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Carlisle Festival - 3 - 11 July 2010

The planned programme for the 2010 Festival is set out below. Booking forms will be available early next year.

Saturday 3rd July

7.30 Opening Concert in Cathedral

Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra with Carlisle Festival Chorus
The Festival Chorus join this acclaimed touring orchestra for an evening of popular classics including Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Samuel Barber’s hauntingly beautiful Adagio will mark the centenary of this American composer’s birth. The CNPO’s previous performances in Carlisle Cathedral have drawn large audiences, so early booking is recommended.

Sunday 4th July

7.30 pm Candlelit Concert Cantabile

Cantabile have been delighting audiences since 1982 with their amazing range of programmes. From a cappella favourites to the sacred music of the last millennium they are outstanding in both Comedy and the Classics.

Tuesday 6th July

7.30 pm Gypsy Strings

Led by virtuoso violinists from the experimental crossover ensemble ZUM (who have performed twice to capacity audiences in previous Festivals), this unique combination of classical, folk and jazz elements is simply electrifying. Come and experience this phenonmenon for yourselves!

Wednesday 7th July

7.30 pm Fine Arts Brass with Carlisle Cathedral Choir

Now in its twenty eighth year Fine Arts Brass is firmly established at the forefront of the international brass chamber music scene. They join the Cathedral Choir for an eclectic mix of music by Duke Ellington, Philip Wilby and John McLeod, whose setting of “At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners,” commissioned for the 2010 Festival, will receive its first performance.

Thursday 8th July

1.00 pm mOrgan Recital by Charles Harrison

A former runner up in the St. Alban’s International Organ Competition and currently Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral, Charles makes a welcome return to the organ loft where he served as Assistant Organist for five years.

Friday 9th July

7.30 pm Benjamin Britten Noyes Fludde

Completed in December 1957 and first performed during the 1958 Aldeburgh Festival, Noye’s Fludde is Britten’s most extended and elaborate work for children. Singers and instrumentalists will be drawn from schools all over North Cumbria and will perform this operatic masterpiece under the direction of Jolyon Dodgson and David McNeill.

Saturday 10th July

1.00 pm Stephen Anthony Brown tenor Paul Jeanes piano

In recent years Stephen Anthony Brown has created a sensation locally through his powerful interpretation of the Evangelist’s role in both the St. Matthew and St. John Passions. His second lunchtime appearance in the Festival will feature Lieder by Mahler, Schumman and Wolf.

7.30 pm Noyes Fludde (2nd performance)

Sunday 11th July

10.30 am Festival Eucharist