13th-29th July 2018 - The Ryedale Festival
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13th–29th July 2018
B OOKING DETAIlS S uMMARY OF EvENTS
FRIDAY 13Th JulY 19 8PM 39 8PM
GENERAl BOOKING AND BOx OFFIcE 1 10AM choir of King’s college, cambridge Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
OPEN FROM ThuRSDAY 12Th APRIl Pre-concert talk
St Mary’s Church, Birdsall
Ampleforth Abbey Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
The Long Gallery, Castle Howard
ThuRSDAY 19Th JulY
For a booking form, further booking details and booking terms please see pages 35–38 2 11AM
The chamber music of 20 10AM
WEDNESDAY 25Th JulY
or visit our website Antonín Dvořák 1 Pre-concert talk 40 11AM
St Mary’s Church, Birdsall Pickering Parish Church coffee concert
3 6PM 21 11AM Duncombe Park
Royal Northern Sinfonia The chamber music of 41 7PM
Hovingham Hall Antonín Dvořák 4 Robert hollingworth in conversation
Pickering Parish Church Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill,
POST SATuRDAY 14Th JulY 22 5.30PM Scarborough
4 11AM chi-chi Nwanoku in conversation
(can be received anytime, but dealt with according to Priority/General Booking dates) Young Artist Platform 1 Castle Howard
42 8PM
Sacred and Profane: The Other Vespers
Ryedale Festival Box Office, Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, YO18 8AA 5
St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby
2PM
23 7PM Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill,
Triple concert Scarborough
Festival Masterclass: Brass
PhONE (FROM 12Th APRIl) Helmsley Arts Centre
Castle Howard
ThuRSDAY 26Th JulY
01751 475777 6 6PM FRIDAY 20Th JulY 43 11AM
Mozart – così fan tutte 24 2PM Soli Deo Gloria 2
Ryedale Festival Opera (with picnic Judith Weir in conversation
IN PERSON (FROM 12Th APRIl) interval). First of two performances. St Mary’s Priory, Old Malton
St Lawrence’s Church, York
44 5PM
Ryedale Festival Box Office, Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, YO18 8AA Ampleforth College Theatre 25 3PM Young Artist Platform 3
Judith Weir Afternoon
(2nd floor of Memorial Hall) SuNDAY 15Th JulY St Mary’s Priory, Old Malton
Helmsley Arts Centre
7 3PM 45 8PM
26 7PM John Warrack at 90 – a celebration
ONlINE (FROM 12Th APRIl) Ways with Words
Galtres Centre, Easingwold
The Bratislava hot Serenaders Duncombe Park
www.ryedalefestival.com 8 8PM
Milton Rooms, Malton
27 9.45PM
The Nutcracker and I FRIDAY 27Th JulY
late-Night candlelit concert 46 11AM
EMAIl (FROM 12 APRIl) Th Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall,
The University of York
St Gregory’s Minster Soli Deo Gloria 3
box.office@ryedalefestival.com SATuRDAY 21ST JulY
St Michael and All Angels Church,
MONDAY 16Th JulY Garton on the Wolds
28 11AM
BOx OFFIcE OPENING TIMES (FROM 12Th APRIl) 9 10AM
Pre-concert talk Soli Deo Gloria 1
47 7PM
Double concert
All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Monday 9.30am to 3.30pm; St Mary’s Church, Lastingham
29 2PM
Sledmere House and Church
10 11AM
Tuesday - Friday 9.30am to 1.30pm; The chamber music of Festival Masterclass: Singing SATuRDAY 28Th JulY
Helmsley Arts Centre
Saturday 9.30am to 12.00pm. Antonín Dvořák 2
30 7.30PM
48 11AM
St Mary’s Church, Lastingham Young Artist Platform 4
11 4PM Orchestra of Opera North St Mary’s Church, Lastingham
Ways with Words Grand Hall, Scarborough Spa 49 2PM
Performing Arts Centre, Ampleforth SuNDAY 22ND JulY come and Sing
12 7PM
31 4.30PM
Pickering Parish Church
PRIORITY BOOKING DATES
Mozart – così fan tutte The World Encompassed 50 4PM
Ryedale Festival Opera. Second of Helmsley Arts Centre Young Artist Platform 5
two performances. Helmsley Arts Centre
(Priority Booking by post only) Ampleforth College Theatre
32 7.30PM
Richard Goode in recital 51 7.30PM
Duncombe Park David Rees-Williams Trio
TuESDAY 17Th JulY Pickering Kirk Theatre
Gold Members: 21st – 27th March 13 10AM 33 9.45PM
Game of Thrones 52 9.45PM
Pre-concert talk
Silver Members: 28th March – 3rd April St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton All Saints’ Church, Helmsley Soli Deo Gloria 4
Pickering Parish Church
Friends: 4th – 10th April 14 11AM
The chamber music of MONDAY 23RD JulY
SuNDAY 29Th JulY
Antonín Dvořák 3 34 11AM
coffee concert 53 2.30PM
St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton Garden Party
(For details on how to become a Member or Friend and the benefits please see page 43) 15 8PM
St Hilda’s Church, Sherburn
Garden of the Worsley Arms Hotel,
35 2PM
Gabriela Montero in recital Hovingham
St Peter’s Church, Norton Festival Masterclass: Wind
Helmsley Arts Centre 54 4.30PM
36 8PM Festival Service
cOAch TRANSPORT WEDNESDAY 18Th JulY
16 11AM Alan Bennett’s Hymn All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
55 5.30PM
coffee concert Birdsall House
Please register interest for coach transport to event numbers 8 (York), All Saints’ Church, Slingsby Final Gala concert
TuESDAY 24Th JulY Hovingham Hall
30 (Scarborough), 42 (Scarborough) and 56 (York) with the Box Office 17 2PM
37 11AM
Festival Masterclass: Strings and
chamber music coffee concert WEDNESDAY 17Th APRIl 2019
56 7.30PM
uNDER 25S AT RYEDAlE FESTIvAl Helmsley Arts Centre
18 5.30PM
St John and All Saints’ Church,
Easingwold Parsifal
Young Artist Platform 2 38 3PM York Minster
Under 25s can buy tickets at half price for most concerts as soon as General Booking opens. Performing Arts Centre, Ways with Words
From Monday 2nd July, 500 tickets will be available for £1 under the Ryedale500 scheme. Ampleforth College Helmlsey Arts Centre
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For more details, please contact the Box Office. N.B. Doors will be opened approximately 30 minutes before performances.
RYEDAlE F ESTIvAl 2018 FRIDAY 13Th JulY
morning Coffee Concerts; whilst a parallel series, 1 10am 2 11am
Soli Deo Gloria, couples poetry (read by Alex St Mary’s church, Birdsall St Mary’s church, Birdsall
Jennings) with music by Bach, who believed
art should aim for the ‘refreshment of the soul’.
