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201912TH – 28TH JULY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS

FRIDAY 12TH JULY1 11am • St Mary’s Church,

Lastingham Dido and Aeneas I2 2.30pm • Helmsley Town Hall John Langton Exhibition Preview3 7pm • Castle Howard Triple Concert echo Choir / HMSC / Elias Quartet

SATURDAY 13TH JULY4 11am • St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby Lauren Zhang5 3pm • Kirk Theatre, Pickering The Wind in the Willows I6 7.30pm • St Peter’s Church, Norton Jess Gillam in recital7 9.45pm • St Mary’s Priory Church,

Old Malton Elias Quartet

SUNDAY 14TH JULY8 3pm • Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York The Wind in the Willows II9 6.30pm • Hovingham Hall Orchestra of the Age of

Enlightenment10 9.45pm • All Saints’ Church,

Hovingham Flora Curzon

MONDAY 15TH JULY11 10am • All Saints’ Church, Slingsby Behind the beard I –

Katy Hamilton12 11am • All Saints’ Church, Slingsby Jonathan Plowright13 3pm • St Michael’s Church, Malton Dido and Aeneas II14 7pm • Sledmere House and Church Double Concert Schubert and Co. and Esme Quartet

TUESDAY 16TH JULY15 10am • St John and All Saints’

Church, Easingwold Behind the beard II –

Katy Hamilton16 11am • St John and All Saints’

Church, Easingwold Esme Quartet and friends17 3pm • St Olave’s Church, York Roger McGough18 8pm • Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall,

University of York An Italian Songbook with

Roderick Williams

WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY19 11am • All Saints’ Church,

Helmsley Dido and Aeneas III20 2pm • Helmsley Arts Centre Lucy Beckett talk21 6.30pm • St Peter and St Paul’s

Church, Pickering Behind the beard III –

Katy Hamilton22 7.30pm • St Peter and St Paul’s

Church, Pickering Brahms on holiday23 9.45pm • All Saints’ Church,

Kirkbymoorside echo Choir

THURSDAY 18TH JULY24 11am • Duncombe Park Mario Häring25 8pm • Duncombe Park Ian Bostridge, Roger McGough

and Christopher Glynn

FRIDAY 19TH JULY26 10am • Duncombe Park Behind the beard IV –

Katy Hamilton27 11am • Duncombe Park Julian Bliss and friends28 7pm • Milton Rooms, Malton Back to Basie 29 9.45pm • St Gregory’s Minster,

Kirkdale Camille Thomas

SATURDAY 20TH JULY30 10.30am – 2pm • St Peter and

St Paul’s Church, Pickering Come and Sing with Sarah Latto31 3pm • Helmsley Arts Centre Festival Masterclass: clarinet32 7.30pm • Grand Hall, Scarborough

Spa Orchestra of Opera North

SUNDAY 21ST JULY33 3pm • Helmsley Arts Centre An afternoon with Roxanna

Panufnik34 8pm • St Peter’s Church, Norton Carducci Quartet

MONDAY 22ND JULY35 11am • St Michael’s Church,

Coxwold Tabea Debus and Paula

Chateauneuf

36 3pm • Helmsley Arts Centre Festival Masterclass: violin37 8pm • St Mary’s Priory Church,

Old Malton Olivia Chaney

TUESDAY 23RD JULY38 11am • St Mary’s Church, Birdsall Ferio Saxophone Quartet39 6pm • Performing Arts Centre,

Ampleforth College Sally Palmer and Leo Nicholson40 8pm • Ampleforth Abbey Bach’s Angels – Solomon’s Knot

WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY41 8pm • Long Gallery, Castle Howard Orsino Ensemble

THURSDAY 25TH JULY42 11am • Church of St Martin-on-

the-Hill, Scarborough A Purcell Pageant 43 7pm • Birdsall Estate Double Concert Pavel Kolesnikov and Sean Shibe

FRIDAY 26TH JULY44 11am • St Hilda’s Church,

Sherburn Orsino Ensemble45 8pm • Duncombe Park Imogen Cooper

SATURDAY 27TH JULY46 11am • St Lawrence Parish

Church, York Solomon’s Knot 47 5.30pm • Ampleforth College

Performing Arts Centre Yorkshire Young Musicians48 7pm • Ampleforth College Theatre Burying the Dead49 9.45pm • All Saints’ Church,

Helmsley Imogen Cooper with Orsino

Ensemble

SUNDAY 28TH JULY50 2pm • Garden of the Worsley Arms

Hotel, Hovingham Garden Party51 4pm • All Saints’ Church,

Hovingham Festival Service52 6.30pm • Hovingham Hall Royal Northern Sinfonia

BOOKING DETAILS

Box OfficeONLINE: The easiest way to book is online atwww.ryedalefestival.com.

PHONE: You can also phone our box office on01751 475777.

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PATRONS: 21st – 24th March

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FRIENDS: 1st – 7th April

Young Ryedale If you are under 30 years old our YoungRyedale scheme offers access to unmissableperformances, with tickets for all festivalevents available from only £1. For moredetails, visit our website, email us, phone us,or follow us on social media (more on page 34).

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11am St Mary’s Church, Lastingham

DIDO AND AENEASEamonn Dougan musical directorHenry Purcell Dido and Aeneas

‘Remember me but ah, forget my fate…’ In thefirst great English opera, Dido, Queen ofCarthage, loves the Trojan prince Aeneas, butfate conspires to keep them apart, along withboisterous sailors and cackling witches. It’s atale of duty and desire, painful tragedy andbawdy comedy, and Purcell’s music ensures it will never be forgotten. Working with the

inspirational conductor Eamonn Dougan, agroup of outstanding young singers andplayers create a concert staging of Purcell’smasterpiece for three of the region’s mostatmospheric medieval churches.

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Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am in Lastingham Village Hall

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RYEDALE FESTIVAL 2019

INTRODUCTIONFROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Hello and welcome to the Ryedale Festival2019. It finds a special place for the music ofHenry Purcell, the composer who absorbedinfluences from all over Europe and broughtback brilliance and glory to English music. Apop-up production of his opera Dido andAeneas travels to three beautiful and ancientchurches. There’s also a pageant performanceof his most magical and popular theatremusic, a concert-drama imagining his life inRestoration London, and explorations of hisinfluence on musicians from Benjamin Brittento contemporary folk singers.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenmentand Royal Northern Sinfonia perform atHovingham Hall, and the Orchestra of OperaNorth play an unmissable symphonicprogramme at Scarborough Spa. Artists inresidence include Solomon’s Knot, who bring

spontaneity and shared wonder to everythingthey do, the peerless wind players of theOrsino Ensemble, echo choir, poet RogerMcGough, artist Jake Attree and composerRoxanna Panufnik.

Performers such as Ian Bostridge, ImogenCooper and Roderick Williams mingle withstars of the new generation, like saxophonistJess Gillam. Concerts are given in the greathouses of the region, including CastleHoward, Duncombe Park, Sledmere andBirdsall House. But the spirit of the festival isalso found in quiet corners, including themany beautiful village churches that hostmorning Coffee Concerts.

