Messiaen.
Music’s close links with both dance and film play large parts in this 2015 programme. Medieval music, Bernard Herrmann and Chopin are all live accompaniments to three wonderfully different films. We make a happy return to the Everyman Theatre for a mixed bill of ballet, and the remarkable Princess Hall at Cheltenham Ladies’ College plays host to a tango show with Ksenija Sidorova and a disco-inspired commission by Graham Fitkin.
Blockbuster symphonies by Mahler and Rachmaninov… 20 world premieres... Mendelssohn on period instruments… it’s all very diverse. Enticing for me, and I hope for you too.
Meurig Bowen Festival Director
JUST SOME OF THE AMAZING PERFORMERSCOMING TO CHELTENHAM IN 2015
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LAURA MVULA M28
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA M43
GABRIELA MONTERO M27
KSENIJA SIDOROVA M40
JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS M03 M13 M14
SARAH CONNOLLY M17
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN M06
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FESTIVAL FOCUS FESTIVAL FOCUS
REVISITING 1945Music written in a time of war and of new beginningsR Strauss Metamorphosen M12
Britten Holy Sonnets of John Donne M36 Four Sea Interludes M02 Rejoice in the Lamb M42
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time M36 Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus M31
Copland Appalachian Spring M02
Poulenc Figure Humaine M20
Shostakovich Piano Trio No 2 M38
Tippett Spirituals from A Child of Our Time M42
Howells Collegium Regale M42
Finzi Lo, the full, final sacrifice M42
LIVING SOUNDSThe brand new...
John Hawkins Stranger, Lover, Dancer M07
Rolf Hind Tiger’s Nest for gamelan, pianos and percussion M15
Joe Cutler & Thomas Strønen new works for Emulsion Sinfonietta M18
Matthew Martin Sonatina for trumpet & organ M19
Hywel Davies & Nicholas Morrish Rarity new works for Kokoro and Canticum M20
Peter Wiegold new work for Genesis Sixteen M21
Charlotte Bray one-act opera Entanglement M25
Jonathan Dove songs for mezzo Kitty Whately M33
Graham Fitkin new work for the Fitkin ensemble M44
And 12 premieres by this year’s Cheltenham Composer Academy participants M21 M24
And the quite new...
Music by John Adams M02 , Eric Whitacre M02 M28 , Marc-André Hamelin M06 ,
Richard Causton M15 , Iain Ballamy/Trish Clowes/Callum Gourlay/Chris Mayo/Luke Styles
M18 , Thomas Hyde M25 , John Psathas & Jack Body M26 , Peter Gabriel & Laura Mvula M28 , Florentine Mulsant M29 , Timothy Salter M38
DANCEFrom a mixed-bill of classical ballet to a Rambert choreographer’s take on tangoNew English Ballet Theatre M22
Kathryn Tickell & The Side M39
Tango Stories M40
Nine Daies Wonder M41
Graham Fitkin’s Disco M44
CHAMBER MUSIC HIGHLIGHTSArcanto Quartet M03
Marc-André Hamelin M06
Queyras & Melnikov M14
Mahan Esfahani M23
New Zealand S.Q./Julian Bliss M26
Gabriela Montero M27
Boris Giltburg and friends M37
Radio 3 New Generation Artists M10 M29 M33
FILMFilm screenings made even more powerful with live performance soundtracksPsycho Live!/Britten Sinfonia M12
Magic Piano & The Chopin Shorts MF02
Joan of Arc/The Orlando Consort M32
PARISCity of Love and LightsAn American in Paris M02
Erik Satie: The Velvet Gentleman M09
Poulenc Figure Humaine M20
Eric Whitacre Singers M28
Messiaen Vingt Regards M31
April in Paris Claire Martin M30
Faure La Bonne Chanson M33
Ravel/Debussy/Franck M37
GREAT NIGHTS OUTBBC Concert Orchestra M02
CBSO/Gardner/Osborne M05
The King’s Singers M08
Psycho Live! M12
Mahler 3/Connolly M17
New English Ballet Theatre M22
Eric Whitacre Singers M28
April in Paris/Claire Martin M30
Frank Sinatra’s Close to You M35
Academy of Ancient Music/Gardner M43
Festival Proms in association with
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PRINCIPAL VENUES PRINCIPAL VENUES
PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM1820s Regency elegance — a crystal-clear acoustic, the wow factor of a high central cupola, a lovely colonnade and stunning park views.
Seating capacity: 400
Perfect for: the world’s finest pianists, singers and chamber ensembles.
CHELTENHAM TOWN HALLEarly 20th century Edwardian elegance — the classic ‘shoebox’ concert hall.
Seating capacity: 950
Perfect for: symphony orchestras at full throttle — thrilling clarity and impact.
TEWKESBURY ABBEYA stunning Abbey church, consecrated in 1121. Elementally huge pillars supporting Norman arches in the nave, beautifully located on the edge of town.
Seating capacity: 750
Perfect for: roof-raising, bliss-inducing choral and organ music.
CHELTENHAM LADIES’ COLLEGE PRINCESS HALLBuilt in 1897 for the growing school, with its gothic-styled, stacked galleries of ornately carved pitch-pine and Arts-and-Crafts fresco, the Princess Hall still takes your breath away.
Seating capacity: 600
Perfect for: theatre, film, music, dance and dining.
CHELTENHAM LADIES’ COLLEGE PARABOLA ARTS CENTREState-of-the-art 21st century theatre meets 19th century foyer and gallery space. Intimate, versatile and classy.
Seating capacity: 300
Perfect for: everything from cabaret and opera to talks, film and family events.
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHAPELHigh, soaring late Victorian Gothic — externally based on the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.
Seating capacity: 500
Perfect for: choirs, brass...and choirs again.
EVERYMAN THEATREA beautifully restored gem of a late 19th century theatre. Designed by Frank Matcham (London Coliseum, London Palladium, Buxton Opera House et al.)
Seating capacity: 650
Perfect for: theatre, opera and dance.
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRALBegun in 1089 and remodelled over four centuries, its architectural magnificence encompasses Norman and English Gothic styles. Steeped in history — from royal coronations and burials to Harry Potter film sets.
Seating capacity: 1000
Perfect for: grand musical events featuring choirs and orchestras.
“The Festival’s morning recitals at the Pump Room are its continuing glory.”
The Sunday Times
“One of the best acoustic spaces
anywhere.”The Sunday Times
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FAMILY EVENTS FAMILY EVENTS
MAGIC PIANO & THE CHOPIN SHORTS
FAMILY DAY
MAESTRO’S MUSIC SCHOOL
Dinara Klinton piano
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 11am-12noon £8 (£5 children) Ideal for ages 4+ MF02
Anna hides in an old piano, which transforms into a
magical flying machine and whisks her into the air!
Fat hamsters, an inky adventure and a mouse that
wants to be a ballet dancer: in this collection of short
films from award-winning animators, gifted young
pianist and Royal College of Music graduate Dinara
Klinton performs a live soundtrack of Chopin etudes
against a unique and colourful setting.
Garden Bar, Imperial Gardens 12noon-6pm FREE, no ticket required MF04
Come on down to Imperial Gardens for a very special
family fun day – all for free! Cheltenham Music
Festival will bring the square to life with live music, a
BBQ, sweet treats, arts & crafts and fun for the whole
family. Expect special guests from the Festival, local
choirs, the thrilling CSS Taiko Drummers and the
world-class Flowers Band – with popular tunes and
movie themes!
Look out for the beautiful pianos, created by
renowned artist Polly Alakija and local children.
The Painted Pianos project is supported by Nicholas Baragwanath maestro
Pillar Room, Town Hall 2-3pm £5 Ideal for ages 7+ MF05
School on a Saturday? No way! But did you know that
being a student in an 18th century singing school
involved everything from angel wings and donkey
skins to stocks and fishing rods? Come and take a
seat in Maestro Nick’s classroom for an afternoon
and learn to sing like an 18th century superstar!
No musical experience necessary.
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“Quick-fire hilarity set to extracts from great composers makes for a perfect union, as highly entertaining as it is original” **** The Stage
Children’s author, illustrator and Katie stories
creator James Mayhew brings a musical gallery to
life before your eyes!
