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Friday 17th July1 11am
Co�ee ConcertPickering Parish Church
2 8pmBrahms and the Gypsy: �e Red Hedgehog TavernMilton Rooms, Malton
Saturday 18th
3 11amCo�ee ConcertSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold
4 2pm Strings WorkshopSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold
5 6pm Lehár – �e Merry WidowRyedale Festival Opera (with picnic interval) First of two performancesAmpleforth College 'eatre
Sunday 19th
6 7–7.30pmPre-concert talk I'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
7 8pm Haydn, Bartók and the String Quartet I'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
Monday 20th
8 10–10.30amPre-concert talk IISt Mary’s Church, Birdsall
9 11amCo�ee ConcertHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IISt Mary’s Church, Birdsall
10 3pmMartin Bell: 'e End of EmpireGaltres Centre, Easingwold
11 7pmLehár – �e Merry WidowRyedale Festival OperaSecond of two performancesAmpleforth College 'eatre
Tuesday 21st
12 10–10.30am Pre-concert talk IIIAll Saints’ Church, Hovingham
13 11am Co�ee ConcertHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IIIAll Saints’ Church, Hovingham
14 3.30pm NYJO Jazz WorkshopMilton Rooms, Malton
15 7pmNational Youth Jazz OrchestraMilton Rooms, Malton
16 9.30pm Nocturnes by Candlelight I St Michael’s Church, Malton
Wednesday 22nd
17 11am Talk: 'e Rise and Fall of the Habsburg EmpireMalton Methodist Chapel
18 12.45pmFestival Lunch'e Talbot Hotel, Malton
19 7–7.30pmPre-concert talk IVSt Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton
20 8pmHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IVSt Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton
Thursday 23rd
21 11amCo�ee ConcertHelmsley Arts Centre
22 7pm Triple ConcertCastle Howard
Friday 24th
23 11amCo�ee ConcertJoan of Arc Hall, Botton Village
24 3pmHenry Marsh: Do No HarmHelmsley Arts Centre
25 8pmOrchestra of Opera NorthSt Peter’s Church, Norton
Saturday 25th
26 11am Co�ee ConcertSt Hilda’s Church, Sherburn
27 3pm Piano WorkshopHelmsley Arts Centre
28 7.30pmRachmaninov – Vespers Ampleforth Abbey
29 9.30pm Nocturnes by Candlelight IIChurch of the Holy Cross, Gilling
Sunday 26th
30 6.45pmDame Fanny Watermanin conversation'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
31 8pm Benjamin Grosvenor in recital'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
Monday 27th
32 11amCo�ee Concert'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
33 3pmAfternoon ConcertSt Mary’s Church, Ebberston
34 6.30pmJohn Butt in conversationChurch of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
35 8pmDunedin ConsortChurch of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
Tuesday 28th
36 11amCo�ee ConcertSt Mary’s Church, Lastingham
37 2pmWind WorkshopSt Mary’s Church, Lastingham
38 3.30pmCharlotte Green: 'e News is ReadHelmsley Arts Centre
39 7pmDouble Concert ISledmere House and Church
Wednesday 29th
40 11amCo�ee ConcertSt Michael’s Church, Coxwold
Thursday 30th
41 11amCo�ee ConcertSt John the Evangelist’s Church, Welburn
42 7pmDouble Concert IISledmere House and Church
Friday 31st
43 11amCo�ee ConcertChurch of St Michael le Belfrey, York
44 6pmAny Other Business – Martin Vander Weyer and friendsHelmsley Arts Centre
45 8pm An Evening with Michael Berkeley'e Saloon, Duncombe Park
Saturday 1st August46 11am
Co�ee ConcertSt Mary’s Church, 'irsk
47 8pm'e Beautiful Maid of the Mill All Saints’ Church, Helmsley
48 9.30pmNocturnes by Candlelight IIIAll Saints’ Church, Helmsley
Sunday 2nd
49 3pmGarden PartyGarden of the Worsley Arms Hotel, Hovingham
50 6pm Festival Service All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
51 7pmFinal Gala ConcertHovingham Hall
Summary of events
N.B. Doors will be opened 30 minutes before performances.
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11am
Pickering Parish Church
Coffee Concert
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Rowan Pierce (soprano)
Nick Pritchard (tenor)
Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorder)
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Adam Summerhayes (violin)
David Gordon (harpsichord)
Malcolm Creese (double bass)
Asaf Sirkis (percussion)
Purcell – Fantasia no. 7
Marcus Bartram-Stevens – Double on Purcell’s Fantasia
no. 7 (World Premiere)
David Gordon – Romanesque (World Premiere)
Bach – Coffee Cantata
Friday 17th July
After opening with one of the extraordinary worksfor viol consort that so excited Purcell’s musicalimagination, and a contemporary piece inspired byit, the Ryedale Festival, famous for its Co8eeConcerts, presents the world premiere of a newco8ee-inspired work by David Gordon. It featuresrecorder soloist (and BBC Young Musician of theYear <nalist) Charlotte Barbour-Condini and anarray of percussion instruments from the mainco8ee-growing countries. Finally, Sir 'omas Allenheads the cast for one of the most comic andquirky pieces ever to come from the pen of J.S.Bach: a mini-opera about a co8ee-addicted girl andher father who longs to <nd her a respectablehusband, heard here in the <rst performance of anew translation by John Warrack, with the moral‘drinking co8ee is natural!’
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
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Introductionfrom the Artistic Director
Welcome to the 2015 Ryedale Festival – two weeks
of inspiring performances in the many beautiful and
historic venues in and around Ryedale, North
Yorkshire. Right from the opening night (when we
recreate the sights and sounds of Brahms’s favourite
tavern!), there’s a Hungarian flavour to the
programme, with a complete cycle of Bartók’s string
quartets alongside an equally great set by Haydn, a
new production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow, and a
celebration of Brahms’s Hungarian-inspired works.
A 100th anniversary performance of Rachmaninov’s
All Night Vigil in Ampleforth Abbey introduces a
parallel theme of ‘night music’, including a complete
cycle of Chopin’s Nocturnes over three candlelit
concerts and night-inspired works by Bartók,
Schoenberg, Mozart, Tallis, Byrd, Britten and others.
Chamber music is at the heart of the programme,
with festival residences from the Heath and Doric
Quartets, and the Lendvai Trio. A new piece
celebrating coffee (and an old one satirising it) opens
the festival’s famous series of Coffee Concerts, many
of them featuring outstanding young musicians.
Orchestral highlights include the Orchestra of
Opera North playing Mahler and the Royal
Northern Sinfonia performing at Hovingham Hall,
while the Dunedin Consort bring an all-Bach
programme to Scarborough and the National Youth
Jazz Orchestra promises an unmissable evening in
Malton. Vocal highlights include performances by
top choirs Ex Cathedra and Stile Antico, while a
new English version of one of Schubert’s greatest
song cycles is heard for the first time in Helmsley.
The ink will still be drying on eleven new works
(nine world premieres, two English premieres),
including two by festival composer Michael
Berkeley. To complete the picture, there is the
unique Triple Concert at Castle Howard and Double
Concerts at Sledmere, a series of literary events Ways
with Words, a festival exhibition, a series of free
festival workshops for young and amateur
musicians, and a new initiative Ryedale500 to help
more young people explore the festival.
It promises to be an exciting summer in Ryedale
and the festival looks forward to welcoming friends
old and new to enjoy it. I hope you can join us and
look forward to seeing you there.