PRE-CONCERT TALK cOFFEE cONcERT
The Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith
Weir, is composer in residence. There are also
‘AN ORDINARY CZECH
MUSICIAN’
The musician and writer Katy Hamilton
festival residencies for the vocal ensemble introduces the first in a series of four concerts
I Fagiolini and viol consort Fretwork – both devoted to the chamber music and songs of
renowned for the vitality and freshness of their THE CHAMBER MUSIC
Antonín Dvořák. OF ANTONíN DVOřáK 1
music-making – and the ground-breaking
group Chineke!, which champions diversity in
classical music. Albion Quartet
The great American pianist Richard Goode Albion Quartet ‘In the Slav spirit…’
leads a sparkling line-up of soloists, including Dvořák – Quartet no. 8 in E major
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gabriela Montero, Dvořák – Quartet no. 10 in E flat Slavonic
Adam Walker, Kathryn Rudge, Elin Manahan
INTRODucTION Thomas, Benjamin Appl, Rachel Podger and
The festival’s Dvořák exploration begins with
two of his string quartets, in which wistful
Charles Owen, along with outstanding
FROM ThE ARTISTIc DIREcTOR emerging artists such as cellists Kian Soltani
melodies rub shoulders with lively polkas, and
the world of Beethoven and Brahms joins
Welcome to the Ryedale Festival 2018, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. hands with the traditional songs and dances of
bringing great music and top-class performers Bohemia.
The festival celebrates the 90th birthday of its
to beautiful and historic venues, in a unique
President John Warrack but also creates Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am – 10.45am
and friendly atmosphere amid idyllic North
opportunities for a new generation of musicians
Yorkshire countryside.
and music lovers, with the Ryedale500 ticket offer,
Young Artist Platform concerts, and a series of
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
masterclasses to give local young musicians the
and Royal Northern Sinfonia give major
chance to work with renowned visiting artists.
concerts at Hovingham Hall, the Choir of
King’s College, Cambridge are at Ampleforth There’s jazz too, both hot and cool, along with
Abbey and the Orchestra of Opera North talks, literary events, an art exhibition and
bring an unmissable symphonic programme to much more. And on the horizon, in 2019, an
Scarborough Spa. unmissable performance by the Hallé and Sir
Mark Elder at York Minster. ‘An ordinary Czech musician…’
There’s a new production of Così fan tutte,
A
Mozart’s great comedy of duty, desire and lost ‘Art that has to pay its own way is apt to COUNTRY BOY, the son of a butcher and innkeeper, he played violin
innocence. Other stories of growing up are become cheap’ said Dvořák once – and it is in his village band and grew up surrounded by nature and the
explored too: in Alexandra Dariescu’s piano- certainly true that a programme such as this is traditional folk and gypsy music of the ancient kingdom of Bohemia. He
ballet The Nutcracker and I and a touching only possible because of the festival’s many grew to be a world-famous composer – a grand old man of European music
musical memoir of childhood by Alan generous supporters and volunteers. I’m – but the miracle was that in so many ways he remained ‘ordinary’. Dvořák
Bennett. thrilled to be able to share my enthusiasm for is one of the most loveable of all composers, happy to appeal to the heart
the music and musicians in this programme. rather than the head, with music full of melody and colour that speaks of
The Albion Quartet and friends focus on I hope you find lots to inspire you in the
Dvořák, bringing the folk-flecked optimism of nature, love and simple pleasures. He borrowed the modes, rhythms and
festival and look forward to seeing you there. mood swings found in the traditional music of his native land and wove
his chamber music and songs to a series of
christopher Glynn them into a personal style that proved popular in concert halls all over the
world; and when fame eventually took him to America, the indigenous
music he discovered there inspired a fresh set of masterpieces ‘from the
Ryedale Festival Trust Limited Front cover image: Old Slavic wood carving New World’. Katy Hamilton, the Albion Quartet and friends explore the chamber music and songs
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FRIDAY 13Th JulY CONTINUED S ATuRDAY 14 T h J ulY
4 11am 5 2pm
St Oswald’s church, Sowerby helmsley Arts centre
cOFFEE cONcERT FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS:
YOuNG ARTIST PlATFORM 1
BRASS
Matilda lloyd (trumpet)
cameron Richardson-Eames (piano)
MATILDA LLOYD
Ivan Jevtić – Que le jour est beau! Young brass players from across Ryedale work
Telemann – Three Heroic Marches with Matilda Lloyd in the first of a series of
Enescu – Légende
J.S. Bach – Concerto in D (after Vivaldi) five festival masterclasses. These are informal
Fauré – Après un rêve public events, run in collaboration with
Hovhaness – Prayer of Saint Gregory Yorkshire Young Musicians, to give local
Goedicke – Concert Etude op. 49 young musicians the opportunity to meet and
hovingham hall
work with renowned artists visiting the festival.
A fast-rising star of classical music, Matilda Everyone is welcome. No booking is necessary
Lloyd’s playing is full of character and for observers, but if you would like to take part
imagination. Her varied programme please email workshops@ryedalefestival.com in
3 6pm encompasses graceful lyricism, evocative advance to book your place.
hovingham hall miniatures and mesmerising virtuosity.
ROYAl NORThERN ‘the truly memorable artist on the bill is Matilda
SINFONIA Lloyd…she’s remarkable’ – The Daily Telegraph
‘sublimely assured’ – The Guardian
Tamsin Waley-cohen (violin)
Bradley creswick (director) Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
Parry – Lady Radnor’s Suite
Bruch – Violin Concerto in G minor
Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 1 in C minor
After the graceful charm of a suite of dances by
Parry (to mark the composer’s centenary year),
Tamsin
Septura
Waley-Cohen plays one of the world’s
most cherished and captivating violin
concertos. The Royal Northern Sinfonia then
turn to a rarely-heard symphony, full of verve,
poetry and energy – all the more remarkable
for the fact it was composed when
Mendelssohn was only 15 years old.
In association with the Worsley Arms Hotel, we
are pleased to be able to also offer tickets for this
concert that include a pre-concert Afternoon Tea
including sandwiches and scones from 3pm, for
an extra £15.