With live accompaniment by the Flowers
Band, one of the finest brass bands in the land,
the fantastical creatures and landscapes of
Mussorgsky’s magical Pictures at an Exhibition
take on a life of their own with the help of James’
paintbrush.
JAMES MAYHEW PAINTS MUSSORGSKY’S PICTURES
Flowers Band James Mayhew narrator and illustrator
Town Hall 11am-12.15pm £12 (£6 children) Ideal for ages 5+ MF03
John Williams Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 5’ Holst ‘Mars’ from The Planets 5’ Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 30’ Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King 4’
CLASSICAL MAYHEM PRESENTDECOMPOSED!
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 11am-12.15pm £8 (£5 children) Ideal for ages 7+ MF01
Ingenious, slapstick classical fun, following a sold out
run at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe
Fate has deemed fit to reunite dysfunctional twins:
Will, a failing orchestral conductor and control freak,
and Igor his smelly doppelganger. In close proximity
after ten years, the combination of their polar
personalities spells trouble. Can Will overcome his
own ego and turn his life around to save his brother
from turning into a total gaming Zombie?THE CLIFFORD TAYLOR Young Artist Series
fe of their own with the help of James
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THE FESTIVAL GUIDE
30 JUNE - 11 JULY 2015
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BBC Concert Orchestra Martin James Bartlett piano Ben Gernon conductor Eric Whitacre conductor *
Town Hall 7.30-9.30pm £40 £35 £30 £18 £12 M02
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine 5’ Copland Appalachian Spring 23’ Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 15’ Britten Four Sea Interludes 15’ Eric Whitacre Water Night 5’ * Stravinsky Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird 8’ Gershwin An American in Paris 18’
FESTIVAL LUNCHWITH SPECIAL GUEST ERIC WHITACREEllenborough Park 1-3.15pm MT01 Guests will be seated at 1.30pm
£35. Ticket includes a set two-course lunch with
a glass of prosecco on arrival.
After a superb lunch in Ellenborough Park,
enjoy hearing from Grammy-winning
composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, in
conversation with Meurig Bowen.
Official Hotel of the Pittville Pump Room Series
THE OPENING NIGHT AN AMERICAN IN PARISFestival Proms in association with
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
A feast of Parisian/American music and other
orchestral masterpieces open the 2015 Cheltenham
Music Festival. George Gershwin’s lively and
affectionate portrait An American in Paris will be
heard together with his jazz-influenced Rhapsody
in Blue, featuring 18-year-old BBC Young Musician
winner Martin James Bartlett.
Alongside popular works by Copland, Stravinsky and
Britten, this concert also features one of the Festival’s
featured artists, Eric Whitacre, conducting the
orchestral version of one of his most popular pieces,
Water Night.
SHOSTAKOVICH 15Carducci Quartet Stephen Johnson
Tithe Barn, Syde Manor M01 10am – 6pm both days £180 (includes four concert tickets, two lunches, all interval refreshments and Stephen Johnson as musical tour guide)
Composers often save their most intimate
thoughts for the string quartet. Other than
Beethoven, perhaps no composer has put so
much of himself into his quartets as Dmitri
Shostakovich. Spanning his entire career, from
the 1930s to the 1970s, Shostakovich’s 15 string
quartets reflect profoundly on the difficulties of
life in Soviet Russia, on war and the holocaust.
Acting as a kind of embedded cultural tour guide
will be writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson
– putting all this extraordinary music in context,
introducing each concert and sharing thoughts
with the Carduccis themselves. All in the stunning
surroundings of the Tithe Barn at Syde Manor, ten
miles south of Cheltenham, with interval drinks
and meals served in a beautiful garden marquee.
Supported by Sir Michael and Lady McWilliam
THE FESTIVAL GUIDEYour souvenir event-by-event
companion to the Cheltenham Music
Festival: over 100 pages packed with
feature articles, notes on the music
and Q&A-style biographical profiles
of all the artists and composers at
this year’s Festival.
Add to your basket when booking
your tickets, and collect at your first
Festival event.
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ARCANTO QUARTET
FESTIVAL EVENSONG
TALK: NAPOLEON, BEETHOVEN AND WATERLOOOval Room, Pittville Pump Room 10-10.40am £5 MT02
From Beethoven’s Eroica to Wellington’s
Victory, the relationship between music
and politics in the Napoleonic era is
more common than you might think.
The University of Warwick’s Dr Katherine
Hambridge explores the political and
musical responses to Waterloo across
Europe.
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Simon Bell director
Dean Close School Chapel 5.30-6.15pm FREE, no ticket required M04
Prior to a tour of the Netherlands, Tewkesbury
Abbey Schola Cantorum’s evensong includes
Stanford’s Evening Canticles in A and two
motets that Howells wrote in Cheltenham in
1940, Like as the hart and O pray for the peace
of Jerusalem.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Steven Osborne piano Edward Gardner conductor
Town Hall 7.30-9.45pm £40 £35 £18 £12 M05
Haydn Representation of Chaos from The Creation 5’ Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor, K 491 30’ Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 60’
In the realm of big-impact orchestral experiences,
Rachmaninov’s second symphony has it all: high
drama, heart-stopping emotion, a torrent of luscious
melodies and momentous surges that will pin you
to the back of your seat. Within the warm-sounding
glow of the Town Hall, the chance to envelop yourself
in this orchestral experience is not to be missed.
Steven Osborne, returning to Cheltenham after his
stunning recital in 2014, performs one of Mozart’s
most celebrated piano concertos; and the CBSO
is conducted by one of the most admired British
artists of his generation, Gloucester-raised conductor
Edward Gardner.
EDWARD GARDNER, STEVEN OSBORNE AND THE CBSOFestival Proms in association with
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Antje Weithaas violin Daniel Sepec violin Tabea Zimmermann viola Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £30 £24 £18 M03
Beethoven Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ 21’ Smetana Quartet No 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’ 27’ Schumann Quartet No 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1 27’
Each a distinguished soloist in their
own right, the Arcanto Quartet
have together given powerful
performances in the world’s major
venues: from Carnegie Hall to the
Berlin Philharmonie. For their debut
Cheltenham appearance they
perform Beethoven’s groundbreaking
Serioso quartet, and Smetana’s
moving From My Life: touching
sketches that express his romantic
ideals and emotional pain brought
about by his crippling deafness.
“Absolutely stunning virtuosity and depth”
Washington Post
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MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN ERIK SATIE: THE VELVET GENTLEMANSOLO CELLO AT
QUENINGTONMarc-André Hamelin piano
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £28 £23 £16 M06
Mozart Sonata in D Major, K 576 15’ Debussy Images, Book II 14’ Marc-André Hamelin Pavane Variée (UK premiere) 6’ Marc-André Hamelin Variations on a Theme by Paganini (UK premiere) 10’ Schubert Four Impromptus, D 935 40’
A welcome return to the Pittville Pump Room by
French-Canadian super-virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin.
Alongside his signature legendary technique and
breadth of repertoire, Hamelin has started composing
showpieces in the tradition of his virtuoso, early 20th
century predecessors. Expect to be dazzled by two
sets of his own variations – one on a medieval theme,
the other on a theme of Paganini, no less.
Supported by Graham and Eileen Lockwood
Anne Lovett piano Actor tba Max Hoehn director Devised by Meurig Bowen
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 9.30-10.45pm £18 M09
Erik Satie’s 150th birthday is in 2016 – but this
‘theatrecital’ (a dramatised piano recital, a play
with a lot of music in it) is a mainstay of the 2015
Festival’s Parisian focus. Directed by rising star Max
Hoehn, winner of the 2015 Independent Opera
Director Fellowship, The Velvet Gentleman brings
together the autobiographical musings of an ageing
Satie with a broad selection of his piano music.
From the early Gnossiennes and Gymnopedies to
the more whimsical and experimental miniatures
of later years, they are played here by Anne Lovett
– like Satie himself, a composer-pianist from
Normandy.