Christopher Glynn
Artistic Director
Ryedale Festival 2015
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8pm
Milton Rooms, Malton
Brahms and theGypsy: The RedHedgehog Tavern
ZRI Ensemble
Ben Harlan (clarinet)
Max Baillie (violin)
Matthew Sharp (cello)
Jon Banks (accordion)
Iris Pissardie (santouri)
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Allegro
Hungarian traditional melody – Tigeneascau
Carpathian traditional melody – Kolomeyke
Traditional Klezmer melody – Hora mit tsibiles
(Hora with Onions)
Ukrainian trad. – Sarba Maracini
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Adagio
Klezmer melody – Der Gasn Nign (The Street Tune)
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Andantino
Romanian trad. – Dance from Korond
Klezmer melody – Der Goldene Khasene
(The Golden Wedding)
Carpathian wedding improvisation – Doina
Brahms – Hungarian Dance no. 1
Moldavian trad.– Nikolaev Bulgar
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Finale
Malton’s Milton Rooms are transformed into theViennese tavern Zum Roten Igel ! 'is was the famousRed Hedgehog Tavern where Brahms loved to drinkand let his hair down while gypsy bands playedHungarian and Jewish folk music. 'e world-classmusicians of ZRI combine classical re<nement withtavern grit and gypsy Hair in their own version ofBrahms’s Clarinet Quintet – one of his lastcompositions, full of his melancholic, unful<lled lovefor Clara Schumann. Its folk inHuences aremagni<ed with a new instrumentation, includingsantouri (hammered cimbalom-type instrument)
and accordion, and the movements are interleavedwith improvisations on the folk music of MiddleEurope. 'ere is sure to be a party atmosphere andtickets include Hungarian delicacies at the interval.
‘ZRI played with consummate virtuosity, magic andpassion. /e emotional charge of Brahmsilluminated by the gypsy spirit was a greatcombination’ – Royal Albert Hall
Pre-concert and interval drinks
11am
St John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold
Coffee Concert
Phoenix Trio
Jonathan Stone (violin)
Marie Macleod (cello)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Haydn – Piano Trio in G major ‘The Gypsy Rondo’
Brahms – Piano Trio no. 1 in B major
'ree outstanding musicians present one of thebest-loved of all Haydn’s chamber works,nicknamed Gypsy Rondo after its high-spirited<nale in the Hungarian style. It is followed by oneof the most dramatic and expansive of all pianotrios, full of passionate, folk-inHuenced melodiesthat mark it out as one of the <nest works by theyoung Brahms.
‘three consummate musicians’ – Oxford Times
‘powerfully eloquent’ – 'e Guardian
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
2pm
St John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold
Strings Workshop
Matthew Sharp
Young and amateur players of all stringedinstruments are invited to an informal publicworkshop with top cellist Matthew Sharp. Comeand <nd out how to get more from yourinstrument and <nd more freedom andenjoyment in playing. All ages and levels are welcome at this free event. Open-door to thepublic with unreserved seating. To take part, or<nd out more, please email Robert Heath:[email protected].
‘a stunning cellist, unique communicator and, Ibelieve, one of the most exciting musicians of hisgeneration’ – Mark Antony Turnage
‘an extraordinary cellist – virtuosic, charismatic,brimming with verve and poetry’ – 'e Times
Saturday 18th JulyFriday 17th July continued
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ZRI Ensemble
Matthew Sharp
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7–7.30pm
The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Pre-concert talk I
Katy Hamilton
Musician and writer Katy Hamilton shares herknowledge and enthusiasm for two of the greatestsets of string quartets ever composed. Haydn wasboth inventor and ‘father’ of the string quartetand his op. 76 set, composed for a Hungarianpatron, show him at the height of his powers.More than 200 years later, another Hungarian,Béla Bartók, began his own set of six quartets - amusical adventure that would span his creativelife and result in some of the greatest music of the20th century. Join us to <nd out what makesthese works so special. 'is is a free event.
‘I never before received such pleasure frominstrumental music: they are full of invention, �re,good taste and new e!ects and seem the product, notof a sublime genius who has written so much and sowell already, but one of highly cultivated talents,who had expended none of his �re before’ – CharlesBurney on Haydn’s op. 76
8pm
The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IDoric Quartet
Heath Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in G major (op. 76, no. 1)
Bartók – String Quartet no. 1
Haydn – String Quartet in D minor The Fifths (op. 76, no. 2)
Bartók – String Quartet no. 2
'e brilliant Heath and Doric Quartets are inresidence for a festival series featuring two of thegreatest sets of string quartets ever composed. Forboth Haydn and Bartók, the string quartet was alifelong exploration, a medium where their creativespirits found fullest expression. 'e <rst two worksof Haydn’s last great set of quartets, full of ingeniouse8ects and expressive power, are heard herealongside Bartók’s 1st quartet – a sad, passionatework lamenting the loss of his <rst love – and themore peaceful, folk-inspired 2nd quartet hecompleted a few years later. Hungarian inspireddelicacies will be served at the interval.
‘Haydn and the Doric are a perfect match …Unequivocally, these were performances of terri8cpanache and perception, seeming to get right under theskin of Haydn’s creative genius’ – Sunday Telegraph
Pre-concert and interval drinks
Sunday 19th JulySaturday 18th July continued
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6pm
Ampleforth College Theatre
Ryedale Festival Opera
Lehár – The MerryWidow(with picnic interval)
Kerem Hasan (conductor)
Nina Brazier (director)
Franz Lehár’s Merry Widow has held audiencesspellbound ever since its premiere in 1905. Sunghere by a cast of outstanding young singers, in the<rst performance of a new English translation byJohn Warrack, it tells the story of Hanna Glawari,a rich and sophisticated widow who captivates allof Paris, and whose wealth could save her near-bankrupt little country of Pontevedro – if onlyshe does not marry a foreigner! 'e diplomatsthat surround her are desperate to keep hermoney in the country by persuading her to marryCount Danilo. He’s an old Hame, just waiting tobe re-lit, but also a proud man who still enjoyshis bachelor lifestyle and the easygoing ladies he <nds at Maxim’s nightclub. In a sub-plot, the
charming Frenchman Camille de Rosillon doeshis best to seduce the ambassador’s wifeValencienne, who is bored enough to be temptedbut too ‘respectable’ to succumb. Meanwhile, theirrepressible Hanna Hirts, charms and dances herway through the farcical events surrounding herand the conHict between political duty andromantic intrigue brings out the best in Lehár: awinning streak of intimate waltzes, Hirtatiouspolkas, exuberant can-cans and catchy melodies.
‘Ryedale Festival Opera is an object lesson to ourlarge opera companies as to how much can beachieved from so little…on the proverbial shoestringbudget, Ryedale Festival each year o;ers an operaticproduction of the highest quality’ – Yorkshire Post
‘Evenings like this are too good to miss’ – OperaMagazine
No interval bar
Doric Quartet
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Ampleforth Abbey
The Merry Widow
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10–10.30am
St Mary’s Church, Birdsall
Pre-concert talk IIKaty Hamilton
Katy Hamilton continues her exploration of thestring quartets of Bartók and Haydn. 'is is a freeevent.
3pm
Galtres Centre, Easingwold
Martin Bell: TheEnd of EmpireFormer BBC war reporter and independent MP,Martin Bell talks about his time as a soldier in theBritish army in Cyprus in the late 1950s. /e Endof Empire is a powerfully personal account of theviolent process of decolonization, drawing onrecently discovered letters he had written homeduring the conHict. Known to many as ‘the manin the white suit’, he also talks about his days asBBC foreign correspondent in some of thebloodiest conHicts of recent years and his four-yearterm as an anti-sleaze independent MP – years hedescribes as ‘the most shocking of my life’.
7pm
Ampleforth College Theatre
Ryedale Festival Opera
Lehár – The MerryWidowKerem Hasan (conductor)
Nina Brazier (director)
See event 5 for details
Pre-opera and interval drinks – there will not be a picnic
interval at this performance
10–10.30am
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Pre-concert talk IIIKaty Hamilton
In the third of her talks, Katy Hamilton uncoversthe stories behind two more masterpieces of thestring quartet repertoire. 'is is a free event.
11am
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Coffee Concert
Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IIIDoric Quartet
Heath Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in B flat major (op. 76, no. 4)
The Sunrise
Bartók – String Quartet no. 4
What better way to start the day than with Haydn’sSunrise quartet – so-called after the theme that arcsacross its opening bars? 'e <ve movements ofBartók’s powerful and colourful 4th quartet alsoform an arch-shape, with exuberant dance-likemovements and quicksilver scherzi framing theatmospheric nocturne that lies at its centre.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am-10.45am
3.30pm
Milton Rooms, Malton
NYJO Jazz WorkshopYoung jazz players from Ryedale School andacross the region join the acclaimed leaders of theNational Youth Jazz Orchestra to develop theirskills in an afternoon of musical exploration. Allages and abilities are welcome at this free event.Open-door to the public with unreserved seating.To take part, or <nd out more, please email RobertHeath: [email protected].
