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17th July–2nd August 2015

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Friday 17th July1 11am

Co�ee ConcertPickering Parish Church

2 8pmBrahms and the Gypsy: �e Red Hedgehog TavernMilton Rooms, Malton

Saturday 18th

3 11amCo�ee ConcertSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

4 2pm Strings WorkshopSt John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

5 6pm Lehár – �e Merry WidowRyedale Festival Opera (with picnic interval) First of two performancesAmpleforth College 'eatre

Sunday 19th

6 7–7.30pmPre-concert talk I'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

7 8pm Haydn, Bartók and the String Quartet I'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

Monday 20th

8 10–10.30amPre-concert talk IISt Mary’s Church, Birdsall

9 11amCo�ee ConcertHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IISt Mary’s Church, Birdsall

10 3pmMartin Bell: 'e End of EmpireGaltres Centre, Easingwold

11 7pmLehár – �e Merry WidowRyedale Festival OperaSecond of two performancesAmpleforth College 'eatre

Tuesday 21st

12 10–10.30am Pre-concert talk IIIAll Saints’ Church, Hovingham

13 11am Co�ee ConcertHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IIIAll Saints’ Church, Hovingham

14 3.30pm NYJO Jazz WorkshopMilton Rooms, Malton

15 7pmNational Youth Jazz OrchestraMilton Rooms, Malton

16 9.30pm Nocturnes by Candlelight I St Michael’s Church, Malton

Wednesday 22nd

17 11am Talk: 'e Rise and Fall of the Habsburg EmpireMalton Methodist Chapel

18 12.45pmFestival Lunch'e Talbot Hotel, Malton

19 7–7.30pmPre-concert talk IVSt Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

20 8pmHaydn, Bartók and the String Quartet IVSt Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

Thursday 23rd

21 11amCo�ee ConcertHelmsley Arts Centre

22 7pm Triple ConcertCastle Howard

Friday 24th

23 11amCo�ee ConcertJoan of Arc Hall, Botton Village

24 3pmHenry Marsh: Do No HarmHelmsley Arts Centre

25 8pmOrchestra of Opera NorthSt Peter’s Church, Norton

Saturday 25th

26 11am Co�ee ConcertSt Hilda’s Church, Sherburn

27 3pm Piano WorkshopHelmsley Arts Centre

28 7.30pmRachmaninov – Vespers Ampleforth Abbey

29 9.30pm Nocturnes by Candlelight IIChurch of the Holy Cross, Gilling

Sunday 26th

30 6.45pmDame Fanny Watermanin conversation'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

31 8pm Benjamin Grosvenor in recital'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

Monday 27th

32 11amCo�ee Concert'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

33 3pmAfternoon ConcertSt Mary’s Church, Ebberston

34 6.30pmJohn Butt in conversationChurch of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

35 8pmDunedin ConsortChurch of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

Tuesday 28th

36 11amCo�ee ConcertSt Mary’s Church, Lastingham

37 2pmWind WorkshopSt Mary’s Church, Lastingham

38 3.30pmCharlotte Green: 'e News is ReadHelmsley Arts Centre

39 7pmDouble Concert ISledmere House and Church

Wednesday 29th

40 11amCo�ee ConcertSt Michael’s Church, Coxwold

Thursday 30th

41 11amCo�ee ConcertSt John the Evangelist’s Church, Welburn

42 7pmDouble Concert IISledmere House and Church

Friday 31st

43 11amCo�ee ConcertChurch of St Michael le Belfrey, York

44 6pmAny Other Business – Martin Vander Weyer and friendsHelmsley Arts Centre

45 8pm An Evening with Michael Berkeley'e Saloon, Duncombe Park

Saturday 1st August46 11am

Co�ee ConcertSt Mary’s Church, 'irsk

47 8pm'e Beautiful Maid of the Mill All Saints’ Church, Helmsley

48 9.30pmNocturnes by Candlelight IIIAll Saints’ Church, Helmsley

Sunday 2nd

49 3pmGarden PartyGarden of the Worsley Arms Hotel, Hovingham

50 6pm Festival Service All Saints’ Church, Hovingham

51 7pmFinal Gala ConcertHovingham Hall

Summary of events

N.B. Doors will be opened 30 minutes before performances.

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11am

Pickering Parish Church

Coffee Concert

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)

Rowan Pierce (soprano)

Nick Pritchard (tenor)

Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorder)

Fitzwilliam Quartet

Adam Summerhayes (violin)

David Gordon (harpsichord)

Malcolm Creese (double bass)

Asaf Sirkis (percussion)

Purcell – Fantasia no. 7

Marcus Bartram-Stevens – Double on Purcell’s Fantasia

no. 7 (World Premiere)

David Gordon – Romanesque (World Premiere)

Bach – Coffee Cantata

Friday 17th July

After opening with one of the extraordinary worksfor viol consort that so excited Purcell’s musicalimagination, and a contemporary piece inspired byit, the Ryedale Festival, famous for its Co8eeConcerts, presents the world premiere of a newco8ee-inspired work by David Gordon. It featuresrecorder soloist (and BBC Young Musician of theYear <nalist) Charlotte Barbour-Condini and anarray of percussion instruments from the mainco8ee-growing countries. Finally, Sir 'omas Allenheads the cast for one of the most comic andquirky pieces ever to come from the pen of J.S.Bach: a mini-opera about a co8ee-addicted girl andher father who longs to <nd her a respectablehusband, heard here in the <rst performance of anew translation by John Warrack, with the moral‘drinking co8ee is natural!’

Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am–10.45am

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Introductionfrom the Artistic Director

Welcome to the 2015 Ryedale Festival – two weeks

of inspiring performances in the many beautiful and

historic venues in and around Ryedale, North

Yorkshire. Right from the opening night (when we

recreate the sights and sounds of Brahms’s favourite

tavern!), there’s a Hungarian flavour to the

programme, with a complete cycle of Bartók’s string

quartets alongside an equally great set by Haydn, a

new production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow, and a

celebration of Brahms’s Hungarian-inspired works.

A 100th anniversary performance of Rachmaninov’s

All Night Vigil in Ampleforth Abbey introduces a

parallel theme of ‘night music’, including a complete

cycle of Chopin’s Nocturnes over three candlelit

concerts and night-inspired works by Bartók,

Schoenberg, Mozart, Tallis, Byrd, Britten and others.