‘Waley-Cohen’s devotion to her cause is palpable, and
her interpretative flair likewise’ – Sunday Times
Pre-concert and interval bar
6 The Alehouse Boys Concert-goers are invited to picnic in the grounds of Hovingham Hall 7
Bradley creswick before the concert from 5pm Matilda lloyd
S ATuRDAY 14 T h J ulY CONTINUED SuNDAY 15Th JulY
6 6pm 7 3pm Alexandra Dariescu
Ampleforth college Theatre Galtres centre, Easingwold
RYEDAlE FESTIvAl OPERA WAYS WITh WORDS
MOzART – DAME JENNI MuRRAY
cOSì FAN TuTTE – A hISTORY OF
Eamonn Dougan (conductor) BRITAIN IN 21 WOMEN
Nina Brazier (director)
Jenni Murray’s latest book
How much do you trust your partner to be shines new light on some of
faithful? How much do you trust yourself? the remarkable and
Would you ever place a bet on it? Or lay a trap trailblazing women whose
to test your lover? These are some of the intellect, passion and
human questions that Mozart explores in one sheer determination have
of the greatest of all operas. Performed here in helped to make Britain what
a new English translation by John Warrack, it is today. From warrior queen
Così fan tutte tells the story of two young men Boadicea and playwright-turned-spy, Aphra
who are challenged by a cynical old Behn, to 1960s fashion icon, Mary Quant, she
philosopher to pretend to depart for war, in celebrates the pioneering achievements of
order to test the fidelity of their beautiful Britain’s feistiest females, from bygone centuries
8pm dream. Alexandra Dariescu tells us her own
fiancées. Returning in disguise, they learn to the present day. Dame Jenni has met many 8
Sir Jack lyons concert hall, story as Clara, a little girl from Romania who
something about the transience of human inspirational figures as host of Woman’s Hour but
The university of York came to Yorkshire as a child and grew up to
emotions, inspiring some of Mozart’s most her renowned passion for social justice began
long before, in her Barnsley childhood. Join her become a concert pianist. She is joined on stage
captivating music along the way in an opera
that is both comic and profound. to travel through time, pick up a few forgotten ThE NuTcRAcKER by a ballerina who dances behind a see-
AND I
facts and indulge in the company of some through gauze screen. Projected onto it, and
brilliant and visionary women whose lives bringing the story to life are exquisite digital
Performance with picnic interval
No bar at this performance embodied hope and change. animations, all hand drawn, which follow the
Alexandra Dariescu (piano) music and engage live with the pianist and
‘the nation’s favourite voice’ – The Guardian ballerina as they ‘dance’ across the screen to
A little girl walks on to the stage and starts to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music.
play the piano. Snow begins to fall and the little
Ampleforth Abbey and college
girl transforms into a woman, playing some of ‘Enormously impressive’ – BBC Music Magazine
the most loved ballet music of all time. The
‘Here is a pianist with something special to say’ –
Nutcracker and I is a groundbreaking
Pianist magazine
multimedia performance for pianist, ballerina,
digital animation – and anyone who dares to Pre-concert and interval bar
‘I believe my responsibility as a young artist is to reach out to as many people as possible and build bridges for
those new to classical music. During one of my education workshops, a 12-year-old asked me what I think of
when I play. I told him I like to step into a different world by creating little stories in my mind. It wasn’t until a
little later when I realised that perhaps there is a way to share some of this magic during the moment when it
actually happens on stage. ‘The Nutcracker and I’ takes one of these stories and re-imagines it in a very personal
context, making use of some amazing technology that has never been seen quite like this before in a piano recital’
– Alexandra Dariescu
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M ONDAY 16 T h J ulY T uESDAY 17 T h J ulY
St Mary’s Priory church,
9 10am 10 11am 12 7pm Old Malton
St Mary’s church, lastingham St Mary’s church, lastingham Ampleforth college Theatre
PRE-CONCERT TALK cOFFEE cONcERT RYEDAlE FESTIvAl OPERA
‘SONGS MY MOTHER MOzART –
The musician and writer Katy Hamilton
continues her exploration of the world of TAUGHT ME…’ cOSì FAN TuTTE
Dvořák, and how he was inspired by the folk THE CHAMBER MUSIC
songs and dances of his native land. Eamonn Dougan (conductor)
OF ANTONíN DVOřáK 2 Nina Brazier (director)
Albion Quartet See event 6 for details
harriet Burns (soprano) Pre-opera and interval bar
Ian Tindale (piano and harmonium) There will not be a picnic interval at this performance 13 10am
Dvořák – Bagatelles
St Mary’s Priory church, Old Malton
Dvořák – Songs my mother taught me I
Dvořák – String Sextet in A major (op. 48)
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Dvořák’s rarely heard but irresistible Bagatelles
for two violins and harmonium are revived Katy Hamilton talks more about Dvořák, a
here alongside a specially chosen sequence of composer who managed to be both ‘ordinary’
songs and short piano pieces, and a sextet and exceptional, introducing works including
inspired by the landscapes, folk songs and the famous Piano Quintet.
gypsy music of the composer’s native land.
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am – 10.45am
in Lastingham Village Hall
14 11am
St Mary’s Priory church, Old Malton
4pm cOFFEE cONcERT
‘FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE’
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Performing Arts centre, Ampleforth
WAYS WITh WORDS
– DvOřáK IN 1887
lucY BEcKETT – THE CHAMBER MUSIC
OF ANTONíN DVOřáK 3
Katy hamilton cOMEDY Albion Quartet
harriet Burns (soprano)
Comedy, like much else in
christopher Glynn (piano)
our literary tradition, was
invented in Athens in the Dvořák – Terzetto (op. 74)
5th century BC. This talk Dvořák – Songs my mother taught me II
will trace its history from Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A major
Greece to Rome and
onwards to a variety of The festival’s Dvořák exploration continues with
great works of art, from more music to cheer the heart: a rarely heard trio
Shakespeare to Mozart, Wagner to P.G. for two violins and viola, a further sequence of
Wodehouse. songs and short piano pieces, and finally the
much-loved Piano Quintet, which finds the
composer at his most sparkling and subtle.
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am – 10.45am
Eamonn Dougan
10 conductor, The Garden of Disguises 11
St Mary’s church, lastingham harriet Burns
T uESDAY 17 T h J ulY CONTINUED W EDNESDAY 18 T h J ulY
Palisander 16 11am
All Saints’ church, Slingsby
cOFFEE cONcERT
Tamsin Waley-cohen (violin)
huw Watkins (piano)
Beethoven – Violin Sonata no. 8 in G major
Prokofiev – Violin Sonata no. 1 in F minor
Rosalind ventris
‘Nothing can equal this piece in beauty and
depth’, said the great violinist David Oistrakh
of the sonata that Prokofiev is thought to have
17 2pm
composed as a memorial to his friends who helmsley Arts centre
were ‘disappeared’ in Soviet Russia. A dark-
hued work, it contains passages intended to
sound like wind in a graveyard and ‘make
FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS:
people jump out of their seats’, but also STRINGS AND CHAMBER
moments of profound beauty. Festival artist in MUSIC
residence Tamsin Waley-Cohen joins her
longstanding duo partner Huw Watkins to ROSALIND VENTRIS
perform it alongside a playful and good-
Young musicians from across Ryedale work
humoured sonata by Beethoven which could
with violist and chamber musician Rosalind
hardly be more different.
Gabriela Montero Ventris of the Albion Quartet in an informal
‘beautiful and strikingly individual’ – BBC Music public masterclass. All ages and levels are
Magazine welcome at this free event. If you would like
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am to take part please email
15 8pm the set of pieces Schumann called a ‘notebook’ in Slingsby Village Hall workshops@ryedalefestival.com
St Peter’s church, Norton and filled with secret visions, dazzling
virtuosity, mercurial passions and ‘wild love’.