Jessie Ann Richardson cello
St Swithin’s Church, Quenington 3-4.20pm £12 (unreserved) M07
Cellist of the Piatti Quartet and a current member of
the Countess of Munster Musical Trust’s Young Artists
Scheme, Jessie Ann Richardson performs a selection
of beautiful works for solo cello by Bach and Walton
alongside the premiere of a new work dedicated to
her: Stranger, Lover, Dancer by John Hawkins.
Supported by Quenington Sculpture Trust
The Quenington Sculpture Garden is open this year (admission £4). Tea and cake will be served in the garden after the concert, with a chance to meet the artist and have CDs signed. See page 41 for more details about the sculpture exhibition Fresh Air.
VARIETIES OF VIOLSPillar Room, Town Hall 5.30-6.30pm £8 MT03
As with all things, in music-making it is important
to have the right tools for the job. In this
lecture-recital, the University of Huddersfield’s
John Bryan and the Rose Consort of Viols play
three different sets of ‘viols’ – fretted, bowed
instruments from the renaissance and baroque
periods – exploring how each set’s contrasting
tones are ideal for different kinds of music.
The King’s Singers Guest reader tba
Town Hall 7-9pm £30 £25 £15 £12 M08
THE KING’S SINGERS 150 YEARS OF ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLANDFestival Proms in association with
This special programme from one of the world’s most
treasured vocal ensembles celebrates 150 years of
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Presented with The
King’s Singers’ customary charm, the eccentric genius
of Lewis Carroll’s classic is told through a programme
that journeys from madrigals and partsongs to Ligeti’s
nonsense song The Lobster Quadrille and Cy Coleman’s
The Rhythm of Life. Composers and arrangers featured
include Dowland, Morley, Josquin, Striggio, Weelkes, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Stanford, Quilter, Bob Chilcott, Howard Goodall and Paul Simon.
Extracts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, interspersed
throughout the programme, will be read by a guest
actor to be announced.
Concert sponsored by
“With Mr Hamelin, fearlessness is something more”The New York Times
“It’s not a question of Satie’s relevance; he’s indispensable” John Cage
THE CLIFFORD TAYLOR Young Artist Series
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
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DANISH STRING QUARTETBBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS
MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £24 £18 £12 M10
Mendelssohn Capriccio and Fugue Op. 81 11’ Beethoven Quartet Op. 74 ‘The Harp’ 30’ Nielsen Quartet No 2 in F minor 30’ Selection of Danish folk music arrangements 10’
As the Danish String Quartet have described
themselves, your ‘friendly neighbourhood string
quartet with above average amounts of beard’
present a programme packed full of colour and
verve. Always virtuosic and with a joyful style, their
Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Nielsen are rounded off
with a taste of their 2014 critically-acclaimed album of
folksong arrangements, Wood Works.
Supported by Mary Mackenzie, Richard Walton
and Friends
Chemirani Brothers zarb Sokratis Sinopoulos lyra Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Pittville Pump Room 9-10.15pm £20 £15 M13
Traditional, contemporary and improvised programme inspired by the music of Algeria and the Mediterranean.
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Britten Sinfonia Thomas Gould violin/director * Anthony Gabriele conductor
Town Hall 6.30-9.20pm £30 £25 M12
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings 25’ * Hitchcock/Herrmann Psycho 109’
Strauss’ Metamorphosen runs from 6.30pm to 7pm.
The screening of Psycho starts at 7.30pm.
Film screening certificate 15.
A film screening with a difference. For one night only
the Town Hall becomes a grand cinema, showing
one of the greatest thrillers of all time with Bernard
Herrmann’s iconic score played live by one of the UK’s
finest orchestras. Herrmann created one of the most
memorable soundtracks in cinema history – music
of such nagging, edge-of-seat intensity that it lifted
Hitchcock’s film to a higher level of impact altogether.
Preceding this special screening is one of the great
concert classics for string orchestra: Richard Strauss’
heartfelt mourning for the wartime destruction of
German culture.
Concert sponsored by
Supported by Celia and Andrew Curran
PSYCHO LIVE!Festival Proms in association with
Featured Festival artist Jean-Guihen Queyras
explores the hypnotic and spellbinding music
of Algeria and the Mediterranean. Bijan and
Keyvan Chemirani – two masters of the zarb,
the most important percussion instrument of
Persia – and lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos join
Queyras in an eclectic programme: music that
explores the acrobatic and percussive rhythms
of the Chemirani brothers alongside Queyras’
improvisation on Mediterranean melodies
remembered from his youth in Algeria.
FAMILY EVENT
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CLASSICAL MAYHEM PRESENTDECOMPOSED!Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 11am-12.15pm £8 (£5 children) Ideal for ages 7+ MF01
Ingenious, slapstick classical fun, following a sold out
run at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe.
See pages 8-9 for more information.
QUEYRAS & MELNIKOV
FROM JAVA TO THE HIMALAYA
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexander Melnikov piano
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £28 £23 £16 M14
Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston 18’ Beethoven Cello Sonata No 3 in A major, Op. 69 26’ Webern 3 Kleine Stücke, Op. 11 3’ Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 35’
Two outstanding soloists join forces for a
programme that casts piano and cello as
equal – and accomplished – partners.
The duo released recordings of the
complete Beethoven cello and piano
works in late-2014, and this spirited sonata
will be a particular treat.
“Queyras and Melnikov sustained the intimacy of the music with playing of extraordinary refinement” The Guardian
Zubin Kanga, Richard Uttley piano Joby Burgess percussion Isabelle Carré, Robert Campion gamelan solo Cheltenham Community Gamelan Players Southbank Gamelan Players
Town Hall 2-3.15pm £15 M15
Rolf Hind Tiger’s Nest (premiere) 18’ Richard Causton Concerto for Solo Percussion and Gamelan 17’ Plus traditional Gamelan music 30’
This concert marks the 10th anniversary of
Cheltenham’s very own Gamelan – a Javanese
orchestra of tuned gongs, metallophones and
drums. Alongside Richard Causton’s concerto,
commissioned by the Festival in 2001, you’ll
witness the enthralling spectacle of traditional
Indonesian music, and hear a new commission
from Rolf Hind: inspired by recent travels in Bhutan,
the Tiger’s Nest Monastery and the sounds of bells,
wind and water that fill the Himalayan air.
Rolf Hind co-commissioned with the Southbank
Centre and with the support of
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ROLF HIND
JOBY BURGESS
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MAHLER’S 3RD SYMPHONY
TRISH CLOWES & LUKE STYLES PRESENT EMULSION SINFONIETTA FEATURING FOOD
CHAPEL: SUNDAY MORNING
Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Ladies of Cheltenham Bach Choir Cheltenham Youth Choir Stephen Threlfall conductor
Town Hall 7.30-9.15pm £30 £25 £20 £15 £12 M17
Mahler Symphony No 3 99’
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 9.45-11pm £15 M18
Iain Ballamy The Man Who Knew Just Enough Trish Clowes Apple Boy Joe Cutler new work (premiere) Calum Gourlay 12 Goats and Tigers Chris Mayo Birchfield Close Thomas Strønen new work (premiere) Luke Styles Chasing the Nose
Jason Evans trumpet Julie Cooper soprano Matthew Martin organ
Dean Close School Chapel 11am-1pm £15 M19
Programme to include: J.S. Bach Aria from Cantata BWV 51 Handel Eternal Source of Light Divine; Let the bright Seraphim Gowers An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary; Toccata Matthew Martin Sonatina in memoriam Patrick Gowers (premiere) Vierne Carillon de Westminster Anton Heiller Zwei geistliche Gesänge
Only in his early twenties, but already Principal
Trumpet of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Jason
Evans joins two Dean Close School alumni to
showcase the brand new Chapel organ, installed
by the Worcester organ-builders Nicholson in late
2014. Matthew Martin premieres his new Sonatina
for organ and trumpet, and soprano Julie Cooper
– who was so impressive singing Pärt with The
Hilliard Ensemble in Tewkesbury Abbey last year
– sings sparkling and sublime music by Bach and
Handel.
Matthew Martin commission supported by
Graham and Eileen Lockwood
MAGIC PIANO & THE CHOPIN SHORTSDinara Klinton piano
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 11am-12noon £8 (£5 children) Ideal for ages 4+ MF02
See pages 8-9 for more information.