Chamber music is at the heart of the programme,

with festival residences from the Heath and Doric

Quartets, and the Lendvai Trio. A new piece

celebrating coffee (and an old one satirising it) opens

the festival’s famous series of Coffee Concerts, many

of them featuring outstanding young musicians.

Orchestral highlights include the Orchestra of

Opera North playing Mahler and the Royal

Northern Sinfonia performing at Hovingham Hall,

while the Dunedin Consort bring an all-Bach

programme to Scarborough and the National Youth

Jazz Orchestra promises an unmissable evening in

Malton. Vocal highlights include performances by

top choirs Ex Cathedra and Stile Antico, while a

new English version of one of Schubert’s greatest

song cycles is heard for the first time in Helmsley.

The ink will still be drying on eleven new works

(nine world premieres, two English premieres),

including two by festival composer Michael

Berkeley. To complete the picture, there is the

unique Triple Concert at Castle Howard and Double

Concerts at Sledmere, a series of literary events Ways

with Words, a festival exhibition, a series of free

festival workshops for young and amateur

musicians, and a new initiative Ryedale500 to help

more young people explore the festival.

It promises to be an exciting summer in Ryedale

and the festival looks forward to welcoming friends

old and new to enjoy it. I hope you can join us and

look forward to seeing you there.

Christopher Glynn

Artistic Director

Ryedale Festival 2015

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Sir Thomas Allen Charlotte Barbour-Condini

8pm

Milton Rooms, Malton

Brahms and theGypsy: The RedHedgehog Tavern

ZRI Ensemble

Ben Harlan (clarinet)

Max Baillie (violin)

Matthew Sharp (cello)

Jon Banks (accordion)

Iris Pissardie (santouri)

Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Allegro

Hungarian traditional melody – Tigeneascau

Carpathian traditional melody – Kolomeyke

Traditional Klezmer melody – Hora mit tsibiles

(Hora with Onions)

Ukrainian trad. – Sarba Maracini

Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Adagio

Klezmer melody – Der Gasn Nign (The Street Tune)

Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Andantino

Romanian trad. – Dance from Korond

Klezmer melody – Der Goldene Khasene

(The Golden Wedding)

Carpathian wedding improvisation – Doina

Brahms – Hungarian Dance no. 1

Moldavian trad.– Nikolaev Bulgar

Brahms – Clarinet Quintet Finale

Malton’s Milton Rooms are transformed into theViennese tavern Zum Roten Igel ! 'is was the famousRed Hedgehog Tavern where Brahms loved to drinkand let his hair down while gypsy bands playedHungarian and Jewish folk music. 'e world-classmusicians of ZRI combine classical re<nement withtavern grit and gypsy Hair in their own version ofBrahms’s Clarinet Quintet – one of his lastcompositions, full of his melancholic, unful<lled lovefor Clara Schumann. Its folk inHuences aremagni<ed with a new instrumentation, includingsantouri (hammered cimbalom-type instrument)

and accordion, and the movements are interleavedwith improvisations on the folk music of MiddleEurope. 'ere is sure to be a party atmosphere andtickets include Hungarian delicacies at the interval.

‘ZRI played with consummate virtuosity, magic andpassion. /e emotional charge of Brahmsilluminated by the gypsy spirit was a greatcombination’ – Royal Albert Hall

Pre-concert and interval drinks

11am

St John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

Coffee Concert

Phoenix Trio

Jonathan Stone (violin)

Marie Macleod (cello)

Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Haydn – Piano Trio in G major ‘The Gypsy Rondo’

Brahms – Piano Trio no. 1 in B major

'ree outstanding musicians present one of thebest-loved of all Haydn’s chamber works,nicknamed Gypsy Rondo after its high-spirited<nale in the Hungarian style. It is followed by oneof the most dramatic and expansive of all pianotrios, full of passionate, folk-inHuenced melodiesthat mark it out as one of the <nest works by theyoung Brahms.

‘three consummate musicians’ – Oxford Times

‘powerfully eloquent’ – 'e Guardian


2pm

St John and All Saints’ Church, Easingwold

Strings Workshop

Matthew Sharp

Young and amateur players of all stringedinstruments are invited to an informal publicworkshop with top cellist Matthew Sharp. Comeand <nd out how to get more from yourinstrument and <nd more freedom andenjoyment in playing. All ages and levels are welcome at this free event. Open-door to thepublic with unreserved seating. To take part, or<nd out more, please email Robert Heath:[email protected].

‘a stunning cellist, unique communicator and, Ibelieve, one of the most exciting musicians of hisgeneration’ – Mark Antony Turnage

‘an extraordinary cellist – virtuosic, charismatic,brimming with verve and poetry’ – 'e Times

Saturday 18th JulyFriday 17th July continued

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ZRI Ensemble

Matthew Sharp

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7–7.30pm

The Saloon, Duncombe Park

Pre-concert talk I

Katy Hamilton

Musician and writer Katy Hamilton shares herknowledge and enthusiasm for two of the greatestsets of string quartets ever composed. Haydn wasboth inventor and ‘father’ of the string quartetand his op. 76 set, composed for a Hungarianpatron, show him at the height of his powers.More than 200 years later, another Hungarian,Béla Bartók, began his own set of six quartets - amusical adventure that would span his creativelife and result in some of the greatest music of the20th century. Join us to <nd out what makesthese works so special. 'is is a free event.

‘I never before received such pleasure frominstrumental music: they are full of invention, �re,good taste and new e!ects and seem the product, notof a sublime genius who has written so much and sowell already, but one of highly cultivated talents,who had expended none of his �re before’ – CharlesBurney on Haydn’s op. 76

8pm


Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IDoric Quartet

Heath Quartet

Haydn – String Quartet in G major (op. 76, no. 1)

Bartók – String Quartet no. 1

Haydn – String Quartet in D minor The Fifths (op. 76, no. 2)


'e brilliant Heath and Doric Quartets are inresidence for a festival series featuring two of thegreatest sets of string quartets ever composed. Forboth Haydn and Bartók, the string quartet was alifelong exploration, a medium where their creativespirits found fullest expression. 'e <rst two worksof Haydn’s last great set of quartets, full of ingeniouse8ects and expressive power, are heard herealongside Bartók’s 1st quartet – a sad, passionatework lamenting the loss of his <rst love – and themore peaceful, folk-inspired 2nd quartet hecompleted a few years later. Hungarian inspireddelicacies will be served at the interval.

