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WELCOME TO HSBC CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL

An old medicine bottle containing mercury. A bejewelled dagger. The spike of a cello. An iconic Italian car.

Putting together a programme like this is – like the assembled items on the front cover – an intricately-combining balancing act. If you turn the page, the apparently random components of our cover’s ‘thematic sculpture’ are dismantled and explained.

You’ll see how and why this year’s HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival takes as its main starting point the anniversaries of three composers, and the uncanny coincidence that all three of them were, in their different ways, more than a little bit mentally unstable.

But all creative types are a bit on the edge, I hear you say, so why focus on these three in particular? Well, that can be part of the debate we’ll be having in our series Sound Mind, a sequence of events focusing on music, the brain and the mind, generously funded by the Wellcome Trust. Professor Ray Tallis has helped me put these events together: when you get the opportunity to work on a project with someone cited recently in Intelligent Life magazine as one of the world’s Top 20 Polymaths, believe me, you seize it fast!

You also wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to have Steven Isserlis, the world’s most distinguished Schumann expert and enthusiast, in residence during the bicentenary year of the great German composer’s birth.

See below for how Steven’s performances are at the heart of this festival’s 200th birthday celebration for Schumann. And follow the trail in the coming pages, to see how a fortnight of 80 hugely varied events adds up to a festival of cogent quality, surprise and delight.

Meurig Bowen Festival Director

This 2010 Music Festival brochure is a treasure-trove.

Meurig has created a programme of immense riches - whatever your cultural interests, I think you will be astounded by its diversity.

Musically you’ll be spoilt for choice; but with people like Simon Callow, Patricia Routledge, Andrew Motion and Robert Winston coming to town too, I urge you to turn these pages and be amazed.

Donna Renney Chief Executive Cheltenham Festivals

SCHUMANN IN CHELTENHAM 2010

It is a great pleasure to be returning to Cheltenham this summer; and particularly exciting to be returning for the birthday party of one of my very favourite people – Robert Schumann. The concerts I am devoting to him, with a range of musical friends, will include a mixture of the familiar and the unusual, as befits a composer half of whose output is curiously neglected. The repertoire will range from the magical Cello Concerto to some exotic songs and piano duets, and my friend and fellow-Schumanniac Simon Callow will join us for an evening of words and music focusing on the complicated relationships of Robert, his wife Clara and Brahms.

To most musicians, Schumann is a ‘beloved friend’; if he has not always held quite the same position in the hearts of audiences (or at least of concert-promoters!), that is an aberration that hopefully will soon be swept into the void. Nice to think that we’ll be doing our bit at Cheltenham!

Steven Isserlis

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WHAT’S ON?TIBET CALLING SOUND MIND

Tashi Lhunpo Monks Residency

It’s not every day that a group of Tibetan monks spend a week in Cheltenham. They’ll be performing in the Town Hall M65, constructing a sand mandala in the Queen’s Hotel, and holding culture workshops that include prayer flag-making, calligraphy and a meal cooked for you by the monks themselves!

Getting inside music’s head

Carlo Gesualdo brutally stabbed his wife and her lover one night in October 1590. Apparently spending the remaining decades of his life in deranged solitude, the extraordinary music he wrote was tortured and way ahead of its time. Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf – born 200 and 150 years ago respectively – fought terrible bouts of depression, and after suicide attempts both ended their days in asylums.

Alongside a range of music by these three composers – and others affected by melancholy and extreme emotional states such as Dowland, Gurney and Warlock – our series Sound Mind brings together leading neuroscientists and music experts to discuss everything from the history of Musical Melancholy and influence of Neurosyphilis on 19th-century music to the benefits of Music Therapy in our own time.

Monteverdi’s Vespers…Alfie Boe…Cape Town Sings The Gruffalo…Brendel Lectures…Werner Herzog

Robert Fripp…Jan Garbarek…Gwilym Simcock War Horse…Rodgers & Hammerstein…Robert Winston

Norway comes to Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festivals are delighted to be in partnership with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in 2010. This celebration of Norway’s rich musical life includes saxophone maestro Jan Garbarek with The Hilliard Ensemble M13, pianist Gunilla Sussmann performing Chopin’s first concerto M16, a bicentennial focus on virtuoso violinist Ole Bull M15, and music by Grieg and Rolf Wallin M24/26/60.

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Anniversaries & Arias

Three anniversaries form the basis of an Italian focus this year. Not to be confused with the funky retro mopeds found in every piazza, Monteverdi’s Vespers were composed 400 years ago, and will be performed in Tewkesbury Abbey M28. The same day, also in Tewkesbury, we hear the Stabat Mater of Pergolesi – 300 years old this year M27. And the 450th anniversary of Carlo Gesualdo’s birth triggers a number of events M23/24/36/57. The Italian strand also features Vivaldi’s Four Seasons paired with Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence M19, Wolf’s Italian Songbook M54 and a finale of opera arias and choruses featuring tenor Alfie Boe and the Philharmonia M77.

New venue for 2010The Music Festival has a wonderful new venue at its disposal this year. The Cheltenham Ladies College’s Parabola Arts Centre seats 300 on two levels. You can hear anything from pianists Piers Lane, Gwilym Simcock and James Rhodes to Patricia Routledge and Fascinating Aida. What’s more, the Parabola Arts Centre is bang next door to the enticing eating and drinking options of Hotel du Vin. Ticketbuyers for marked Parabola events receive a voucher, redeemable at Hotel du Vin on that concert day for a glass of house wine/beer/soft drink.

Big screens

Last year, we introduced big screen broadcasts of the Town Hall concerts, and many people enjoyed getting closer to the performances – especially further back. In 2010, the following concerts will be filmed: CBSO M7, Tibetan monks M65, Alfie Boe/Philharmonia M77.

Tiered seating

Additionally, in Cheltenham Town Hall this year we are installing 14 rows of tiered seating at the back of the main floor area. This will dramatically improve sightlines for those sitting further back ‘on the flat’.

At a time to suit you

The Festival boasts over 80 performances by outstanding musicians in daytime family concerts and matinees, midweek rush-hour recitals and late-nights, ranging from a full evening of music to just one hour ‘bite-sized’ concerts to enjoy after work and before supper.

Monteverdi’s Vespers…Alfie Boe…Cape Town Sings The Gruffalo…Brendel Lectures…Werner Herzog

Robert Fripp…Jan Garbarek…Gwilym Simcock War Horse…Rodgers & Hammerstein…Robert Winston

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FESTIVAL EVENSONGCheltenham College Chapel5.30pm (ends approximately 6.15pm)Free no ticket required

Cheltenham College Chapel Chamber ChoirAlexander Ffinch Director

Music by Victoria, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Pawel Lukaszewski

FILM & CONCERTCAPE TOWN SINGS: THE FEZEKA CHOIRM1 St Matthew’s Church5.45pm Film (ends approximately 7.10pm)7.30pm Concert (ends approximately 8.30pm)

£8 unreserved seating

Football-oriented eyes will be focused on South Africa this summer, but an extraordinary group of teenagers from Cape Town’s Gugulethu township is coming our way.

We welcome the Fezeka High School Choir to Cheltenham as part of their two week UK tour. With equal passion and discipline, the 45 choristers perform a wide range of African and Western music. Before their festive, opening-night concert, we screen Fezeka’s Voice, a new film about the choir’s visit to the Salisbury Festival in 2008 – a moving account of the highs and lows of preparations back home, the inspirational drive of the director Phumi Tsewu, and the heartwarming success of their Salisbury visit.

MEMBERS’ EVENTIMOGEN COOPERM2 Pittville Pump Room7.30pm (ends approximately 9.20pm)

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This concert is exclusively for Cheltenham Festivals Members. To save £££s at every festival and book ahead for all events, join today from £15. See page 40 for details.

Imogen Cooper Piano

Debussy Four Preludes c.12’Schumann Humoreske Op. 20 28’Schubert Sonata in B flat D 960 41’

Imogen Cooper first came to Cheltenham in 1973 as a masterclass student of Alfred Brendel. After many subsequent appearances we welcome her back in July 2010, shortly after her 60th birthday season, and we look forward to a performance of characteristic refinement and poise.

She is an outstanding artist, one of the finest pianists now playing. Go, listen, and wonder how many better pianists there are alive in this country, or anywhere. The Daily Telegraph

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MUSIC @ SCIENCE IN JUNEDAVID OWEN NORRIS GIVES THE ULTIMATE PIANO LESSONThursday 10 JuneS33 Parabola Arts Centre7.45pm (ends approximately 9pm)

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The piano has come a long way since its late 18th-century beginnings, and technological innovation continues to drive piano design in the 21st century. There’s no-one better than David Owen Norris – distinguished pianist, broadcaster and professor at Southampton University – to trace the piano’s technological journey, and to dazzle with accompanying performances on Cheltenham Ladies’ College’s industry-leading Fazioli piano. For contrast’s sake, he’ll also play on an early piano from 1781!

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PRE-CONCERT TALKELIZABETHAN GARDEN GAMESM3 Pittville Campus, University of Gloucestershire10 –10.40am


Trea Martyn presents the beguiling story of how Elizabeth I’s two great courtiers fought a lifelong duel for her affections – with their gardens. Lord Robert Dudley set out an intoxicatingly romantic garden at Kenilworth and threw spectacular outdoor parties for his queen; at Theobalds, Sir William Cecil countered by building a sumptuous palace with amazing gardens overseen by the most famous gardener in the country, John Gerard. For Elizabeth, these gardens were places of love and rivalry, power play and spectacular design.

Elizabeth in the Garden by Trea Martyn is published by Faber and Faber

FILMS AT THE EXMOUTHRODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN DOUBLE BILLExmouth Arms, Bath Road 01242 528149

Oklahoma 2pm (ends approximately 4.30pm)State Fair 5pm (ends approximately 6.40pm)

No ticket required - entry on the door of £1 per film, including popcorn. N.B. We regret that there is no disabled access to this venue

MUSICIANS OF THE GLOBEALL IN A GARDEN GREENM4 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)

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Philip Pickett Director, RecorderJoanne Lunn Soprano Adrian Chandler ViolinLynda Sayce Lute Elizabeth Pallett Bandora, LuteHenrik Persson Viol

The Elizabethan Garden in music and words

Grand Elizabethan gardens, with their walkways, artificial mounds, outdoor banqueting houses, galleries and mazes, were designed for the delight of the aristocracy, and many – such as Kenilworth, Nonsuch and Theobalds – were described by contemporary chroniclers in lavish detail.

The imagery of the garden and its pleasures was a favourite theme of Elizabethan poets and musicians, and this specially-assembled programme, featuring music by Morley, Campion, Dowland and Holborne, illustrates the enormous variety, beauty and subtlety of the conceit.

FAMILY CONCERTSACCONI QUARTETM5 St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham3pm (ends approximately 4pm)

£3 Adults and children, unreserved seating

Suitable for age 6+

The Sacconi Quartet and the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust are passionate about communicating to young people how two violins, a viola and a cello can create such amazing sounds together. Their interactive family concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall are always a sell-out, so come along and get drawn in to this special musical world.