Festival Proms in association with
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The 2013 performance of Shostakovich’s 5th
symphony by Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra was
one of the most highly-charged, thrilling experiences
in Cheltenham’s recent past: a tough act to follow
for these virtuoso musicians from one of the world’s
top specialist music schools in Manchester. But with
Mahler’s gigantic third symphony – six movements,
160 performers, a world of emotion – the impact of
this monumental work is bound to be even more
memorable. Gloucestershire-resident queen of
mezzo-sopranos, Sarah Connolly, joins massed local
choral forces for this very special Town Hall event.
Supported by Diana Woolley
and The Oldham Foundation
FAMILY EVENT
The brainchild of jazz saxophonist Trish
Clowes, Emulsion brings together performers
from the classical and jazz worlds of
contemporary performance to thrilling and
original effect. Joined by Norwegian Jazz duo
Food (Thomas Strønen & Iain Ballamy), and
premiering two new works, this is a must for
fans of the cutting edge.
Joe Cutler commissioned with the support of
THE CLIFFORD TAYLOR Young Artist Series
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CHAPEL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON
NEW ENGLISH BALLET THEATRE
COMPOSER ACADEMY SHOWCASE 1
Kokoro Canticum Chamber Choir Mark Forkgen conductor
Cheltenham College Chapel 3-5pm £15 M20
Hywel Davies new work for choir and ensemble (premiere) 35’ Nicholas Morrish Rarity new work for ensemble (premiere) 15’ Poulenc Figure Humaine 19’
Kokoro, an ensemble drawn from the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
joins forces with London chamber choir
Canticum. Alongside a premiere from 2014
RPS Composition Prize winner Nicholas
Morrish Rarity, a new cantata by Hywel
Davies takes the voices of WWI poets
and writers as its source. Hywel’s music
is gentle, poised and wistful – making
for a fine pairing with the rich, beguiling
harmonies of Poulenc’s 1943 hymn to
freedom for occupied France.
Rarity supported by
Susan Bradshaw Composers’ Fund
with Gildas Quartet Anne Lovett piano Andrew Harvey violin
Everyman Theatre 8-10pm £30 £25 £18 £15 M22
Tangents (Mussorgsky extracts from Pictures at an Exhibition) 11’ Toca (Villa Lobos Etudes) 7’ Orbital Motion (Philip Glass Violin Concerto, abridged) 21’ Mad Women (Greenwood/Richard) 10’ The Kreutzer Sonata (Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata, Janácek String Quartet No 1) 40’
Following three highly successful seasons in London’s
West End, New English Ballet Theatre heads to The
Everyman for a major Cheltenham Music Festival
debut. Setting out to emulate Diaghilev’s all-
embracing approach to the creation of new work,
they present a stunning mix of ballets from the
UK’s top choreographic talents, featuring music by
Mussorgsky, Villa Lobos, Philip Glass, Beethoven
and Janáček.
Genesis Sixteen
Cheltenham College Chapel 5.30-6.30pm FREE, ticket required M21
Genesis Sixteen is a specially selected
group of young musicians tipped
for careers as professional chamber
singers and coached by members
of The Sixteen. They present five
new works developed at this year’s
Composer Academy alongside a
commission from the Academy’s
director, Peter Wiegold.
Supported by John Mumford
and Penny McCrackenImage: NEBT’s The Kreutzer Sonata
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KEY TH = TOWN HALL PPR = PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM PAC = PARABOLA ARTS CENTRE, CHELTENHAM LADIES’ COLLEGE CONCERT WALK TALK FAMILY DINING OTHER VENUES CC - Cheltenham College Chapel SQ - St Swithin's, Quenington EP - Ellenborough Park TA - Tewkesbury Abbey GC - Gloucester Cathedral PH - Cheltenham Ladies’ College Princess Hall DC - Dean Close School Chapel ET - Everyman Theatre SM - Syde Manor
MT01 FESTIVAL LUNCHWITH SPECIAL GUEST ERIC WHITACRE (EP)
MT02 TALK M03 ARCANTO QUARTET
M06 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN
M10 DANISH STRING QUARTET
M12 PSYCHO LIVE!
M13 MEDITERRANEAN
VOYAGE
M07 SOLO CELLO AT
QUENINGTON (SQ)
MT03 VARIETIES OF VIOLS
M08 THE KING’S SINGERS
M09 ERIK SATIE: THE VELVET GENTLEMAN
M05 EDWARD GARDNER, STEVEN OSBORNE
AND THE CBSO
M04 EVENSONG
(DC)MW01 CIVIC
SOCIETY WALK
M02 THE OPENING NIGHT AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
MF01 CLASSICAL MAYHEM
DECOMPOSED!
MW02 CIVIC SOCIETY WALK
MW03 CIVIC SOCIETY WALK
MW04 CIVIC SOCIETY WALK
MF02 MAGIC PIANO &
CHOPIN SHORTS
M23 MAHAN ESFAHANI
M26 BRAHMS CLARINET QUINTET
M27 GABRIELA MONTERO
M28 ERIC WHITACRE SINGERS (GC)
MT05 THE 20TH CENTURY HARPSICHORD
M25 CHAMBER OPERA DOUBLE BILL
M24 COMPOSER ACADEMY
MT06 TALK
M18 EMULSION SINFONIETTA
& FOOD
M14 QUEYRAS & MELNIKOV
M19 CHAPEL: SUNDAY MORNING (DC)
M20 CHAPEL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON (CC)
M21 COMPOSER
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BALLET THEATRE (ET)
M15 FROM JAVA TO THE HIMALAYA
M17 MAHLER’S 3RD SYMPHONY
M29 SCHUBERT & DVORAK
M33 SCHUMANN, FAURE & DOVE
M37 BORIS GILTBURG AND FRIENDS
M41 NINE DAIES WONDER
MF03 JAMES MAYHEW
MF05 MUSIC SCHOOL
MF04 FAMILY DAY
MT10 CRAFT SECRETS OF THE 18C MUSICIAN
MT09 IS SINGING GOOD
FOR YOU?
M43 AN ALL-MENDELSSOHN FINALE
M44 FITKIN BAND (PH)
M42 GLOS CATHEDRAL CHOIR (GC)
M39 KATHRYN TICKELL & THE SIDE
M40 TANGO STORIES (PH)
MT08 FESTIVAL LUNCHWITH SPECIAL GUEST
EDWARD GARDNER (EP)
M38 AFTERNOON
PIANO TRIO (SM)
M34 GLOS YOUNG MUSICIANS
M36 FROM DONNE TO THE END OF TIME
M35 FRANK SINATRA’S CLOSE TO YOU (PH)
M30 APRIL IN PARIS (PH)
M31 VINGT REGARDS
M32 VOICES APPEARED
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CHAMBER OPERA DOUBLE BILL
George Vass conductor Richard Williams directorNova Music Opera featuring singers Kirsty Hopkins, Howard Cook, Greg Tassell, Howard Quilla Croft, Damian Thantry
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 8-10pm £20 M25
Entanglement (premiere) 45’ Charlotte Bray composer Amy Rosenthal librettist
That Man Stephen Ward 50’ Thomas Hyde composer David Norris librettist
MEET THE COMPOSERS
THE 20TH CENTURY HARPSICHORD REVIVAL
Circle Bar, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 7.15-7.45pm FREE, ticket required MT06
Composers Charlotte Bray and Thomas Hyde
give a brief introduction to tonight’s operas along
with other members of the production.
Christopher D. Lewis/Laurie Stras harpsichord Kate Hawnt reader
Pittville Pump Room 2-3.20pm £5 MT05
In this lecture-recital, Christopher D. Lewis, Kate
Hawnt and colleagues from the University of
Southampton explore the surprising history of
the harpsichord – including its 1930s European
revival – and trace the different incarnations of
this intriguing instrument.
COMPOSER ACADEMY SHOWCASE 2
Emulsion Quartet
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College 6-7pm FREE, ticket required M24
Seven new works, developed at the Composer
Academy during the first week of the Festival, will
be presented by a quartet of players drawn from
Trish Clowes’ genre-defying Emulsion Sinfonietta.