‘Haydn and the Doric are a perfect match …Unequivocally, these were performances of terri8cpanache and perception, seeming to get right under theskin of Haydn’s creative genius’ – Sunday Telegraph


Sunday 19th JulySaturday 18th July continued

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6pm

Ampleforth College Theatre

Ryedale Festival Opera

Lehár – The MerryWidow(with picnic interval)

Kerem Hasan (conductor)

Nina Brazier (director)

Franz Lehár’s Merry Widow has held audiencesspellbound ever since its premiere in 1905. Sunghere by a cast of outstanding young singers, in the<rst performance of a new English translation byJohn Warrack, it tells the story of Hanna Glawari,a rich and sophisticated widow who captivates allof Paris, and whose wealth could save her near-bankrupt little country of Pontevedro – if onlyshe does not marry a foreigner! 'e diplomatsthat surround her are desperate to keep hermoney in the country by persuading her to marryCount Danilo. He’s an old Hame, just waiting tobe re-lit, but also a proud man who still enjoyshis bachelor lifestyle and the easygoing ladies he <nds at Maxim’s nightclub. In a sub-plot, the

charming Frenchman Camille de Rosillon doeshis best to seduce the ambassador’s wifeValencienne, who is bored enough to be temptedbut too ‘respectable’ to succumb. Meanwhile, theirrepressible Hanna Hirts, charms and dances herway through the farcical events surrounding herand the conHict between political duty andromantic intrigue brings out the best in Lehár: awinning streak of intimate waltzes, Hirtatiouspolkas, exuberant can-cans and catchy melodies.

‘Ryedale Festival Opera is an object lesson to ourlarge opera companies as to how much can beachieved from so little…on the proverbial shoestringbudget, Ryedale Festival each year o;ers an operaticproduction of the highest quality’ – Yorkshire Post

‘Evenings like this are too good to miss’ – OperaMagazine

No interval bar

Doric Quartet

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Ampleforth Abbey

The Merry Widow

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10–10.30am

St Mary’s Church, Birdsall

Pre-concert talk IIKaty Hamilton

Katy Hamilton continues her exploration of thestring quartets of Bartók and Haydn. 'is is a freeevent.

3pm

Galtres Centre, Easingwold

Martin Bell: TheEnd of EmpireFormer BBC war reporter and independent MP,Martin Bell talks about his time as a soldier in theBritish army in Cyprus in the late 1950s. /e Endof Empire is a powerfully personal account of theviolent process of decolonization, drawing onrecently discovered letters he had written homeduring the conHict. Known to many as ‘the manin the white suit’, he also talks about his days asBBC foreign correspondent in some of thebloodiest conHicts of recent years and his four-yearterm as an anti-sleaze independent MP – years hedescribes as ‘the most shocking of my life’.

7pm

Ampleforth College Theatre

Ryedale Festival Opera

Lehár – The MerryWidowKerem Hasan (conductor)

Nina Brazier (director)

See event 5 for details

Pre-opera and interval drinks – there will not be a picnic

interval at this performance

10–10.30am

All Saints’ Church, Hovingham

Pre-concert talk IIIKaty Hamilton

In the third of her talks, Katy Hamilton uncoversthe stories behind two more masterpieces of thestring quartet repertoire. 'is is a free event.

11am


Coffee Concert

Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IIIDoric Quartet

Heath Quartet

Haydn – String Quartet in B flat major (op. 76, no. 4)

The Sunrise


What better way to start the day than with Haydn’sSunrise quartet – so-called after the theme that arcsacross its opening bars? 'e <ve movements ofBartók’s powerful and colourful 4th quartet alsoform an arch-shape, with exuberant dance-likemovements and quicksilver scherzi framing theatmospheric nocturne that lies at its centre.

Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am-10.45am

3.30pm


NYJO Jazz WorkshopYoung jazz players from Ryedale School andacross the region join the acclaimed leaders of theNational Youth Jazz Orchestra to develop theirskills in an afternoon of musical exploration. Allages and abilities are welcome at this free event.Open-door to the public with unreserved seating.To take part, or <nd out more, please email RobertHeath: [email protected].

Monday 20th July Tuesday 21st July

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Martin Bell



11am


Coffee Concert

Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet II

Doric Quartet

Heath Quartet

Haydn – String Quartet in C major (op. 76, no. 3) The

Emperor


National feeling runs strong in both these stringquartets. One of Haydn’s boldest and brightestworks, the Emperor quartet was nicknamed after itsuse of the Austrian National Anthem, while Bartók’skaleidoscopic 3rd quartet is full of the inHuence ofHungarian folk music and special instrumentale8ects.

Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 9.30am–10.45am

7pm


National Youth JazzOrchestraNYJO is famous as a showcase for the country’sbest young jazz musicians and for its unique,swinging big-band sound. Malton will surely beswinging too, as they play big band classicsalongside new compositions and arrangements.

‘/eir combination of youthful intensity andpinpoint accuracy can be quite overwhelming … theplaying, both solo and ensemble, makes itoutstanding by any standards’ – 'e Observer

‘As conductor, Armstrong capered ecstatically in frontof a youth band professional enough to nail the mostcomplex section-playing, with a string of giftedsoloists (some of them still at secondary school)delivering almost languidly trenchant improvisations’– 'e Guardian


11am

Malton Methodist Chapel

The Rise and Fall ofthe Habsburg Empire

A talk by Lucy Beckett

Historian and novelist Lucy Beckett sets the scenefor the festival’s Austro-Hungarian theme with a talkabout the history of the great Habsburg dynasty.


12.45pm

The Talbot Hotel, Malton

Festival LunchAll are welcome for an informal lunch at theTalbot Hotel, Malton.

7-7.30pm

St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

Pre-concert talk IVKaty Hamilton

'e last in a series of talks by Katy Hamilton,where she shares her fascination with the stringquartets of Haydn and Bartók and talks about what makes these works so special. 'is isa free event.

8pm

St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

Haydn, Bartók andthe String Quartet IVDoric Quartet

Heath Quartet

Haydn – String Quartet in D major (op. 76, no. 5) Largo


Haydn – String Quartet in E flat major (op. 76, no. 6)


'e <nal concert in this series features starkcontrasts. Two late quartets by Haydn are full ofplayful humour but also have profound slowmovements. Bartók’s 5th quartet, once memorablydescribed as ‘like no other quartet’, features twoprofound slow movements evoking the sights andsounds of the night – as well as episodes ofgrotesque humour and demonic energy. 'e seriesends with the deep sadness and nostalgia of Bartók’s6th and <nal quartet, composed just before theoutbreak of World War II. Hungarian inspireddelicacies will be served at the interval.