KIM CRISWELL QUEEN OF THE MUSICALS

JOHN WILSON SOME ENCHANTED EVENING

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A RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN GALAM7 Cheltenham Town Hall7pm (ends approximately 9pm)

£15 * with big screen

A limited number of restricted view tickets available: £5, £8

50% concessions apply – see page 45

Special opening night ticket prices for this event! A family of 4 get the best seats for a total of only £45

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraKim Criswell Vocals Brent Barrett VocalsJohn Wilson Conductor

From Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music

Following John Wilson’s outstanding appearance with his own orchestra in the 2009 Festival, he returns with the CBSO for a celebration of the work of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. From their first collaboration in 1943, Oklahoma!, to their last in 1959 with The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein created some of the 20th century’s most attractive and enduring stage works.

In the John Wilson Orchestra’s televised Prom this August, Kim Criswell’s powerful charisma and vocal riches contributed significantly to a remarkable evening. Together with fellow American Brent Barrett – currently starring in the Broadway production of Chicago – they perform beloved songs such as ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’’ (Oklahoma!), ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ (South Pacific), ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ (Carousel) and, of course, favourites from The Sound of Music.

* Members’ discount does not apply to this event.

ADMISSION: ONE SHILLINGM6 Parabola Arts Centre3pm (ends approximately 4.20pm) £20

Patricia Routledge ActressPiers Lane Piano

Legendary actress Patricia Routledge and pianist Piers Lane tell the extraordinary story of Myra Hess and the wartime National Gallery concerts that she established. In Dame Myra’s own words – compiled by her great-nephew, composer Nigel Hess – and with piano music by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Chopin, we hear how the ‘great adventure’ of these 1,600 lunchtime concerts began, and how it continued while bombs rained down on London. This staging is directed by Christopher Luscombe.

Supported by Sir Peter & Lady Marychurch and the Alan Cadbury Trust

SACCONI / SIMCOCK M8 Parabola Arts Centre9.30pm (ends approximately 10.30pm)

£15 includes Hotel du Vin drink voucher – see page 45

Sacconi Quartet Gwilym Simcock Piano

Programme includesWolf Italian Serenade 6’Ravel String Quartet, 2nd movement 6’Gwilym Simcock Piano Quintet premiere 15’Smetana Quartet No 1 ‘From my Life’ 3rd movement 9’Dvořák Quartet No 12 ‘The American’ 4th movement 6’Simcock Fundero 8’

The Sacconis, one of the finest of the latest crop of young British string quartets, join forces with outstanding jazz pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock for a relaxed, late-night musical sequence. Alongside improvised piano interludes from Simcock, and movements from beloved quartets by Ravel, Smetana and Dvořák, is the first performance of a Music Festival commission from Simcock.

PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE A TRIBUTE TO MYRA HESS

PIERS LANE GWILYM SIMCOCK

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IBRAGIMOVA & TIBERGHIENM9 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.50pm) £16 £23 £30 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Alina Ibragimova ViolinCedric Tiberghien Piano

Schumann Sonata in D minor Op. 121 31’Szymanowski Mythes 24’Brahms Sonata in G Op. 78 30’

Alina Ibragimova’s previous Cheltenham appearances – with her recital partner Cedric Tiberghien in 2007 and the following year with the Bruch Concerto and the Philharmonia – showed an emerging talent of exciting proportions. Recent critical acclaim for Bach and Szymanowski CDs, together with a Classical BRIT award and a South Bank Show Breakthrough Award nomination, confirm The Times’ recent claim that ‘in the last 12 months Alina Ibragimova has gone from dazzling prodigy to consummate virtuoso.’

We welcome her back for a three-concert residency in 2010, as recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist.

The rise of this impassioned, intelligent and inquisitive young Russian is a joyous breath of fresh air blowing through our concert halls.Richard Morrison in The Times, January 2010

Supported by Graham & Eileen Lockwood

FAMILY PERCUSSION CONCERTTHEY’VE GOT RHYTHMM10 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately midday)

£8 £4 for children – suitable for age 5+

O Duo – Owen Gunnell, Oliver Cox

O Duo’s repertoire spans more than 300 years and is a mix of popular classics and accessible contemporary music played on two marimbas, vibraphone and a huge array of percussion.

Previous winners of ‘Best Music Act of the Fringe’ at the Edinburgh Festival, this energising and inventive duo was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist award in 2006. Their interactive concerts for children and adults are celebrated for their ability to entertain and educate.

SOUND MIND 1DOES MUSIC MAKE YOU BETTER?M11 Parabola Arts Centre2.30pm (ends approximately 3.30pm)

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There is increasing evidence of the therapeutic benefits of music in illness. This first Sound Mind event investigates the clinical effects of music in conditions such as depression, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinsonism, as well as music therapy’s current and possible future roles in health care. There will be presentations from Simon Lovestone, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at King’s College London (and consultant for The Lion’s Face, see page 28); Paul Robertson, Medici Quartet violinist and music therapy expert; and Kate Newell from the Wigmore Hall’s Music for Life programme.

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CHELTENHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRAM12 Pittville Pump Room4.30pm (ends approximately 6pm) £10 £14 £18

Benedict Nelson BaritoneToby Purser Conductor

Wolf Selected orchestrated Lieder 20’Bridge There is a willow grows aslant a brook 10’Beethoven Symphony No 7 36’

Cirencester-raised baritone Benedict Nelson is emerging as one of the most exciting vocal talents of his generation – he was rated Best Newcomer in The Daily Telegraph’s 2009 Opera Highlights, and was second prize-winner in the prestigious Wigmore International Singing Competition. He joins the Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra and Toby Purser for a selection of orchestrated songs by Hugo Wolf. Frank Bridge’s exquisite tone poem reflects on Ophelia’s lovelorn drowning, described by Queen Gertrude in Act 4 of Hamlet.

FILMS AT THE EXMOUTHRODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN DOUBLE BILLExmouth Arms, Bath Road 01242 528149

Carousel 4pm (ends approximately 6.10pm)This 1956 tear-jerker features such beloved songs as ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and ‘If I Loved You’.

The King and I 6.40pm (ends approximately 8.50pm)The 5 times Oscar winner starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr and Rita Moreno.


BUSKING AT THE BREWERY12 noon – 3pm Come and hear some free live music at The Brewery, Henrietta Street, Cheltenham.

JAN GARBAREK & THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLEM13 Gloucester Cathedral7.30pm (ends approximately 9.15pm)

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With their groundbreaking collaboration on the 1994 ECM album Officium, vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble and Norwegian saxophone master Jan Garbarek completely redefined ‘crossover’ with music of great beauty and sophistication.

This Officium project moves into a new phase in 2010 with the forthcoming release of a third album on ECM New Series. Gloucester Cathedral’s lofty stone spaces and resonant acoustic will be the perfect partner for these five remarkable musicians.

A cross-cultural combination that produces some of the most beautiful acoustic music ever made.Evening Standard

JAN GARBAREK SOARING HIGH IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL

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CHIAROSCURO QUARTETM14 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm) £13 £18 £22 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Haydn Quartet in D Op. 64 No 5 ‘Lark’ 20’ Mozart Quartet in A K 464 32’Schubert Quartet in A minor D 804 ‘Rosamunde’ 35’

The second concert of Alina Ibragimova’s Cheltenham residency features her string quartet, which she established with fellow students – from Spain, Sweden and France – at the Royal College of Music in 2005. Remarkably, given that her burgeoning success as a soloist is on a ‘modern’ violin, Ibragimova’s Chiaroscuro Quartet performs on period instruments, and therefore focuses exclusively on late 18th-/early-19th century quartet repertoire.

The Times has hailed the Chiaroscuro Quartet as ‘destined to be a force in the classical music firmament for decades to come’.

Supported by Mary Mackenzie, Richard Walton & friends

CONCERT, TALK & FILMA LOAD OF OLE BULLM15 Pittville Pump Room/Pittville Campus3pm (Recital ends approximately 4pm, Talk and Film at Pittville Campus end approximately 5.30pm) £12 unreserved seating

Ole Bull, born 200 years ago, was Norway’s first superstar. An ardent nationalist, workaholic and womaniser, his bath-water was sold in perfume bottles to his many fans. His violin playing was compared to Paganini’s, and he made a fortune as an international soloist in the mid-1800s. He then lost it all in a doomed attempt to establish a Norwegian colony in Pennsylvania.

This three-part event comprises: a recital by the Junior section winner of the Menuhin Competition, with accompanist Gordon Back; a talk on Ole Bull by his biographer Harald Herresthal; and a screening of Aslak Aarhus’s compelling 2006 documentary, which tells the story of Bull’s extraordinary life with fine musical contributions by violinist Henning Kraggerud.

The Menuhin Competition takes place in Oslo in June. The winner, and the recital programme, will be announced soon afterwards on cheltenhamfestivals.com/music

BOURNEMOUTH / KARABITSM16 Cheltenham Town Hall7pm (ends approximately 9pm) £12 £17 £22 £27 £32


Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraGunilla Sussmann PianoKirill Karabits Conductor

Liadov The Enchanted Lake 6’Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 39’ Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 50’

Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits has made a huge impact as the new Music Director in Bournemouth, and so it is exciting to welcome this pairing to Cheltenham at the end of Karabits’ first full season.

As part of the Norwegian focus in this year’s festival, young pianist Gunilla Sussmann tackles the mighty brilliance of Chopin’s first concerto.

Supported by The Oldham Foundation

CHIAROSCURO QUARTET

GUNILLA SUSSMANN DAZZLING BICENTENARY CHOPIN

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SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE M17 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm) £15 £20 £25 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Dohnanyi Piano Quintet No 2 in E flat minor Op. 26 24’Joe Cutler Piano Quartet premiere c.10’Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 40’

The Schubert Ensemble bring to Cheltenham one of Erno Dohnanyi’s two piano quintets, works that they recorded in the mid-1990s for Hyperion and which they hold in high esteem. Dohnanyi’s first quintet was championed by Brahms, no less, and yet his long life – he died in 1960 – took him from that era of late romanticism to an emigré life in the rock ‘n’ roll era of America.

Joe Cutler is Head of Composition at Birmingham Conservatoire, and his previous work for the Schubert Ensemble, a quintet from 2002, was praised in The Daily Telegraph as ‘an engrossing alternation of energy and contemplation.’