Also in the melting pot: an invitation fromKaty Hamilton to listen to Brahms with freshears; some of Bach’s greatest sacred music atAmpleforth Abbey; a new staging of HugoWolf ’s song masterpiece; big band Basie jazz;and performances of Richard Shephard’s TheWind in the Willows by an all-age cast fromacross the region.

I hope you enjoy exploring the programme. Itcentres on classical music but also has spacefor jazz, folk, poetry, talks, the visual arts anda Come and Sing. Young festival-goers cancome for as little as £1. Thank you to all thosewho so generously support the festival andenable such a broad programme of events. Ilook forward to seeing old friends and new inJuly and hope you find lots to inspire anduplift you in the festival.

Christopher Glynn

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Has England ever had a greater composerthan Henry Purcell? Or one who absorbedso wide a range of influences into such asharply individual style? Little is knownabout his life, but he seems to have movedeasily between the worlds of the royal court,church, theatre and tavern, and his musichas a similar range and reach. He immersedhimself in the latest musical trends fromEurope, but also took inspiration from hismost talented forebears, from the theatre,folk traditions and ancient myths. Hismusic reconciles old and new, high art andearthy humour, tragedy and comedy,solemn devotion and tender enchantment –and it’s at the heart of this year’s RyedaleFestival. The opera Dido and Aeneas is heardin three ancient churches; the deeply-feltFuneral Sentences which gave voice to anation’s grief are sung by candlelight;Solomon’s Knot give a pageantperformance of magical and spine-tinglingmusic from The Fairy Queen; the EliasQuartet delve into the austere beauty of hisviol fantasias; Olivia Chaney celebrates a‘bawdy baroque populist’; and Ceruleostage an imaginative recreation of the manbehind the music.

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2.30pmHelmsley Town Hall

JOHN LANGTON RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION PREVIEW

Francis Spalding speaker John Langton is one of Yorkshire’s mostfamous living painters. Often known as theSenior Painter of the North, his work is foundin public collections both in this country andabroad. A retrospective at the Ryedale Festivalcelebrates his long career. Come and meet thisfascinatingly diverse and mercurial artist at thepreview, as art historian and biographer Frances Spalding looks back over anextraordinary body of work.

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The Exhibition is on the first floor of Helmsley Town Hall, with stair lift.

7pmCastle Howard

TRIPLE CONCERTAn event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Concert features three contrasting concertsin different parts of Castle Howard, each performedthree times, with the audiences changing placesbetween performances.

The concert will be preceded by a Patrons Reception at 6pm.

CHAPELecho ChoirSarah Latto directorPurcell Hear my prayerRoxanna Panufnik O HearkenTallis O Nata LuxTippett Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seenMorago Oculi MeiDuruflé Ubi CaritasArvo Pärt Bogoroditse DyevoByrd Agnus Dei from Mass for four voices

One of the freshest and most forward-thinkingof vocal groups, echo choir are ensemble inresidence at this year’s Ryedale Festival. Theyjourney here from the austere beauty of one ofPurcell’s greatest motets to an evocative andcelebratory piece by Roxanna Panufnik.

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FRIDAY 12TH JULY CONTINUED

LONG GALLERYElias QuartetPurcell FantasiaBritten String Quartet no. 2 in C

Benjamin Britten composed this hypnotic,deeply moving string quartet to mark the250th anniversary of Purcell’s death. It evokesthe Suffolk coast, the opera Peter Grimes, thecomposer’s anguish about the war which hadjust ended and, above all, the music of HenryPurcell, whose music precedes it.

GREAT HALLHis Majestys Sagbutts & CornettsPurcell Hear my prayerHenry Loosemore Fantasy for three viols to

the organ Byrd Prelude in CPeter Philips Pavane & Galliard ‘Dolorosa’Antonio de Cabezón Fabordón y glosas del

Primer Tono LlanoJosé Ximénez Batalla del sexto tonoScheidt Paduana DolorosaSchein Die mit Tränen säenScheidt Galliard BattagliaGuami Toccata del secondo tuonoGabrieli Canzon seconda

This pioneering group of cornett and sackbuttvirtuosi delights audiences worldwide with thesound of its noble instruments. Theirprogramme uses the galleries and antiphonalpossibilities of Castle Howard’s Great Hall,beginning with Purcell and featuring English,Spanish, German and Italian music from agolden age.

‘There’s great variety among the wonderful split-chorus effects, hypnotic chordal intonations and thelovely spicy harmonic clashes … the performersmarvellously project the power, glory and praise ofthis music.’ – BBC Music Magazine

• £40 • Please note that moving between venues includes using a staircase

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His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts

Elias Quartetecho

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7.30pmSt Peter’s Church, Norton

JESS GILLAM IN RECITALJess Gillam saxophoneZeynep Özsuca pianoIturralde Pequeña CzardaDowland Flow my tearsBritten Temporal VariationsNyman ‘If ’ from The Diary of Anne FrankPoulenc Sonata for Oboe and PianoJohn Harle RantMarcello Concerto for Oboe in C MinorBartók Three Hungarian FolksongsWeill Je ne t’aime pasWiedoeft Valse VanitéMilhaud Scaramouche

In 2016, Jess Gillam made history as the firstever saxophonist winner of the woodwindcategory of BBC Young Musician of the Year,captivating the public with her talent andcharisma. Since then, Jess has signed arecording contract with Decca Classics,presented a regular slot on Radio 4’s Todayprogramme, won a BRIT award and performedat the 2018 Last Night of the Proms. Togetherwith a superb accompanist she brings atypically eclectic programme to Ryedale.

‘Funny, cool and down to earth. What’s not to like?’– Gramophone

‘The sound of the future.’ – Melvyn Bragg

• £30 • £25 • £20 •Interval bar

9.45pmSt Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

LATE-NIGHT CANDLELIT CONCERTFANTASIAS AND FOLKElias Quartet

Purcell FantasiasDonald Grant Scottish folk tunes suite

Like Purcell, who often borrowed traditionaltunes of his day, the Elias Quartet see no hardborder between folk and classical music.Interleaving dazzling fantasias with Scottishtraditional tunes, they relish the unstuffyblend of complexity and immediacy, grit anddelicacy, that is at the heart of Purcell’s art.

‘There’s something intoxicating about the EliasString Quartet…. Intensely absorbing, exquisitelyconsidered…stunning.’ – Philadelphia Inquirer

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11amSt Oswald’s Church, Sowerby

COFFEE CONCERT Lauren Zhang piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 28 in ABrahms Variations on a theme of PaganiniChopin Andante Spianato and Grande

Polonaise

The winner of the2018 BBC YoungMusician competitionperforms a scintillatingset of variationsnicknamed ‘Witchcraft’for their diabolicalnature and fearsometechnical challenges,as well as a piece byChopin wherenocturnal calm givesway to a fiery Polonaise.

• £15 •Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am

3pmKirk Theatre, Pickering

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSA COMMUNITY OPERA BY RICHARD SHEPHARD

Em Whitfield Brooks directorEamonn Dougan musical director

Join Rat, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad for aseries of riotous adventures on the river bank,as Richard Shephard recreates KennethGrahame’s classic story of friendship andbravery as a community opera. An all-age castfrom across the region join together for thismusical morality tale set in the turningseasons of the English countryside, full ofnostalgia, adventure, camaraderie, fast cars(poop poop!) and irresistible tunes.