Monday 20th July Tuesday 21st July
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Martin Bell
St Mary’s Church, Birdsall
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
11am
St Mary’s Church, Birdsall
Coffee Concert
Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet II
Doric Quartet
Heath Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in C major (op. 76, no. 3) The
Emperor
Bartók – String Quartet no. 3
National feeling runs strong in both these stringquartets. One of Haydn’s boldest and brightestworks, the Emperor quartet was nicknamed after itsuse of the Austrian National Anthem, while Bartók’skaleidoscopic 3rd quartet is full of the inHuence ofHungarian folk music and special instrumentale8ects.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am–10.45am
7pm
Milton Rooms, Malton
National Youth JazzOrchestraNYJO is famous as a showcase for the country’sbest young jazz musicians and for its unique,swinging big-band sound. Malton will surely beswinging too, as they play big band classicsalongside new compositions and arrangements.
‘/eir combination of youthful intensity andpinpoint accuracy can be quite overwhelming … theplaying, both solo and ensemble, makes itoutstanding by any standards’ – 'e Observer
‘As conductor, Armstrong capered ecstatically in frontof a youth band professional enough to nail the mostcomplex section-playing, with a string of giftedsoloists (some of them still at secondary school)delivering almost languidly trenchant improvisations’– 'e Guardian
Pre-concert and interval drinks
11am
Malton Methodist Chapel
The Rise and Fall ofthe Habsburg Empire
A talk by Lucy Beckett
Historian and novelist Lucy Beckett sets the scenefor the festival’s Austro-Hungarian theme with a talkabout the history of the great Habsburg dynasty.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
12.45pm
The Talbot Hotel, Malton
Festival LunchAll are welcome for an informal lunch at theTalbot Hotel, Malton.
7-7.30pm
St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton
Pre-concert talk IVKaty Hamilton
'e last in a series of talks by Katy Hamilton,where she shares her fascination with the stringquartets of Haydn and Bartók and talks about what makes these works so special. 'is isa free event.
8pm
St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton
Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IVDoric Quartet
Heath Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in D major (op. 76, no. 5) Largo
Bartók – String Quartet no. 5
Haydn – String Quartet in E flat major (op. 76, no. 6)
Bartók – String Quartet no. 6
'e <nal concert in this series features starkcontrasts. Two late quartets by Haydn are full ofplayful humour but also have profound slowmovements. Bartók’s 5th quartet, once memorablydescribed as ‘like no other quartet’, features twoprofound slow movements evoking the sights andsounds of the night – as well as episodes ofgrotesque humour and demonic energy. 'e seriesends with the deep sadness and nostalgia of Bartók’s6th and <nal quartet, composed just before theoutbreak of World War II. Hungarian inspireddelicacies will be served at the interval.
‘/e Heath gave us all the wit and mercurialinventiveness you’d expect … with a really engaging senseof interplay … And it’s nice to see four musicians whoutterly dispel the idea that classical music is somehowbackward-looking or fogey-ish’ – Gramophone
Pre-concert and interval drinks
Wednesday 22nd JulyTuesday 21st July continued
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Heath Quartet
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National Youth Jazz Orchestra
9.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Malton
Nocturnesby Candlelight ICharles Owen (piano)
Chopin – Three Nocturnes (op. 9)
Chopin – Three Nocturnes (op. 15)
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. posth.)
Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit
Ondine
Le gibet
Scarbo
'e <rst in a festival series of three candlelit concertsfeaturing the complete Nocturnes of Chopin,alongside other piano works inspired by the night.'e <rst eight of Chopin’s ‘night songs’ weave anintoxicating and nostalgic sound world, wheresoaring dream-like melodies are set against darkershadows. Charles Owen follows them with adevilishly virtuosic masterpiece for piano by Ravel,one of the most diQcult piano pieces ever composed,but also one of the most evocative: a night-inspiredtriptych, depicting a seductive water-nymph, anightmarish vision of a hanged man in the desert,and a goblin darting about at dead of night.
‘Charles Owen is out of the best school of Britishpianism – bright, sensitive, una;ected, and withplaying informed by brainwork’ – 'e Irish Times
Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva
11am
Helmsley Arts Centre
Coffee ConcertYorkshire Young Musicians
Penny Stirling (director)
Benjamin Powell (piano)
Come and hear some of the most talented youngmusicians in the Yorkshire and Humber area(aged 8-18), participants in the Yorkshire YoungMusicians scheme which enables youngmusicians to bene<t from the highest qualitytuition in their locality.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
7pm
Castle Howard
Triple Concert
A special event, unique to the Ryedale Festival:the Triple Concert features three contrastingconcerts in di8erent areas of the house, eachperformed three times, with the audiencesrotating between performances.
Long Gallery
Petrushka
Katya Apekisheva
Charles Owen
Stravinsky – Petrushka
Petrushka is a puppet, the Slavic version of MrPunch: a naughty trickster who beats his wife, argueswith authority, challenges the devil, and delights hisaudience. 'e comedy and tragedy of the characterStravinsky described as ‘the immortal and unhappyhero of every fair in all countries’ shine through inone of his greatest ballet scores, heard here in thecomposer’s own version for piano duet and playedby two of the country’s leading pianists.
Chapel
In Pace: Music for Compline
Stile Antico
Byrd – I Laid Me Downe to Rest
Sheppard – Libera Nos I and II
Mundy – O Lord, the Maker of all Thing
Plainsong – Miserere mihi
Tallis – Miserere nostri
Byrd – Miserere mihi
Sheppard – The Lord’s Prayer
Tallis – Te Lucis ante Terminum (festal tone)
Taverner – Ave Dei patris filia
As the darkness folded around the pillars of theirchurches, mediaeval worshippers gathered for theservice of Compline, commending themselves toGod’s protection through the long watches of thenight. It was an occasion that inspired the greatEnglish composers to some of their most intimateand uplifting music. 'is magical programmeranges from exquisitely simple hymns tobreathtakingly complex webs of polyphony,
culminating in John Taverner’s thrilling votiveantiphon, Ave Dei patris 8lia, and is performedby one of the world’s <nest vocal ensembles.
‘An ensemble of breathtaking freshness, vitality andbalance’ – New York Times
‘Perhaps the most ravishing sound I heard this year’– 'e New Yorker
Great Hall
Transfigured Night
Psappha
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht
A man and woman are walking through a moonlitforest. She confesses a dark secret: she is pregnantwith the child of another man. 'e acceptance andforgiveness of her new lover, who is prepared toaccept the child as his own, <nd expression in apassionate masterpiece for string sextet that hasremained Schoenberg’s most popular work.
Interval drinks
Thursday 23rd July
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Stile Antico
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Castle Howard
3pm
Helmsley Arts Centre
Do No Harm:Stories of Life, Deathand Brain Surgery
Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh, Consultant Neurosurgeon atAtkinson Morley’s / St George’s Hospital inLondon, gives an astonishingly candid insight intothe life and work of a modern neurosurgeon – itstriumphs and disasters. How does it feel to holdsomeone’s life in your hands, to cut into the stu8that creates thought, feeling and reason? How doyou live with the consequences of performing apotentially life-saving operation when it all goeswrong? If you believe that brain surgery is a preciseand exquisite craft, practised by calm and detachedsurgeons, think again. Henry Marsh reveals the<erce joy of operating, the profoundly movingtriumphs, the harrowing disasters, the hauntingregrets and the moments of black humour thatcharacterise a brain surgeon’s life.