MILOS KARADAGLICM18 St Swithin’s Church, Quenington3pm (ends approximately 4.10pm) £10 unreserved seating

Programme includes music by Bach, Villa-Lobos and Dobrinka Tabakova. The 26 year-old guitarist Milos Karadaglic is from former Yugoslav Montenegro on the Adriatic coast. His precocious talent gained him a scholarship to London’s Royal Academy of Music, and with a highly praised Wigmore debut in January this year, he is poised for a major solo career. Teas will be served afterwards in the Rectory (£2) Supported by Quenington Sculpture Trust

FOUR SEASONS & A SOUVENIRM19 Cheltenham Town Hall6pm (ends approximately 7.50pm)

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European Union Chamber OrchestraAlina Ibragimova Violin Andrew Motion Reader

Vivaldi The Four Seasons 50’Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence 33’

Alina Ibragimova’s final concert of her residency brings her together with the EU Chamber Orchestra and Andrew Motion for a special performance of Vivaldi’s remarkable pictorial evocations of the four seasons. Motion’s specially commissioned poems will set the scene before each concerto. Moving on a couple of centuries, and heading south from Venice to Florence, EUCO perform the orchestral transcription of Tchaikovsky’s string sextet, his affectionate and richly sonorous tribute to the Tuscan city.

BBC RADIO 3’S DISCOVERING MUSICA BRETT DEAN DOUBLE BILLM20 Pittville Pump Room8.30pm (ends approximately 10.15pm)

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Birmingham Contemporary Music GroupBrett Dean ConductorClaire Booth SopranoSara Mohr-Pietsch Presenter

Brett Dean Wolf Lieder; Recollections UK premiere

Kicking off Brett Dean’s residency in Cheltenham, Radio 3’s illuminating Discovering Music programme takes apart and puts back together two of his works for mixed ensemble. Recollections is an investigation of memory, and features a fragment of piano music by Clara Schumann. Andrew Clements has described Wolf Lieder in The Guardian as ‘a vivid portrait of crumbling insanity’, and The Times’ Hilary Finch praised it as a ‘hyper-sensitive, thrillingly imaginative exploration of Wolf’s music and his madness.’ A perfect piece for the thematic preoccupations of this year’s festival!

MILOS KARADAGLIC ANDREW MOTION

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BBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTSATOS TRIOM21 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm) £13 £18 £22

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Haydn Trio in F sharp Hob. XV:26 18’Suk Trio in C minor Op. 2 17’Schubert Trio in E flat Op. 100 43’

The ATOS Trio was formed in 2003 by violinist Annette von Hehn, cellist Stefan Heinemeyer and pianist Thomas Hoppe. After two years of studies with the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne, the trio quickly established itself as one of Europe’s finest young ensembles, and in 1997 they scooped up all the major prizes at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. They joined Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme earlier this year.

Supported by Patricia Routledge

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TRINITY COLLEGE CHOIR, MELBOURNEM22 All Saints Church, Pittville, Cheltenham5pm (ends approximately 6pm) £10 unreserved seating

Programme includesByrd Haec Dies Parsons Ave Maria Victoria Salve Regina a 8 Palestrina Tu Es Petrus Schütz Selig Sind Die TotenBach Komm, Jesu, KommHowells Blessed Are The Dead Duruflé Tu Es Petrus Gabriel Jackson Salve Regina

We welcome to Cheltenham Australia’s finest university choir as part of their fourth UK tour. Directed by former King’s College Cambridge choral scholar Michael Leighton Jones, their programme is a broad cross-section of beloved Anglican choral repertoire, kept very much alive in the College chapel; it wasn’t just cricket that got successfully exported down-under.

FILM & PRE-CONCERT TALK BRETT DEAN & GESUALDOM23 Pittville Campus, University of Gloucestershire6.45pm (ends approximately 8.15pm)


Gesualdo: Death for Five VoicesA film by Werner Herzog 60’

Come and spend 90 minutes in the company of the Italian Renaissance’s most notorious composer, Germany’s most iconoclastic filmmaker and the 2010 Music Festival’s featured composer. Brett Dean and Meurig Bowen talk about their fascination with Carlo Gesualdo, and how his life and music inspired Dean’s study for strings and recorded voices, Carlo. They discuss the whole of the evening concert’s programme, and introduce Werner Herzog’s extraordinary Gesualdo portrait – probably the most eccentric, but utterly absorbing, music film ever made.

FESTIVAL ACADEMY 1BACK TO THE FUTUREM24 Pittville Pump Room8.30pm (ends approximately 10.10pm) £15 £20 £25

Festival Academy StringsBrett Dean ViolaNeil Thomson Conductor

Britten Lachrymae Op. 48a 15’Gesualdo Asciugate i begli occhi 3’Brett Dean Carlo 20’Warlock Capriol Suite 10’John Woolrich Ulysses Awakes 6’Grieg From Holberg’s Time: Suite in olden style 21’

The Festival Academy Strings’ first concert is an investigation of the past through the present – or, in the case of Grieg, Warlock and Britten, the relatively recent. Britten’s work for viola and strings reflects on the stately melancholy of a John Dowland song. Warlock, himself responsible for the first modern edition of Dowland’s Lachrymae, recreates an Elizabethan musical world in his Capriol Suite.

John Woolrich reworks music from Monteverdi’s opera The Return of Ulysses. Grieg pays homage to the 18th-century world of Norwegian/Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg. And Brett Dean’s Carlo is a hugely imaginative psychological tone poem for strings and recorded voices, reflecting on the life and work of Italian renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo.

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SOLSTICE / DAVID CAMPBELLM26 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm) £13 £18 £22 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Solstice String QuartetDavid Campbell Clarinet

Rolf Wallin The Curiosity Cabinet UK premiere 10’Michael Langemann new work premiere 10’Richard Blackford Clarinet Quintet 20’Brahms Clarinet Quintet 35’

Winners of the 2009 Royal Overseas League Competition, the Solstice String Quartet’s first violinist, Jamie Campbell, is the son of renowned clarinettist David Campbell. They join for Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet and a new work by Richard Blackford inspired by Caradog Prichard’s novel Full Moon. Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin wrote The Curiosity Cabinet as the test piece for 2009’s Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, and Michael Langemann’s new work is a Royal Philharmonic Society/Susan Bradshaw Composers’ Fund commission.

PRE-CONCERT TALKThe composers discuss their new works.

M25 Oval Room, Pittville Pump Room10.15 – 10.45amFree Tickets should be booked in advance

Supported by Diana Woolley

MONTEVERDI’S 1610 VESPERSM28 Tewkesbury Abbey7pm (ends approximately 8.50pm) £10 £15 £20 £25 £30

Magdelena Consort includingElin Manahan Thomas SopranoJulia Doyle SopranoCharles Daniels TenorJames Gilchrist TenorNicholas Mulroy TenorPeter Harvey Baritone/Director

Tewkesbury Abbey was already a few centuries old when Claudio Monteverdi composed, 400 years ago this year, his superb ceremonial sequence in honour of the Virgin Mary.

The 1610 Vespers are sure to sound magnificent in the abbey’s lofty spaces – performed here by a top-notch line-up of specialist singers and instrumentalists, and featuring that sonorous 17th-century ‘horn section’ of cornetts and sackbuts.

Supported by The Oldham Foundation

PERGOLESI’S STABAT MATERM27 Tewkesbury Abbey5pm (ends approximately 5.45pm)


Tewkesbury Abbey Schola CantorumBen Nicholas Conductor

As part of the 2010 festival’s Italian focus, and preceding Monteverdi’s Vespers, the Tewkesbury Abbey choristers perform Pergolesi’s most popular work, his Stabat Mater, in the 300th anniversary year of his birth.

FESTIVAL ACADEMY AT THE STAR COLLEGEM29 National Star College, Ullenwood7.30pm (ends approximately 10pm) Free Tickets should be booked in advance through the Box Office

Festival Academy musicians, Star College creative and performing arts students and conductor William Carslake present the culmination of a series of creative workshops in an evening of music, drama, dance and art. See page 33 for further details.


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FESTIVAL ACADEMY 2 TROUT VARIATIONSM30 Pittville Pump Room9.30pm (ends approximately 10.45pm) £15 unreserved seating

Festival Academy Soloists Alexandra Wood Violin Cian O’Duill ViolaRobin Michael Cello Peter Buckoke Double BassHuw Watkins Piano Brett Dean Voices of Angels 23’ Huw Watkins Variations on a Schubert song 5’Schubert Quintet D 667 ‘The Trout’ 39’ Brett Dean’s 1996 work for ‘The Trout Quintet’ line-up was premiered by members of the Berlin Philharmonic (Dean included) and pianist Imogen Cooper, and is an intensely atmospheric and dramatic reflection on words by Rainer Maria Rilke: ‘Angels (it’s said) are often unable to tell whether they move amongst the living or the dead.’ Huw Watkins’ work, likewise, is written for the same ‘Trout’ line-up. Supported by The Steel Charitable Trust

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COLLINS / DEAN / WATKINSM31 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm) £15 £20 £25 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Michael Collins ClarinetBrett Dean ViolaHuw Watkins Piano

Schumann Märchenbilder Op. 113 15’ Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 12’Schumann Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 14’Kurtág Homage à Robert Schumann Op. 15d 10’Kurtág Jelek Op. 5 7’Brahms Clarinet Sonata No 1 Op. 120 22’

This programme builds itself around the music Schumann wrote for viola and clarinet with piano – and, most unusually, the three instruments together. Two distinguished performer-composers join one of the world’s finest clarinettists, and Michael Collins’ appearance here kicks off a mini-residency by his quintet London Winds (see M33/34/42/43) Supported by Elizabeth Jacobs

SOUND MIND 2WHEN MAHLER MET FREUDM32 Pittville Campus, University of Gloucestershire5.30 – 6.40pm


A music critic once got himself into Private Eye’s Pseuds Corner for stating that ‘for the thinking man at least, Mahler is to Freud as Bruckner is to Jung’. Stephen Johnson and Ray Tallis take as their starting point Mahler’s famous encounter with Sigmund Freud in 1910. What were Freud’s conclusions? And can they help us understand Mahler as man and as composer?

ISSERLIS & SCHUMANN 1M33 Pittville Pump Room7pm (ends approximately 9pm) £18 £25 £32 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Katharine Gowers Violin Magnus Johnston ViolinBrett Dean Viola Steven Isserlis CelloGuy Johnston Cello Nicholas Korth HornDenes Varjon Piano Izabella Simon PianoSarah-Jane Brandon Soprano

An all-Schumann programme, to include:Fantasiestücke Op. 88 for piano trio 16’Andante and Variations Op. 46 23’Bilder aus Osten for piano duet 22’Three songs Op. 95 7’Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 28’

Steven Isserlis’ affinity with the music of Robert Schumann makes him the perfect musician to bring to Cheltenham for a series of performances marking the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This all-Schumann programme combines well-known works such as the Piano Quintet with the rarely-performed Andante and Variations, with its unusual line-up of two pianos, two cellos and horn. Steven is Artistic Director of the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove in Cornwall, and he is joined in this programme by a number of instrumentalists he works closely with there. South African soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon is the 2009 Kathleen Ferrier prize winner.