• £15 • £10 •Interval refreshments

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The Wind in the Willows, drawing by Jake Attree

Jess Gillam

Lauren Zhang

St Mary’s Priory Church,

Old Malton

9.45pmAll Saints’ Church, Hovingham

LATE-NIGHT CANDLELIT CONCERTFlora Curzon violinPawel Siwczak harpsichord

J.S. Bach Violin Sonata in GTrad. Sephardic Lullaby from AndalusiaPandolfi La CestaTrad. British folk songs suiteBöddecker Sonata in D minor

‘I love playing different styles of music – forfun, to hear how different genres talk to oneanother, how they inspire composers, and toget closer to the heart of the music.’ A fast-rising and captivating performer, both asviolinist and folk-fiddler, Flora Curzonpresents a specially devised programme in justthat spirit, interleaving three great baroqueworks with her own improvisations ontraditional melodies from home and abroad.

‘fiercely passionate.’ – BBC Late Junction

• £15 • 10amAll Saints’ Church, Slingsby

BEHIND THE BEARD I THE PUBLIC ANDPRIVATE FACES OFJOHANNES BRAHMSKaty Hamilton speaker

How do we think of Brahms? The beard, thebelly, the cigar? A buttoned-up, beer-drinkingbachelor? In the first of four talks, KatyHamilton joins pianist Jonathan Plowright tolook beyond the clichés and caricatures, exploringfresh perspectives on this misunderstoodcomposer and the deep personal emotionsthat run through his music.

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3pmJoseph Rowntree Theatre, York

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSA COMMUNITY OPERA BY RICHARD SHEPHARD

Em Whitfield Brooks directorEamonn Dougan musical director

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Interval refreshments

6.30pm Hovingham Hall

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENTJ.S. Bach Orchestral Suite no. 1 in CJ.S. Bach Sinfonia BWV 42J.S. Bach Violin Concerto in EJ.S. Bach Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minorJ.S. Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins

Order and moderation versus rebellion andsensuality. In between those battling forces liesthat elusive ideal we call happiness. For themusicians of the OAE, that balance of pleasuresis found above all in Bach, especially theOrchestral Suites, with their blend of Frenchdance, Italian virtuosity and German tradition,which are performed here alongside othercelebrated works including the Double Concerto.

‘Britain’s indisputably best period ensemble.’ – TheIndependent

• £35 • £30 • £25 •Pre-concert and interval barConcert-goers are invited to picnic in the grounds of Hovingham Hallbefore the concert from 5.30pm. A post-concert supper is available at the Worsley Arms Hotel, including for those who wish to attend the late-night concert. To book please call 01653 628234.

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Johannes Brahms

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CHURCHEsme Quartet

Schubert String Quartet in G, D.887

Played here by the winners of the WigmoreHall International String Quartet Competition,Schubert’s final string quartet explores abreathtaking range of emotions and has longbeen considered one of his greatest works.

• £35 •The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for concertgoersand there will be a further picnic opportunity during the 45-minuteinterval between performances when a bar will be available

10amSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

BEHIND THE BEARD II THE PUBLIC ANDPRIVATE FACES OFJOHANNES BRAHMSKaty Hamilton speaker

Katy Hamiltoncontinues hersearch for the realBrahms, invitingus to listen to hismusic with freshears and decodingsecret messageshidden within twogreat chamberworks for strings.

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11amSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

COFFEE CONCERTSIGNS AND SECRET MESSAGESEsme QuartetRosalind Ventris violaCamille Thomas celloBrahms String Quartet in A minorBrahms String Sextet in G

Brahms as musical cryptographer. The motto‘Free, but lonely’ runs through one of his mostdeeply felt string quartets, whereas an etherealstring sextet enshrines a tender message toAgathe, the fiancée whom Brahms loved buteventually abandoned.

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Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am –10.45am

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MONDAY 15TH JULY CONTINUED

11amAll Saints’ Church, Slingsby

COFFEE CONCERTBRAHMS AT THE PIANOJonathan Plowright piano

Brahms Piano Sonata no. 1 in CBrahms Waltzes op. 39Brahms Four pieces for piano op. 119

Jonathan Plowrightexplores Brahms fromfirst to last opus. Asimple German folksong provides the seedfor a heroic first pianosonata. Brahms thepleasure-seekerbeguiles the ear in afamous set ofenchanting waltzes.And a final set of pianominiatures draw us inwith music of

melancholy and deep introspection.

‘How richly satisfying to hear playing of suchunimpeachable musical honesty and awe-inspiringgrandeur…it is surely no exaggeration to say that ifsuch playing is anything to go by you are listeningto one of the finest living pianists’ – Gramophone

• £15 •Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am – 10.45am in Slingsby Village Hall

3pmSt Michael’s Church, Malton

DIDO AND AENEASFor details see event 1.

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7pm Sledmere House and Church

DOUBLE CONCERTSledmere House and Church are the venues for two concerts, both performed twice, with theaudience changing places after a picnic interval

HOUSESchubert and Co.

Schubert Lieder and part-songs

An exciting new vocal ensemble recreates thespirit of the Schubertiade – the intimate andinformal atmosphere of music-making that wasso close to Schubert’s heart – with eight singersgathered around the piano for some of thecomposer’s most uplifting works. Schubertiandances are played as the audience arrive; solo andensemble numbers are introduced from the stage;and the audience is warmly invited to chat withthe performers before and after the performance.

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Esme Quartet

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Darker undercurrents also occasionally emergein a songbook that Wolf filled with humourand charm, sarcasm and tenderness, delightand despair. Like Mozart, Wolf createscharacters that are astonishingly precise, vividand detailed, but also somehow universal. Andhis tiny scenes of village life paint a biggerpicture too: a whole world of human frailty,passion and pain. Roderick Williams heads ahand-picked cast of top British singers in a newstaged English version of his Italian Songbook,created by Jeremy Sams and Christopher Glynn.

‘We don’t tend to perform art-song in translation,which is strange because it’s much more personaland direct than opera, and most composers wouldthink it bizarre to see audience members turningpages rather than simply listening to the singers…An utterly and unexpectedly disarmingperformance. The deft, simple staging was verytouching and very credible... Williams is a superbcommunicator’ – The Times *****

‘a moving and entertaining (laugh-out-loud)presentation of the forty-six songs of Hugo Wolf ’sItalienisches Liederbuch …We were in rich vocalcompany.’ – Classical Source *****

• £25 • £20 •Pre- and post-concert bar. No interval

11amAll Saints’ Church, Helmsley

DIDO AND AENEASFor details see event 1.

• £17 •Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10.00am – 10.45am

2pmHelmsley Arts Centre

NORTH AFRICAFROM DIDO TO THE ARAB SPRINGLucy Beckett speaker

The novelist and historian Lucy Beckett talksabout North Africa as part of the Greek,Carthaginian and Roman worlds, taking in the story of Dido, Virgil, Rome’s Africanemperors and St Augustine, and then the Arabinvasions, Barbary pirates, and the story ofFrench, Italian and British rule, decolonisationand the aftermath.