Supported by John Mumford
and Penny McCracken
MAHAN ESFAHANIMahan Esfahani harpsichord
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £24 £18 £12 M23
Couperin Pièces en G 17’ W.F. Bach Sonata in E flat 13’ D. Scarlatti 5 sonatas 20’ Martinu Deux pieces pour clavecin 6’ Maconchy Notebook for Harpsichord 9’ J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903 13’
Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan
Esfahani is a force of nature – a dazzlingly
persuasive advocate for his instrument, as
compelling in performance as he is in his
witty, between-pieces commentary. The first
harpsichordist to have a BBC Prom to himself
in 2011, and with a recent Gramophone
award to his name, Esfahani’s star shines ever
brighter. His Pittville recital will be performed
on a modern 2013 copy (Huw Saunders) of
an early 18th century German instrument,
beautifully fashioned out of a single, English
walnut tree.
Supported by The Aquarius Group
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Nova Music Opera brings together a pair of
contemporary chamber operas by Charlotte Bray
and Thomas Hyde about two misunderstood
characters from modern British history. In the sixtieth
anniversary year of her controversial execution, the
end of Ruth Ellis’ life is examined in Charlotte Bray’s
work Entanglement. Thomas Hyde’s That Man Stephen
Ward, premiered to great reviews in 2008, charts the
demise of one of the more tragic characters involved
in the Profumo scandal of the early 1960s.
In association with Nova Music Opera and the
Presteigne Festival
and supported by an anonymous donor
“Dashingly eloquent, dizzyingly skilled, Esfahani makes the harpsichord seem an instrument reborn” The Times
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
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ERIC WHITACRE SINGERS
Eric Whitacre conductor with special guest Laura Mvula
Gloucester Cathedral 8.30-10.30pm £35 £30 £22 £18 £14 (unreserved) M28
Programme includes: Eric Whitacre Sleep; Lux Aurumque; Sainte-Chapelle; Nox Aurumque Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor Dufay Ave maris stella Peter Gabriel Blood of Eden (arr. Whitacre) Laura Mvula Father, Father; She; Sing to the moon
BRAHMS CLARINET QUINTET
New Zealand String Quartet Julian Bliss clarinet
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £28 £23 £16 M26
John Psathas Manos, Unbridled 6’ Haydn String Quartet No 42 in C, Op. 54/2 20’ Jack Body Three Transcriptions 11’ Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 34’
After a taste of new music from their compatriots
Jack Body and John Psathas, the New Zealand String
Quartet join forces with British clarinettist Julian Bliss.
Renowned for the sensitivity and refinement of their
playing, the pairing is sure to bring to life the autumnal
moods of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet.
Supported by Elizabeth Jacobs
GABRIELA MONTEROGabriela Montero piano
Pittville Pump Room 6-7.50pm £26 £21 £15 M27
Schubert Four Impromptus, D 899 32’ Schumann Fantasie in C, Op. 17 30’ Improvisations based on themes from the audience 20’
For Gabriela Montero, ‘improvisation is
such a huge part of who I am, it is the most
natural and spontaneous way I can express
myself’. In addition to a top-flight recital
and concerto career on both sides of the
Atlantic, the Venezuelan-American pianist
has an extraordinary ability to improvise in
any number of styles: from baroque to high-
romantic and jazz, and based on themes
suggested by the audience. After substantial
offerings of Schubert and Schumann, it will
be such a privilege to witness her virtuosic
and heartfelt creations in the heat of the
Pittville moment.
Supported by Neil and Ann Parrack
With the beauty of his music, his charisma
and the extraordinary global reach of his
online ‘virtual choirs’, London-resident
American composer Eric Whitacre has
become a phenomenon in recent years.
Inspired by a visit to Gloucester Cathedral,
Whitacre’s specially created musical
sequence moves, as the shadows gather in
this great building, from light to darkness.
His handpicked professional choir is joined
here by one of Whitacre’s newest musical
friends, singer Laura Mvula.
Supported by Diana Woolley
“It was a dazzling feat of pure inspiration. Throughout the hall, jaws dropped”The Independent
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APRIL IN PARISDINNER WITH CLAIRE MARTIN & HER TRIO
SCHUBERT & DVORÁKBBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS
Claire Martin singer James Pearson piano Calum Gourlay bass Matt Skelton drums
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Princess Hall Bar open from 7pm Dinner served at 7.30pm Performance 9-10.15pm £60. Ticket includes three course
set menu and coffee. M30
Widely regarded as the First Lady of British
jazz, Claire Martin celebrates with her trio
that most romantic of cities, Paris. With a
whirl of French glitz, glamour and nostalgia,
she performs songs that Edith Piaf made her
own – ‘La Vie en Rose’ and ‘Non, je ne regrette
rien’ – alongside numbers by Michel Legrand,
Jacques Brel, Cole Porter’s ‘I love Paris’, Joni
Mitchell’s ‘Free Man in Paris’ and, of course,
Vernon Duke’s ‘April in Paris’.
Armida Quartet Lise Berthaud viola
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £24 £18 £12 M29
Schubert String Quartet in G major, D 887 40’ Florentine Mulsant Vocalise for solo viola 7’ Dvorák String Quintet No 3 in E flat, Op. 97 32’
The second concert featuring Radio 3 New Generation
Artists sees the return of viola player Lise Berthaud
alongside the Berlin-based Armida Quartet. After
Schubert’s final string quartet and a short solo work
written especially for Berthaud by French composer
Florentine Mulsant, the performers join for Dvořák’s
sprightly Quintet – matching in exuberance his ‘American’
Quartet, and written in the same summer of 1893 when
staying with Czech cousins in Spillville, Iowa.
Supported by Sir Peter and Lady Marychurch
PRE-CONCERT TALKMICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS
Tewkesbury Abbey Parish Hall 5.30-6.15pm FREE, ticket required MT07
‘Wildness & Wonder, Dazzlement & Darkness’ –
award winning poet Michael Symmons Roberts
explores the idea of mystery in God and the arts,
considering these themes in poetry and literature
and reflecting on his own journey in response to
the Messiaen 2015 project with Cordelia Williams.
VINGT REGARDSCordelia Williams piano Michael Symmons Roberts speaker
Tewkesbury Abbey 6.30-7.30pm £12 M31
Messiaen Selection from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Messiaen wrote Vingt Regards in occupied Paris, 1944,
yet the music is suffused with themes of love, colour
and silence, embracing the full breadth of human
experience and the complexities of his own deep
Catholic faith.
This ‘son et lumière’ performance combines a
selection of the most reverent and dazzling of the
Vingt Regards with poetry readings by Michael
Symmons Roberts and Sophie Hacker’s projected,
illuminated paintings, all commissioned by Cordelia
Williams in response to this powerful work.
SILENT CINEMA AND MEDIEVAL MUSIC:VOICES APPEARED
The Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner countertenor Mark Dobell tenor Angus Smith tenor Donald Greig baritone Robert MacDonald bass
Tewkesbury Abbey 8.30-10.15pm £20 £15 £10 M32
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928) 96’
Condemned unseen in France on its release, vilified
by the Catholic authorities and even banned outright
in England, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne
d’Arc is widely recognised as a silent masterpiece,
regularly appearing in lists of the top ten greatest
films ever made.
Inspired by Dreyer’s vision, the award-winning
Orlando Consort present an entirely new, carefully
crafted soundtrack of music from the era in which
the film is set. The intricate beauty of 15th century
works by Binchois and Dufay, together with animated
motets and haunting plainsong, amplify the poignant
depiction of medieval France and provide a unique
and highly evocative accompaniment to this
landmark film.
This tour has been supported by Arts Council England,
the National Centre for Early Music and Eureka Films.