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Prior to Iestyn Davies’ concert with Fretwork, Festival Director (and very occasional counter-tenor) Meurig Bowen tells the story of the high male voice, from the castrati to the Bee Gees. With some light-touch technical background and a wide range of audio snippets – from the exquisite to the downright weird – this talk will sort the men from the eunuchs, the haute-contres from the male sopranos, and the Jeff Buckleys from the heavy-me(n)talist shriekers.

MUSIC FOR A WHILEM36 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.40pm)

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Iestyn Davies Counter-tenor Fretwork Viol Consort

William Lawes Two Consort setts in 6 parts 24’Gesualdo Beltà, poi che t’assenti; Sparge la morte; Dolcissima mia vita 9’Dowland The King of Denmark’s Galliard; Flow my tears; Can she excuse my wrongs; If my complaints; Shall I strive with words 12’Wolf Ein altes Bild; Gebet 6’Purcell Fantazia in 4 parts; Music for a while; In Nomine 8’Warlock Sleep 5’Britten The trees they grow so high; O Waly, waly 6’

Those who heard Iestyn Davies’ performances in the Handel Celebration in the 2009 Festival will know what an increasingly compelling artist he is. Now coming into his prime as a counter-tenor, and with engagements stacking up into the future with opera houses around the world – including The Met in New York – this specially-programmed collaboration with Fretwork is sure to be a festival highlight.

Supported by The Helena Oldacre Trust

FESTIVAL ACADEMY 3ENGLISH ELEGIESM34 Thirlestaine Long Gallery9.30pm (ends approximately 10.50pm) £15 unreserved seating

Festival Academy SoloistsPhilippa Davies Flute Gareth Hulse Cor AnglaisJames Gilchrist TenorAnna Tilbrook Piano

Bliss Elegaic Sonnet 8’Britten Six Hölderlin Fragments Op. 61 12’Warlock The Curlew 22’Bliss Piano Quartet in A minor 15’Gurney Ludlow and Teme 18’

This is a programme of exquisite warmth and bleak beauty, bound together in the background by the mental torment of Warlock, Gurney and German romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin. Bliss’s Elegaic Sonnet was written after the suicide of the young Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood. Gurney’s Shropshire Lad settings are easily a match for those of Vaughan Williams, written for the same forces, and Warlock’s W.B.Yeats setting is one of most eloquent statements of desolation in all music.

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40 PARTS AND COUNTINGM39 Cheltenham College Chapel2.30pm (ends approximately 3.30pm) £15 unreserved seating

New London Chamber ChoirJames Weeks Conductor

Gabriel Jackson Sanctum est verum lumen 10’ Taverner Dum Transisset 7’ Ligeti Lux Aeterna 10’Sheppard Libera nos I and II 8’Michael Zev Gordon Allele premiere 20’ Tallis Spem in Alium 10’

The New London Chamber Choir and their acclaimed conductor James Weeks bring to Cheltenham a programme that combines renaissance English music by Tallis, Taverner and Sheppard with Gabriel Jackson’s 40-part motet, Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna (as featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey) and a fascinating new work by Michael Zev Gordon. Allele, also a 40-part work, is a collaboration with poet Ruth Padel in which each singer’s part was created using their own DNA coding. Allele was created as part of the Wellcome Trust project Music from the Genome, which also entails research into the genetic determinants of musical ability.

PRE-CONCERT TALKWith composer Michael Zev Gordon, poet Ruth Padel and geneticist Andrew Morley

Hardy Lecture Theatre (adjacent to the chapel)1.45 – 2.15pmFree to concert ticketholders

FAMILY EVENTJULIA DONALDSON SINGALONGM37 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately 12 noon)

£5 Adults and children – suitable for age 5+

Fans from 5 to 105 will delight in this fun-filled family event with Julia Donaldson, author of the nation’s favourite bedtime story, The Gruffalo. Julia and her husband will treat the audience to a selection of songs from her best-loved picture books and song books, bringing them to life with some fabulous props, actions and, of course, a little help from her audience! Julia began her career as a songwriter for television and has also produced two albums for adults.

FAMILY EVENTMIDSUMMER FIESTA IN MONTPELLIERMontpellier Gardens 12 noon – 9pm

Following on from the success of the Fiesta in Pittville Park last year, we are collaborating again with Cheltenham Strategic Partnership and Cheltenham Borough Council for another major free community event, this time in the heart of town.

Look out for further information at cheltenhamfestivals.com/fiesta nearer the time. There will be a huge range of family entertainment, sports activities, food stalls and a celebration of musical and cultural diversity – from choirs and bands to gamelan and samba.

FAMILY EVENTSHAKE, RATTLE & ROLLM38 & M40 The Queen’s Hotel2pm & 3.30pm (ends approximately 3pm & 4.30pm respectively)

£5 Adults and children – unreserved seating suitable for ages 3–6

Come and join in the fun with shakers, rattlers, tappers and flappers and make all sorts of music using recycled and reclaimed materials. Sue Nicholls will take you through this interactive workshop with a range of vocal and music-making activities from her new book Pat-a-cake, Make and Shake from A & C Black. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with packaging and junk!

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FESTIVAL ACADEMY 4SCHUMANN & DEANM42 Cheltenham Town Hall6pm (ends approximately 6.45pm)


Thomas Hobbs Tenor London Winds Alexandra Wood Violin Robin Michael CelloHuw Watkins Piano

Brett Dean Winter Songs; Demons 24’Schumann Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op. 110 25’

This short pre-concert concert features the last of Schumann’s piano trios, written adjacently to the orchestral works that follow. Brett Dean’s Winter Songs, for tenor and wind quintet, are settings of e e cummings, and Demons is for solo flute.


Thomas Hobbs supported by Countess of Munster Musical Trust

SOUND MIND 3SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE M41 Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall4.30pm (ends approximately 5.30pm)


Shivers down the spine: the science of the musical brain

What can the study of the brain tell us about our appreciation of music? To what extent does brain science, including observation of composers with brain damage, ‘explain’ music - our ability to create and understand it, the pleasure that it gives, the significance it has in society at large? Ray Tallis is joined by Adam Zeman, Professor in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology at the Peninsula Medical School, and author of Yale University Press’s recent A Portrait of the Brain.

FESTIVAL ACADEMY 5ISSERLIS & SCHUMANN 2M43 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.15pm)

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Festival Academy StringsLondon Winds with the Winds of Southbank SinfoniaIMS Prussia Cove guestsSteven Isserlis CelloNeil Thomson Conductor

Schumann Overture: Julius Caesar Op. 128 9’Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 25’Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor Op. 120 29’

The Festival Academy Strings are augmented here by the wind players of London Winds and Southbank Sinfonia for a unique collaboration of ‘chamber philharmonic’ proportions. They begin with a rarely heard overture to Shakespeare’s play, and after his performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Steven Isserlis will join the orchestral ranks - alongside Brett Dean, Michael Collins et al. - for the Fourth Symphony.


Supported by The Patrons of Cheltenham Festivals

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POWERPLANT M44 Parabola Arts Centre10pm (ends approximately 11pm) £15 includes Hotel du Vin drink voucher – see page 45

Joby Burgess PercussionMatthew Fairclough Sound DesignKathy Hinde Visual Artist

Matthew Fairclough The Boom and The Bap premiere 6’Gabriel Prokofiev Voyage V ‘Fanta’ from ‘Import/Export’ 7’Graham Fitkin Chain of Command 12’Javier Alvarez Temazcal 8’Conlon Nancarrow Piece for Percussion 3’Dominic Murcott Armed Response premiere 7’Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint 14’

Virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess’s genre-busting collaboration with electronics and video is a fresh encounter with new sounds – a ‘multimedia makeover’ for electronic music, as one writer described Powerplant. With Burgess playing the xylosynth – a 21st-century treasure trove of sound – and with the interface of Matthew Fairclough’s sound design and Bristol-based video artist Kathy Hinde, Powerplant ingeniously brings club, concert hall, craft and technology together in one compelling whole.

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SUNDAY 11 JULY

TWO PIANOS FOUR HANDSM45 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.50pm)

£13 £18 £22 Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme – see page 45

Joseph Tong & Waka Hasegawa Piano Duo Robin Michael Cello*

Chopin Rondo in C major 9’Debussy (arr. Ravel) Two Nocturnes 11’Saint-Saëns The Swan from Carnival of the Animals* 4’Lord Berners Valses Bourgeoises 8’Ravel La Valse 11’Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 35’Lutosławski Paganini Variations 6’ Described in The Times as ‘precision-tooled piano duettists’, Tong and Hasegawa team up at their twin Steinways for a programme with Paris and dance at its heart. Of all these composers, only the second Pole in the programme, Lutoslawski, didn’t have a close relationship with the French capital – his plans to study there were thwarted by Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939.

Both Ravel and the ‘English Satie’ Lord Berners take a brilliantly alternative look at the past glories of the 19th-century waltz. And Stravinsky – who praised the Berners waltzes for their ‘impertinence’ – changed the world of dance, and music, altogether with his 1913 ballet for Diaghilev.

Supported by The Berners Trust

LECTURE RECITALALFRED BRENDELM47 Pittville Pump Room3pm (ends approximately 4.15pm)

£10 £15 £20

Following his retirement from the concert platform, we welcome Alfred Brendel back for a lecture recital he has entitled On Character in Music. With a range of examples given on the piano, Brendel sets out to show that in musical performances, the perception of character and atmosphere is no less important than that of form and structure. ‘The pianist’s task,’ Brendel says, ‘becomes related to that of a character actor identifying with different roles, with an ever-widening awareness of the staggering emotional and psychological variety great music has to offer.’

FAMILY EVENTMICHAEL MORPURGO’S WAR HORSEM46 Cheltenham Town Hall2pm (ends approximately 3pm)

£10 £5 Children – suitable for age 9+

Michael Morpurgo ReaderJohn Tams & Barry Coope Musicians This is a unique event combining extraordinary storytelling and heart-rending music. Through the eyes of a horse, Michael Morpurgo tells of how life on a farm in Devon moves to survival on the Western Front in the First World War. Award-winning author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo is joined by 2008 BBC Radio 2 Duo of the Year, John Tams and Barry Coope, in an adaptation for the concert stage by John Tams. Their rousing yet haunting songs were specially written by John for the National Theatre’s production of War Horse.

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JOSEPH TONG & WAKA HASEGAWA A DOUBLE STEINWAY WORKOUT



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SOUND MIND 4THE SOUND OF MELANCHOLIAM48 Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall5.30pm (ends approximately 6.30pm)


Stephen Johnson and Robert Winston explore the relationship between music and the emotions, from the ecstatic highs to the soul-searching lows. Using a range of audio samples and case histories, they focus particularly on examples of pathological sadness - historically termed ‘melancholy’, more recently called ‘depression’ - and reflect on how, paradoxically, this finds expression in some of the most beautiful music ever written.

