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
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