“So extraordinary and otherworldly is this film’s power, you could believe you were watching the actual trial of Joan of Arc”The Guardian
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
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FROM DONNE TO THE END OF TIME
GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS
FRANK SINATRA’S CLOSE TO YOU
Benjamin Baker violin Julian Bliss clarinet Bartholomew LaFollette cello Richard Uttley piano James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano
Pittville Pump Room 9.30-10.45pm £24 £18 £12 M36
Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne 25’ Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time 48’
This concert could equally be called From Görlitz
to Bergen-Belsen. Messiaen wrote his quartet while
interned in the POW camp Stalag VIII-A at Görlitz – its
first performance, remarkably, was outside and in the
rain on 15 January 1941 – while Britten’s Donne sonnets
came soon after performing to survivors of the liberated
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Yehudi Menuhin
in July 1945. From Messiaen’s transcendental vision to
Britten’s deep, dark explorations of Donne – these are
remarkable responses to the traumas of war.
Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra Rebecca McNaught cello Winner of Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year tba Glyn Oxley conductor
Pittville Pump Room 6-7.45pm £12 (£6 children) M34
In this celebration of young talent in
Gloucestershire, the winners of the Keith Nutland
Award and Gloucestershire Young Musician of the
Year will perform a selection of solo repertoire,
bookended by a selection of the BBC Ten Pieces
from the Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra.
Matthew Ford singer Tippett Quartet James Pearson piano Calum Gourlay bass Matt Skelton drums Hugh Webb harp Callum Au trombone Howard McGill woodwinds
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Princess Hall 7.30-9.30pm £24 (premium tables with sharing platters
also available) £18 £12 M35
Close to You reinvented and other Sinatra classics
SCHUMANN, FAURÉ & DOVEBBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS
Armida Quartet Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Pavel Kolesnikov piano Simon Lepper piano
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £24 £18 £12 M33
Jonathan Dove songs (premiere) 10’ Fauré La bonne chanson 22’ Schumann Lied ohne Ende; Arabeske 10’ Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44 28’
Two outstanding young soloists come together with
the Armida Quartet. First, Fauré with the ‘rich and
luminous mezzo’ (La Croix) Kitty Whately, who also
gives the premiere of a new set of songs by Jonathan
Dove – a composer who has been likened to Britten
for the clarity of his vocal writing. Pavel Kolesnikov
and the Armida Quartet bring the concert to a
rousing close with Schumann’s exuberant Quintet.
CHELTEN
HAM
MUSIC FESTIVAL SO
CIETY
Dove commissioned jointly by the
Royal Philharmonic Society and
BBC Radio 3 for the New Generation
Artists Scheme
In his centenary year, Sinatra’s 1956 album Close
to You is recreated with this stellar line-up of
Ronnie Scott’s regulars, the Tippett Quartet and
John Wilson Orchestra vocal frontman Matt
Ford. Nelson Riddle’s inclusion of the Hollywood
String Quartet in his matchless arrangements
created a glowing impressionistic canvas for the
artistry of Sinatra. They appear here in Callum
Au’s painstaking transcriptions, alongside
arrangements of other Sinatra classics
for the unique sonorities of this
ensemble.
“Here is a poet of the keyboard” The Guardian
“Timeless music, tailored with
such care yet still sounding so fresh”
London Jazz News
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
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BORIS GILTBURG AND FRIENDS
AFTERNOON PIANO TRIO KATHRYN TICKELL & THE SIDE
Boris Giltburg piano IPO Richter Quartet
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £30 £24 £18 M37
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor 27’ Debussy String Quartet in G minor 25’ Franck Piano Quintet in F minor 39’
Trio Aquilon
Tithe Barn, Syde Manor 4-5.15pm £15 M38
Timothy Salter Trefoil 10’ Haydn Piano Trio No 39 in G Major ‘Gypsy Rondo’ Hob. XV/25 15’ Shostakovich Piano Trio No 2 in E minor 24’
Shostakovich’s second Piano Trio, written in 1944
in the midst of WWII, roams through agitation,
mournfulness and eerie tension, yet remains a
beautiful homage to the loss of a dear friend. It is
performed in the stunning surroundings of Syde
Manor’s restored tithe barn by Trio Aquilon alongside
Haydn’s playful trio and a work by Timothy Salter,
commissioned by the ensemble in 2013.
Kathryn Tickell Northumbrian pipes, fiddle Ruth Wall harp Amy Thatcher accordion, clog dancing Louisa Tuck cello
Pittville Pump Room 7-9pm £20 £15 M39
Evocative slow airs that could break your
heart move seamlessly into life-affirming
jigs and reels; Amy storms into a clog
dance; Kathryn’s dizzying rapid-fire
piping contrasts with the richness of the
cello and Ruth’s sparkling harp playing
melds it all together. A very special
evening is in store in the company
of 2013 BBC Folk Awards
‘Musician of the Year’
Kathryn Tickell and her
folk-classical ensemble
The Side.
FESTIVAL LUNCHWITH SPECIAL GUEST EDWARD GARDNEREllenborough Park 1-3.15pm Guests will be seated at 1.30pm
£35. Ticket includes a set two-course lunch
with a glass of prosecco on arrival. MT08
After a superb lunch in Ellenborough Park,
enjoy hearing from conductor Edward Gardner,
in conversation with Meurig Bowen, including,
no doubt, about his musical upbringing as a
Gloucester Cathedral Chorister.
Official Hotel of the Pittville Pump Room Series
Cheltenham favourite Boris Giltburg returns
again, this time with illustrious compatriots. The
IPO Richter Quartet is the official quartet of the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, founded at the
Spoleto Festival in 2006. Together, they perform
three giants of the French chamber music
repertoire, and round off the 2015 Festival’s focus
on musical Paris.
Supported by Michael and Felicia Crystal
“Blissfully intuitive and empathetic mix of styles... Magnificent”fRoots
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TANGO STORIESKsenija Sidorova accordion Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Aizhana Nurkenova piano Dejotaji Ieva Racene, Evelına Godunova, Kirill Burlov dancers
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Princess Hall 9.30-10.45pm £24 (premium tables with sharing platters also available)
£18 £12 M40
JAMES MAYHEW PAINTS MUSSORGSKY’S PICTURES FAMILY DAYFlowers Band James Mayhew narrator and illustrator
Town Hall 11am-12.15pm £12 (£6 children) Ideal for ages 5+ MF03
Programme to include Holst ‘Mars’ from The Planets 5’ Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 30’
See pages 8-9 for more information.
Garden Bar, Imperial Gardens 12noon-6pm FREE, no ticket required MF04
See pages 8-9 for more information.
NINE DAIES WONDERSociety of Strange and Ancient Instruments
Pittville Pump Room 11am-1pm £24 £18 £12 M41
In 1600 Will Kemp, one of the leading actors in
Shakespeare’s company, danced his way from
London to Norwich in nine days, entertaining
an adoring public en route. With dancer Steven
Player, the Society of Strange and Ancient
Instruments celebrates Kemp’s account of the
journey with raucous dance tunes and more
refined music of the Elizabethan age – all
performed on period instruments that you won’t
see in the Pump Room too often!
Supported by The Alan Cadbury Trust
IS SINGING GOOD FOR YOU?Drawing Room, Town Hall 2-3.30pm £5 MT09
The same team that ‘wired up’ Melvyn Tan during
his 2012 Cheltenham recital are extending their
experiments this year with both audience and
performers in Gloucester Cathedral on Tuesday
7 July (M28). This session is your chance to
hear about their findings, and to ask: what can
we learn about singing’s effect on health and
wellbeing through things like saliva samples and
electrocardiogram data?
Richard Morrison of The Times chairs the session,
which features Eric Whitacre alongside Aaron
Williamon and Daisy Fancourt from the Royal
College of Music’s Centre for Performance.
FAMILY EVENT
FAMILY EVENT
Created for the Riga Festival in Latvia last year, this
very special Tango project brings together two
trios of dancers and musicians, and the talents of
Rambert dancer/choreographer Kirill Burlov and
the stunning accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. The
musical sequence alone is ravishing, including
classic Argentinian tangos by Carlos Gardel,
Enrique Mario Francini and Mariano Mores, nuevo
tango by Piazzolla, and some surprises from the
Latvian tango scene too.
Burlov’s tango-infused choreography adds a whole
extra layer of sultry narrative: two women and a
man in a tangle of love, desire and jealousy.
