The highlight this year will be a recognition of the centenary of the birth of Kathleen Ferrier, who started her career in Cumberland, living for a time in Carlisle and in Silloth. There will be a talk by Dr. Christopher Fifield (Kathleen Ferrier's biographer) and a recital by the acclaimed Cumbrian soprano Joan Rodgers whose career began after winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship.

There will be a piano recital by the renowned pianist Sam Haywood; a composition competition for school-children where their compositions will be played; and the concert on the Saturday will be a performance by the Abbey Singers and Carlisle Cantate of a new work by Adrian Self and of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.

Further details of these events are given below, with links through to full details which appear on separate pages - click on the Event number.

Sam Haywood - Piano.

Works by Debussy, Delius, Chopin, Brahms & Gershwin.

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Recital
by Joan Rodgers (soprano) accompanied by Michael Hancock (piano).

This concert is sponsored by Bob Bowman.

50th Anniversary Concert by the Abbey Singers, with Carlisle Cantate:
The Cataract of Lodore by Adrian Self (specially commissioned work) and Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Samuel Taylor-Coleridge