GABRIElA MONTERO Her recital will end with an improvisation on a
theme suggested by the audience. Tamsin Waley-cohen
18 5.30pm
Performing Arts centre,
IN REcITAl Ampleforth college
‘Montero’s playing had everything: crackling
Mozart – Piano Sonata no. 10 in C Major
Beethoven – Piano Sonata no. 21 in C Major
rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power…soulful YOuNG ARTIST
Waldstein
Schumann – Kreisleriana
lyricism…unsentimental expressivity’ – New York
Times PlATFORM 2
Gabriela Montero – Improvisation ‘As a solo encore, Montero characteristically asked the Adam heron (piano)
audience for a tune she could play with and duly
Virtuosic brilliance, fiery passion, infectious Bach – English Suite no. 3 in G Minor (BWV 808)
delivered a thunderously virtuosic set of Chopin – Barcarolle
spontaneity and a gift for improvisation: any improvisations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ – The Scriabin – Sonata no. 2
recital by the Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Guardian
Montero is a keenly awaited musical event. She The award-winning young pianist, BBC Young
opens with famous sonatas by Mozart and ‘a Venezuelan ball of fire’ – The Daily Telegraph Musician finalist and member of Chineke!
Beethoven, before turning to one of the most performs works including Chopin’s famous
Pre-concert and interval bar
compelling musical self-portraits in history – Barcarolle and the sonata Scriabin composed
to depict a night-time seascape.
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W EDNESDAY 18 T h J ulY CONTINUED T huRSDAY 19 T h J ulY
20 10am
Pickering Parish church
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Katy Hamilton introduces the last of four
concerts devoted to the music of Dvořák,
focussing on the music he wrote while
visiting America.
21 11am
Pickering Parish church
MORNING cONcERT
choir of King’s college, cambridge
‘THE NEW WORLD’
THE CHAMBER MUSIC
8pm OF ANTONíN DVOřáK 4
19 especially known for the Festival of Nine
Ampleforth Abbey Lessons and Carols, broadcast worldwide to Albion Quartet chi-chi Nwanoku
millions around the world on Christmas Eve Adam Walker (flute)
chOIR OF KING’S every year. After joining forces with viol
consort Fretwork to perform music by
Ian Tindale (piano)
5.30pm
cOllEGE, cAMBRIDGE
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Gibbons, they celebrate the festival’s composer Dvořák – Sonatina for flute and piano castle howard
Dvořák – Silent Woods
in residence Judith Weir, as well as marking
Stephen cleobury (conductor)
Fretwork
the centenary of the death of Parry with a
Dvořák – Serenade for flute, viola and triangle
Dvořák – String Quintet (op. 97) The American chI-chI NWANOKu
performance of four of his Songs of Farewell.
Music from Dvořák’s time in America: a flute IN cONvERSATION
Gibbons – See, the Word is incarnate ‘Stephen Cleobury is on peak form... These are sonata he crafted to appeal equally to children WITh KATY hAMIlTON
Gibbons – This is the record of John outstanding performances by a great musician’ – and adults, a little character piece remembering
Judith Weir – Illuminare, Jerusalem The ‘unstoppable, fizzing, passionate bundle of
Judith Weir – Ascending into heaven
Gramophone the silent forests of his homeland, a curiosity
energy’ Chi-chi Nwanoku talks to Katy
Simon Preston – Alleluyas Pre-concert and interval bar for flute, viola and triangle, and finally the
Hamilton about her mission to encourage
Naylor – Vox dicentis, clama unforgettable String Quintet in which Dvořák
young BME musicians, and the creation of a
weaves together his Bohemian heritage with
Parry – I know my soul hath power new orchestra called Chineke! (a Nigerian
music inspired by the wide open spaces of Iowa
Parry – Lord, let me know mine end word meaning ‘the spirit of all good creation’)
and the folk music he discovered there. described by Simon Rattle as ‘the kind of idea
Howells – Psalm Prelude Set 1, no. 1
Vaughan Williams – Lord, thou hast been our refuge that could deepen and enrich classical music
Parry – Never weather-beaten sail for generations’.
Parry – My soul, there is a country
Chineke! are artists in residence at this
Founded in 1441, on the orders of King Henry year’s Ryedale Festival.
VI, for the purpose of singing services daily in
its magnificent chapel, the Choir of King’s
College, Cambridge has been one of the most
renowned representatives of the British choral
tradition ever since. Directed by Stephen
‘M y aim is to create a space where BME musicians can walk on stage and know that they belong, in every
sense of the word. If even one BME child feels that their colour is getting in the way of their musical
ambitions, then I hope to inspire them, give them a platform, and show them that music, of whatever kind, is for all
Cleobury for over a quarter of a century, it is people’ – Chi-chi Nwanoku
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Ampleforth Abbey
T huRSDAY 19 T h J ulY CONTINUED F RIDAY 20 T h J ulY
23 7pm chapel Great hall 24 2pm
castle howard FRETWORK St Mary’s Priory, Old Malton
AlBION QuARTET
clARE WIlKINSON (MEzzO-
TRIPlE cONcERT SOPRANO)
Beethoven – Quartet no. 10 in E flat major (op. 74)
The Harp
JuDITh WEIR
One of Beethoven’s most serenely beautiful
IN cONvERSATION
An event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Byrd – Where the blind and wonton boy
Concert features three contrasting concerts in different Byrd – Browning works, the Harp quartet takes its name from WITh KATY hAMIlTON
Debussy – The girl with the flaxen hair the effect of plucked strings in the opening
parts of Castle Howard, each performed three times, with Orlando Gibbons – In Nomine The writer and broadcaster Katy Hamilton
the audiences changing places between performances. movement and is full of warmth, playfulness talks to the festival’s composer in residence,
Orlando Gibbons – O Lord in thy wrath
Hugo Wolf – On an old picture and contentment. Judith Weir, about her life, her influences, and
long Gallery Purcell – Fantasy in four parts Interval bar why audiences love her music.
Purcell – Music for a while
chINEKE! Purcell – Fantazia no. 8
Strauss (arr. Hasenöhrl) – Till Eulenspiegel einmal Tan Dun – A Sinking Love
Michael Nyman – If
25 3pm
anders! St Mary’s Priory, Old Malton
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet in F minor
For over 30 years, Fretwork have maintained a
The music of Coleridge-Taylor combines reputation as the world’s leading consort of
castle howard
JuDITh WEIR
warmth, lyricism and an exploration of his
African heritage. One of his most irresistible
viols. Their musical adventure is reflected in
this programme, as they are joined by the AFTERNOON
works is played here by an ensemble that has singer Clare Wilkinson to perform music from Phoenix Trio
won wide praise, both for the quality of its over 500 years, from Elizabethan England to Adam Walker (flute)
performances and its ground-breaking work to the present day. harriet Burns (soprano)
bring more opportunities to young black and ‘Fretwork is the finest viol consort on the planet’ – Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
minority ethnic musicians. Evening Standard Judith Weir – Arise, arise! You slumbering sleepers
Judith Weir – Nuits d’Afrique
Judith Weir – Bagpiper’s String Trio
Judith Weir – King Harald’s Saga
chineke! Judith Weir – Piano Trio no. 1
Judith Weir –
Festival composer in residence
W onder, intoxication, lightness, wisdom, storytelling,
sparseness, delicacy – just some of the words most
commonly used to describe the music of Judith Weir. Said to have
‘the knack of making simple musical ideas appear freshly
mysterious’, she was born in Cambridge to a Scottish family and
spent several years working as a community musician, also later
directing the Spitalfields Festival, whilst building a catalogue of
works and a reputation as one of the country’s foremost composers.