Supported by The Chairman’s Friends
“She has the ability to steal a musical heart” Daily Telegraph on Ksenija Sidorova
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FITKIN BANDFitkin Band plus special guest singers
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Princess Hall 8.30-10pm £20 (premium tables with sharing platters also available) £15 £10 M44
Works by Graham Fitkin, including a substantial new work, ‘Disco’ (premiere)
MAESTRO’S MUSIC SCHOOLNicholas Baragwanath maestro
Pillar Room, Town Hall 2-3pm £5 Ideal for ages 7+ MF05
See pages 8-9 for more information.
CRAFT SECRETS OF THE 18TH-CENTURY MUSICIANPillar Room, Town Hall 3.30-5pm £5 MT10
Nicholas Baragwanath and Annika Forkert
from the University of Nottingham explore the
18th-century musical techniques that would
have been taught to the likes of Haydn, Bellini
and Farinelli. In this interactive workshop
learn some tricks of the trade, some secrets of
the schoolroom, and some surprising hidden
meanings to famous melodies.
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR
AN ALL-MENDELSSOHN FINALE
Jonathan Hope organ Adrian Partington conductor
Gloucester Cathedral 3-4.15pm £12 M42
Britten Festival Te Deum 5’ Howells Magnificat and Nunc dimittis : Collegium Regale 9’ Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 16’ Howells Paean 7’ Jackson Impromptu, Op. 5 5’ Tippett Spirituals from A Child of Our Time 13’ Finzi Lo, the full, final sacrifice 14’
Some extraordinary British choral masterpieces were
created during World War Two. Gloucester Cathedral
Choir’s programme focuses entirely on music from the
period 1939-46: from Tippett’s oratorio to Howells’ ‘Coll
Reg’ evening canticles, alongside Britten and Finzi’s
remarkable, extended motets.
Academy of Ancient Music Alina Ibragimova violin Edward Gardner conductor
Town Hall 6-8pm £35 £30 £18 £12 M43
FAMILY EVENT Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture 10’ Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 26’ Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’ 40’
‘The finest period orchestra in the world’
(Classic FM) join forces with ‘one of the most
richly talented and expressive of violinists’ (The
Guardian) under the baton of featured artist
Edward Gardner for a don’t-miss Town Hall finale.
Indulge in this all-Mendelssohn programme
featuring some of his best-loved works: evocative
sonic landscapes, luscious melodies and masterful
contrasts amidst fiery drama and soothing calm.
Supported by
The 9-piece Fitkin Band treads the blurred line
between classical and jazz in exuberant fashion.
Combining piano, percussion, guitars, electric harps
and brass section, this composer-led ensemble is
characterised by infectious rhythms and a toe-
tapping-groove kind of minimalism. The perfect
setting, then, for Fitkin’s latest work – a 1970s disco-
inspired piece that welcomes three guest vocalists
(think soul diva and Bee Gees style countertenors).
Graham Fitkin’s new work is commissioned by Cheltenham Music Festival, Swansea Festival and Glasgow
Music, and was made possible with funding through Beyond Borders from PRS for Music Foundation,
Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council of Wales.
“I want to create a liberated work, with a hint of warmth, funk and embracing attitude… with a mirror ball”Graham Fitkin
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EXHIBITIONS/WALKScheltenhamfestivals.com/music
WALKSEXHIBITIONSAll walks begin at 3pm and last a little over an
hour. Walks are taken at a gentle pace, but please
come prepared for inclement weather and with
appropriate footwear. All walks are free, but a ticket
is required and places are strictly limited.
For information about each walk, visit
cheltenhamfestivals.com/festival-plus
Walks are presented by
Cheltenham Civic Society
LANSDOWN: ITS ARCHITECTURE AND CHARACTERSWednesday 1 July, departing Christ Church MW01
PLEASURE PALACES OF CHELTENHAMSaturday 4 July, departing Town Hall Steps MW02
CHELTENHAM? SPA!Wednesday 8 July, departing Queen’s Hotel MW03
GREEN FIELD SIGHTS - ONCESaturday 11 July 2015, departing Town Hall steps MW04
Exhibitions can be viewed before and after events
in the relevant venue.
ELIZABETH JACOBSApse, Pittville Pump Room
Long-standing behind-the-scenes photographer of the Festival, Elizabeth Jacobs displays her pick of musicians in rehearsal during the 2014 Festival.
FROZEN MOTIONPillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall
Photographer Jim Markland extends his permanent Town Hall exhibition to include a digital display of recent tango, ballet and site-specific dance photography – including some surprising settings and striking poses. Jim will also be running a day-long photography workshop, where participants will have the opportunity to work with professional dancers, on Saturday 11 July in Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Go online for further details.
FRESH AIR 2015Sunday 14 June - Sunday 5 July Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, GL7 5BN Gardens are open 10am-5pm daily £4, U17 FREE, refreshments available
The 12th edition of this biennale sculpture exhibition in its spectacular outdoor setting. Exhibits from a wide range of international artists and fresh new talent, created in an array of materials, are available to purchase for as little as £50. A very special garden visit.
www.freshairsculpture.com
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FESTIVAL FRINGEcheltenhamfestivals.com/music
FRICTION: THE MINIATURE MUSEUM OF MUSEUMS12th June – 1st September 2015
Holst Birthplace Museum
Normal Admission fee to Museum applies
‘The Friction Project: a Miniature Museum
of Museums’ is produced by Flow
Contemporary Arts. The project presents
a unique interactive artwork created by
Tara Downs and Bart Sabel, in the form of
an interactive Edwardian desk.
www.holstmuseum.org.uk
HORNS CALLING...Christ Church Cheltenham, GL50 2JH
Suggested donation of £5 on the door
Wednesday 1 July 2pm
The Early Horn
From the woods to the concert platform
Friday 3 July 2pm
The Romantic Horn Horn Quartet Men With Horns
Wednesday 8 July 2pm
The Twentieth Century and Beyond Presented by Laura Morris
SING WE AT PLEASURE!Saturday 4 July, 7.30pm
St Peter’s Church, Leckhampton GL53 0QJ
£10 (U16 free)
Tickets on the door or from The Wilson TIC
Musica Vera (David Dewar conductor) Major Pipework (Terry Hobbs conductor)
Madrigals and folk songs of the British
Isles from local chamber choir and early
music consort.
MR JAMES’ GARDEN AT SUDELEY CASTLEThursday 9 - Saturday 11 July, 8pm daily
Inspired by the gardens of Las Pozas in
Mexico, created by the legendary British
philanthropist and surrealist Edward
James, pianist Ann Martin-Davis, mezzo-
soprano Susan Legg and harpist Angel
Padilla perform contemporary classical
works with stunning accompanying
Mexican artworks.
THE BEAUTIFUL MAID OF THE MILLSaturday 11 July, 4pm
Bethesda Church, GL50 2AP
Free admission. Donations invited to
MindSong and Musical Brain
Refreshments available
John Cox tenor Leon Coates piano
Franz Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin Piano music by Mozart and Haydn
THE BARD IN BREDONSaturday 11 July, 7.30pm
Bredon Village Hall, GL20 7QN
£14 (£7 students, U15 free)
Tickets on the door or from 01684 772272
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra Rhiannon Symonds trombone* David Curtis conductor
Finzi Love’s Labour’s Lost Suite Walton Two pieces from Henry V Mendelssohn Music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ole Olsen Trombone Concerto in F*
OPERA OUTDOORS GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUTH OPERA PROJECT Sunday 12 July, 4pm
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Garden
FREE entry with retiring collection
Handel Acis & Galatea
GYOP is a new initiative to enable
teenagers to experience the joys of
baroque opera both as singers and
instrumentalists, directed by Warwick
Cole and Edward Derbyshire. Bring your
picnics and seating and revel in ‘the
pleasures of the plains’!
LILLIPUT CONCERTS MUSIC FOR TINY PEOPLEMonday 13 July, 10.30am
St Andrew’s Church, GL50 1SP
£5-£10 Tickets available from June 16 at
http://buytickets.at/lilliputconcerts
Ideal for ages 0-3, but older siblings
welcome
Topaz Flute & Harp Duo
Lilliput Concerts are classical concerts
for adults and babies/toddlers to
enjoy together: 40 minutes of top
quality music followed by equally high
quality refreshments in a relaxed and
comfortable environment.