ISSERLIS & SCHUMANN 3 BRAHMS, ROBERT AND CLARAM50 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.20pm)

£10 £14 £18 £23 £28

Side-stage seating plan – see page 41

PRE-CONCERT DINNERM49 Drawing Room, Cheltenham Town Hall6.15pm

£27Two-course dinner, with dessert during the interval, plus a glass of wine and coffee

Katharine Gowers ViolinSteven Isserlis CelloBrett Dean ViolaDenes Varjon PianoSimon Callow Narrator

Brahms Scherzo in E flat minor Op. 4 9’Schumann Declamation Op. 122 No 2 (Die Fluchtlinge) 3’Brahms Scherzo from the FAE sonata 6’Schumann Intermezzo from the FAE sonata 3’Schumann Variations in E flat for piano 18’Schumann Gebet Op. 135 No 5 2’Clara Schumann Romance Op. 21 No 1 for piano 12’Brahms Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op. 60 31’

This programme explores the relationship between Schumann, Brahms and the woman they both loved, Clara. Steven Isserlis’s script, read by Simon Callow, links extracts from the three-way correspondence they had in the final years of Schumann’s life, including the final traumatising years of Schumann’s residence in the Endenich asylum.

ALFRED BRENDEL A WELCOME RETURN

ROBERT WINSTON INSIDE MUSIC’S HEAD

SIMON CALLOW MAN OF LETTERS

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AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTETM51 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)


Australian String Quartet Brett Dean Viola

Haydn Quartet in G Op. 77/1 20’Brett Dean Epitaphs for string quintet European premiere 15’Bruckner Quintet in F 45’

Following their two performances in the 2008 festival, the outstanding Australian String Quartet return to perform the European premiere of Brett Dean’s new quintet, featuring two violas and Dean himself in the final appearance of his residency. Contemporaneous with his 5th and 6th symphonies, Bruckner’s String Quintet is one of the great late-romantic chamber works – symphonic in scale, and with a justly-celebrated Adagio of great serenity.

Supported by Eleanor Budge and the George Budge Trust

STEVEN ISSERLISM52 St Andrew’s Church, Naunton3pm (ends approximately 4pm) £20 unreserved seating

Steven Isserlis CelloWarwick Cole Harpsichord

Bach Viola da Gamba sonata in G BWV 1027 15’Britten Cello Suite No 3 22’Bach Viola da Gamba sonata in D BWV 1028 15’

Steven Isserlis’s final performance of his residency pairs a solo cello suite by Britten, written for Rostropovich in 1971, with two of Bach’s gamba sonatas. This instrument (a ‘viola between the legs’, six of which are featured in Fretwork’s concert, page 19) was already somewhat archaic in Bach’s time, but he wrote some of his finest music for its mellow, fretted tone. In addition to three sonatas, two of them played here on the cello by Isserlis, there are some stunning gamba solos in the St John and St Matthew Passions and a pair of them feature in the 6th Brandenburg Concerto.

MONDAY 12 JULY

SOUND MIND 5VENUS, MERCURY & ST CECILIAM53 Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall7pm (ends approximately 8.15pm)


Neurosyphilis caused appalling suffering in the 19th-century, and it was one of the major causes of serious psychiatric illness, accounting for a large proportion of asylum inmates - Schumann and Wolf included. Starting from neurosyphilis, and placed within the broader context of understanding illness in the 19th-century, the session will examine romantic notions of the connections between art and illness. Ray Tallis and Steven Isserlis are joined by Simon Shorvon, Professor in Clinical Neurology at University College, London, and the Cambridge University medical historian Richard Barnett.

HENK NEVEN SONGS OF A POET’S LOVE

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JAMES RHODES PARABOLA PROMISE

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BBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTSCHRISTENSEN / NEVEN / VIGNOLESM54 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.35pm)

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Malin Christensen SopranoHenk Neven BaritoneRoger Vignoles Piano

Schumann Widmung; Der Nussbaum; Lied der Suleika; Du bist wie eine Blume 10’Schumann Dichterliebe 25’Wolf Italian Songbook (selection) 35’

We welcome two new members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme – highly charismatic singers from Sweden and the Netherlands, and collaborating here with master Lieder pianist Roger Vignoles. Separately, they sing Schumann songs. Together, they present a selection from Hugo Wolf’s Italian Songbook, settings of earthy, popular love lyrics that are ideally suited to a male-female singer pairing.

Supported by Sir Michael McWilliam

PARABOLA RUSH HOUR 1JAMES RHODESM55 Parabola Arts Centre6pm (ends approximately 7.10pm)

£12.50 includes Hotel du Vin drink voucher – see page 45

James Rhodes Piano

Beethoven Sonata in C Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’ 25’Bach/Busoni Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564 19’Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 14’

James Rhodes is in the process of re-defining what kind of audience a young classical pianist can attract. In 2009 he was the first pianist to give a recital at the newly opened Roundhouse in London, and his first album Razor Blades, Little Pills, Big Pianos quickly became No 1 on iTunes’ classical download chart. Watch out for his forthcoming Chopin documentary on BBC4.

One to watch…a classical pianist with a rock-star attitudeClassic FM Magazine

Supported by John Eaden, Kamala Chelliah-Boardman and Rosemary Harvey

TUESDAY 13 JULY

GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUTH ORCHESTRAM57 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.30pm)



Thérèse de Souza ViolinGlyn Oxley Conductor

Gesualdo/Stravinsky Monumentum pro Gesualdo 7’Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade 42’Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 35’

This colourful programme from the GYO is essentially all-Russian, but with Italian, French and exotic flavouring. Stravinsky’s Monumentum pro Gesualdo is an orchestration of three madrigals by the Italian renaissance composer, made in 1960 for the 400th anniversary of his birth, and returning in 2010, the 450th!

FILMS AT THE EXMOUTHSHINEExmouth Arms, Bath Road 01242 5281498pm (ends approximately 9.45pm)

Based on the true story of David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush), this much-garlanded 1996 movie tracks the Australian pianist’s mental and professional highs and lows with great sensitivity.


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GOING DUTCHM58 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)

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Calefax Reeds Quintet

Mendelssohn (arr. Althuis) Overture ‘The Hebrides’ 10’Bach (arr. Hekkema) Suite from The Goldberg Variations 20’Debussy (arr. Boekhoorn) Suite Bergamasque 16’Graham Fitkin new work Festival Society commission 10’Tchaikovsky/Duke Ellington (arr. Boekhoorn) Nutcracker Jazz Suite 12’Steve Reich (arr. Hekkema) New York Counterpoint 11’

Those who witnessed Dutch reeds quintet Calefax in 2008 will know how distinctive and musically satisfying their performances are. As a wind quintet with a difference – i.e. no flute or horn, but including saxophones – their sound is unique and their presentation of a wide range of repertoire wholly captivating.

FASCINATING AIDAM61 Parabola Arts Centre8.30pm (ends approximately 10.15pm)

£20 includes Hotel du Vin drink voucher – see page 45

Pre-concert dinner from 6.30pm at Hotel du VinTwo courses £17.50, call 01242 588450

In the perfect environment for musical cabaret, Cheltenham Ladies College’s Parabola Arts Centre, Dillie Keane and her two collaborating chanteueses present their matchless brand of outrageous, sophisticated satire.

See them before you die otherwise your life will have been meaningless.The Mail on Sunday

Quite simply, Fascinating Aida are the tops.The Daily Telegraph

WEDNESDAY 14 JULY

PARABOLA RUSH HOUR 2GOING DUTCH 2M60 Parabola Arts Centre6pm (ends approximately 7pm)


TOEAC Renée Bekkers & Pieternel Berkers Accordions

Programme includesBach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor 10’Grieg Holberg Suite 21’Piazzolla Tangos selection 12’New work by Sound & Music shortlist composer 10’

TOEAC is an abbreviation, in Dutch, for Two Accordions – which is exactly what this remarkable young duo is. To have one brilliantly captivating Dutch chamber group – Calefax – in Cheltenham is one thing. To have two on the same day is…double Dutch!

FILMS AT THE EXMOUTHTHE SOLOISTExmouth Arms, Bath Road 01242 5281498pm (ends approximately 10pm)

Based on the true story of schizophrenic, Juillard-trained cellist Nathaniel Ayres, The Soloist (2009) features fine performances from Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.


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BBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS ELIAS STRING QUARTETM62 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)


Haydn Quartet Op. 64 No 6 20’Debussy Quartet 25’Schumann Quartet No 3 32’

The Elias Quartet, who made their Cheltenham debut in 2008, have now joined the Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme. Recordings and performances in the meantime confirm their status as a quartet of great depth and maturity.

TIBETAN MONKS OF TASHI LHUNPOM65 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.15pm)

£5 £8 £10 £13 £16 with big screen


An evening of Tibetan music and dance

This concert is the climax of a six-day long residency in Cheltenham by eight monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery – founded in Tibet in the 15th-century and re-established in exile in South India three decades ago.

The sacred world of Tibet is filled with the chanting of Buddhist texts, the recitation of mantras, the ringing of bells and cymbals, the blowing of long horns and the beating of drums. This evening of music, dance, extraordinary costumes and masks – with explanatory commentary by the group’s UK representative Jane Rasch – will bring alive this astonishing culture.

TIBETAN CULTURE WORKSHOPS WITH LUNCH/SUPPERJoin the monks for a fascinating workshop, trying out Tibetan dancing and calligraphy, prayer flag printing and constructing a sand mandala. The monks will cook you a Tibetan meal too!

St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, CheltenhamM56 Tuesday 13 July 6.30 – 8pmM59 Wednesday 14 July 12 noon – 1.30pmM67 Friday 16 July 12 noon – 1.30pm

£10 (£5 concessions)Numbers are limited, so advance booking is essential

SAND MANDALA – see page 32 for more information.

Supported by Neil & Ann Parrack

THURSDAY 15 JULY

PARABOLA RUSH HOUR 3AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTETM63 Parabola Arts Centre6pm (ends approximately 7pm)


Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kanengiser) Capriccio Espagnol 15’Andy Scott New work premiere 14’C McKay (arr. M Baker) The Swan LK243 5’Piazzolla La Muerta del Angel 3’M Tadic (arr. Bessas) Two Balkan Pieces 6’Bellinati A Furiosa 5’

Like the other musicians in this Parabola Rush Hour series, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet’s choice of repertoire and communicative powers trample on all sorts of barriers between classical and non-classical genres. Their latest Chandos CD, Spirit of Brazil, has recently been nominated for a Latin Grammy, and this programme of popular classics, tangos and world-folk is sure to captivate.

STAR COLLEGE FUNDRAISERROBERT FRIPP & THEO TRAVISM64 Gloucestershire College, Gloucester Campus7pm (ends approximately 8pm)


Profits go to the National Star College

See page 29 for concert information.

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BBC RADIO 3 NEW GENERATION ARTISTS PIKE / PIEMONTESIM66 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)

£13 £18 £22

Jennifer Pike ViolinFrancesco Piemontesi Piano

Programme includesLiszt Fantasy and Fugue on BACH 12’Ysäye Sonata for Solo Violin Op. 27/2 14’Debussy Three Preludes 10’Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher 16’

Jennifer Pike became the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2002, at the age of only twelve. Now aged nineteen, she is widely regarded as one of the finest violinists of her generation. She is joined in this recital by fellow New Generation Artist, Swiss-Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi, who will play solo Liszt and Debussy.