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6.30pm St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Pickering

BEHIND THE BEARD IIITHE PUBLIC ANDPRIVATE FACES OFJOHANNES BRAHMSKaty Hamilton speaker

Katy Hamilton, author of the recentlypublished Brahms in Context, invites us onholiday with Brahms, finding him at his mostgenial and optimistic.

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TUESDAY 16TH JULY CONTINUED

8pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York

AN ITALIAN SONGBOOKRoderick Williams baritoneRowan Pierce sopranoKathryn Rudge mezzo-sopranoNicky Spence tenorJames Newby baritoneChristopher Glynn pianoJeremy Sams and

Louise Shephard directors

For his final masterpiece, Hugo Wolf lookedsouth – to Italy – and produced a collection oftiny jewel-like songs that paint a kaleidoscopicportrait of village life. The men and women ofhis Italian Songbook fall in and out of love, withsquabbles and petty jealousies heard alongsideserenades and love songs of great beauty.

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Roderick Williams

Rowan Pierce James Newby

Nicky Spence Kathryn Rudge

3pmSt Olave’s Church, York

ROGER MCGOUGHJOINEDUPWRITINGRoger McGough is one of Britain’s best-loved poets, host of the long-runningRadio 4 series Poetry Please and poet inresidence at this year’s Ryedale Festival.For more than fifty years, he hasentranced generations of readers withpoetry that is at once playful andpoignant, intimate and ambitious in itsscope. From forgotten friendships andthe idiosyncrasies of family life, to thetrauma of war right through tocontemporary politics, joinedupwritingexplores the human experience in all itsshades, but always with McGough’ssignature wit, irreverence and vivacity.This is the nation’s favourite poet at hisvery finest.

‘McGough has done for poetry whatchampagne does for weddings.’ – Time Out

‘The patron saint of poetry.’ – Carol Ann Duffy

• £15 •Books will be on sale and the event will be followed by a book signing

11amDuncombe Park

COFFEE CONCERTMario Häring piano

Debussy Children’s Corner SuiteSchumann CarnavalDebussy Estampes

A much-admired prize-winner at the LeedsInternational Piano Competition 2018, MarioHäring conjures a world of colour at thepiano. He explores how Debussy was inspiredby his daughter Chou-chou, an ancient bookof counterpoint exercises, Moorish gypsymusic, ragtime, Japanese art and French folkmusic. He also enters Schumann’s musicalpicture gallery Carnaval in the company ofPierrot, Harlequin and other characters fromItalian comedy, as revellers at a masked ball.


8pm Duncombe Park

IAN BOSTRIDGEIan Bostridge tenorRoger McGough readerChristopher Glynn piano

Schumann 8 songs from Album for the Youngop. 79

Schumann Kinderszenen op. 15Schumann Five Songs op. 40Britten Winter WordsBritten Three songs from Who are these

Children?Britten Three French folksongs

A frequent guest of all the world’s greatestconcert halls, Ian Bostridge brings to Ryedale aprogramme of songs inspired by childhood.He is joined by the festival’s poet in residence,Roger McGough, who has chosen poems toread – his own and those of others – on asimilar young-hearted theme, and pianistChristopher Glynn, who plays Schumann’sScenes of Childhood.

‘How does Ian Bostridge move us so much with hissinging? It is as if he was born to sing Schubert andSchumann, and is also a peerless performer ofEnglish songs.’ – The Daily Telegraph

‘there was an inward intensity to his singing thatheld the audience rapt.’ – Chicago Tribune

• £30 • £25 •Pre-concert and interval bar

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St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Pickering

BRAHMS ON HOLIDAYTamsin Waley-Cohen violinCamille Thomas celloMario Häring piano

Brahms Cello Sonata in F op. 99 Brahms Violin Sonata in A op. 100Brahms Piano Trio in C minor op. 101

In the summer of 1886 Brahms took a much-needed holiday near Lake Thun inSwitzerland. ‘It’s magnificent here’ he wroteon a postcard to a friend, adding how much hewas enjoying the beer gardens. But it was anastonishingly productive holiday. Buoyant andreinvigorated, Brahms composed three of hisgreatest chamber works by the lake thatsummer and this concert brings themtogether.

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Pre-concert and interval bar in the Parish Hall

9.45pmAll Saints’ Church, Kirkbymoorside

LATE-NIGHT CANDLELIT CONCERTTHEY ARE AT RESTecho ChoirRoger McGough reader

Purcell Funeral Sentences on the death ofQueen Mary

Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offencesRobert Ramsey When David HeardEdgar Bainton And I saw a new heavenElgar They are at RestImogen Heap Hide and SeekThe Smiths There is a light and it never goes

out / Cemetery Gates

Poetry and music on the theme of mortality,as echo join Roger McGough in a programmethat ranges from the profoundly movingFuneral Sentences that Purcell composed for amuch-loved monarch to iconic songs by TheSmiths, alongside poems that muse with witand wisdom on the end of life.

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LATE-NIGHT CANDLELIT CONCERTCamille Thomas cello

J.S. Bach Suite in G Ysaÿe Sonata for cello soloCassadó Suite for cello Artist in residence Camille Thomas plays soloworks by candlelight.

‘The full-bodied, confident tone with which sheenables melodies to blossom beneath her bow isthrilling. The grace with which she then contraststhis with a velvety pianissimo is simply magical.’ – Süddeutsche Zeitung

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COME AND SING Sarah Latto leaderecho Choir

All ages and abilities are welcome at thissinging workshop led by the inspiring directorSarah Latto and members of echo. They startwith the sound world of Purcell, delving intohis catches, canons and ground basses to showhow improvisation can be used inperformance, from ancient classical music tocontemporary folk and pop songs. An abilityto read music is not needed – just enthusiasmand a desire to sing. After a short break forlunch, the workshop will end with a shortinformal performance at 1.30pm for friends andfamily.

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FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS:JULIAN BLISS CLARINET

Clarinettist and clarinet designer Julian Blissworks with young musicians from acrossRyedale. To take part please [email protected]

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10amDuncombe Park

BEHIND THE BEARD IVTHE PUBLIC ANDPRIVATE FACES OFJOHANNES BRAHMSKaty Hamilton speaker

In the last of her four talks exploring newperspectives on Brahms, Katy Hamilton looks atthe reflective, often melancholy late works,many written with dear friends andcollaborators in mind.

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11amDuncombe Park

COFFEE CONCERT‘FRAULEIN KLARINETTE…’Julian Bliss clarinetRosalind Ventris violaCamille Thomas celloJessica Dandy mezzo-sopranoChristopher Glynn pianoBrahms Clarinet Sonata in E flatClara Schumann RomancesBrahms Lieder, including Viola songs op. 91Brahms Clarinet Trio

Autumnal Brahms, as Julian Bliss plays a deeplyfelt sonata for the instrument Brahms fell inlove with late in life, as well as pieces by ClaraSchumann, the great love of his whole life.Jessica Dandy explores some of his most personalsongs and the concert ends with the ClarinetTrio, of which it was famously said, ‘it is as ifthe instruments are in love with each other.’