Her music often draws on sources from medieval history, as well
as the traditional stories and music of her native Scotland. Among
many honours and awards, she was in 2014 appointed Master of
the Queen’s Music.
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F RIDAY 20 T h J ulY CONTINUED S ATuRDAY 21 S T J ulY
‘Soli Deo Gloria’ – Bach and poetry
‘T
he aim and final end of all music should be none other than the
glory of God and the refreshment of the soul’ said Bach, who
never forgot where his gifts came from and was in the habit of adding
the letters SDG (‘Soli Deo Gloria’, or ‘To the glory of God alone’) at
the bottom of his manuscripts. In a series of four concerts, his music is
heard alongside poetry of faith, doubt, hope and consolation, chosen by Lucy Beckett from four
centuries.
28 11am Bach – Prelude and Fugue in F major
All Saints’ church, hovingham Emily Dickinson – He fumbles at your Soul / How many
Flowers fail in Wood / I died for Beauty – but was scarce /
How brittle are the Piers
cOFFEE cONcERT Bach – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
SOlI DEO GlORIA 1 Gerard Manley Hopkins – Hurrahing in Harvest
Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Fretwork Fretwork bring the sonorities of a viol consort
Alex Jennings (reader) to the music of Bach, with inspiring results.
Their programme culminates in a performance
Bach – Pièce d’Orgue of the great Passacaglia, whose repeated bass
Gerard Manley Hopkins – God’s Grandeur line anchors some of Bach’s most dazzling,
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G minor
imposing and inventive music. And interleaved
The Bratislava hot Serenaders Emily Dickinson – Exultation is the going / I ’ll tell you
how the Sun rose / I stepped from Plank to Plank with the music, poems by Emily Dickinson and
Bach – Fugue in E flat major St Anne Gerard Manley Hopkins about faith, doubt
Gerard Manley Hopkins – Inversnaid and the beauty of the natural world.
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in A minor
7pm 9.45pm ‘some of the most sublime music ever written, and
26 27 Emily Dickinson – A Bird came down the Walk / To make
Milton Rooms, Malton St Gregory’s Minster a prairie it takes a clover and one bee / It is an honourable played with the sort of ensemble brilliance and insight
Thought that characterises all of Fretwork’s distinguished
ThE BRATISlAvA hOT lATE-NIGhT Bach – Wir gläuben all
Gerard Manley Hopkins – As kingfishers catch fire
catalogue’ – Early Music Review
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
SERENADERS cANDlElIT cONcERT in Hovingham Village Hall
This sensational band recreates the hot jazz, Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) Alex Jennings
2pm
sweet dance music and gentle manners of the Telemann – Eight Fantasias
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helmsley Arts centre
1920s and 30s with extraordinary affection and
The haunting sound of the viola da gamba – an
authenticity. Playing original instruments from
the period (and dressed to match), led by the ancient instrument, like a cello but with six FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS:
acclaimed trumpeter Juraj Bartoš, and also strings – is heard in a long-lost set of fantasias SINGING
featuring brass, reeds, rhythm section, violins by Telemann, recently rediscovered and
and the sweet-singing Serenaders Sisters, they championed by Richard Boothby who launches ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS
have dazzled audiences all over Europe, his new recording of this music with a selection
played by candlelight. Young singers from across Ryedale work with
receiving standing ovations wherever they go.
Elin Manahan Thomas in an informal public
‘a beguiling synergy of curiosity, creativity and masterclass. All ages and levels are welcome at
Pre-concert and interval bar
musical insights’ – Gramophone this free event. If you would like to take part
please email workshops@ryedalefestival.com
18 19S ATuRDAY 21 S T J ulY CONTINUED S uNDAY 22 N D J ulY
30 7.30pm
Grand hall, Scarborough Spa
ORchESTRA OF
OPERA NORTh
Renato Balsadonna (conductor) Kathryn Rudge
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in C minor ‘the biggest news of the evening is young Liverpudlian
Elgar – Sea Pictures
soprano Kathryn Rudge... her cleanly produced tone,
Brahms – Symphony no. 4 in E minor
supple musical phrasing, and sensitive colouring of
words combine with a vividly attractive stage
Hammer blows of fate open Beethoven’s most
personality to make something special. It was at
famous symphony and mark the beginning of
Opera North that we first encountered Alice Coote:
an epic journey from turbulence to resounding
Kathryn Rudge has the same star potential’ – The
optimism. Eighty years later, Brahms was still
Daily Telegraph
wrestling with Beethoven’s legacy when he
produced some of the deepest and most ‘It doesn’t take long (five notes maybe) to hear why
profound music of the century in the emotional people are excited. Her mezzo-soprano voice already
catharsis of his final symphony. These two has tremendous reserves of power, impeccable
great and much-loved works are separated by intonation, the capacity for a gloriously sustained
an English masterpiece, as one of the fastest- legato and, most interesting of all, a distinctive vocal
rising young British singers performs Elgar’s quality. The timbre has white-hot intensity that
famous Sea Pictures in an elegant venue with extends undiminished through all of two octaves’ – Fretwork
stunning views across Scarborough’s South The Times
Bay. Pre-concert and interval bar
31 4.30pm Orlando Gough has created a journey in sound
helmsley Arts centre to honour the great mariner’s remarkable
circumnavigation of the world. Music from the
THE WORLD 16th century is woven seamlessly with the
sounds of Drake’s many destinations –
ENCOMPASSED Javanese gamelan, Indian dances, a swaying
samba and a hypnotic Berber ritual song: a
Fretwork panoply of music, new and old, familiar and
Paul copley (actor) strange.
Orlando Gough – The World Encompassed ‘a Brazilian samba is intercut with an English
hornpipe. You really feel as if the girl from Ipanema is
When Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth on dancing with Jolly Jack Tar….I loved it. And how
15th November 1577, he took with him four exciting to hear viols playing virtuosic new music
viol players who almost certainly had no idea after being consigned to the museum, literally and
that they were about to embark on such an epic metaphorically, for centuries’ – The Times
journey. They accompanied Drake’s private ‘Brilliantly uncategorisable … craftsmanship that
worship and entertained him while he ate; he swells the heart. Sometimes it takes a voyage to
also used their music to impress the natives distant lands to appreciate what you have back home’
with sounds ‘both pleasant and delightful’. – Gramophone
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Scarborough SpaS uNDAY 22 N D J ulY CONTINUED M ONDAY 23 R D J ulY
34 11am
St hilda’s church, Sherburn
cOFFEE cONcERT
Adam Walker (flute)
Tom Poster (piano)
Schubert – Variations on Trockne Blumen
Mozart – Andante in C
Mozart – Rondo in D
Elin Manahan Thomas
Reinecke – Undine Sonata
In one of Schubert’s most moving songs, a
jilted lover finds solace in the thought of
33 9.45pm flowers that will one day lay on his grave. The
All Saints’ church, helmsley composer later revisited its haunting melody,
allowing it to blossom into an extraordinary
Duncombe Park
lATE-NIGhT cANDlElIT cONcERT and virtuosic set of variations for flute and
GAME OF ThRONES piano. It is played here by a musician who
regularly has the critics searching for
7.30pm ‘There are few people who can put across the sheer joy superlatives, alongside music by Mozart and a
32 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Duncombe Park of playing the instrument better than American romantic sonata where myth meets music,
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
pianist Richard Goode. To watch him play is to look depicting the story of a flirtatious water-sprite
RIchARD GOODE through a window on to a very private world – utterly
absorbed in the music, he plays as if nobody else is
Queen Elizabeth I gloried in her reputation as
the world’s most famous virgin. Unmarried
who must leave her underwater world and
seduce a mortal man.