In recognition of The Leonora Society NEW OPERA

THE LION’S FACEM69 Parabola Arts Centre6pm (ends approximately 8pm)

£15

The Opera Group presentThe Lion’s Face

Music by Elena LangerLibretto by Glyn Maxwell

Compassionate, heartfelt, strikingly dramatic and often witty, The Lion’s Face is a musical tale of love and loss that focuses on the social, emotional and physical impacts of Alzheimer’s disease.

When a man loses his way home it seems a trivial thing, but one which signals an irreversible return to childhood. Told through theatre and music, this is a dramatic and richly-textured take on ageing, memory and the incomprehension of getting old in the minds of the young.

This new production, conducted by Nicholas Collon and directed by John Fulljames, comes from The Opera Group, winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Best Musical Award.

PRE-CONCERT INTRODUCTION LED BY ELENA LANGER AND GLYN MAXWELLParabola Arts Centre5.15 – 5.45pm

Free to ticketholders

FRIDAY 16 JULY

KEITH NUTLAND AWARD WINNER & GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANM68 Cheltenham Town Hall2pm (ends approximately 3.15pm)


Rosie Breckon PianoThérèse de Souza Violin

Programme includesBeethoven Sonata No 14 ‘Moonlight’ 14’and music by Bloch, Chopin and Wienawski

Rosie Breckon, 2009 Keith Nutland Award Winner, studied at Pate’s Grammar School, and is now in her first year reading music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.Violinist Thérèse de Souza is the 2010 Gloucestershire Young Musician competition winner, and is also a student at Pate’s.

JENNIFER PIKE

CONNOLLY / MARTINEAUM72 Cheltenham Town Hall8.30pm (ends approximately 10.15pm)

£10 £14 £18 £23 £28

Side-stage seating plan – see page 41

PRE-CONCERT DINNERM70 Drawing Room, Cheltenham Town Hall7.15pm

£27Two-course dinner, with dessert during the interval, plus a glass of wine and coffee.

Sarah Connolly Mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau Piano

Schumann Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart 10’Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben 24’Warlock Sleep 5’Bridge Three Songs 9’Gurney By a Bierside; Sleep 6’Britten A Charm; The Salley Gardens; Corpus Christi Carol 10’Howells Lost Love; King David; Come Sing and Dance 10’

Sarah Connolly’s stature as a singer of immense expressive and vocal powers continues to grow. With recent Glyndebourne successes, a compelling appearance at the 2009 Last Night of the Proms, and a New York Met debut behind her, we are delighted to welcome her back with Malcolm Martineau. Their recital revisits Schumann repertoire that Connolly recorded for Chandos a couple of years ago, but also focuses on English song – her latest Chandos recording project.

Supported by Diana Woolley

SARAH CONNOLLY VOCAL MASTERCLASS

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STAR COLLEGE FUNDRAISERROBERT FRIPP & THEO TRAVISM71 All Saints Church, Pittville, Cheltenham8pm (ends approximately 9.30pm) £20 unreserved seating

Profits go to the National Star College

Robert Fripp Electric GuitarsTheo Travis Alto Flute, Soprano Saxophonewith VOICE trio

Legendary King Crimson founder Robert Fripp joins with Theo Travis for a duo project especially conceived for resonant acoustic spaces. Crossing the divide between ambient electronica and experimental improvisation, Fripp and Travis create an ethereal world of clusters, atmospheres and melodic beauty.

Like two colourists sharing the canvas, they painstakingly blend their respective approaches into a result that is beautiful, delicate, sometimes wistful and occasionally forbidding.Jazzwise

The All Saints Pittville performance is preceded by a performance by female a capella trio VOICE, whose repertoire ranges from Hildegard von Bingen to European folksongs.

FRIDAY 16 JULY

THE LION’S FACE NEW OPERA AT THE PARABOLA

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KEMPF PLAYS CHOPINM73 Pittville Pump Room11am (ends approximately 12.45pm)

£17 £23 £28

Freddy Kempf Piano

An all Chopin programmeBallade No 1 9‘Ballade No 3 7‘Sonata No 3 Op. 58 27‘Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op. 22 14‘Polonaise fantasie in A flat Op. 61 13‘

No music festival in the Chopin bicentenary year would be complete without a recital devoted to his dazzling, affecting solo piano music.

Kempf has the maturity and musicality with which to harness his gifts to artistic ends. He has the fearless exuberance of youth. He is prepared to take risks, a readiness that brings spontaneous combustion to his playing; but he has sensitivity, too. The Daily Telegraph

Supported by Michael & Angela Cronk

STORYTELLING FOR THE FAMILYSALLY POMME CLAYTONM74 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately 12 noon)

£7 £5 children – suitable for age 7+

Sally Pomme Clayton’s vibrant performance takes the audience on Persephone’s dramatic journey to the underworld and back. You will meet Greek Gods and explore the Greek landscape and Ancient Greek traditions on the way. Sally Pomme combines spoken word with unusual musical instruments and strange sounds that evoke the mysterious world of ancient Greece. Her dynamic performances introduce children to the spoken word – developing the imagination, and giving a powerful experience of how body, gesture and voice bring a tale to life. This event is based on Sally Pomme Clayton’s latest dramatic picture book, Persephone. A journey from winter to spring.

FOUR HANDS AND AN ARCHERM75 Parabola Arts Centre3pm (ends approximately 4.10pm)

£15

Bibby Piano DuoCarole Boyd Reader

‘Out of my sorrow have I made these songs…’ Ivor Gurney

Nicola and Alexandra Bibby’s sibling piano duo is joined by actress Carole Boyd – known to many as Linda Snell in The Archers – for a programme of words and music that reflect the festival’s focus on music, melancholy and the mind. Their programme includes beautiful music and readings by Satie, Anne Sexton, Emily Dickinson, Schumann, Poulenc, Gurney and Mozart.

SATURDAY 17 JULY

FREDDY KEMPF PASSION & VIRTUOSITY


OPERA GALA FINALEALFIE BOE & THE PHILHARMONIAM77 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.30pm)

£12 £17 £22 £28 £36 with big screen


Cheltenham Festival ChorusPhilharmonia OrchestraAlfie Boe TenorGareth Hancock Conductor

Programme includesWagner Procession and Chorale (Die Meistersinger)Wagner Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)Lehar Selection of Arias including ‘You are my heart’s desire’ & ‘Love unspoken’Bizet March of the Toreadors & Flower Song (Carmen)Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)Verdi Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) & Slaves Chorus (Nabucco)

and music from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Madam Butterfly & Turandot

Tenor Alfie Boe, whose recent performances of La Bohème and La Traviata with English National Opera and Welsh National Opera have been acclaimed, comes to Cheltenham for a festive opera finale. Gareth Hancock, who conducted Boe’s first solo album and led the Festival Chorus in Carmina Burana in 2008, is at the helm with the Philharmonia.

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EVENING HYMNM76 Cheltenham College Chapel5pm (ends approximately 6pm)


Choir of the Eton Choral CourseAlexander Mason OrganRalph Allwood Conductor

Programme includesArvo Pärt Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis’Schumann An die Sterne Op. 141/1 Gesualdo O vos omnes Ramsey Sleep, fleshly birth Peerson Man, dreame no more Finzi Lo! the full, final sacrifice Brahms Geistliches Lied

Eton Choral Courses provide vibrant vocal training and choral experience to enthusiastic young singers from a range of backgrounds. One of the courses this year is taking place at Cheltenham College, and their week of rehearsals, workshops and evensongs culminates in this final performance.

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TIBETAN SAND MANDALAAlongside their performance and Tibetan culture workshops (see page 27), a highlight of the Tashi Lhunpo monks’ week-long residency will be their creation of a sand mandala. This is a ‘painting’ created from millions of grains of coloured sand, and painstakingly laid in place over several days. Simultaneously an astonishing work of art and a Buddhist act of Tantric meditation, the mandala is ritually destroyed once completed. It’s a fascinating spectacle, observing the monks’ work on the mandala, and some of you will find that you want to drop in to The Mercure Queen’s hotel every day to monitor progress.

Regency Suite, The Mercure Queen’s (admission free)Monday 12 – Friday 16 July: 10am – 7pmSaturday 17 July: Final viewing 9amDestruction ceremony 9.30 – 10.30am

Coinciding with the monks’ visit, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum displays items acquired on the Younghusband expedition to Tibet, 1903–4. They include an amulet box, a ritual dagger used when making a mandala, and a spectacular golden Buddha.

1 July – 15 August www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk

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BEST OF BRITISH MONOCHROMEWith over 200 prize-winning prints and 300 projected digital images, this exhibition presents the best of British monochrome photography, and a special selection of Cotswold Monochrome members.Summerfield Gallery, Pittville Campus, Albert Road

Saturday 10 – Saturday 17 July10am – 4pm

VISUAL ARTS & EXHIBITIONS

ARTIST IN RESIDENCECheltenham-based artist Rob Goldsmith will attend rehearsals and performances in the first 10 days of the festival, preparing a series of musician portraits for display in the final few days.

Wednesday 14 – Saturday 17 JulyPittville Pump Room

OPEN STUDIOSSampler Art Exhibitions curated by Cheltenham Open Studios. A selection of work by member artists

Summerfield Gallery, Albert Road, CheltenhamThis exhibition runs from Friday 2 to Wednesday 7 July.

Everyman Theatre, Regent Street, CheltenhamThis exhibition runs from Monday 28 June to Monday 9 August.

Star Gallery, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham This exhibition runs from July - October 2010Star Gallery is situated by the Link Corridor between College Road Wing and West Block.

For more details about COS membership and other exhibitions please visit cheltenhamopenstudios.org.uk

PAINTED QUARTETSAnother chance to see the 24 violins, violas and cellos that were exhibited in the 2009 Music Festival. Artists include PJ Crook, Ana Bianchi, Bob Devereux, Anthony Frost, Mila Judge-Furstova, Richard Parker Crook, Lincoln Seligman, Peter Swan, and Gillian Lever.

Parabola Arts Centre, The Cheltenham Ladies’ CollegeViewing possible on Parabola performance days (30 minutes before and after concert start and end times). See website for additional viewing times.

In late September, the instruments will be auctioned at a charity dinner at The Daffodil restaurant in Cheltenham. The main beneficiary will be the National Star College, as well as Cheltenham Festivals’ music education programme.

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THE BANDWAGON6, 7, 8 July

The Bandwagon, a bus carrying a ‘pop-up’ ensemble of young, talented musicians from Gloucestershire senior schools led by professional conductor William Carslake and supported by young composer Hannah Kendall, is an innovative approach to providing young children with a vibrant, exciting experience of classical music, by bringing it to them. Following a day of rehearsals, the ensemble will spend three days touring local schools in Cheltenham and Gloucester. These visits will follow a ‘flash mob’ model – unexpected, fun, and with the appearance of being totally spontaneous. For many children this is likely to be their first experience of seeing and hearing an orchestra playing live. This way, the young audience will see the musicians as fun, approachable and unstuffy.