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7pmMilton Rooms, Malton

BACK TO BASIE Paul Lacey trumpet/leaderJacqui Hicks vocalist

No one recreates the Basie sound like PaulLacey and his orchestra. Featuring top Londonsoloists and vocalist Jacqui Hicks, they conjurethe spirit of the legendary ‘Swing Machine’,perpetuating Basie’s style of big band jazz,with dynamism, good humour and a largedose of the blues. Following sell-out tours andrave reviews, The Atomic Mr Basie comes toMalton!

‘The music and the magic of Count Basie were backin town!’ – Sunday Times

‘a beautifully crafted and controlled performance.’ – Jazz Review


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CARDUCCI QUARTETJULIAN BLISS CLARINETHaydn String Quartet in D, op. 20 no. 4David Bruce GumbootsRoxanna Panufnik ModlitwaWeber Clarinet Quintet

The joyous rhythms and klezmer-like wheelingof David Bruce’s Gumboots celebrates theresilience of black miners in South Africaunder apartheid, who were chained togetherand made to wear wellington boots while theyworked in the flooded gold mines, butdeveloped a form of dancing by slappingtogether their boots and chains. It makes astark contrast to the beauty and poignancy ofRoxanna Panufnik’s prayer-poem evoking theVirgin of Skempe, a miraculous wooden statuein rural Poland. To partner these twocontemporary works, the Carducci Quartetand Julian Bliss offer the wit and invention ofHaydn and the high-stepping exuberance ofWeber’s virtuosic Clarinet Quintet.

‘It isn’t just his technique, though that isastonishing enough. It’s the wit, poise and vivacityin his playing. In short, it is the pure intuitionleading him straight to the heart of what he plays.’ –The Times on Julian Bliss


3pm Helmsley Arts Centre

THIS PARADISEAN AFTERNOON WITH ROXANNA PANUFNIK AND FESTIVAL MUSICIANS

Katy Hamilton interviewerFew composers combine such a widerange of influences with the warmth andelegance of festival composer in residenceRoxanna Panufnik. Full of curiosityabout other countries, cultures and faiths,her music is a melting pot, fusingdifferent traditions into a style that hasmade her one of the most successful of allcontemporary composers, loved byaudiences and performed regularly allover the world. Join Roxanna Panufnikfor an afternoon celebrating her music.The composer will be in conversationwith Katy Hamilton, and festivalmusicians perform some of her mosthaunting and memorable chamber music.

‘a gifted composer with a fast-growing repu-tation for heart, spunk and individuality...distinctive in voice, serious, bold and ap-pealing.’ – The Observer

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7.30pmGrand Hall, Scarborough Spa

Alpesh Chauhan conductorCamille Thomas cello

Britten The Young Person’s Guide to theOrchestra (Variations and Fugue on aTheme of Purcell)

Elgar Cello ConcertoMusorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

In 1946, Benjamin Britten borrowed a littlehornpipe by Purcell and used it to take younglisteners on an epic tour of the orchestra,introducing countless children to classicalmusic. Another great technicolour orchestralshowpiece by Musorgsky evokes the vividemotional response he had to a series ofsketches, watercolours and architecturaldesigns he saw one day at an exhibition. Theoutstanding cellist Camille Thomas also makes her UK concerto debut with one of the greatest of all English concertos, full ofpassion and poetry.

‘Alpesh Chauhan has risen from Birminghamapprentice to international maestro in a dazzlinglyshort time, and is currently stealing the hearts of theParmensi.’ – BBC Music Magazine

‘Camille Thomas’s playing certainly repays theirconfidence: beautifully shaped phrases flow fromher bow as naturally as singing, and her impressivevirtuosity appears effortless.’ – The Strad

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Scarborough Spa

Camille Thomas

Roxanna Panufnik, Composer in Residence

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OLIVIA CHANEYFolk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney conceivedmuch of her Grammy-nominated recentalbum Shelter in a cottage on the North YorkMoors, drawing on influences as diverse asfolk, pop, jazz and her love of the music ofHenry Purcell. ‘Melancholy has never soundedso rapturous’ enthused the Daily Telegraph.Heard in the medieval beauty of this PrioryChurch, with accompaniment from piano andfolk fiddle, these haunting songs will surely beunforgettable.

‘Her voice holds the purity, tension, dignity andsorrow of a heritage full of songs about lost love andcruel fate. But in her quiet way, she’s radical.’ – The New York Times

‘Chaney’s voice is effortless, clear and bright, a beaconburning on an ancient, rolling hill, as her modernnarratives arrive, subtly couching older details.’ – The Guardian


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11amSt Michael’s Church, Coxwold

COFFEE CONCERTTabea Debus recorderPaula Chateauneuf theorbo

Telemann Sonata in CTelemann/Max de Wardener Fantasia per il

Flauto senza Basso J.S. Bach Andante (from BWV 1034) and

Allegro (from BWV 1035)Robert de Visée Chaconne J.S. Bach Sinfonia (from BWV 156) and

Sinfonia (from BWV 35) Telemann/Misha Mullov-Abbado Fantasia

per il Flauto senza Basso (from Rinaldo)Telemann Fa pur Guerra (from Flavius

Bertaridus)

Described by The Times as ‘a charismaticvirtuoso’, Tabea Debus is constantly exploringthe horizons of music for recorder. Her recitalcelebrates the music of Telemann,interweaving contemporary responses to hismusic by Misha Mullov-Abbado and Max deWardener, as well as other baroque gems.

‘Tabea Debus is one of the most exciting youngmusicians in the early music world…she’s challengingperceptions of the instrument.’ – Classic FM

‘Debus was so full of beauty and deep, naturalmusicality that one listened with more than a littleawe.’ – New York Classical Review



FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS:PENNY STIRLING VIOLIN

Violinist Penny Stirling works with stringplayers from across Ryedale. To take partplease email [email protected]

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St Michael’s Church, Coxwold

‘There’s anunstuffiness, populismand grit to Purcell’ssongwriting. His musiccomes from a pre-industrialised, pre-urbanised, pre-Enlightenmentsociety, before thedisconnection from ourown folk culture tookits toll. After exploringand experimenting inmany different genres, I became what I amtoday: a singer-songwriter and a folk,classical and pop-inspired musician.’– Olivia Chaney

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BACH’S ANGELSSolomon’s Knot

J.S. Bach Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19J.S. Bach Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir

BWV 130J.S. Bach Man singet mit Freuden vom

Sieg BWV 149J.S. Bach Magnificat in D, BWV 243

How do you evoke angels in music? Even forBach, as he composed music for the yearlyFeast of St Michael and all Angels, it musthave been a challenge, but it was one thatinspired some of his greatest sacred works.Bach’s angels are mighty creatures, battlingSatan in apocalyptic battles, but they are also gentle souls who teach us how to sing.

To open their festival residency, the inspirationalgroup Solomon’s Knot draws together three ofBach’s great Michaelmas cantatas andperforms them alongside the famousMagnificat, in which the Virgin Mary respondsto the message brought by the angel Gabriel.