‘/e Heath gave us all the wit and mercurialinventiveness you’d expect … with a really engaging senseof interplay … And it’s nice to see four musicians whoutterly dispel the idea that classical music is somehowbackward-looking or fogey-ish’ – Gramophone


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Heath Quartet

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National Youth Jazz Orchestra

9.30pm

St Michael’s Church, Malton

Nocturnesby Candlelight ICharles Owen (piano)

Chopin – Three Nocturnes (op. 9)

Chopin – Three Nocturnes (op. 15)

Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. posth.)

Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit

Ondine

Le gibet

Scarbo

'e <rst in a festival series of three candlelit concertsfeaturing the complete Nocturnes of Chopin,alongside other piano works inspired by the night.'e <rst eight of Chopin’s ‘night songs’ weave anintoxicating and nostalgic sound world, wheresoaring dream-like melodies are set against darkershadows. Charles Owen follows them with adevilishly virtuosic masterpiece for piano by Ravel,one of the most diQcult piano pieces ever composed,but also one of the most evocative: a night-inspiredtriptych, depicting a seductive water-nymph, anightmarish vision of a hanged man in the desert,and a goblin darting about at dead of night.

‘Charles Owen is out of the best school of Britishpianism – bright, sensitive, una;ected, and withplaying informed by brainwork’ – 'e Irish Times

Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva

11am

Helmsley Arts Centre

Coffee ConcertYorkshire Young Musicians

Penny Stirling (director)

Benjamin Powell (piano)

Come and hear some of the most talented youngmusicians in the Yorkshire and Humber area(aged 8-18), participants in the Yorkshire YoungMusicians scheme which enables youngmusicians to bene<t from the highest qualitytuition in their locality.


7pm

Castle Howard

Triple Concert

A special event, unique to the Ryedale Festival:the Triple Concert features three contrastingconcerts in di8erent areas of the house, eachperformed three times, with the audiencesrotating between performances.

Long Gallery

Petrushka

Katya Apekisheva

Charles Owen

Stravinsky – Petrushka

Petrushka is a puppet, the Slavic version of MrPunch: a naughty trickster who beats his wife, argueswith authority, challenges the devil, and delights hisaudience. 'e comedy and tragedy of the characterStravinsky described as ‘the immortal and unhappyhero of every fair in all countries’ shine through inone of his greatest ballet scores, heard here in thecomposer’s own version for piano duet and playedby two of the country’s leading pianists.

Chapel

In Pace: Music for Compline

Stile Antico

Byrd – I Laid Me Downe to Rest

Sheppard – Libera Nos I and II

Mundy – O Lord, the Maker of all Thing

Plainsong – Miserere mihi

Tallis – Miserere nostri

Byrd – Miserere mihi

Sheppard – The Lord’s Prayer

Tallis – Te Lucis ante Terminum (festal tone)

Taverner – Ave Dei patris filia

As the darkness folded around the pillars of theirchurches, mediaeval worshippers gathered for theservice of Compline, commending themselves toGod’s protection through the long watches of thenight. It was an occasion that inspired the greatEnglish composers to some of their most intimateand uplifting music. 'is magical programmeranges from exquisitely simple hymns tobreathtakingly complex webs of polyphony,

culminating in John Taverner’s thrilling votiveantiphon, Ave Dei patris 8lia, and is performedby one of the world’s <nest vocal ensembles.

‘An ensemble of breathtaking freshness, vitality andbalance’ – New York Times

‘Perhaps the most ravishing sound I heard this year’– 'e New Yorker

Great Hall

Transfigured Night

Psappha

Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht

A man and woman are walking through a moonlitforest. She confesses a dark secret: she is pregnantwith the child of another man. 'e acceptance andforgiveness of her new lover, who is prepared toaccept the child as his own, <nd expression in apassionate masterpiece for string sextet that hasremained Schoenberg’s most popular work.

Interval drinks

Thursday 23rd July

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Stile Antico

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Castle Howard

3pm


Do No Harm:Stories of Life, Deathand Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

Henry Marsh, Consultant Neurosurgeon atAtkinson Morley’s / St George’s Hospital inLondon, gives an astonishingly candid insight intothe life and work of a modern neurosurgeon – itstriumphs and disasters. How does it feel to holdsomeone’s life in your hands, to cut into the stu8that creates thought, feeling and reason? How doyou live with the consequences of performing apotentially life-saving operation when it all goeswrong? If you believe that brain surgery is a preciseand exquisite craft, practised by calm and detachedsurgeons, think again. Henry Marsh reveals the<erce joy of operating, the profoundly movingtriumphs, the harrowing disasters, the hauntingregrets and the moments of black humour thatcharacterise a brain surgeon’s life.

8pm

St Peter’s Church, Norton

Orchestra ofOpera North

Richard Farnes (conductor)

Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Mahler – Symphony no. 4 in G major

Richard Farnes conducts the musicians of OperaNorth in one of Bartók’s most popular and originalworks, where the driving rhythms and diabolicalenergy of Hungarian and Bulgarian folk music giveway to passages of great calm and beauty, especiallythe famous ‘night music’ section. It is followed byperhaps the most magical of all Mahler’ssymphonies: a musical depiction of the worldthrough the innocent eyes of a child, beginningwith sleigh bells and ending in heaven.

‘…Opera North back on top form, with theconductor undoubtedly the star of the show: howlong before Richard Farnes is recognised as anational treasure?’ – Daily Telegraph

‘Richard Farnes’s conducting is sensational in itssweep, detail and understanding’ – 'e Guardian


11am

St Hilda’s Church, Sherburn

Coffee Concert

Polyhymnia

Schumann – Zigeunerleben

Dvořák – Gypsy Songs

Schubert – Mignon songs

Schubert – Mignon und der Harfner

Liszt – Die Drei Ziegeuner

Wolf – Die Zigeunerin

Brahms – Ziegeunerlieder

A stay in Budapest inspired one of the best ofBrahms’s many Hungarian-inspired works – theZiegeunerlieder (‘Gypsy Songs’) for vocalensemble. A group of outstanding young singersjoins festival director Christopher Glynn for theseand other musical depictions of gypsy life – <ery,passionate, playful and always colourful.