For more details visit the Bandwagon web page at cheltenhamfestivals.com/bandwagon

FESTIVAL ACADEMY AT THE NATIONAL STAR COLLEGESummer ShowcaseNational Star College, UllenwoodThursday 8 July, 7.30pm (ends approximately 10pm)Free, but tickets must be booked in advance through the Box Office.

Festival Academy musicians, Star College creative and performing arts students and conductor William Carslake present the culmination of a series of creative workshops at this evening of music, drama, dance and art in the grounds of the Star College campus at Ullenwood. This is the 6th year of collaboration between the college and Cheltenham Music Festival and the partnership has gone from strength to strength – always promising so much and delivering considerably more! Come along and be part of the experience, as a richly diverse group of young people showcase their creativity.

GAMELANWe are delighted to be collaborating with Good Vibrations again, taking our fabulous Javanese gamelan to HMP Eastwood Park where prisoners will take part in a week of intensive music workshops aimed at developing teamwork and communication skills. Cheltenham Community Gamelan Players will join the prisoners for a short concert to mark the end of the project, and will also be playing the Fiesta in Montpellier Gardens on Saturday 10 July when the public can also come and have a go.

CHOIRS IN A DAYYoung singer and composer Hannah Kendall (pictured below) will lead a day of inspiring singing workshops in two primary school classes, each class becoming a choir in a day. Beginning with some lively ice-breaking activities, Hannah will help the children to find and warm up their voices before teaching them some rousing songs that they will perform in front of their peers, teachers and parents at the end of the day.

Singing workshops will also take place at the Midsummer Fiesta in Montpellier Gardens on Saturday 10 July, when members of the public can learn the same songs and perform them together with the children.

FREE FOR SCHOOLSCheltenham Music Festival is committed to making music accessible to all, and once again we are offering free tickets for accompanied school groups across the entire programme. This is a fantastic opportunity for pupils to experience the thrill of live music. Tickets subject to availability. Booking opens on 17 May 2010.

Book online at cheltenhamfestivals.com/education or contact Jo Hilton on 01242 775095.

For more information visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/education or telephone 01242 775822/91.

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SATURDAY 17 JULYSALLY POMME CLAYTONM74 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately 12 noon)

£7 £5 children – suitable for age 7+

Persephone – and other Greek Myths

Performance storytelling for children over 7 and their families

THURSDAY 15 JULYTIBETAN MONKS OF TASHI LHUNPOM65 Cheltenham Town Hall7.30pm (ends approximately 9.15pm)

£5 £8 £10 £13 £16 50% concessions apply

An evening of Tibetan music and dance

TIBETAN CULTURE WORKSHOPS WITH LUNCH/SUPPERJoin the monks for a fascinating workshop, trying out Tibetan dancing and calligraphy, prayer flag printing and constructing a sand mandala. The monks will cook you a Tibetan meal too!

St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, CheltenhamM56 Tuesday 13 July 6.30 – 8pmM59 Wednesday 14 July 12 noon – 1.30pmM67 Friday 16 July 12 noon – 1.30pm

£10 (£5 concessions)Numbers are limited, so advance booking is essential

SUNDAY 11 JULYMICHAEL MORPURGO’S WAR HORSEM46 Cheltenham Town Hall2pm (ends approximately 3pm)

£10 £5 Children – suitable for age 9+

Michael Morpurgo ReaderJohn Tams & Barry Coope Musicians

Award-winning author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo is joined by 2008 BBC Radio 2 Duo of the Year, John Tams and Barry Coope, in an adaptation for the concert stage by John Tams. Their rousing yet haunting songs were specially written by John for the National Theatre’s production of War Horse.

SATURDAY 10 JULYJULIA DONALDSON SINGALONGM37 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately 12 noon)

£5 £5 for children

Fans from 5 to 105 will delight in this fun-filled family event with Julia Donaldson, author of the nation’s favourite bedtime story, The Gruffalo.

MIDSUMMER FIESTA IN MONTPELLIERMontpellier Park Noon – 9pm

Look out for further information at cheltenhamfestivals.com/fiesta nearer the time for full details.

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLLM38 & M40 The Queen’s Hotel2pm & 3.30pm (ends approximately 3pm & 4.30pm respectively)

£5 Adults and children, unreserved seatingSuitable for ages 3–6

Come and join in the fun with shakers, rattlers, tappers and flappers and make all sorts of music using recycled and reclaimed materials.

SUNDAY 4 JULYTHEY’VE GOT RHYTHMM10 Parabola Arts Centre11am (ends approximately 12 noon)

£8 £4 for children, suitable for age 5+

O Duo – Owen Gunnell, Oliver Cox

O Duo’s repertoire spans more than 300 years and is a mix of popular classics and accessible contemporary music played on two marimbas, vibraphone and a huge array of percussion.

SATURDAY 3 JULYSACCONI QUARTETM5 St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham3pm (ends approximately 4pm)

£3 Adults and children, unreserved seatingSuitable for age 6+

The Sacconi Quartet and the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust are passionate about communicating to young people how two violins, a viola and a cello can create such amazing sounds together. Their interactive family concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall are always a sell-out, so come along and get drawn in to this special musical world.

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FUNDING THE FUTUREMaybe this is your first experience of Cheltenham Music Festival, or perhaps you first came many years ago, and now bring your children and grandchildren. Ever since the Second World War, Cheltenham Music Festival has been delighting audiences of all ages with the enthralling musical legacies left to us by great composers.

Legacies of all sizes play a valuable role in ensuring that the Festival will continue to inspire the performers, composers and conductors of the future. If you choose to remember Cheltenham Music Festival in this valuable way, please contact Rose Wood in confidence.

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Here are some more cultural events taking place in and around Cheltenham during the festival period - presented in association with Cheltenham Arts Council.

THE CAPPELLA SINGERSAshley Grote Organ/PianoPhilip Colls Conductor

All Saints Church, Pittville, CheltenhamSaturday 3 July4pm

From Wesley to Presley - a programme featuring music by Schumann, Wesley, Elgar, Dyson, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Scott Joplin and songs made famous by Elvis Presley.

For further details visit www.cappellasingers.co.uk or call 01453 823 643

FESTIVAL PLUS

CHELTENHAM CONNECT The Bath Road and The Suffolks, CheltenhamSaturday 3 and Sunday 4 July

Experience the spirit of a thriving local community as Cheltenham Connect hosts a community, craft and music festival. Events will be held at venues in The Bath Road and The Suffolks.

For more information, please visit www.cheltenhamconnect.co.uk

VIOLA AND PIANO RECITALFeaturing Carol Allen and Alan MacLean

Park House, Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7ASWednesday 7 July3pm

Programme includes the Sonata for Viola and Piano by Sir Arthur Bliss. Sponsored by the Arthur Bliss Trust.

Tickets £10, available on the door and refreshments provided. For further details call 01242 515771

ST MARKS BELLRINGERSSaturday 10 July Admission Free

A FULL PEAL OF BRISTOL SURPRISE MAXIMUS, CONSISTING OF 5040 CHANGES.St Mary’s Church, Cheltenham 10am – 1.30pm

BELL RINGING WORKSHOP AND TOUR St Mark’s Church, Cheltenham2 – 4.30pm Suitable for children aged 12+

For one day only, St Mark’s bell tower is open to visitors for tours of the historic bells, bell ringing demonstrations and the chance to have a go at making this unique and ancient form of music.

A WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF ‘CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SURPRISE MAJOR’St Peter’s Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham6.30 – 7.15pm

This music, specially composed for this event, will be performed by the St Mark Bellringing association. The concert will be preceded by a short talk about bell ringing and music.

CHELTENHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAAnna-Liisa Bezrodny ViolinDavid Curtis Conductor

Village Hall, BredonSaturday 10 July7.30pm

Mozart Overture to Bastien and BastienneBeethoven Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No 3

Tickets £12 (students £6, children 15 and under free) from 01684 772272

MUSICA VERAOliver Mason Conductor

St Peter’s Church, Leckhampton, CheltenhamSaturday 17 July7.30pm

Jonah-Man Jazz and other choral frolics.

Tickets £9, to include refreshments Tel. 01242 522878 from 1 June

Proceeds to Sue Ryder Care Leckhampton Court Hospice.

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PATRONSLife PatronCharles FisherGraham and Eileen Lockwood

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Platinum PatronPeter and Anne BondJennifer Bryant-PearsonDominic Collier in memory of Karen HoodMichael and Angela CronkSimon and Emma KeswickJeremy HitchinsJonathan and Cassinha HitchinsSteven and Tania HitchinsHoward and Jay MiltonIn memory of Jørgen Philip-Sørensen

Gold PatronAnonymousDavid and Clare AstorJack and Dora BlackSue and Mark BlanchfieldEleanor BudgeCharlie ChanClive Coates and Ann MurrayStuart and Gillian CorbynJanet and Jean-François CristauMichael and Felicia CrystalWallace and Morag DobbinMr and Mrs P J ElliottLord and Lady HoffmannElizabeth JacobsSir Peter and Lady MarychurchFiona McLeodSir Michael McWilliamThe Helena Oldacre TrustEsther and Peter SmedvigFiona and David SymondsonGiles and Michelle ThorleyJanet Wedge and Charles MiddletonSteve and Eugenia WinwoodPeter and Alison Yiangou

Festival PatronKate AdieAnonymousChris BaylisMark and Maria BentleyStephen and Victoria BondJonathan and Daphne CarrRobert Cawthorne and Catherine WhiteSimon CollingsChristopher DreyfusViscount and Viscountess EsherJames FlemingKate FlemingProfessor A C GraylingHuw and Nicki Gwynn-JonesMarianne HintonStephen HodgeAnthony Hoffman and Dr Christine Facer HoffmanRichard and Peta HoyleMichael and Elizabeth JonesMartin KnightLady Elaine MarriottRosamund and Geoff MarshallMark McKergow and Jenny ClarkeMary and Timothy MitchellProfessor Angela NewingRobert PadgettSir David and Lady PepperLeslie PerrinMaggie PhillipsHugh Poole-WarrenJonathon PorrittPatricia Routledge CBEKeith SalwayLavinia SidgwickJonathan and Gail TaylorProfessor Lord WinstonAnne WoodMichael and Jacqueline Woof

For further information on the Patrons’ Scheme please contact Arlene McGlynn, Patrons Manager01242 [email protected]

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Vice-PresidentsEleanor BudgeCharles FisherEdward GillespieGraham LockwoodSir John Manduell CBESir Peter Marychurch KCMGIon Trewin

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Music Festival Advisory GroupBrian CarvellChristopher CookJim HarrisonKate Hicks-BeechLyndon JonesMary MackenzieBen NicholasDiggory SeacomePaul Smith

With many thanks to all the staff at CBC, those at each venue and the festival volunteers, all of whom help make the Festival happen.

HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival is a member of The British Arts Festivals Association www.artsfestival.co.uk and the Association of British Orchestras.

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CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PERFORMANCES

Front-facing seating plan: M7 A Rodgers & Hammerstein Gala M16 Bournemouth / Karabits M43 Isserlis and Schumann 2 M57 Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra M65 Tibetan Monks of Tashi Lhunpo M77 Alfie Boe & the Philharmonia

Side-stage seating plan: M19 Four Seasons & A Souvenir M46 Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse M50 Isserlis & Schumann 3 M68 Keith Nutland Award Winner and Gloucestershire Young Musician M72 Connolly / Martineau

& price categories in the Town Hall side balconies are No view and Restricted view respectively

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For more info and to book online cheltenhamfestivals.comAT A GLANCE

Event Date Time Event Venue Page

S33 Thur 10 June 7.45pm The Ultimate Piano Lesson Parabola Arts Centre

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Fri 2 July

5.30pm Festival Evensong Cheltenham College Chapel

M1 5.45/7.30pm Film & Concert: The Fezeka Choir St Matthew’s Church

M2 7.30pm Imogen Cooper - Members Only Event Pittville Pump Room

M3

Sat 3 July

10am Talk: Elizabethan Garden Games Pittville Campus

8M4 11am Musicians Of The Globe: All in a Garden Green Pittville Pump Room

- 2pm Films At The Exmouth: Rodgers & Hammerstein Exmouth Arms

M5 3pm Sacconi Quartet Family Concert St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier

M6 3pm Admission: One Shilling - A Myra Hess Tribute Parabola Arts Centre

9M7 7pm A Rodgers & Hammerstein Gala Cheltenham Town Hall

M8 9.30pm Sacconi / Simcock Parabola Arts Centre

M9

Sun 4 July

11am Ibragimova & Tiberghien Pittville Pump Room

10M10 11am They've Got Rhythm: O Duo Parabola Arts Centre

M11 2.30pm Sound Mind 1: Does Music Make You Better? Parabola Arts Centre

- 4pm Films At The Exmouth: Rodgers & Hammerstein Exmouth Arms

11M12 4.30pm Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra Pittville Pump Room

M13 7.30pm Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble Gloucester Cathedral

M14

Mon 5 July

11am Chiaroscuro Quartet Pittville Pump Room

12M15 3pm A Load Of Ole Bull: Concert, Talk & Film Pittville Pump Room / Pittville Campus

M16 7pm Bournemouth / Karabits Cheltenham Town Hall

M17

Tues 6 July

11am Schubert Ensemble Pittville Pump Room

13M18 3pm Milos Karadaglic St Swithin’s Church, Quenington

M19 6pm Four Seasons & A Souvenir Cheltenham Town Hall

M20 8.30pm BBC Radio 3's Discovering Music Pittville Pump Room

M21

Wed 7 July

11am ATOS Trio Pittville Pump Room 14

M22 5pm Trinity College Choir, Melbourne All Saints Church, Pittville

15M23 6.45pm Film & Talk: Brett Dean & Gesualdo Pittville Campus

M24 8.30pm Festival Academy 1: Back To The Future Pittville Pump Room

M25

Thurs 8 July

10.15am Pre-Concert Talk Pittville Pump Room

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M26 11am Solstice String Quartet / David Campbell Pittville Pump Room

M27 5pm Pergolesi's Stabat Mater Tewkesbury Abbey

M28 7pm Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers Tewkesbury Abbey

M29 7.30pm Festival Academy At The Star College National Star College, Ullenwood

M30 9.30pm Festival Academy 2: Trout Variations Pittville Pump Room 17

M31

Fri 9 July

11am Collins / Dean / Watkins Pittville Pump Room

18M32 5.30pm Sound Mind 2: When Mahler Met Freud Pittville Campus

M33 7pm Isserlis & Schumann 1 Pittville Pump Room

M34 9.30pm Festival Academy 3: English Elegies Thirlestaine Long Gallery

19M35

Sat 10 July

10am Talk: Capons, Counter-Tenors And Bee Gees Pittville Campus

M36 11am Music For A While Pittville Pump Room

M37 11am Family Event: Julia Donaldson Singalong Parabola Arts Centre

20- 12 noon - 9pm Midsummer Fiesta In Montpellier Montpellier Gardens

- 1.45pm Pre-Concert Talk Hardy Lecture Theatre

Event Date Time Event Venue Page

M38

Sat 10 July contd

2pm Family Event: Shake, Rattle & Roll The Queen's Hotel

20M39 2.30pm New London Chamber Choir Cheltenham College Chapel

M40 3.30pm Family Event: Shake, Rattle & Roll The Queen's Hotel

M41 4.30pm Sound Mind 3: Shivers Down The Spine Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall

21M42 6pm Festival Academy 4: Schumann & Dean Cheltenham Town Hall

M43 7.30pm Festival Academy 5: Isserlis & Schumann 2 Cheltenham Town Hall

M44 10pm Powerplant Parabola Arts Centre

M45

Sun 11 July

11am Two Pianos Four Hands Pittville Pump Room

22M46 2pm Family Event: Michael Morpurgo's War Horse Cheltenham Town Hall

M47 3pm Lecture Recital: Alfred Brendel Pittville Pump Room

M48 5.30pm Sound Mind 4: The Sound of Melancholia Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall

23M49 6.15pm Pre-Concert Dinner Drawing Room, Cheltenham Town Hall

M50 7.30pm Isserlis & Schumann 3: Brahms, Robert And Clara Cheltenham Town Hall

M51

Mon 12 July

11am Australian String Quartet Pittville Pump Room

24M52 3pm Steven Isserlis St Andrew’s Church, Naunton

M53 7pm Sound Mind 5: Venus, Mercury & St Cecilia Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall

M54

Tues 13 July

11am Christensen / Neven / Vignoles Pittville Pump Room25

M55 6pm Parabola Rush Hour 1: James Rhodes Parabola Arts Centre

M56 6.30pm Tibetan Culture Workshop St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier 27

M57 7.30pm Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra Cheltenham Town Hall25

- 8pm Films At The Exmouth: Shine Exmouth Arms

M58

Wed 14 July

11am Going Dutch: Calefax Reeds Quintet Pittville Pump Room 26

M59 12 noon Tibetan Culture Workshop St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier 27

M60 6pm Parabola Rush Hour 2: Going Dutch 2 Parabola Arts Centre

26- 8pm Films At The Exmouth: The Soloist Exmouth Arms

M61 8.30pm Fascinating Aida Parabola Arts Centre

M62

Thurs 15 July

11am Elias String Quartet Pittville Pump Room

27M63 6pm Parabola Rush Hour 3: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet Parabola Arts Centre

M64 7pm Robert Fripp & Theo Travis Gloucestershire College

M65 7.30pm Tibetan Monks Of Tashi Lhunpo Cheltenham Town Hall

M66

Fri 16 July

11am Pike / Piemontesi Pittville Pump Room 28

M67 12pm Tibetan Culture Workshop St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier 27

M68 2pm Keith Nutland & GYM winners Cheltenham Town Hall

28- 5.15pm Talk: Elena Langer & Glyn Maxwell Parabola Arts Centre

M69 6pm New Opera: The Lion's Face Parabola Arts Centre

M70 7.15pm Pre-Concert Dinner Drawing Room, Cheltenham Town Hall

29M71 8pm Robert Fripp & Theo Travis All Saints Church, Pittville

M72 8.30pm Sarah Connolly / Malcom Martineau Cheltenham Town Hall

M73

Sat 17 July

11am Kempf Plays Chopin Pittville Pump Room

30M74 11am Storytelling For The Family: Sally Pomme Clayton Parabola Arts Centre

M75 3pm Four Hands And An Archer Parabola Arts Centre

M76 5pm Evening Hymn Cheltenham College Chapel31

M77 7.30pm Opera Gala Finale: Alfie Boe & The Philharmonia Cheltenham Town Hall

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Festival Box OfficeOnlinewww.cheltenhamfestivals.com Get the latest and most complete information online and book 24hrs a day. No concessions are available online

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0844 576 7979 7 April – 25 April Mon-Fri 9am - 8pm, Sat 9.30am - 6.30pm, Sun 11am-4pm From 26 April Mon – Fri 10am – 8pm, Sat 9.30 – 5.30pm, Sun closed

In Person Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QA Public Opening Times Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm Wednesday 7 April Box Office opens at 9am(During the festival the box office will close at 7.45pm or 15 mins after the start of the last Town Hall event)

Other options available until 48hrs before the eventEmail [email protected] 01242 573902 – using booking formPost using booking form & including a SAE

RefundsThe Festival cannot refund money or exchange tickets, except in the case of a cancelled performance.

MembershipMembers are entitled to a 20% discount on full price tickets at their choice of five events. Discounted tickets can only be used by the Member, and cannot be applied on tickets which include food or drink in the price. Members also enjoy a 20% discount at five events at The Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival, ten events at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival and fifteen events at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Membership packages are available for individuals, couples and families and start from just £15 for a cycle of four festivals; visit the Town Hall Box Office or cheltenhamfestivals.com/membership to find out more.

Hotel du Vin drink voucherTicketbuyers for marked Parabola events receive a voucher, redeemable at Hotel du Vin on that concert day for a glass of house wine/beer/soft drink.

Discounts & Concessions

ConcessionsConcessions apply to selected festival events, subject to availability. Proof of eligibility will be required. Only one concession may apply per ticket. Young People 25 & Under, Students (NUS) and Unemployed 50% discount is available on the following events:

M7, M16, M19, M43, M57, M65, M77.

Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme at the HSBC Cheltenham Music FestivalCavatina Chamber Music Trust sponsors FREE tickets for 8 to 25 year olds at selected concerts (marked in the event listings pages). Please fill in the Cavatina ticket form at the box office on arrival at the concert, with the name of your school or student ID. Tickets can be booked in advance through the box office, quoting ‘CAVATINA’.

Disabled Patrons & Support Workers/AssistantsDisabled patrons are entitled to 50% off their ticket price and a free ticket for their support worker/assistant on production of relevant ID (excluding events M49 and M70). These tickets need to be collected in person. For information about access please see our website for venue contact details.

ChildrenPlease adhere to the age range specified for events M5, M10, M37, M38, M40, M46 and M74. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by a responsible person aged 16 or over approved by the parent/guardian, and prices are kept as low as possible to allow for this. Any such person can accompany a maximum of 6 children to an event.

Cheltenham Festivals maintains a Child Protection Policy, but cannot act in loco parentis or take responsibility for unsupervised children. If your child is disruptive you may be asked to leave the event.

Free For SchoolsAll events have a limited number of free places for accompanied school groups – contact Jo Hilton on 01242 775095 for information from Monday 17 May.

Group BookingBook 10 tickets for any 1 event and get the 10th absolutely FREE!

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