8pm
St Peter’s Church, Norton
Orchestra ofOpera North
Richard Farnes (conductor)
Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Mahler – Symphony no. 4 in G major
Richard Farnes conducts the musicians of OperaNorth in one of Bartók’s most popular and originalworks, where the driving rhythms and diabolicalenergy of Hungarian and Bulgarian folk music giveway to passages of great calm and beauty, especiallythe famous ‘night music’ section. It is followed byperhaps the most magical of all Mahler’ssymphonies: a musical depiction of the worldthrough the innocent eyes of a child, beginningwith sleigh bells and ending in heaven.
‘…Opera North back on top form, with theconductor undoubtedly the star of the show: howlong before Richard Farnes is recognised as anational treasure?’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Richard Farnes’s conducting is sensational in itssweep, detail and understanding’ – 'e Guardian
Pre-concert and interval drinks
11am
St Hilda’s Church, Sherburn
Coffee Concert
Polyhymnia
Schumann – Zigeunerleben
Dvořák – Gypsy Songs
Schubert – Mignon songs
Schubert – Mignon und der Harfner
Liszt – Die Drei Ziegeuner
Wolf – Die Zigeunerin
Brahms – Ziegeunerlieder
A stay in Budapest inspired one of the best ofBrahms’s many Hungarian-inspired works – theZiegeunerlieder (‘Gypsy Songs’) for vocalensemble. A group of outstanding young singersjoins festival director Christopher Glynn for theseand other musical depictions of gypsy life – <ery,passionate, playful and always colourful.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
3pm
Helmsley Arts Centre
Piano WorkshopCharles Owen
Young and amateur pianists are invited to comeand work with top pianist Charles Owen in aninformal public workshop. Come and <nd outhow to get more from your instrument and <ndmore freedom and enjoyment in playing. All agesand levels are welcome at this free event. Open-door to the public with unreserved seating. Totake part, or <nd out more, please email RobertHeath: [email protected].
‘Owen is an intelligent and insightful player witha technique to allow him to essay even the mostdiCcult of music and present it clearly to us; thereare insuCcient superlatives to praise him’ – 'eGlasgow Herald
Friday 24th July Saturday 25th July
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Richard Farnes
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11am
Joan of Arc Hall, Botton Village
Coffee ConcertAeðelfrìth
Michael Berkeley – Champagne Fanfare (UK Premiere)
Nick Walkley – Jórvíkekkoer (World Premiere)
Byrd – Earl of Oxford’s March
Timothy Jackson – Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Michael Berkeley – Music from Chaucer
Simon Dobson – Joan’s Vision of St Michael (World Premiere)
Torstein Aagaard-Nielsen – Eirik the Viking
Holst (arr. Wick) – A Moorside Suite
Aeðelfrìth is a brass ensemble-based arts project,named after an ancient King of Northumbria andexploring connections between Anglian, Celtic andNordic cultures. 'eir programme has a mediaevalHavour, with a couple of Viking invasions thrownin! After a sparkling fanfare by Michael Berkeley,they play a new piece reminiscing Yorkshire underViking rule – a ‘call to arms’ featuring a pair ofDanish Lurs! 'ere are also pieces inspired byTallis and Chaucer, a new piece by Simon Dobsonto celebrate the special atmosphere of Botton’s Joanof Arc Hall and Holst’s famous evocation of thenorthern moorland landscapes of England.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
7.30pm
Ampleforth Abbey
Rachmaninov –Vespers Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
A centenary performance by an acclaimed choirof the work Rachmaninov loved above all hisothers – the Vespers (also known as the All NightVigil, and <rst performed in 1915). 'e solemn,serene beauty of this music which is rooted in hisdeep Orthodox faith gave him ‘an hour of themost complete satisfaction’. 'is work alwayscreates an unmistakable atmosphere and thisperformance by candlelight in Ampleforth Abbeywill surely be no exception.
‘Birmingham’s jewel in the crown – as theiracclaimed Proms appearance demonstrated – isJe;rey Skidmore’s Ex Cathedra…top-notch quality’– 'e Independent
‘a phenomenal feat of musicianship’ – 'e NewYorker
‘beyond praise…an unforgettable concert of memorablemusic superbly performed’ – Seen and Heard
No interval. Pre-concert and post-concert drinks
9.30pm
Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling
Nocturnesby Candlelight IIFinghin Collins (piano)
John Field – Two Nocturnes
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 27)
Schumann – Des Abends
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 32)
Schumann – In der Nacht
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 37)
Schumann – Traumes Wirren
Acclaimed Irish pianist Finghin Collins beginswith two pieces by his compatriot John Field –the composer credited with inventing theNocturne. He follows them with three sets ofnocturnes by Chopin, interspersed with threevivid night-time evocations by Schumann.
‘He didn’t play as though trying to prove something, butrather as though recounting some little story he haduncovered in each one. /is was transcendent playing… spellbinding stu; that reached deep’ – Irish Times
‘Of Finghin Collins as soloist, little needs to be saidthat has not been said before: he is exceptionallyFuent, exceptionally intelligent, exceptionallysensitive, responding to every possible nuance’ –International Record Review
6.45pm
The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Dame Fanny Watermanin conversation with
Richard Shephard
A celebration of one of Yorkshire’s great musical<gures. At the age of 96, Dame Fanny Watermanis perhaps the world’s best known piano teacher.Her books have introduced over 2 millionchildren to the piano and the international pianocompetition she founded in Leeds over 50 yearsago is famous for bringing ‘global talent to God’sown county’ by discovering and launching thecareers of many great pianists. She joins thedistinguished composer Richard Shephard to talkabout her life and work.
8pm
The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Benjamin Grosvenorin recital
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Mendelssohn – Two Preludes and Fugues
Chopin – Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor (Funeral March)
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Liszt – Venezia e Napoli
Since being named BBC Young Musician of theYear 2004 at the age of 11, Benjamin Grosvenorhas widely been seen as one of the mostremarkably talented pianists to have emerged onthe international stage. His programmeencompasses works by Mendelssohn and Ravel,as well as Chopin’s 2nd Sonata, with its famous‘funeral march’ and a <nal movement describedby Rubinstein as ‘wind howling aroundgravestones’, before he ends with a dazzling piecethat Liszt composed to celebrate his favouriteItalian cities.
‘Benjamin Grosvenor may well be the mostremarkable young pianist of our time …performance after performance of surpassingbrilliance and character’ – Gramophone
‘/ere is something of the conjuror and the magicianabout Grosvenor. His stage demeanour is quiet andhumble, his technique is e;ortless and Fawless, hisrhythmic energy and Fexibility are a constant sourceof delight, the range of colours he produces and hisdynamic range are possibly without parallel, and thisis done with an unassuming modesty that reveals somuch about his talent: he does not seek to amaze,and he does not need to’ – International RecordReview
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11am
The Saloon, Duncombe Park
Coffee Concert
Charles Owen (piano)
Bach – Goldberg Variations
‘Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshmentof their spirits’ said Bach of his thirty variationson a simple tune, a musical Everest, full ofvirtuosity and incredible invention, and playedhere by one of the outstanding British pianists ofhis generation.
‘Charles Owen’s pellucid articulation, a bright andshining sound, absolutely no pedal, and anexuberant delight in these colourful works. Houdini-like technical challenges … as Bach pianism goes,this was as exciting as it gets’ – 'e Independent
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
3pm
St Mary’s Church, Ebberston
Afternoon Concert
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Sally Beamish – New Work (English Premiere)
Bach – Chaconne (from Partita no. 2 in D minor)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – New Work (English Premiere)
Bach – Partita no. 3 in E major
'e beautiful church of St Mary’s Ebberston isthe setting for two of Bach’s greatest solo violinworks alongside two new Bach-inspired works bytwo of the country’s foremost composers. 'eyare played by a violinist variously described in thepress as ‘alluring’, ‘unforgettable’ and ‘a wonder’.
‘Fenella Humphreys’ performance is a wonder’ –International Record Review
‘Fenella Humphreys captures the music’s wistfulcantabile to perfection, producing a golden tone inall registers with the utmost sensitivity to where everyphrase is moving’ – 'e Strad
6.30pm
Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
Discovering Bach:
John Butt in conversation'e award-winning conductor, keyboard playerand renowned Bach expert John Butt introducesthe concertos of J.S. Bach and answers questionsfrom the audience about Bach and his music.'is is a free event.