3pm


Piano WorkshopCharles Owen

Young and amateur pianists are invited to comeand work with top pianist Charles Owen in aninformal public workshop. Come and <nd outhow to get more from your instrument and <ndmore freedom and enjoyment in playing. All agesand levels are welcome at this free event. Open-door to the public with unreserved seating. Totake part, or <nd out more, please email RobertHeath: [email protected].

‘Owen is an intelligent and insightful player witha technique to allow him to essay even the mostdiCcult of music and present it clearly to us; thereare insuCcient superlatives to praise him’ – 'eGlasgow Herald

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Orchestra of Opera North

Richard Farnes

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11am

Joan of Arc Hall, Botton Village

Coffee ConcertAeðelfrìth

Michael Berkeley – Champagne Fanfare (UK Premiere)

Nick Walkley – Jórvíkekkoer (World Premiere)

Byrd – Earl of Oxford’s March

Timothy Jackson – Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis

Michael Berkeley – Music from Chaucer

Simon Dobson – Joan’s Vision of St Michael (World Premiere)

Torstein Aagaard-Nielsen – Eirik the Viking

Holst (arr. Wick) – A Moorside Suite

Aeðelfrìth is a brass ensemble-based arts project,named after an ancient King of Northumbria andexploring connections between Anglian, Celtic andNordic cultures. 'eir programme has a mediaevalHavour, with a couple of Viking invasions thrownin! After a sparkling fanfare by Michael Berkeley,they play a new piece reminiscing Yorkshire underViking rule – a ‘call to arms’ featuring a pair ofDanish Lurs! 'ere are also pieces inspired byTallis and Chaucer, a new piece by Simon Dobsonto celebrate the special atmosphere of Botton’s Joanof Arc Hall and Holst’s famous evocation of thenorthern moorland landscapes of England.


7.30pm

Ampleforth Abbey

Rachmaninov –Vespers Ex Cathedra

Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

A centenary performance by an acclaimed choirof the work Rachmaninov loved above all hisothers – the Vespers (also known as the All NightVigil, and <rst performed in 1915). 'e solemn,serene beauty of this music which is rooted in hisdeep Orthodox faith gave him ‘an hour of themost complete satisfaction’. 'is work alwayscreates an unmistakable atmosphere and thisperformance by candlelight in Ampleforth Abbeywill surely be no exception.

‘Birmingham’s jewel in the crown – as theiracclaimed Proms appearance demonstrated – isJe;rey Skidmore’s Ex Cathedra…top-notch quality’– 'e Independent

‘a phenomenal feat of musicianship’ – 'e NewYorker

‘beyond praise…an unforgettable concert of memorablemusic superbly performed’ – Seen and Heard

No interval. Pre-concert and post-concert drinks

9.30pm

Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling

Nocturnesby Candlelight IIFinghin Collins (piano)

John Field – Two Nocturnes

Chopin – Two Nocturnes (op. 27)

Schumann – Des Abends


Schumann – In der Nacht


Schumann – Traumes Wirren

Acclaimed Irish pianist Finghin Collins beginswith two pieces by his compatriot John Field –the composer credited with inventing theNocturne. He follows them with three sets ofnocturnes by Chopin, interspersed with threevivid night-time evocations by Schumann.

‘He didn’t play as though trying to prove something, butrather as though recounting some little story he haduncovered in each one. /is was transcendent playing… spellbinding stu; that reached deep’ – Irish Times

‘Of Finghin Collins as soloist, little needs to be saidthat has not been said before: he is exceptionallyFuent, exceptionally intelligent, exceptionallysensitive, responding to every possible nuance’ –International Record Review

6.45pm


Dame Fanny Watermanin conversation with

Richard Shephard

A celebration of one of Yorkshire’s great musical<gures. At the age of 96, Dame Fanny Watermanis perhaps the world’s best known piano teacher.Her books have introduced over 2 millionchildren to the piano and the international pianocompetition she founded in Leeds over 50 yearsago is famous for bringing ‘global talent to God’sown county’ by discovering and launching thecareers of many great pianists. She joins thedistinguished composer Richard Shephard to talkabout her life and work.

8pm


Benjamin Grosvenorin recital

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

Mendelssohn – Two Preludes and Fugues

Chopin – Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor (Funeral March)

Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

Liszt – Venezia e Napoli

Since being named BBC Young Musician of theYear 2004 at the age of 11, Benjamin Grosvenorhas widely been seen as one of the mostremarkably talented pianists to have emerged onthe international stage. His programmeencompasses works by Mendelssohn and Ravel,as well as Chopin’s 2nd Sonata, with its famous‘funeral march’ and a <nal movement describedby Rubinstein as ‘wind howling aroundgravestones’, before he ends with a dazzling piecethat Liszt composed to celebrate his favouriteItalian cities.

‘Benjamin Grosvenor may well be the mostremarkable young pianist of our time …performance after performance of surpassingbrilliance and character’ – Gramophone

‘/ere is something of the conjuror and the magicianabout Grosvenor. His stage demeanour is quiet andhumble, his technique is e;ortless and Fawless, hisrhythmic energy and Fexibility are a constant sourceof delight, the range of colours he produces and hisdynamic range are possibly without parallel, and thisis done with an unassuming modesty that reveals somuch about his talent: he does not seek to amaze,and he does not need to’ – International RecordReview


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Coffee Concert

Charles Owen (piano)

Bach – Goldberg Variations

‘Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshmentof their spirits’ said Bach of his thirty variationson a simple tune, a musical Everest, full ofvirtuosity and incredible invention, and playedhere by one of the outstanding British pianists ofhis generation.

‘Charles Owen’s pellucid articulation, a bright andshining sound, absolutely no pedal, and anexuberant delight in these colourful works. Houdini-like technical challenges … as Bach pianism goes,this was as exciting as it gets’ – 'e Independent


3pm

St Mary’s Church, Ebberston

Afternoon Concert

Fenella Humphreys (violin)

Sally Beamish – New Work (English Premiere)

Bach – Chaconne (from Partita no. 2 in D minor)

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – New Work (English Premiere)

Bach – Partita no. 3 in E major

'e beautiful church of St Mary’s Ebberston isthe setting for two of Bach’s greatest solo violinworks alongside two new Bach-inspired works bytwo of the country’s foremost composers. 'eyare played by a violinist variously described in thepress as ‘alluring’, ‘unforgettable’ and ‘a wonder’.