IN REcITAl there’ – The Guardian until the end, she used her maidenhood as a ‘Walker, playing with staggering virtuosity and
pawn, promising one great European after charm, kept the audience on the edge of their seats
Haydn – Sonata in D major Pre-concert and interval bar
another the greatest gift she could bestow: her
Haydn – Sonata in B minor throughout, and brought the house down at the end’ –
Berg – Piano Sonata no. 1 hand in marriage. Among her suitors were The Guardian
Beethoven – Piano Sonata no. 28 in E major (op. 101) Philip II of Spain, Archduke Charles of
Chopin – Nocturne in B major Richard Goode Austria, and two Dukes of Anjou, Henry and ‘the superhuman genius of the LSO’s principal
Chopin – Five Mazurkas Francis. But her lasting love was for her flautist, Adam Walker…was miraculous, his tone
Chopin – Ballade no. 3 in A-flat major courtier and lifelong devotee Robert Dudley, shifting imperceptibly from seductive roundness to an
Chopin – Nocturne in C-sharp minor the one man she could not marry. Through all edgy astringency…Walker literally breathed
Chopin – Barcarolle in F-sharp major character into the music, with an effortless, assured
this turbulent time the English Renaissance
One of the world’s leading pianists, Richard flourished. The Tudor court buzzed with virtuosity’ – Classical Source
Goode is renowned for the emotional power, music, and the cult of ‘Oriana’ gave rise to the Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
depth and expressiveness of his music-making. madrigal and the popularity of the lute, with
His programme begins with the sparkling one John Dowland trying to gain a place as
inventiveness of Haydn, moves on to great court lutenist and two official royal composers,
sonatas by Beethoven and Berg, and closes Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, embroiled in
with a sequence of some of Chopin’s most intrigue as devout Catholics at a Protestant
popular and evocative pieces. court. Elin Manahan Thomas and Elizabeth
Kenny tell Elizabeth’s story at home and
‘Richard Goode is one of the finest pianists in the abroad, in words and music by Dowland,
world. Few can match his unfailingly beautiful tone, Byrd, Tallis, Morley, de Monte, Lassus,
effortless technical command, interpretive insight and Victoria and Carissimi.
total emotional commitment to the music he plays’—
The Washington Post ‘Ravishing simplicity’ – The Times
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Adam WalkerM ONDAY 23 R D J ulY CONTINUED T uESDAY 24 T h J ulY
Kian Soltani Sheku Kanneh-Mason
35 2pm Alan Bennett and George Fenton – Hymn
helmsley Arts centre Mendelssohn – Octet
Alan Bennett’s touching and melancholy play
FESTIVAL MASTERCLASS: Hymn is a series of memoirs with music recalling
WIND his childhood. His father, a Leeds butcher, tried
to teach him the violin with little success and his
ADAM WALKER mother battled depression, ‘an illness to which
she was not socially entitled’. These memories
Young wind players from across Ryedale work are underscored by George Fenton’s haunting
with Adam Walker in an informal public live soundtrack, evoking the music of Delius,
masterclass. All ages and levels are welcome at Elgar, a Palm Court Orchestra, popular songs
this free event. If you would like to take part and hymns. It is followed by what is perhaps the
please email workshops@ryedalefestival.com most remarkable piece of music ever composed
by a teenager: the exuberant Octet
Mendelssohn penned at the age of sixteen, often
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8pm described as one of the miracles of music.
Birdsall house
‘A ripple of pleasure runs round the auditorium as Alex
AlAN BENNETT’S Jennings takes the stage … Jennings looks a lot like
this most beloved of living British writers. Better yet, he
HYMN sounds just like him, too, with a soft Yorkshire accent
and that wry, quizzical delivery in which humour is so cello Day
heath Quartet often undercut with melancholy…Bennett at his
carducci Quartet
Alex Jennings (actor)
incomparable best’ – Daily Telegraph
Pre-concert and interval bar T he Ryedale Festival brings together the dazzling talents of two inspirational young cellists who
thrill audiences wherever they go. Between them, they perform the two great sonatas that
Brahms composed for the instrument, along with vivid and colourful cello works that range from the
elegance of Boccherini to the jazz-tango fusion of Piazzolla.
Birdsall house Alan Bennett
37 11am of this generation, championed by Daniel
St John and All Saints’ church, Barenboim and much praised for his striking
Easingwold individuality, depth of expression and
charismatic presence.