‘Time and again zig-zagging choruses, lightlyaccompanied, sprang into fire almost as if byspontaneous combustion. Most exciting.’ – TheTimes

‘a sense of warmth, of inclusion, of shared wonder…intimate, uplifting and simultaneously personal anduniversal…great musicianship allied to unaffectedcommunication’ – The Observer

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11am St Mary's Church, Birdsall

COFFEE CONCERTFerio Saxophone Quartet

Purcell Rondeau from AbdelazerJ.S. Bach Air from Suite no. 3J.S. Bach Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata

BWV 208 Handel Sarabande from Harpsichord Suite in

D minorHandel Water Music Suite no. 2Corelli Adagio from Christmas Concerto Bozza Andante and ScherzoLago Ciudades

The lively brilliance of the Ferio SaxophoneQuartet has attracted a string of awards andaccolades. They present some of their mostcelebrated repertoire, beginning with one ofPurcell’s most famous tunes and ending witha series of musical portraits that depict someof the world’s great cities, from Tokyo toSarajevo.

‘Artistry beyond question.’ – Gramophone

‘every emotional hue you could want.’ – BBC MusicMagazine

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Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am

6pmPerforming Arts Centre, Ampleforth College

YOUNG ARTISTPLATFORMSally Palmer fluteLeo Nicholson piano

J.S. Bach Sonata in E flatCarl Vine Sonata for Flute and PianoGaubert BalladeRoxanna Panufnik A Wind at Rook’s HavenVitali Chaconne

An award-winning flautist plays music fromBach to Panufnik.

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8pmLong Gallery, Castle Howard

ORSINO ENSEMBLEKatya Apekisheva piano

Glinka Trio Pathétique Rachmaninov VocaliseRimsky Korsakov Quintet for Piano and WindShostakovich Four waltzesRachmaninov (arr. Farrington) Suite no. 2

World Premiere

‘breathtaking.’ – Washington Post

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COFFEE CONCERTA PURCELL PAGEANT Solomon’s Knot

Join Solomon’s Knot to delve into theshimmering fantasy world of A MidsummerNight’s Dream as depicted in Purcell’s FairyQueen, bestudded with jewels from his odes,welcome songs and masques. Dramatised forconcert performance by exciting directorTama Matheson, we begin as we end, with aparty, which goes on late into the night untilall are asleep, only to be roused the next

morning by Phoebus himself. The sun godleads us through a pageant of the fourseasons, which in turn rouses Hymen for afinal celebratory wedding feast.

‘They feel the music as one body. That was one ofthe things that made this concert a joy.’ – The DailyTelegraph

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Adam Walker

Alec Frank Gemmill

Amy Harman

Matthew Hunt Katya Apekisheva

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Solomon’s Knot

Castle Howard

Described by The Observer as ‘organic music-making at its most sophisticated’ andchampioned by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the baroque collective Solomon’s Knot are one ofthe freshest and most exciting of baroque groups, and artists in residence at this year’sRyedale Festival. Performing without conductor, and often from memory, they describethemselves as ‘a group of singers and players who are prepared to take risks in order tocommunicate more directly with their audience’ and have rapidly established a reputationfor inspirational and revelatory performances

It’s hard to imagine a more star-studdedgroup of wind players than the OrsinoEnsemble, led by Adam Walker on amission to showcase the depth andversatility of the wind chamber repertoire.They open their festival residency byjoining pianist Katya Apekisheva to playRussian chamber masterpieces, beginningwith a Trio which bears the inscription ‘Ihave known love only through theunhappiness it causes’, and ending withthe premiere of a new arrangement of theglorious and life-affirming suiteRachmaninov composed on emergingfrom mid-life depression.


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11amSt Hilda’s Church, Sherburn

COFFEE CONCERTOrsino Ensemble

Haydn Music for a musical clockReicha Andantes and Adagio for cor anglaisDebussy SyrinxFauré Dolly SuiteJames MacMillan Motet V for solo hornJulio Medaglia Belle Epoque in South

America

Virtuosity, flair and charm from this peerlessand intrepid group of wind players, in musicHaydn composed for a friend’s clock, evocativesolo pieces for cor anglais, horn and flute,Fauré’s famous suite depicting childhood (‘Areyou sitting comfortably…?’) and a dazzling,folk-inspired work based on dances fromacross South America.

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IMOGEN COOPERPIANO

Schubert Sonata in A, D.959Liszt Gretchen (from Faust Symphony)Brahms Fantasias op. 116

After opening with one of the great soliloquiesof Schubert’s last year, Imogen Cooper turnsto Liszt’s rarely-heard transcription of themoving central movement of his FaustSymphony, where an innocent game of ‘he lovesme, he loves me not’ gradually turns intoerotic obsession. The recital ends in thedreamlike work of Brahms’s late piano pieces.Their dedicatee, Clara Schumann, confided toher diary that they were ‘a true source ofenjoyment, everything, poetry, passion,rapture, intimacy and full of most marvellouseffects.’

‘Cooper commands a dynamic and colouristic rangebeyond the reach of most pianists.’ – BBC MusicMagazine


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7pmBirdsall Estate

DOUBLE CONCERTBirdsall Estate hosts two concerts, both performedtwice, with the audience changing places after the one hour interval. The audience is invited to picnic inthe grounds between the two concerts.

CONCERT IPavel Kolesnikov pianoCarducci Quartet

Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor

The shimmering virtuosity of Chopin’s 2ndpiano concerto shines even more intimately inthe composer’s own chamber arrangement forstring quartet. Rising star Pavel Kolesnikovjoins the Carducci Quartet to perform it in theballroom of Birdsall House.

‘Pavel Kolesnikov...has something that signals aunique individuality: he knows how to tell stories,without forcing his voice.’ – Diapason

‘A poet of the keyboard.’ – The Guardian

CONCERT 2softLOUDSean Shibe guitarJames Oswald DivertimentoAnon. From medieval Scottish Lute ManuscriptsJames MacMillan From GallowayJames MacMillan Motet 1Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint

Sean Shibe plays music from his award-winning album softLOUD. The gentle beautyof ancient Scottish tunes and two short piecesby James MacMillan are heard alongside abreathtaking interpretation of Steve Reich’sclassic Electric Counterpoint. ‘Have we todayforgotten how to speak with grace,’ Sean Shibeasks, ‘or is the real danger that we aren’tscreaming loudly enough?’

‘He is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and aroar that is fearsome.’ – BBC Music Magazine

‘genius is a term which should rarely be applied toperforming musicians, but at 25 he has it.’ – Arts Desk

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9.45pmAll Saints’ Church, Helmsley

LATE-NIGHT CANDLELIT CONCERTOrsino EnsembleImogen Cooper piano

Ligeti BagatellesKnussen Three Little FantasiesMozart Quintet for Piano and Winds K.452

Wit, energy and abandon run through Ligeti’ssparkling Bagatelles, just as the stories ofWinnie-the-Pooh were among the inspirationsfor three short ‘reflections’ by Oliver Knussen.The Orsino Ensemble then join ImogenCooper to play a piece that Mozart himselfbelieved to be one of the greatest things heever composed.