‘Fenella Humphreys’ performance is a wonder’ –International Record Review

‘Fenella Humphreys captures the music’s wistfulcantabile to perfection, producing a golden tone inall registers with the utmost sensitivity to where everyphrase is moving’ – 'e Strad

6.30pm

Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

Discovering Bach:

John Butt in conversation'e award-winning conductor, keyboard playerand renowned Bach expert John Butt introducesthe concertos of J.S. Bach and answers questionsfrom the audience about Bach and his music.'is is a free event.

‘Butt is an unlikely podium hero. Holed up at theUniversity of Glasgow, he spends his days unravellingthe notational mysteries of baroque scores ... But, puthim on a podium, and Butt forgets his boCn dayjob and conducts his musicians with head-bangingferal might’ – 'e Guardian

8pm

Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

Dunedin Consort

John Butt (director)

Cecilia Bernardini (violin)

Huw Daniel (violin)

Alexandra Bellamy (oboe)

J.S. Bach – Sinfonia to Cantata 21 Ich hatte viel

Bekümmernis

J.S. Bach – Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor

J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto in E major

J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor

J.S. Bach – Concerto for two violins in D minor (Double

Concerto)

Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboardplayer, but was also a <ne violinist. After a livelyoverture, the Dunedin Consort presents two of hissolo violin concertos, with their wealth of inventivedetail, alongside a colourful and joyful concerto forviolin and oboe. 'e programme culminates inone of Bach’s greatest masterpieces - the DoubleConcerto for two violins, with its famous andsublime slow movement.

‘One of the 8nest available Bach performances’ –'e Independent

‘Sheer magic’ – BBC Music Magazine

‘a sparkling and scintillating performance…wheresome violinists sound as though they’re engaged in aphysical and intellectual tussle with the music,Bernardini made light and weightless music thatFowed in every movement …It was an absolutethrill to listen to and a delight to hear’ – 'e Herald

Interval drinks

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11am

St Mary’s Church, Lastingham

Coffee Concert

Joseph Shiner (clarinet)

Frederick Brown (piano)

John Ireland – Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano

Debussy – Beau Soir

Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne (World Premiere)

Fauré – Clair de lune

Brahms – Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major

Weiner – Peregi Verbunk

Two outstanding young musicians perform aprogramme including one of John Ireland’s mostpersonal works, a late sonata by Brahms and adazzling Hungarian showpiece. At the centre ofthe programme are three pieces inspired by night,including the world premiere of a new nocturneby Freya Waley-Cohen.


in Lastingham Village Hall

2pm

St Mary’s Church, Lastingham

Wind WorkshopJoseph Shiner

Young and amateur wind players are invited tocome and work with top clarinettist JosephShiner in an informal public workshop. Comeand <nd out how to get more from yourinstrument and <nd more freedom andenjoyment in playing. All ages and levels arewelcome at this free event. Open-door to thepublic with unreserved seating. To take part, or<nd out more, please email Robert Heath:[email protected].

3.30pm


Charlotte Green: The News is Read

For 27 years, newsreader Charlotte Green’s rich,velvety voice was a staple on the radio and a treatfor millions of listeners. Charlotte joined theBBC in 1978 and became one of the regularreaders on the Today programme, where herbulletins covered everything from the fall of theBerlin Wall to 9/11. After leaving Radio 4 in2013, Charlotte joined Classic FM, where shenow presents an arts and culture programme. Shetalks about her life, giving us the story behind thevoice, extracts from her entertaining andtouching autobiography, some hilariousanecdotes of her career, and a peek at the invisibleworld of radio.

7pm

Sledmere House and Church

Double Concert I

House

A Matter of Patter

Richard Suart (baritone)

Bryan Evans (piano)

A light-hearted celebration of operetta and the artof the patter song, of which Richard Suart is onethe world’s greatest exponents. Featuring songs byGilbert and Sullivan, Tom Lehrer, Flanders andSwann and Noel Coward, all spiced withanecdotes, dialogue and general patter – as youmight expect!

‘Richard Suart… patters astoundingly and isgleefully funny as Major-General Stanley’ – 'eGuardian

Church

Beethoven – Septet

Girasoli

Alison Bury (violin)

Katie Heller (viola)

Andrew Skidmore (cello)

Elizabeth Bradley (double bass)

Lesley Schatzberger (clarinet)

Susan Dent (horn)

Alastair Mitchell (bassoon)

Beethoven’s sparkling Septet has always been oneof his most celebrated works. Full of melodiccharm, witty interplay between instruments andingenious e8ects, this is Beethoven at his mostconvivial, played by a group of celebratedmusicians who have come together to mark the20th anniversary of festival charity Jessie’s Fund.

The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for

concert-goers and there will be a further picnic opportunity

during the 45 minute interval between performances when

drinks will also be available.

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Lendvai TrioSt Michael’s Church, Coxwold

11am

St Michael’s Church, Coxwold

Coffee Concert

Lendvai Trio

Beethoven – Serenade in D major (op. 8)

Michael Berkeley – String Trio

Ryedale welcomes the superb Lendvai Trio for athree-day residency. 'ey begin with an earlywork by Beethoven, where lively dances to delightthe composer’s patron sit alongside slowermovements that are full of poetry. It is followedby another early work (for which the composerstill has a ‘soft spot’) by festival composer inresidence Michael Berkeley.

‘/e Lendvai Trio has a deep well of energy… thiswas persuasive playing, technically of the highestorder’ – 'e Strad

‘/e string trio repertoire tends to be an unopenedbox of surprises, even to string players themselves …played with great wit and 8nesse by the LendvaiString Trio. /is is their 8rst disc. What a 8ne debut’– 'e Observer

Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits served from 10am-10.45am.

11am

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Welburn

Coffee Concert

Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)

Simon Smith (piano)

Beethoven – Sonata in F major for horn and piano

Kirchner – Tre Poemi

Schumann – Adagio and Allegro

R. Strauss – Mondscheinmusik aus Capriccio

At 28 years old, BBC New Generation Artist AlecFrank-Gemmill is already considered one of the

foremost exponents of the horn as a soloinstrument. He joins pianist Simon Smith for atypically wide-ranging programme.