Tickets for all fringe events are either available on the door or direct from the organisers.
For more information about all fringe events, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/music-fringe
MR JAMES’ GARDEN AT SUDELEY CASTLE
Ellenborough ParkSoutham Road Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL52 3NJ UK
www.ellenboroughpark.com
Find us on:
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EDUCATION Box Office 0844 880 8094 COMPOSER ACADEMYcheltenhamfestivals.com/music
3RD CHELTENHAM COMPOSER ACADEMY
Thursday 2 - Tuesday 7 July
Emulsion Quartet Genesis Sixteen Peter Wiegold director
The third edition of Cheltenham
Composer Academy will invite
12 successful applicants to
have their work developed and
publicly performed by one of the
lead ensembles over the course
of the week.
Up to 15 further ‘observer composers’ will be invited to attend from
shortlisted applicants, having a chance to participate in a workshop of some
of their sketches, and attend the full timetable of premiere performances
and professional development sessions. New in 2015 will be the addition
of ring-fenced places as observer composers and a tailored workshop for
composers aged 16, 17, and 18 who are members of the South West Music
School programme.
Join the Academy for two public showcases of the work created, the first
with Genesis Sixteen in the beautiful Cheltenham College Chapel (M21); the
second with Trish Clowes’ Emulsion Quartet in Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Parabola Arts Centre (M24).
An open call for application will run in March and April.
See cheltenhamfestivals.com/composer-academy for more details.
INVITE THE FESTIVAL INTO YOUR SCHOOLMUSIC WORKSHOPS IN SCHOOLS ENGAGING, INSPIRING, INTERACTIVE
June 2015, from £25/workshop, most suitable for KS2
Dominic Harlan
Pianist, presenter and music educator Dominic
Harlan will lead vocal music workshops in which
children write lyrics, compose melodies and
perform music from a range of genres.
James Mayhew
Explore the power, beauty and emotion in a piece
of music, and give your pupils the opportunity to
develop their listening, music appreciation, and
illustration skills.
BRING YOUR PUPILS TO THE FESTIVALCONCERT FOR SCHOOLS AND MUSIC EXPLORERS (KS2)
Friday 3 July, Cheltenham Town Hall
Concert: 10.30-11.30am
Music Explorers: 11.45am & 12.45pm
Only £1 per pupil
Flowers Band Carducci String Quartet James Mayhew narrator and illustrator
Experience exhilarating
contrasts in style and genre,
and watch artist James
Mayhew paint the stories
behind the music. After
the Concert pupils can get
their hands on a range of
orchestral instruments, with
expert guidance provided
by specialists, and every
teacher will be able to take
away a pack of information
about making and learning
music in Gloucestershire.
YEAR-ROUND OPPORTUNITIESGAMELAN WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS
Year-round, Pittville Pump Room,
prices from £75/workshop
Gamelan
An ensemble of tuned bronze percussion
instruments from Indonesia, and a versatile tool
for music education at all levels. The simplicity
of the playing technique makes the instruments
instantly accessible to children and adults,
whatever their level of musical ability. So why not
bring your pupils to a workshop to explore new
sounds, make music, and have fun at the same
time?
“This was a fantastic experience for our pupils, not only in the use of this musical equipment, but the way the session was taught; they were playing as a group & able to produce music”
Teacher, The Milestone School
And over-18s can join the Community Gamelan
Players any time to play this beautiful music.
More information at
cheltenhamfestivals.com/gamelan
EDUCATION PARTNERS
TAKE PART To find out more and to take part in any of these opportunities, go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/take-part
The George Cadbury Trust
The Grace Fry Charitable Trust
The Reed Foundation
The Steel Charitable Trust
70th Festival Appeal Donors
READ ALL ABOUT IT
GOING FOR A SONGWe are delighted to
be collaborating with
young composer
and musical director
Michael Betteridge on
a community music
project in Hesters Way
in Cheltenham. Working
with two local groups,
Michael will encourage
and empower them to
explore music, discover
their voice, reflect
on their experiences,
and compose songs
inspired by and
responding to specific
sites that are important
to them.
You can follow the
groups’ progress on
our website, and then
see them perform the
songs in Hesters Way
at the sites they have
chosen and as part
of the Music Festival
Family Day on Saturday
11 July (see pages 8-9). Supported by The Marychurch Fellowship and Beryl Calver-Jones and
Gerry Mattock
TEN PIECES AND US
Cheltenham Music Festival is proud to be
supporting this exciting BBC-led initiative.
We are a Ten Pieces Champion, and every
element of this year’s Education programme
will feature some of the superb compositions
that make up the Ten Pieces repertoire.
The Music Festival’s education programme
aims to inspire the performers, composers,
producers and audiences of the future.
We have a proven track record of opening
up the world of classical music through a
range of creative media, and this reflects the
ambitions of Ten Pieces.
Find out more at
cheltenhamfestivals.com/take-part
Supported by funding from Make Music Gloucestershire, the county’s music education hub
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We would like to thank our Patrons for their generous support including those who have chosen to remain anonymous:
Life PatronMark and Sue BlanchfieldPeter and Anne BondDominic and Jannene CollierMichael and Felicia CrystalColin and Suzanne DoakCharles FisherDavid and John HallJeremy and Germaine Hitchins FamilyJonathan and Cassinha Hitchins FamilyStephen and Tania Hitchins FamilyMr and Mrs Richard JonesSteven and Linda JonesHugh and Sue KochRobert and Moira LeechmanHazel and Jeremy LewisGraham and Eileen LockwoodFiona McLeod
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Gold PatronChristopher BenceStephen and Victoria BondCharlie ChanStuart and Gillian CorbynWallace and Morag DobbinPeter and Sue ElliottMaurice Gran and Carol JamesSimone Hindmarch-ByeStephen HodgeLord and Lady HoffmannAnthony Hoffman and Dr Christine Facer Hoffman
Elizabeth JacobsKeith JagoBrian KeySteven KingSir Michael and Lady McWilliamJanet and Charles MiddletonPaul and Kathy MottersheadThe Helena Oldacre TrustIan and Sarah PassmoreShelley and Paul RobertsSharon and Toby RobertsEsther and Peter SmedvigAndy and Ali StalsbergPhil and Jennifer StapletonMeredithe Stuart-SmithGiles and Michelle ThorleyDiego VargasMichael and Rosie WarnerSteve and Eugenia Winwood
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With many thanks to all the staff at Cheltenham Festivals, those at each venue and the Festival volunteers, all of whom provide invaluable support and help make the Festival a success.
Cheltenham Festivals Board of Trustees Peter Bond - ChairDominic Collier - Vice ChairSusan BlanchfieldLewis CarnieOli ChristieProf Russell Foster CBEEdward Gillespie OBE (Chair of Music Festival)Prof Averil MacdonaldBaroness Gail RebuckDr Diane Savory OBEMargaret Austen - Company Secretary
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BOOKING INFORMATIONMEMBERS’ PRIORITY BOOKING: From 1pm, 25 March 2015
PUBLIC BOOKING: From 1pm, 1 April 2015
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Before the Festival: CF Ticketing, 15 Suffolk Parade, Cheltenham, GL50 2AE During the Festival: At venues, from 45 minutes before the start of an event
For full details about Box Office opening hours, in person and telephone ticket sales, booking fees, terms & conditions and membership, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/booking
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GETTING TO CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVALMost events take place in central Cheltenham, which is easily accessible from all over the UK, by road and rail.
POSTCODES
Within Cheltenham Cheltenham Town Hall GL50 1QA Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College GL50 3AA Princess Hall, Cheltenham Ladies’ College GL50 3EP Cheltenham College Chapel GL53 7LD Ellenborough Park Hotel GL52 3NH Dean Close School Chapel GL51 6HE Everyman Theatre GL50 1HQ
Beyond Cheltenham Tewkesbury Abbey GL20 5RZ Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX Quenington Church GL7 5BN
For information on public transport and car parks go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/your-visit
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