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GARDEN PARTYKirkbymoorside Town Brass Band

A perfect Yorkshire afternoon: one of thecounty’s finest brass bands and a cream tea inpicturesque Hovingham.

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4pm All Saints’ Church, Hovingham

FESTIVAL SERVICEThe Revd Tim Robinson The Dean of York preacherRyedale Festival Singers

A short, ecumenical service of thanksgiving for the festival, including music by Purcell and festival composer in residence RoxannaPanufnik.

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COFFEE CONCERTSolomon’s Knot

J.C. Bach Fürchte dich nichtJ.S. Bach Fürchte dich nicht J.S. Bach Komm Jesu, kommJ.C. Bach Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns aufJ.S. Bach Lobet den Herrn J.C. Bach Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener J.S. Bach Jesu, meine Freude J.C. Bach Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu

zeitlich stirbt J.S. Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

The motets of Johann Sebastian Bach arefamously among the most beautiful andpowerful choral works ever written. Rarelyheard, but full of beauty and interest, is themusic of his father’s brother, JohannChristoph, revered as one of the most gifted ofa famously musical family.

‘virtuosic fioritura and vivid articulation of text andmusical texture were combined in a performance ofprayerfulness, playfulness and uninhibited,unmediated expressiveness. Were GrinlingGibbons’s carved cherubs to burst into song, theymight sound like Solomon’s Knot.’ – The Times

• £17 •Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am in the Church Hall

5.30pmAmpleforth College Performing Arts Centre

YORKSHIRE YOUNGMUSICIANSFestival partner Yorkshire Young Musicians enablesyoung musicians from the Yorkshire andHumber areas to benefit from the highestquality tuition in their local area. This concertfeatures some of their most talented performers.

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7pmAmpleforth College Theatre

BURYING THE DEADA CONCERT-DRAMA ABOUT HENRY PURCELL

Ceruleo EnsembleNovember, 1695. The 36-year-old Henry Purcellworks through a fever to deliver a song for theyoung singer Leticia Cross. As he drifts in andout of consciousness, dream-like memories ofthe Plague, the Fire of London, family life andthe vibrant Restoration stage merge seamlesslywith his exquisite vocal and instrumental music.Written specially for the London-based baroqueensemble Ceruleo, Clare Norburn’s latestconcert-drama takes us inside the fevered headof Henry Purcell as he lies dying, exploring theinner and outer worlds of one of England’sgreatest composers. No programme notes, nolectures: all you need to know is how to listen.


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6.30pmHovingham Hall

Royal Northern SinfoniaBradley Creswick directorJulian Bliss clarinetAmy Harman bassoon

Purcell (arr. Britten) ChaconyFinzi Clarinet Concerto Roxanna Panufnik Cantator and Amanda

World PremiereHaydn Oxford Symphony no. 92 in G

The poignant strains of Purcell’s great Chaconyintroduces two works featuring wind soloists.Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto marries baroqueinfluences, folk-inspired melody and Elgarianechoes. Roxanna Panufnik chose a bassoon fora piece inspired by an old Rye legend ofdoomed love between a monk and a local girl,heard here in the world premiere of a neworchestral version. The concert culminates witha lively, lyrical symphony Haydn presented inhonour of the city of Oxford.

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Hovingham Hall

Amy Harman

12th-28th July11-4pm daily / Helmsley Town Hall

FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONJOHN LANGTON RETROSPECTIVE

Jake Attree and Peter Miller curators

John Langton is one ofYorkshire’s most famousliving painters, oftenknown as the SeniorPainter of the North.With a hundredexhibitions behind him,his work is found inpublic collections both inthis country and abroad.Rather than settle for aneasily recognisablesignature style, he hasexplored abstracts as wellas figurative art andremains curious,imaginative andinventive, open to newsubjects and newtechniques. Aretrospective at theRyedale Festivalcelebrates his long career.

FESTIVAL ARTISTIN RESIDENCEJAKE ATTREE

Ryedale Festival is proud to welcome thedistinguished artist Jake Attree for a two yearresidency. Born in York in 1950, Attree attendedthe Art School there before going on to do adegree at Liverpool and then post-graduatestudies at the Royal Academy Schools. He nowlives in Saltaire, West Yorkshire and, at 68 years,finds the same sense of challenge, trepidationand excitement when standing before a chosenmotif as he did at 18, perhaps slightly more.

Drawing is fundamental to his practice; it is, hehas said ‘How I explain the world to myself,wordlessly, an activity that cuts across allboundaries.’ Look out for Jake drawing inHelmsley, Malton, Pickering and all overRyedale through the spring and summermonths. ‘I shall always paint my own placesbest’ said John Constable, a painter Attree ratesvery highly. Don’t hesitate to talk to him andask him more about his residency, which willalso include running workshops for amateursand school students, including the creation ofbackcloths for the festival production of TheWind in the Willows. For the first year of hisresidency, Jake has chosen to curate aretrospective exhibition of the artist JohnLangton, while working on drawings inspiredby the festival, music and the local area, that hewill exhibit as part of the 2020 festival.

ART AT THE RYEDALE FESTIVAL

FUTURE DATES

20th – 22nd March 2020

RYEDALE FESTIVALSPRING WEEKENDJoin us for three events marking the arrival ofspring and launching the summer festivalprogramme. More details will be available onthe festival website soon.

10th – 26th July 2020

RYEDALEFESTIVAL 2020Two weeks of great music and arts events inthe many beautiful and historic venues ofRyedale, North Yorkshire.

John Langton, Gazebo and topiary

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PATRONS, MEMBERS AND FRIENDSThe Ryedale Festival is one of the country’smost exciting, enterprising and friendlyfestivals, described by The Guardian as ‘thejewel in Yorkshire’s cultural crown’ and TheTimes as ‘Yorkshire’s boldest music festival.’Our generous supporters are at the heart ofthe festival, enjoying priority bookingamongst many other benefits. Above all, theyprovide the support that enables a uniquefestival to thrive and develop, nurturing youngtalent, and helping bring great music to NorthYorkshire at reasonable ticket prices. For moredetails, please see the festival website or contactLorna Vasey: [email protected]

SPONSORSHIPSupporters can sponsor individual festivalevents – perhaps to mark a special anniversaryor occasion – or associate themselves withspecific concerts or artists. There are also

bespoke opportunities for corporate sponsors,including high-profile publicity, pre-performance and interval entertaining areas,website and programme credits andadvertising opportunities. We will work withyou so that your sponsorship achieves whatyou wish. Please contact Lorna Vasey for moredetails: [email protected]

VOLUNTEERSAt the heart of the festival is a dedicated bandof enthusiastic volunteers, who work inpartnership with the festival staff to achievethe successful festival that audiences knowand love and help create its famously friendlyatmosphere. There are many ways in whichvolunteers can get involved, from stewarding,hospitality, transport and offeringaccommodation. New volunteers are assuredof a warm welcome. Please contact theVolunteers Coordinator Gerard Simpson formore details: [email protected]

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FESTIVAL FOCUS

YOUNG RYEDALE

JOIN US

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCESolomon’s KnotOrsino Ensembleecho ChoirCamille Thomas