cOFFEE cONcERT ‘Kian Soltani was the sublime cello soloist, effortlessly
KIAN SOlTANI (cEllO) lyrical and profoundly touching in the closing
AARON PIlSAN (PIANO) moments... The whole thing was outstanding’ – The
Guardian
Brahms – Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor
Thomas Larcher – Mumien ‘He’s a remarkable cellist, with a piercingly beautiful
Reza Vali – Eight Songs tone and utterly pure intonation’ – The Times
Piazzolla – Le Grand Tango
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
‘… I am one of those boys state-educated in the forties and fifites who came by the words of
Hymns Ancient and Modern through singing them every morning, day in day out, in school
assembly. It’s a dwindling band; old-fashioned and of a certain age, you can pick us out at funerals
Rave reviews and invitations to perform at the
world’s leading concert halls have propelled
this 25-year-old Austro-Persian cellist from
and memorial services because we can sing the hymns without the book …’ – Alan Bennett rising star to one of the most exciting musicians
24 25T uESDAY 24 T h J ulY CONTINUED W EDNESDAY 25 T h J ulY
38 3pm 39 8pm 40 11am Benjamin Appl
helmsley Arts centre The long Gallery, castle howard Duncombe Park
WAYS WITh WORDS ShEKu KANNEh- cOFFEE cONcERT
JESS KIDD – ThE MASON (cEllO) HEIMAT
hOARDER ISATA KANNEh-MASON Benjamin Appl (baritone)
After winning the Costa
(PIANO) Simon lepper (piano)
short story award in 2016, Boccherini – Cello Sonata in A major Prologue
Schubert – Seligkeit
Jess Kidd’s debut novel Poulenc – Cello Sonata
Himself was one of the Debussy – Cello Sonata Locations
Brahms – Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major Reger – Des Kindes Gebet
standout titles of the same Schubert – Der Einsame
year and selected for the The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is the 2016 Schreker – Waldeinsamkeit
Radio 2 Book Club, while BBC Young Musician and ‘without a doubt People
her latest ‘lyrical gothic one of the brightest young stars in classical Brahms – Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund
Grieg – zur Rosenzeit
detective saga’ The Hoarder is attracting rave music’ (Daily Telegraph). He joins his sister Strauss – Allerseelen
reviews. She has also worked as a support Isata to play a programme that moves from the On the road
worker specialising in acquired brain injury. genial world of Boccherini to a sweeping and Schubert – Drang in die Ferne ‘Appl is not only a singer of boundless promise, he is
She reads from her work and talks about it. passionate sonata by Brahms, via two French Schubert – Der Wanderer an den Mond already a great artist … since he has an
works full of colour and imagination. Adolf Strauss – Ich weiss bestimmt, ich werd’ dich extraordinarily beautiful voice, there should be decades
‘This dark but comical tale of haunting and hoarding wiedersehen
ensnares … Kidd’s imagination is vivid … Brilliant’ of happiness as he continues to expand his repertoire’
‘technically superb and eloquent in his expressivity, he Yearning
– The Times Schubert – Das Heimweh
– BBC Music Magazine
held the capacity audience spellbound’ – The Guardian
Schubert – Der Wanderer Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
‘riveting…a twisting, fully original slice of literary ‘electrifying, sincere and moving’ – Daily Mail Without Frontiers
horror, and one not to be missed’ – Financial Times Poulenc – Hyde Park
‘Above all, Kanneh-Mason’s playing radiates love of Vaughan Williams – Silent Noon
life, commitment and hope. Even the most mature and 41 7pm
Bishop – Home, sweet home
Warlock – My own country church of St Martin-on-the-hill,
penetrating musicians don’t always manage that’ –
Warlock – The Bachelor Scarborough
The Times Ireland – If there were dreams to sell
Interval bar Grieg – Ein Traum
ROBERT
One of Europe’s fastest-rising song recitalists
explores songs from many traditions exploring
hOllINGWORTh
the theme of Heimat, a hard-to-translate IN cONvERSATION
German word meaning homeland but also WITh KATY hAMIlTON
encompassing the idea of ‘belonging’, ‘roots’ or,
as Henry Bishop’s famous melody has it, Katy Hamilton talks to Robert Hollingworth
‘Home, sweet home’. about his passion for innovative and dynamic
‘the young German baritone Benjamin Appl is lieder music-making, and the concerts he will present
royalty’ – The Spectator as part of I Fagiolini’s Ryedale Festival residency.
‘I ’ve come to the conclusion that it’s about sharing. You have this fabulous piece of art and you
want as many other people to ‘get’ it as possible. There are lots of ways to do this but for me,
part of the process is always imagining what it must be like for an audience to listen to the music, as
much and aside from what you want to do with the music itself’ — Robert Hollingworth
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castle howardW EDNESDAY 25 T h J ulY CONTINUED T huRSDAY 26 T h J ulY
I Fagiolini
43 11am 44 5pm
St lawrence’s church, York helmsley Arts centre
cOFFEE cONcERT YOuNG ARTIST PlATFORM 3
SOlI DEO GlORIA 2 chINEKE! JuNIORS
I Fagiolini and The 24 chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass)
Robert hollingworth (director) Elodie chousmer-howelles (violin)
Alex Jennings (reader) Didier Osindero (violin)
George Herbert – The Prayer Stephen upshaw (viola)
Bach – Lutheran Mass in F major Elliot Bailey (cello)
George Herbert – The Sacrifice
Joanna lam (piano)
Bach – Cantata Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält
(BWV 178)
Brahms – Violin Sonata in G major
Soloists from I Fagiolini join their director Florence B. Price – String Quartet
Robert Hollingworth and the young voices of Schubert – Trout Quintet
The 24 for two works from the heart of Bach’s
sacred catalogue, including a cantata that Chineke!’s festival residency culminates in a
exhorts us to ‘have faith, faith and let the rest concert featuring their outstanding younger
of the world grumble’ and – a mass that players, including a finalist in this year’s BBC
contrasts splendid choruses and moving arias Young Musician. After a beautiful string quartet
where individual voices and solo instruments by Florence B. Price, the first major African-
duet. Alongside the music, Alex Jennings reads American woman composer, the double-bassist
two of George Herbert’s greatest poems, Chi-chi Nwanoku joins the group she founded
including his great meditation that imagines the to end with the sprightly good humour of
8pm One of Britain’s choral treasures, the vocal
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thoughts of Christ on the cross, asking ‘Was Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
church of St Martin-on-the-hill, ensemble I Fagiolini and their dynamic director ever grief like mine?’
Scarborough Robert Hollingworth are renowned for the
vibrant theatricality of their performances, ‘I Fagiolini has carved out a niche for itself exploring
SAcRED AND serious scholarship and unfailing musicality. some more ‘‘off-the-wall’’ corners of early music in a
style that is at once true to the period but
PROFANE: They open their Ryedale Festival residency
with music from their award-winning communicative to today’s listener’ – Daily Telegraph
THE OTHER VESPERS recording The Other Vespers, a spectacular
unveiling of the exquisite riches of
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am
I Fagiolini Monteverdi’s lesser known works, alongside
Robert hollingworth (director) glorious instrumental and choral pieces, both
religious and secular, by his collaborators and
Sacred: colleagues.