‘A phenomenon with a tone of golden purity,wraparound warmth and ecstatic afterglow’ –Financial Times

‘what a great player is Frank-Gemmill.Extraordinary: the haunting horn strands of themusic have never been more tellingly in safe hands’– 'e Herald


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7pm

Sledmere House and Church

Double Concert II

Church

Lendvai Trio

Mozart – Divertimento in E flat major

Aged 31, at the height of his powers but alsovirtually penniless, Mozart turned to the unusualcombination of three string instruments andproduced one of his greatest masterpieces. AlfredEinstein called it ‘one of his noblest works...something special in the way of art, invention,

and good spirits... Each instrument is <rst amongequals, every note is signi<cant, every note acontribution to spiritual and sensuous ful<lmentin sound’.

‘their well-considered performances show a;ection forthe music, revelling in its warmth and Fashes ofhumour, a resounding success’ – BBC Music Magazine

House

4 Girls 4 Harps

Eleanor Turner, Harriet Adie, Keziah Thomas,

Elizabeth Scorah (harps)

Handel – La Réjouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

Harriet Adie – Sun, Moon and Stars – A Middle-Eastern Sky

Ravel – Three pieces from ‘Ma mère l’Oye’ (Mother Goose)

Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes

Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (World Premiere)

Monica Stadler – African Reflections

Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre

4 Girls 4 Harps have delighted audiences throughoutEurope with their dynamic performances andinnovative repertoire. Inspired by the sights andsounds of the night, their programme includes theworld premiere of a piece by Paul Patterson depictingone of night’s less welcome visitors!

‘Sparkingly energetic…ensemble is watertight andthere is a real rhythmic élan to the playing whichkeeps you listening’ – BBC Music Magazine

The grounds of Sledmere will be open from 5.30pm for

concert-goers and there will be a further picnic opportunity

during the 45 minute interval between performances when

drinks will also be available.

11am

Church of St Michael le Belfrey, York

Coffee Concert

Lendvai Trio

Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)

Christopher Glynn (piano)

Mozart – Horn Quintet in E flat major

Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor

Two very di8erent works by Mozart. 'e LendvaiTrio join forces with Alec Frank-Gemmill for hisHorn Quintet, a good-natured piece, full ofvirtuosity and with a magical central movement.In contrast his Piano Quartet in G minor isalmost operatic in its scope and richness, a truemasterpiece from the same year as /e Marriageof Figaro.


6pm


Any Other Business –Martin Vander Weyerand friends

Martin Vander Weyer reads excerpts from his newbook Any Other Business and talks about his life,alongside musical and poetic contributions fromfriends and colleagues. A Spectator columnistdescribed by Boris Johnson as ‘the most oracularand entertaining business commentator inLondon’, Martin is also a poet, playwright,amateur actor, former banker, intrepid traveller,ardent Francophile, music lover and proudYorkshireman – aspects of his life that are allreHected in this anthology which he describes as‘a kind of autobiographical jigsaw puzzle’.

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8pm


An Evening withMichael Berkeley

Fenella Humphreys (violin)

Adrian Brendel (cello)

Ruby Hughes (soprano)


Ryedale Festival Ensemble

Mozart – Adagio and Fugue

Lennox Berkeley – Andantino

Bridge – Go not, happy day

Britten – The Salley Gardens

Michael Berkeley – Three songs for children

Michael Berkeley – Veilleuse

Michael Berkeley – At a Solemn Wake (World Premiere)

Poulenc – La Grenouillère

Michael Berkeley – Echo: Homage à Poulenc

Michael Berkeley – Rilke Sonnet no. 2

Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor

An evening of music and conversation with thecomposer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley –one of the country’s best known musical <gures.'e son of the composer Lennox Berkeley,godson of Benjamin Britten, and a chorister atWestminster Cathedral, he has also been artisticdirector of several festivals, presenter of BBCRadio 3’s Private Passions and, since 2012, anindependent peer in the House of Lords. He talksabout his life in music and introducesperformances of some of his own ‘privatepassions’, including one of Fauré’s mostmagni<cent works. 'e concert also includes theworld premiere of a new piece for cello and pianocommissioned for the Ryedale Festival.


11am

St Mary’s Church, Thirsk

Coffee ConcertX24 and EXtraCHORd

William Brooks and Jessica Burggraf

(conductors)

Barber – Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings)

Buchenberg – Veni, Dilecta Mi

Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia

Byrd – O quam suavis est

Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir

'is concert begins and ends with two greatsettings of the Agnus Dei: Samuel Barber’s is anarrangement for voices of his own famous Adagiofor strings, while Swiss composer Frank Martin’ssetting concludes his inspired mass for doublechoir – one of the 20th century’s greatestliturgical works and also a piece that thecomposer regarded as his own personal o8eringto God. It also features one of Britten and Auden’shappiest collaborations – a motet in praise of thepatron saint of music.


8pm

All Saints’ Church, Helmsley

The Beautiful Maidof the Mill

Toby Spence (tenor)


Schubert - The Beautiful Maid of the Mill

(Die schöne Mullerin – in a new English version by Jeremy

Sams)

Schubert’s great song cycle Die schöne Mullerin isheard here in the world premiere of a new Englishversion by Jeremy Sams, sung by the internationallyrenowned tenor Toby Spence. Its twenty songs tellthe story of a young wanderer who follows a streamto a mill. He <nds work there, and falls in love withthe miller’s daughter. But when she rejects him he<nds himself alone, wandering again, with thestream his only companion.

‘Toby Spence’s appreciation of poetic form andexpression was evident from the 8rst phrase…everyword was clear, even those lines which werearticulated almost as a whisper. He vibrantly liftedwords from the page, and sang with a;ectingemotional commitment’ – Opera Today

‘one of the great British tenors of his generation’ –Opera Now

Pre-concert drinks

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9.30pm


Nocturnesby Candlelight III

Katya Apekisheva (piano)




Beethoven – Sonata no. 14 in C# minor (Moonlight Sonata)

For the last in our series celebrating night musicfor piano, Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva playsthe late Chopin Nocturnes alongside a sonata byBeethoven, nicknamed Moonlight after itsatmospheric opening movement.

‘A profoundly gifted artist who has already achievedartistic greatness’ – Gramophone

‘Astute colours and brilliant technique’ – 'e Times

‘Her power and temperament remind me of MarthaArgerich’ – Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moscow

Pre-concert drinks

3pm

Garden of the Worsley Arms Hotel,

Hovingham

Garden PartyKirkbymoorside Brass Band

No Yorkshire festival would be complete withouta brass band performance – and Kirkbymoorsideis well known as one of the county’s <nest. Wewelcome them in this their 200th anniversaryyear. Tickets include a cream tea.