‘Butt is an unlikely podium hero. Holed up at theUniversity of Glasgow, he spends his days unravellingthe notational mysteries of baroque scores ... But, puthim on a podium, and Butt forgets his boCn dayjob and conducts his musicians with head-bangingferal might’ – 'e Guardian
8pm
Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
Dunedin Consort
John Butt (director)
Cecilia Bernardini (violin)
Huw Daniel (violin)
Alexandra Bellamy (oboe)
J.S. Bach – Sinfonia to Cantata 21 Ich hatte viel
Bekümmernis
J.S. Bach – Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor
J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto in E major
J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor
J.S. Bach – Concerto for two violins in D minor (Double
Concerto)
Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboardplayer, but was also a <ne violinist. After a livelyoverture, the Dunedin Consort presents two of hissolo violin concertos, with their wealth of inventivedetail, alongside a colourful and joyful concerto forviolin and oboe. 'e programme culminates inone of Bach’s greatest masterpieces - the DoubleConcerto for two violins, with its famous andsublime slow movement.
‘One of the 8nest available Bach performances’ –'e Independent
‘Sheer magic’ – BBC Music Magazine
‘a sparkling and scintillating performance…wheresome violinists sound as though they’re engaged in aphysical and intellectual tussle with the music,Bernardini made light and weightless music thatFowed in every movement …It was an absolutethrill to listen to and a delight to hear’ – 'e Herald
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St Mary’s Church, Lastingham
Coffee Concert
Joseph Shiner (clarinet)
Frederick Brown (piano)
John Ireland – Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano
Debussy – Beau Soir
Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne (World Premiere)
Fauré – Clair de lune
Brahms – Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major
Weiner – Peregi Verbunk
Two outstanding young musicians perform aprogramme including one of John Ireland’s mostpersonal works, a late sonata by Brahms and adazzling Hungarian showpiece. At the centre ofthe programme are three pieces inspired by night,including the world premiere of a new nocturneby Freya Waley-Cohen.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am
in Lastingham Village Hall
2pm
St Mary’s Church, Lastingham
Wind WorkshopJoseph Shiner
Young and amateur wind players are invited tocome and work with top clarinettist JosephShiner in an informal public workshop. Comeand <nd out how to get more from yourinstrument and <nd more freedom andenjoyment in playing. All ages and levels arewelcome at this free event. Open-door to thepublic with unreserved seating. To take part, or<nd out more, please email Robert Heath:[email protected].
3.30pm
Helmsley Arts Centre
Charlotte Green: The News is Read
For 27 years, newsreader Charlotte Green’s rich,velvety voice was a staple on the radio and a treatfor millions of listeners. Charlotte joined theBBC in 1978 and became one of the regularreaders on the Today programme, where herbulletins covered everything from the fall of theBerlin Wall to 9/11. After leaving Radio 4 in2013, Charlotte joined Classic FM, where shenow presents an arts and culture programme. Shetalks about her life, giving us the story behind thevoice, extracts from her entertaining andtouching autobiography, some hilariousanecdotes of her career, and a peek at the invisibleworld of radio.
7pm
Sledmere House and Church
Double Concert I
House
A Matter of Patter
Richard Suart (baritone)
Bryan Evans (piano)
A light-hearted celebration of operetta and the artof the patter song, of which Richard Suart is onethe world’s greatest exponents. Featuring songs byGilbert and Sullivan, Tom Lehrer, Flanders andSwann and Noel Coward, all spiced withanecdotes, dialogue and general patter – as youmight expect!
‘Richard Suart… patters astoundingly and isgleefully funny as Major-General Stanley’ – 'eGuardian
Church
Beethoven – Septet
Girasoli
Alison Bury (violin)
Katie Heller (viola)
Andrew Skidmore (cello)
Elizabeth Bradley (double bass)
Lesley Schatzberger (clarinet)
Susan Dent (horn)
Alastair Mitchell (bassoon)
Beethoven’s sparkling Septet has always been oneof his most celebrated works. Full of melodiccharm, witty interplay between instruments andingenious e8ects, this is Beethoven at his mostconvivial, played by a group of celebratedmusicians who have come together to mark the20th anniversary of festival charity Jessie’s Fund.
The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for
concert-goers and there will be a further picnic opportunity
during the 45 minute interval between performances when
drinks will also be available.
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Lendvai TrioSt Michael’s Church, Coxwold
11am
St Michael’s Church, Coxwold
Coffee Concert
Lendvai Trio
Beethoven – Serenade in D major (op. 8)
Michael Berkeley – String Trio
Ryedale welcomes the superb Lendvai Trio for athree-day residency. 'ey begin with an earlywork by Beethoven, where lively dances to delightthe composer’s patron sit alongside slowermovements that are full of poetry. It is followedby another early work (for which the composerstill has a ‘soft spot’) by festival composer inresidence Michael Berkeley.
‘/e Lendvai Trio has a deep well of energy… thiswas persuasive playing, technically of the highestorder’ – 'e Strad
‘/e string trio repertoire tends to be an unopenedbox of surprises, even to string players themselves …played with great wit and 8nesse by the LendvaiString Trio. /is is their 8rst disc. What a 8ne debut’– 'e Observer
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am-10.45am.
11am
St John the Evangelist’s Church, Welburn
Coffee Concert
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)
Simon Smith (piano)
Beethoven – Sonata in F major for horn and piano
Kirchner – Tre Poemi
Schumann – Adagio and Allegro
R. Strauss – Mondscheinmusik aus Capriccio
At 28 years old, BBC New Generation Artist AlecFrank-Gemmill is already considered one of the
foremost exponents of the horn as a soloinstrument. He joins pianist Simon Smith for atypically wide-ranging programme.
‘A phenomenon with a tone of golden purity,wraparound warmth and ecstatic afterglow’ –Financial Times
‘what a great player is Frank-Gemmill.Extraordinary: the haunting horn strands of themusic have never been more tellingly in safe hands’– 'e Herald
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am-10.45am.
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Sledmere House and Church
Double Concert II
Church
Lendvai Trio
Mozart – Divertimento in E flat major
Aged 31, at the height of his powers but alsovirtually penniless, Mozart turned to the unusualcombination of three string instruments andproduced one of his greatest masterpieces. AlfredEinstein called it ‘one of his noblest works...something special in the way of art, invention,
and good spirits... Each instrument is <rst amongequals, every note is signi<cant, every note acontribution to spiritual and sensuous ful<lmentin sound’.
‘their well-considered performances show a;ection forthe music, revelling in its warmth and Fashes ofhumour, a resounding success’ – BBC Music Magazine
House
4 Girls 4 Harps
Eleanor Turner, Harriet Adie, Keziah Thomas,
Elizabeth Scorah (harps)
Handel – La Réjouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)
Harriet Adie – Sun, Moon and Stars – A Middle-Eastern Sky
Ravel – Three pieces from ‘Ma mère l’Oye’ (Mother Goose)
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes
Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (World Premiere)
Monica Stadler – African Reflections
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
4 Girls 4 Harps have delighted audiences throughoutEurope with their dynamic performances andinnovative repertoire. Inspired by the sights andsounds of the night, their programme includes theworld premiere of a piece by Paul Patterson depictingone of night’s less welcome visitors!
‘Sparkingly energetic…ensemble is watertight andthere is a real rhythmic élan to the playing whichkeeps you listening’ – BBC Music Magazine
The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for
concert-goers and there will be a further picnic opportunity
during the 45 minute interval between performances when
drinks will also be available.
11am
Church of St Michael le Belfrey, York
Coffee Concert
Lendvai Trio
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Mozart – Horn Quintet in E flat major
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor
Two very di8erent works by Mozart. 'e LendvaiTrio join forces with Alec Frank-Gemmill for hisHorn Quintet, a good-natured piece, full ofvirtuosity and with a magical central movement.In contrast his Piano Quartet in G minor isalmost operatic in its scope and richness, a truemasterpiece from the same year as /e Marriageof Figaro.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am-10.45am.