Viadana – Deus in adiutorium
Monteverdi – Laudate Pueri primo ‘An irrepressible force in the early music world,
Frescobaldi – Toccata bringing bags of style, energy and dramatic
Monteverdi – Confitebor secondo excitement to everything they touch’ – International
Donati – Dulcis amor Iesu
Monteverdi – Beatus vir Record Review
Palestrina/Bovicelli – Ave verum corpus
Interval bar
Profane:
Monteverdi – Questi vaghi contenti
Monteverdi – zefiro torna
Monteverdi – Messenger scene from L’Orfeo
Monteverdi – Hor che’l ciel e la terra
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St lawrence’s church, York Robert hollingworthT huRSDAY 26 T h J ulY CONTINUED F RIDAY 27 T h J ulY
46 11am
St Michael and All Angels church,
Garton on the Wolds
cOFFEE cONcERT
SOlI DEO GlORIA 3
Rachel Podger (violin)
John Warrack Kieran carrel
Alex Jennings (reader)
Wallace Stevens – Large Red Man Reading
45 8pm Bach – Suite no. 2 in D minor (BWV 1008)
Duncombe Park Wallace Stevens – Sunday Morning / The World as
Meditation / To an Old Philosopher in Rome
JOhN WARRAcK AT 90
Sledmere house
Bach – Suite no. 4 in E flat (BWV 1010)
– A cElEBRATION The ‘queen of the baroque violin’ (Sunday
Times) performs two of Bach’s suites for solo 7pm
47 house
Benjamin Appl (baritone) cello, transposed for violin alongside readings Sledmere house and church
harriet Burns (soprano) by Alex Jennings of poems by Wallace Stevens
AMuSE-BOuchE
I FAGIOlINI
Kieran carrel (tenor)
christopher Glynn (piano)
about the space, bridged by imagination,
between reality and God. DOuBlE cONcERT Robert hollingworth (conductor)
Weber – Meine Lieder, meine Sänger; Klage; Was ‘there is probably no more inspirational musician Anna Markland (piano)
Sledmere House and Church are the venues for two
zieht zu; Sind es Schmerzen; Das Veilchen; Reigen working today’ – Gramophone Françaix – Ode à la gastronomie
John Warrack – Four Songs concerts, both performed twice, with the audiences
Ravel (arr. Roderick Williams) – Adagio from Piano
Guy Warrack – The Auldest Friends Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am changing places after a picnic interval. Concerto in G major
Tchaikovsky – The Nightingale; None but the lonely Poulenc – Hôtel
heart; The Fearful Minute; My angel, my friend; church Poulenc – Un soir de neige
Amid the din of the ball; Why did I dream of you?; Satie – Gnossienne
Pimpinella; Don Juan’s Serenade Rachel Podger
PEllEAS ENSEMBlE Fauré – songs
Weber – The Four Temperaments luba Tunnicliffe (viola)
Schumann – Liederkreis (op. 39) ‘If Adam and Eve led us to perdition just for an
henry Roberts (flute) apple, what would they have done for a turkey?’
For over seventy years, the writer, oboist, Oliver Wass (harp) The opening bon mot of Jean Françaix’s Ode à la
musicologist and university lecturer John Debussy – Syrinx Gastronomie is an affectionate giggle at the
Warrack has been at the heart of British Leclair – Trio Sonata in D Major expense of French attitudes to food, full of word
musical life. He has also been, for 17 years, Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola and harp jokes, nursery rhymes, wine vintages, rumbles of
President of the Ryedale Festival, which now Ravel (arr. Salzedo) – Sonatine indigestion and assorted kitchen noises. Also on
celebrates his 90th year with this special concert, the menu in this ravishing programme of French
A solo flute tells the sad tale of a wood nymph
for which he has chosen and will introduce the choral delicacies: an irresistible choral
pursued by the god Pan, inviting us into the arrangement of one of Ravel’s most famous slow
programme. As the acclaimed biographer of
sensuous world of French music. The lively movements, a moving work by Poulenc and
Weber and Tchaikovsky, he shares his
enthusiasm for some of their most lyrical and 18th century elegance of Leclair embodies the little piano pieces and songs to cleanse the palate
evocative songs. Music by his father and heritage which Debussy and Ravel between courses.
eponymous grandfather will also be heard, and unforgettably revive in works full of vitality,
nostalgia and tenderness – all performed by a ‘a bit sexy, a bit silly and absolutely, unmissably
the concert ends with the collection of lyrical superb’ – Gramophone
masterpieces that Schumann described as ‘my prize-winning trio that has been widely praised
most romantic music ever’. for the colour and intimacy of its performances. ‘a tour-de-force, and I Fagiolini performed it with wit,
precision and lip-smacking relish’ – Birmingham Post
‘Benjamin Appl is the current front-runner in the new ‘verve and polish’ – The Times
The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for concertgoers and
generation of Lieder singers’ – Gramophone there will be a further picnic opportunity during the 45-minute interval
Pre-concert and interval bar between performances when a bar will also be available.
30 31S ATuRDAY 28 T h J ulY
Echo
50 4pm explorations of music from the last four centuries.
helmsley Arts centre Their highly original takes on music from Bach to
Ravel blend genres in a way that has caught the
YOuNG ARTIST PlATFORM 5 imagination of audiences across Europe.
YORKShIRE YOuNG ‘Radio 3’s Late Junction has rapidly propelled
MuSIcIANS David Rees-Williams to much the same spot as
Jacques Loussier occupied 40-odd years ago’ – The
Guardian
Penny Stirling (director)
Benjamin Powell (piano) ‘all but the cloth-eared will find the David Rees-
Williams disc a delight’ – Independent on Sunday
A concert by festival partners Yorkshire Young Pre-concert and interval bar
Musicians, an organisation that enables young
musicians from the Yorkshire and Humber
area (aged 8–18) to benefit from the highest 52 9.45pm
quality tuition in their local area. Pickering Parish church
lATE-NIGhT cANDlElIT cONcERT
51 7.30pm
Pickering Kirk Theatre SOlI DEO GlORIA 4
charles Owen (piano)
DAvID REES- Alex Jennings (reader)
48 11am and imaginative approach. They sing ‘music WIllIAMS TRIO Bach – Italian Concerto
Gerard Manley Hopkins – The Windhover
St Mary’s church, lastingham about music’, ranging widely across music from Emily Dickinson – I started Early – Took my Dog –
the 16th century to the present day, including David Rees-Williams and his astonishing Wallace Stevens – Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
versatile trio swing effortlessly from the classics / The Idea of Order at Key West
cOFFEE cONcERT festival composer in residence Judith Weir, as
to jazz, playing sophisticated modern jazz Bach – Capriccio in B flat major ‘On the departure
YOuNG ARTIST well as demonstrating their speciality in the
rare art of choral improvisation. on his beloved brother’
PlATFORM 4
George Herbert – The Pulley / The Collar / Redemption
Coffee, tea, soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am – 10.45am R. S. Thomas – The Coming / The Bright Field
in Lastingham Village Hall Bach – Partita no. 4 in D major
Echo
Sarah latto (conductor) The high spirits of Bach’s famous Italian
49 2pm Concerto give way to a piece composed in
‘hush, no more’ Pickering Parish church sadness on the departure of his brother, which
Music about music and songs about song is followed in turn by perhaps the most
magnificent of all the dance suites Bach called
Judith Weir – Vertue
Palestrina – Exsultate deo COME AND SING Partitas. Interlaced with the music, Alex
Monteverdi – Cantate Domino Jennings reads great poems of revelation and
Howard Skempton – The Flight of Song SARAH LATTO
Peter Phillips – Cecilia Virgo consolation.
Bernard Rose – Feast Song for St. Cecilia Singers from all over Ryedale work with the
‘One of the finest British pianists of his generation’ –
Judith Weir – My Guardian Angel inspirational director Sarah Latto in an
Purcell – Hush, no more (from The Fairy Queen) Gramophone
informal choral workshop. All ages and levels
William Byrd – Sing Joyfully ‘pellucid articulation, a bright and shining sound,
Improvisation on Killing me softly
are welcome at this free event and it is not
Arvo Pärt – The Deer’s Cry necessary to read music. For more information absolutely no pedal, and an exuberant delight in these
Judith Weir – The Song Sung True on how to take part and to reserve a place, colourful works… as Bach pianism goes, this was as
please email workshops@ryedalefestival.com exciting as it gets’ – The Independent
The vibrant young professional choir Echo are
fast becoming known for their freshly-minted
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