COMPOSER IN RESIDENCERoxanna Panufnik

POET IN RESIDENCERoger McGough

ARTIST IN RESIDENCEJake Attree

FESTIVAL PARTNERSBBC New Generation ArtistsBBC Radio 3 Hallé OrchestraLeeds International Piano CompetitionOpera North Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Royal Northern Sinfonia Kathleen Ferrier Awards Yorkshire Young Musicians

RYEDALE FESTIVAL / YORKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS MASTERCLASSESJulian Bliss (clarinet) 20th JulyPenny Stirling (violin) 22nd July

YOUNG ARTIST PLATFORMSFlora Curzon (violin) and Pawel Siwczak

(harpsichord) 14th JulySally Palmer (flute) 23rd JulyYorkshire Young Musicians (27th July)

WORLD PREMIERESRachmaninov arr. Iain Farrington Suite no. 2

24th JulyRoxanna Panufnik Cantator and Amanda

28th July

FESTIVAL CHARITY Antibiotic Research UK

Are you under 30 years old? Do you love livemusic? Interested in hearing top-classperformers in stunning local venues? OurYoung Ryedale scheme offers access tounmissable performances, with tickets for allfestival events available from only £1. Ticketsare available as soon as General Booking

opens at half price for all Under 18s and alimited number will be available for Under 30sfor £1. Under 30s can also become Friends ofthe festival for only £10. For more details,please see our website, email us, phone us, orfollow us on social media.

COME AND EXPLORE THE FESTIVAL FOR ONLY £1.

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WHERE TO STAY, WHERE TO EAT

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FINDING OUR VENUES

Ampleforth Abbey, Theatre and Performing Arts Centre YO62 4EN

Birdsall St Mary’s Church YO17 9NW Birdsall House YO17 9NR

Castle Howard YO60 7DA

Coxwold St Michael's Church YO61 4AD

Easingwold St John and All Saints’ YO61 3HH

Helmsley Duncombe Park YO62 5EB Helmsley Arts Centre YO62 5DW All Saints’ Church YO62 5AQ Town Hall YO62 5BL

Hovingham All Saints’ Church YO62 4LG Hovingham Hall YO62 4LU Worsley Arms Hotel YO62 4LA

Kirkbymoorside All Saints’ Church YO62 6BZ

Kirkdale St Gregory’s Minster YO62 7TZ

Lastingham St Mary’s Church YO62 6TN

Malton Milton Rooms YO17 7LX St Michael's Church YO17 7LX

Norton St Peter’s Church YO17 9AE

Old Malton St Mary’s Priory Church YO17 7HB

Pickering St Peter and St Paul’s YO18 7AW Kirk Theatre YO18 7DL

Scarborough Scarborough Spa YO11 2HD Church of St Martin- on-the-Hill YO11 2BT

Sherburn St Hilda’s Church YO17 8PP

Sledmere Sledmere House YO25 3XG

Slingsby All Saints’ Church YO62 4AD

Sowerby St Oswald’s Church YO7 1JG

York St Lawrence Parish Church YO10 3BW Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall YO10 5DD Joseph Rowntree Theatre YO31 8TA St Olave's Church YO30 7BZ

RYEDALE FESTIVAL BOX OFFICEThe Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, N. Yorks YO18 8AAwww.ryedalefestival.com • [email protected] • Tel: 01751 475777

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Ampleforth AreaWhite Swan* 01439 788239 YO62 4DT AmpleforthWhite Horse* 01439 788378 YO62 4DX AmpleforthFairfax Arms* 01439 788212 YO62 4JH Gilling EastStapylton Arms 01347 868280 YO61 4BE Wass

Easingwold areaGeorge Hotel* 01347 821698 YO61 3AD EasingwoldBay Tree* 01347 811394 YO61 1JU StillingtonFauconberg Arms 01347 868214 YO61 4AD CoxwoldThe Durham Ox* 01347 821506 YO61 4TE Crayke

Castle Howard areaCrown and Cushion* 01653 618304 YO60 7DZ Welburn

Helmsley areaBlack Swan Hotel* 01439 770466 YO62 5BJ HelmsleyFeversham Arms* 01439 770766 YO62 5AG HelmsleyFeathers Hotel* 01439 770275 YO62 5BH HelmsleyHelmsley Spice 01439 771777 YO62 5BG HelmsleyPheasant Hotel* 01439 771241 YO62 5JG HaromeStar Inn* 01439 770397 YO62 5JE HaromeRoyal Oak Inn* 01751 431414 YO62 7HX Gillamoor

Hovingham/Nunnington areaWorsley Arms* 01653 628234 YO62 4LA HovinghamPlough Inn 01751 431356 YO62 7RW Wombleton

Malton areaTalbot Hotel* 01653 639096 YO17 7AJ MaltonOld Lodge* 01653 690570 YO17 7EG MaltonNew Malton* 01653 693998 YO17 7LX MaltonMansion House 0871 911 8000 YO17 6UX Flamingo LandThe Blacksmiths Arms 01653 619606 YO60 7NE Westow

Pickering areaWhite Swan Inn* 01752 472288 YO18 7AA PickeringForest and Vale Hotel* 01751 472722 YO18 7DL PickeringFox and Hounds* 01751 431577 YO62 6SQ SinningtonMoors Inn* 01751 417435 YO62 6TF Appleton le MoorsLastingham Grange* 01751 417345 YO62 6TH Lastingham

Scarborough areaBlue Bell* 01944 738204 YO17 8EX WeaverthorpeCrown Spa Hotel* 01723 357400 YO11 2AG ScarboroughDowne Arms* 01723 862471 YO13 9QB WykehamLa Lanterna 01723 363616 YO11 1HQ ScarboroughGiannis 01723 507388 YO11 1SB ScarboroughThe Anvil Inn* 01723 859896 YO13 9D Sawdon

SledmereTriton Inn* 01377 236078 YO25 2QX Sledmere

Thirsk areaGolden Fleece* 01845 523108 YO7 1LL ThirskThe Crab & Lobster 01845 577286 YO7 3Q AsenbyThe Carpenters Arms 01845 537369 YO7 2DP Felixkirk

YorkGrand Hotel & Spa* 01904 380038 YO1 6GD YorkThe Principal York* 01904 653681 YO24 1AA YorkThe Grange Hotel* 01904 644744 YO30 6AA YorkDean Court Hotel* 0844 387 6040 YO1 7EF YorkThe Star Inn the City 01904 619208 YO1 7DR YorkNovotel* 01904 611660 YO10 4FD York

Beverley areaThe Wellington 01377 217294 YO25 9TE LundThe Pipe and Glass 01430 810246 HU17 7PN South Dalton Cerutti 2 01482 866700 HU17 0AS Beverley

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The New MaltonA relaxed pub serving fresh,

seasonal food, wine and cask alesall day, every day.

You can find us in CAMRA’S Good Beer Guide 2015 and The Michelin guide since 2014.

Open Monday – Saturday 11.30am – 11pm,food served 12pm – 9.00pm, Sunday 12pm – 10.30pm, food served 12pm – 8pm

01653 693 998

The New Malton, 2-4 Market Place,

Malton YO17 7LX

[email protected]

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Box Office 01751 475777www.ryedalefestival.com

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