6pm
Helmsley Arts Centre
Any Other Business –Martin Vander Weyerand friends
Martin Vander Weyer reads excerpts from his newbook Any Other Business and talks about his life,alongside musical and poetic contributions fromfriends and colleagues. A Spectator columnistdescribed by Boris Johnson as ‘the most oracularand entertaining business commentator inLondon’, Martin is also a poet, playwright,amateur actor, former banker, intrepid traveller,ardent Francophile, music lover and proudYorkshireman – aspects of his life that are allreHected in this anthology which he describes as‘a kind of autobiographical jigsaw puzzle’.
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The Saloon, Duncombe Park
An Evening withMichael Berkeley
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Ryedale Festival Ensemble
Mozart – Adagio and Fugue
Lennox Berkeley – Andantino
Bridge – Go not, happy day
Britten – The Salley Gardens
Michael Berkeley – Three songs for children
Michael Berkeley – Veilleuse
Michael Berkeley – At a Solemn Wake (World Premiere)
Poulenc – La Grenouillère
Michael Berkeley – Echo: Homage à Poulenc
Michael Berkeley – Rilke Sonnet no. 2
Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor
An evening of music and conversation with thecomposer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley –one of the country’s best known musical <gures.'e son of the composer Lennox Berkeley,godson of Benjamin Britten, and a chorister atWestminster Cathedral, he has also been artisticdirector of several festivals, presenter of BBCRadio 3’s Private Passions and, since 2012, anindependent peer in the House of Lords. He talksabout his life in music and introducesperformances of some of his own ‘privatepassions’, including one of Fauré’s mostmagni<cent works. 'e concert also includes theworld premiere of a new piece for cello and pianocommissioned for the Ryedale Festival.
Pre-concert and interval drinks
11am
St Mary’s Church, Thirsk
Coffee ConcertX24 and EXtraCHORd
William Brooks and Jessica Burggraf
(conductors)
Barber – Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings)
Buchenberg – Veni, Dilecta Mi
Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia
Byrd – O quam suavis est
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
'is concert begins and ends with two greatsettings of the Agnus Dei: Samuel Barber’s is anarrangement for voices of his own famous Adagiofor strings, while Swiss composer Frank Martin’ssetting concludes his inspired mass for doublechoir – one of the 20th century’s greatestliturgical works and also a piece that thecomposer regarded as his own personal o8eringto God. It also features one of Britten and Auden’shappiest collaborations – a motet in praise of thepatron saint of music.
Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am-10.45am.
8pm
All Saints’ Church, Helmsley
The Beautiful Maidof the Mill
Toby Spence (tenor)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Schubert - The Beautiful Maid of the Mill
(Die schöne Mullerin – in a new English version by Jeremy
Sams)
Schubert’s great song cycle Die schöne Mullerin isheard here in the world premiere of a new Englishversion by Jeremy Sams, sung by the internationallyrenowned tenor Toby Spence. Its twenty songs tellthe story of a young wanderer who follows a streamto a mill. He <nds work there, and falls in love withthe miller’s daughter. But when she rejects him he<nds himself alone, wandering again, with thestream his only companion.
‘Toby Spence’s appreciation of poetic form andexpression was evident from the 8rst phrase…everyword was clear, even those lines which werearticulated almost as a whisper. He vibrantly liftedwords from the page, and sang with a;ectingemotional commitment’ – Opera Today
‘one of the great British tenors of his generation’ –Opera Now
Pre-concert drinks
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9.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Helmsley
Nocturnesby Candlelight III
Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 48)
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 55)
Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 62)
Beethoven – Sonata no. 14 in C# minor (Moonlight Sonata)
For the last in our series celebrating night musicfor piano, Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva playsthe late Chopin Nocturnes alongside a sonata byBeethoven, nicknamed Moonlight after itsatmospheric opening movement.
‘A profoundly gifted artist who has already achievedartistic greatness’ – Gramophone
‘Astute colours and brilliant technique’ – 'e Times
‘Her power and temperament remind me of MarthaArgerich’ – Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moscow
Pre-concert drinks
3pm
Garden of the Worsley Arms Hotel,
Hovingham
Garden PartyKirkbymoorside Brass Band
No Yorkshire festival would be complete withouta brass band performance – and Kirkbymoorsideis well known as one of the county’s <nest. Wewelcome them in this their 200th anniversaryyear. Tickets include a cream tea.
6pm
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Festival Service
The Revd. Tim Robinson
The Rt. Revd. James Jones (Preacher)
A short, ecumenical service of thanksgiving forthe festival, with words and music reHecting on atheme of ‘'e Imagination of our Hearts’.
7pm
Hovingham Hall
Final Gala Concert
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Toby Spence (tenor)
Steven Hudson (oboe)
Peter Francomb (horn)
Bradley Creswick (director)
Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Michael Berkeley – Oboe Concerto
Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Mozart – Paris Symphony no. 31 in D major
'ree works with very di8erent night-timeassociations: Mozart’s evening divertissement Einekleine Nachtmusik ended up as one of his mostcelebrated works. Michael Berkeley’s OboeConcerto remembers the composer’s godfather,Benjamin Britten, in a movement recalling thelines ‘Let us sleep now’ from his War Requiem.Britten’s own fascination with the night is heardin his Serenade – haunting settings of six greatnocturnal poems with an eloquent part for solohorn. 'e concert ends with the musical<reworks of one of Mozart’s most extrovertsymphonies.
‘the Serenade…got the performance of a lifetimefrom tenor Toby…Crystalline, witty and full oftender, mysterious emotion, this was a reading thatbrought out every nuance and every bit of majestyin the score’ – San Francisco Chronicle
‘)ere’s no better chamber orchestra in Britain’ –'e Guardian
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5th July – 31st July 2015 / Helmsley Arts Centre
Ryedale FestivalExhibition
Gerard Collett
Gerard Collett is fast developing an internationalreputation for his street and social documentaryphotography. He has been recently exhibited in thePall Mall Gallery in London, the Soho ArthouseGallery in New York, and in Los Angeles at the LosAngeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). He isthe 2014 winner of the international iPhonePhotography Awards in its highly competitiveNews/Events category, securing furthernominations in other categories. He is a passionateadvocate of the analogue process and in additionto mobile photography and digital, he uses Leicarange<nder cameras in the tradition of HenriCartier-Bresson and Garry Winogrand, two of hismajor inHuences. In this year’s MobilePhotography Awards, he has received threecommendations, two in its Photojournalismcategory. His innovative work with the iPhone hasattracted the attention of numerous publications,including an in-depth interview with MacUserMagazine which ran a four-page spread of hisphotographs, establishing him as an exciting newvoice within iPhoneography and photojournalism.
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Austro-Hungarianmusic• Bartók – String Quartets (19th – 22nd July)• Haydn – String Quartets op. 76 (19th –
22nd July)• Lehár – /e Merry Widow (18th and 20th July)• Brahms and the Gypsy – 'e Red Hedgehog
Tavern (17th July)• Brahms – Ziegeunerlieder (25th July)• Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and
Celesta (24th July)• Lucy Beckett – 'e Rise and Fall of the
Habsburg Empire (22nd July)
Night music• Chopin – Complete Nocturnes (21st and
25th July, 1st August)• Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (23rd July)• Stile Antico – Music for Compline (23rd July)• Holst – Nocturne from Moorside Suite (24th
July)• Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and
Celesta (24th July)• Rachmaninov – 100th anniversary
performance of Vespers (25th July)• Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne (28th July)
• Harriet Adie – Sun, Moon and Stars (30thJuly)
• Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (30th July)• Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2nd August)• Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
(2nd August)
Michael Berkeley –composer in residence• Champagne Fanfare (24th July)• Music from Chaucer (24th July)• String Trio (29th July)• At a Solemn Wake (World Premiere – 31st July)• Veilleuse (31st July)• 'ree songs for children (31st July) • Echo: Homage à Poulenc (31st July)• Rilke Sonnet no. 2 (31st July)• Oboe Concerto (2nd August)
Free Workshops• Strings Workshop with Matthew Sharp
(18th July)• Jazz Workshop with NYJO (21st July)• Piano Workshop with Charles Owen (25th
July)• Wind Workshop with Joseph Shiner (28th July)
Festival Premieres• David Gordon – Romanesque for recorder
and string quartet (17th July)• Marcus Bartram-Stevens – Double on
Purcell’s Fantasia No 7 (17th July)• Michael Berkeley – Champagne Fanfare
(24th July)• Nick Walkley – Jórvíkekkoer (24th July)• Simon Dobson – Joan’s Vision of St Michael
(24th July) • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – new work
(27th July)• Sally Beamish – new work (27th July)• Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne for clarinet
and piano (28th July)• Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (30th July)• Michael Berkeley – At a Solemn Wake
(31st July)• Jeremy Sams – 'e Beautiful Maid of the
Mill (1st August)
Ways with Words –festival talks and literary events
• Katy Hamilton – Haydn, Bartók and theString Quartet (19th – 22nd July)
• Martin Bell – 'e End of Empire (20th July)
• Lucy Beckett – 'e Rise and Fall of theHabsburg Empire (22nd July)
• Henry Marsh – Do No Harm (24th July)• Dame Fanny Waterman in conversation
(26th July)• John Butt – Discovering Bach (27th July)• Charlotte Green – 'e News is Read (28th July)• Martin Vander Weyer – Any Other Business
(31st July)
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Ryedale Festival 201615th July – 31st July 2016
Two weeks of great music and arts in the manybeautiful and historic venues of Ryedale andNorth Yorkshire.
Ryedale Festival Christmas Concert
Details to be announced later.
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Ampleforth area'e White Swan* 01439 788239 YO62 4DT Ampleforth'e White Horse* 01439 788378 YO62 4DX Ampleforth'e Wombwell Arms* 01347 868280 YO61 4BE Wass'e Fairfax Arms 01439 788212 YO62 4JH Gilling East
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Hovingham Worsley Arms 01653 628234 YO62 4LA Hovingham
Malton area'e Talbot Hotel 01653 639096 YO17 7AJ Malton'e Old Lodge 01653 690570 YO17 7EG Malton'e New Malton* 01653 693998 YO17 7LX Malton'e Mansion House 0871 911 8000 YO17 6UX Flamingo Land
Pickering area'e White Swan Inn 01752 472288 YO18 7AA PickeringForest and Vale Hotel 01751 472722 YO18 7DL Pickering'e Fox and Hounds* 01751 431577 YO62 6SQ Sinnington'e Moors Inn* 01751 417435 YO62 6TF Appleton le MoorsLastingham Grange 01751 417345 YO62 6TH Lastingham
Scarborough area'e Blue Bell* 01944 738204 YO17 8EX WeaverthorpeCrown Spa Hotel 01723 357400 YO11 2AG Scarborough
'irsk'e Golden Fleece 01845 523108 YO7 1LL 'irsk
YorkGrand Hotel & Spa, York 01904 380038 YO1 6GD York'e Royal York Hotel 01904 653681 YO24 1AA York
Map: http://bit.ly/18L0Hpt
* denotes restaurant or pub with rooms
Some recommendations from the festival team...
Ryedale Festival Members and VolunteersMembers: Our Members and Friends are at the heart of the Festival, providing the support which is essential to its continuedsuccess. Demand for tickets is high and grows each year and becoming a Friend or Gold/Silver Member ensures prioritybooking among other bene<ts:
► Free festival programme for Gold/Silver/Friend Members (£10 otherwise) ► Soh-Fah magazine► Discounts for Gold and Silver Members ► Priority Booking Periods for each type of ► Acknowledgement in the Souvenir Programme Membership
Friends and Members subscribe various amounts – from £50 to £250 p.a (£10 for under 25s). To <nd out more pleasecontact Lorna Vasey on 07828 783536 or [email protected] or visit the website www.ryedalefestival.com.
Volunteers: Our willing team of volunteers provide much-needed help in a variety of areas – transport, accommodation,stewarding, hospitality, brochure distribution, programme selling, fund-raising and administration work. 'e festival thriveson the goodwill of our supporters and volunteers. If you’d like to get involved in volunteering, please email Robert Heath:[email protected].
Email: [email protected] Phone: 01751 475777 Post: Ryedale Festival Box OQce, Memorial Hall, Potter Hill,
Pickering, YO18 8AA
Box OFce Opening TimesMonday 9.30am to 4.00pm; Tuesday – Friday 9.30am to 2.00pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12.00pm.• Please note there will be a £2.00 handling charge for all bookings. • Credit card bookings cannot be accepted by email. • Please make cheques payable to ‘Ryedale Festival’.• For acknowledgement of your postal booking please include a stamped addressed envelope.• Please be sure to mark name, address and postcode clearly on all correspondence.
Online Tickets for many Ryedale Festival events will now be available online. Please visitwww.ryedalefestival.com for more details. Please note that membership discounts cannot be usedonline, and online booking is not available during the priority booking period.
PRIORITY BOOKING DATES (Priority Bookings are Postal Only): Gold: 17th – 23rd AprilSilver: 24th – 30th April
Friends: 1st May – 14th MayGeneral Booking and Box OFce Open from 18th May
Memberships To become a Festival Gold Member (£250 p.a.), Silver Member (£150 p.a.), Friend (£50 p.a.) or Under25 Member (£10 p.a.) please add the appropriate amount to your ticket order. Subscriptions run from1st January - 31st December. Please contact Membership Secretary, Lorna Vasey, on 07828 [email protected], or see the website for more details.
Priority Booking TermsDuring the priority booking periods, Gold, Silver and Friend Members may purchase up to two ticketsper event; Gold members receive a 20% discount, and Silver members a 10% discount, on one ticketper event. 'ere are no discounts for Friends. If ordering for more than one member please includeall names on the form.
General Booking TermsTickets can be applied for by post before the Box OQce opens on the 18th May, and will be dealt within order of receipt when general booking begins.
Accessibility Some of our venues have limited access for wheelchair users and those with restricted mobility. If you have anyspecial requirements, please inform the Box OQce when ordering tickets, or use the Accessibility Requirementssection on the Booking Form.
Returns 'e Festival cannot accept returns at less than one week’s notice prior to the event. Before this date, arefund will be paid (less a 10% handling charge) for any ticket returned and subsequently resold.
• In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Festival reserves the right to change artists,programmes and venues without prior notice.
• Please note that many Festival venues are not designed as concert halls and some seats may havea restricted view.
• Doors open 30 minutes before advertised performance times.
Booking Form
Ampleforth Abbey and 'eatre YO62 4EN
Birdsall St Mary’s Church YO17 9NW
Botton Village Joan of Arc Hall YO21 2NJ
Castle Howard YO60 7DA
Coxwold St Michael’s Church YO61 4AD
Easingwold Galtres Centre YO61 3AD
St John and All Saints’ YO61 3HH
Ebberston St Mary’s Church YO13 9PA
Gilling Church of the Holy Cross YO62 4JQ
Helmsley Duncombe Park YO62 5EB
Helmsley Arts Centre YO62 5DW
All Saints’ Church YO62 5AQ
Hovingham All Saints’ Church YO62 4LG
Hovingham Hall YO62 4LU
Worsley Arms Hotel YO62 4LA
Ryedale FestivalBox OfficeThe Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, N. Yorks YO18 [email protected] office 01751 475777
Finding our Venues
Lastingham St Mary’s Church YO62 6TN
Malton Methodist Chapel YO17 7LL
Milton Rooms YO17 7LX
St Michael’s Church YO17 7LX
'e Talbot Hotel YO17 7AJ
Norton St Peter’s Church YO17 9AE
Old Malton St Mary’s Priory Church YO17 7HB
Pickering Parish Church YO18 7AW
Scarborough St Martin-on-the-Hill YO11 2BT
Sherburn St Hilda’s Church YO17 8PP
Sledmere Sledmere House YO25 3XG
'irsk St Mary’s Church YO7 1PR
Welburn St John the Evangelist YO60 7EQ
York St Michael le Belfrey YO1 7EN
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(See next page for m
ethod of payment)
TIME
No
EVENT
VENUE
FULL
GOLD
SILV
ER
UNDER 25
TOTAL
qty
MEMBER qty
MEMBER qty
qty
£p
FRI 1
711am
1Coffee C
antata / Rom
anesque / Sir Thom
as Allen
Pickering Parish C
hurch£16.00
£12.80
£14.40
£8.00
JULY
8pm
2The R
ed Hedgehog Tavern
Milton R
ooms, M
alton£18.00
£14.40
£16.20
£9.00
SAT 1
811am
3Coffee C
oncert – Phoenix Trio / H
aydn and Brahm
s St John and A
ll Saints', Easingw
old£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
2pm
4Strings W
orkshop – M
atthew Sharp
St John and A
ll Saints', Easingw
oldFree
SEE P
AGE 7
Free
6pm
5The M
erry Widow
(with picnic interval)
Ampleforth C
ollege Theatre£35.00
£28.00
£31.50
£17.50
SUN 19
7pm
6Pre-concert talk I
The Saloon, D
uncombe Park
FreeBOOKIN
G N
ECESSARY
Free
8pm
7Haydn, B
artók and the String Q
uartet IThe S
aloon, Duncom
be Park£16.00
£12.80
£14.40
£8.00
MON 20
10am
8Pre-concert talk II
St M
ary's Church, B
irdsallFree
BOOKIN
G N
ECESSARY
Free
11am
9Haydn, B
artók, and the String Q
uartet IISt M
ary's Church, B
irdsall£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
3pm
10
Martin B
ell – The End of Em
pireGaltres C
entre, Easingwold
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
7pm
11
The Merry W
idow (w
ithout picnic interval)Ampleforth C
ollege Theatre£35.00
£28.00
£31.50
£17.50
TUES 21
10am
12
Pre-concert talk III
All S
aints' Church, H
ovinghamFree
BOOKIN
G N
ECESSARY
Free
11am
13
Haydn, B
artók, and the String Q
uartet IIIAll S
aints' Church, H
ovingham£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
3.30pm
14
Jazz Workshop –
NYJO
Milton R
ooms, M
altonFree
SEE P
AGE 1
1Free
7pm
15
National Youth Jazz O
rchestraMilton R
ooms, M
alton£20.00
£16.00
£18.00
£10.00
9.30pm
16
Nocturnes by C
andlelight I – Charles O
wen
St M
ichael's Church, M
alton£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
WED 22
11am
17
Lucy Beckett –
The Rise and Fall of the H
absburg Empire
Methodist C
hapel, Malton
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
12.45pm
18
Festival Lunch Talbot H
otel, Malton
£25.00
NO
D
IS
CO
UN
TS
7pm
19
Pre-concert talk IV
St M
ary's Priory C
hurch, Old M
altonFree
BOOKIN
G N
ECESSARY
Free
8pm
20
Haydn, B
artók, and the String Q
uartet IVSt M
ary's Priory C
hurch, Old M
alton£16.00
£12.80
£14.40
£8.00
THU 23
11am
21
Coffee C
oncert – Yorkshire Young M
usiciansHelm
sley Arts C
entre£10.00
£8.00
£9.00
£5.00
7pm
22
Triple Concert –
Petrushka / Com
pline / Transfigured Night
Castle H
oward
£36.00
£28.80
£32.40
£18.00
FRI 2
411am
23
Brass ensem
ble – Aeðelfrith
Joan of Arc H
all, Botton
£15.00
£12.00
£13.50
£7.50
3pm
24
Henry M
arsh – Do N
o Harm
Helm
sley Arts C
entre£10.00
£8.00
£9.00
£5.00
8pm
25
Orchestra of O
pera North –
Bartók and M
ahlerSt Peter's C
hurch, Norton C
entre Nave
£30.00
£24.00
£27.00
£15.00
Side A
isles Unallocated
£28.00
£22.40
£25.20
£14.00
SAT 2
511am
26
Coffee C
oncert – Ziegeunerlieder / Polyhym
niaSt H
ilda's Church, S
herburn£15.00
£12.00
£13.50
£7.50
3pm
27
Piano W
orkshop – Charles O
wen
Helm
sley Arts C
entreFree
SEE P
AGE 1
7Free
7.30pm
28
Rachm
aninov – Vespers / Ex C
athedraAmpleforth A
bbey£20.00
£16.00
£18.00
£10.00
9.30pm
29
Nocturnes by C
andlelight II – Finghin C
ollinsHoly C
ross Church, G
illing£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
SUN 26
6.45pm
30
Dam
e Fanny Waterm
an and Richard S
hephardThe S
aloon, Duncom
be Park£7.00
£5.60
£6.30
£3.50
8pm
31
Benjam
in Grosvenor in recital
The Saloon, D
uncombe Park
£28.00
£22.40
£25.20
£14.00
MON 27
11am
32
Coffee C
oncert – Goldberg Variations / C
harles Owen
The Saloon, D
uncombe Park
£14.00
£11.20
£12.60
£7.00
3pm
33
Afternoon C
oncert – Fenella H
umphreys
St M
ary's Church, Ebberston
£10.00
£8.00
£9.00
£5.00
6.30pm
34
Discovering B
ach – John B
utt in conversationSt M
artin-on-the-Hill, S
carboroughFree
BOOKIN
G N
ECESSARY
Free
8pm
35
Dunedin C
onsort – Bach C
oncertosSt M
artin-on-the-Hill, S
carborough£20.00
£16.00
£18.00
£10.00
TUES 28
11am
36
Coffee C
oncert – Joseph S
hiner and Frederick Brow
n St M
ary's Church, Lastingham
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
2pm
37
Wind W
orkshop – Joseph S
hinerSt M
ary’s Church, Lastingham
FreeSEE P
AGE 2
2Free
3.30pm
38
Charlotte G
reen – The N
ews is R
eadHelm
sley Arts C
entre£15.00
£12.00
£13.50
£7.50
7pm
39
Double C
oncert I – A M
atter of Patter / Beethoven –
Septet
Sledm
ere House and C
hurch£30.00
£24.00
£27.00
£15.00
WED 29
11am
40
Coffee C
oncert – Lendvai Trio
St M
ichael's Church, C
oxwold
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
THU 30
11am
41
Cofffee C
oncert – Alec Frank-G
emmill and S
imon S
mith
St John the Evangelist, W
elburn£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
7pm
42
Double C
oncert II – Lendvai Trio / 4
Girls 4
Harps
Sledm
ere House and C
hurch£25.00
£20.00
£22.50
£12.50
FRI 3
111am
43
Coffee C
oncert – Lendvai Trio, A
. Frank-Gem
mill, C
. Glynn
St M
ichael le Belfrey C
hurch, York£15.00
£12.00
£13.50
£7.50
6pm
44
Martin Vander W
eyer and FriendsHelm
sley Arts C
entre£10.00
£8.00
£9.00
£5.00
8pm
45
An Evening w
ith Michael B
erkeleyThe S
aloon, Duncom
be Park£25.00
£20.00
£22.50
£12.50
SAT 1
11am
46
Coffee C
oncert – X24 and EX
traCHORd
St M
ary's Church, Thirsk
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
AUGUST
8pm
47
The Beautiful M
aid of the Mill –
T. Spence and C
. Glynn
All S
aints' Church, H
elmsley
£18.00
£14.40
£16.20
£9.00
9.30pm
48
Nocturnes by C
andlelight III – Katya A
pekishevaAll S
aints' Church, H
elmsley
£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
SUN 2
3pm
49
Garden Party –
Kirkbym
oorside Brass B
and Worsley A
rms H
otel Garden, H
ovingham£12.00
£9.60
£10.80
£6.00
6pm
50
Festival Service
All S
aints' Church, H
ovinghamFree
BOOKIN
G U
NNECESSARY
Free
7pm
51
Final Gala C
oncert – Royal N
orthern Sinfonia / T. S
penceHovingham
Hall M
ain Section
£30.00
£24.00
£27.00
£15.00
Rear S
ection£26.00
£20.80
£23.40
£13.00
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ns
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AYMENT
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