6pm


Festival Service

The Revd. Tim Robinson

The Rt. Revd. James Jones (Preacher)

A short, ecumenical service of thanksgiving forthe festival, with words and music reHecting on atheme of ‘'e Imagination of our Hearts’.

7pm

Hovingham Hall

Final Gala Concert

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Toby Spence (tenor)

Steven Hudson (oboe)

Peter Francomb (horn)

Bradley Creswick (director)

Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Michael Berkeley – Oboe Concerto

Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

Mozart – Paris Symphony no. 31 in D major

'ree works with very di8erent night-timeassociations: Mozart’s evening divertissement Einekleine Nachtmusik ended up as one of his mostcelebrated works. Michael Berkeley’s OboeConcerto remembers the composer’s godfather,Benjamin Britten, in a movement recalling thelines ‘Let us sleep now’ from his War Requiem.Britten’s own fascination with the night is heardin his Serenade – haunting settings of six greatnocturnal poems with an eloquent part for solohorn. 'e concert ends with the musical<reworks of one of Mozart’s most extrovertsymphonies.

‘the Serenade…got the performance of a lifetimefrom tenor Toby…Crystalline, witty and full oftender, mysterious emotion, this was a reading thatbrought out every nuance and every bit of majestyin the score’ – San Francisco Chronicle

‘)ere’s no better chamber orchestra in Britain’ –'e Guardian


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5th July – 31st July 2015 / Helmsley Arts Centre

Ryedale FestivalExhibition

Gerard Collett

Gerard Collett is fast developing an internationalreputation for his street and social documentaryphotography. He has been recently exhibited in thePall Mall Gallery in London, the Soho ArthouseGallery in New York, and in Los Angeles at the LosAngeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). He isthe 2014 winner of the international iPhonePhotography Awards in its highly competitiveNews/Events category, securing furthernominations in other categories. He is a passionateadvocate of the analogue process and in additionto mobile photography and digital, he uses Leicarange<nder cameras in the tradition of HenriCartier-Bresson and Garry Winogrand, two of hismajor inHuences. In this year’s MobilePhotography Awards, he has received threecommendations, two in its Photojournalismcategory. His innovative work with the iPhone hasattracted the attention of numerous publications,including an in-depth interview with MacUserMagazine which ran a four-page spread of hisphotographs, establishing him as an exciting newvoice within iPhoneography and photojournalism.

Hovingham Hall

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Austro-Hungarianmusic• Bartók – String Quartets (19th – 22nd July)• Haydn – String Quartets op. 76 (19th –

22nd July)• Lehár – /e Merry Widow (18th and 20th July)• Brahms and the Gypsy – 'e Red Hedgehog

Tavern (17th July)• Brahms – Ziegeunerlieder (25th July)• Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and

Celesta (24th July)• Lucy Beckett – 'e Rise and Fall of the

Habsburg Empire (22nd July)

Night music• Chopin – Complete Nocturnes (21st and

25th July, 1st August)• Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (23rd July)• Stile Antico – Music for Compline (23rd July)• Holst – Nocturne from Moorside Suite (24th

July)• Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and

Celesta (24th July)• Rachmaninov – 100th anniversary

performance of Vespers (25th July)• Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne (28th July)

• Harriet Adie – Sun, Moon and Stars (30thJuly)

• Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (30th July)• Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2nd August)• Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

(2nd August)

Michael Berkeley –composer in residence• Champagne Fanfare (24th July)• Music from Chaucer (24th July)• String Trio (29th July)• At a Solemn Wake (World Premiere – 31st July)• Veilleuse (31st July)• 'ree songs for children (31st July) • Echo: Homage à Poulenc (31st July)• Rilke Sonnet no. 2 (31st July)• Oboe Concerto (2nd August)

Free Workshops• Strings Workshop with Matthew Sharp

(18th July)• Jazz Workshop with NYJO (21st July)• Piano Workshop with Charles Owen (25th

July)• Wind Workshop with Joseph Shiner (28th July)

Festival Premieres• David Gordon – Romanesque for recorder

and string quartet (17th July)• Marcus Bartram-Stevens – Double on

Purcell’s Fantasia No 7 (17th July)• Michael Berkeley – Champagne Fanfare

(24th July)• Nick Walkley – Jórvíkekkoer (24th July)• Simon Dobson – Joan’s Vision of St Michael

(24th July) • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – new work

(27th July)• Sally Beamish – new work (27th July)• Freya Waley-Cohen – Nocturne for clarinet

and piano (28th July)• Paul Patterson – Mosquitoes (30th July)• Michael Berkeley – At a Solemn Wake

(31st July)• Jeremy Sams – 'e Beautiful Maid of the

Mill (1st August)

Ways with Words –festival talks and literary events

• Katy Hamilton – Haydn, Bartók and theString Quartet (19th – 22nd July)

• Martin Bell – 'e End of Empire (20th July)

• Lucy Beckett – 'e Rise and Fall of theHabsburg Empire (22nd July)

• Henry Marsh – Do No Harm (24th July)• Dame Fanny Waterman in conversation

(26th July)• John Butt – Discovering Bach (27th July)• Charlotte Green – 'e News is Read (28th July)• Martin Vander Weyer – Any Other Business

(31st July)

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Pickering, YO18 8AA

Box OFce Opening TimesMonday 9.30am to 4.00pm; Tuesday – Friday 9.30am to 2.00pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12.00pm.• Please note there will be a £2.00 handling charge for all bookings. • Credit card bookings cannot be accepted by email. • Please make cheques payable to ‘Ryedale Festival’.• For acknowledgement of your postal booking please include a stamped addressed envelope.• Please be sure to mark name, address and postcode clearly on all correspondence.

Online Tickets for many Ryedale Festival events will now be available online. Please visitwww.ryedalefestival.com for more details. Please note that membership discounts cannot be usedonline, and online booking is not available during the priority booking period.

PRIORITY BOOKING DATES (Priority Bookings are Postal Only): Gold: 17th – 23rd AprilSilver: 24th – 30th April

Friends: 1st May – 14th MayGeneral Booking and Box OFce Open from 18th May

Memberships To become a Festival Gold Member (£250 p.a.), Silver Member (£150 p.a.), Friend (£50 p.a.) or Under25 Member (£10 p.a.) please add the appropriate amount to your ticket order. Subscriptions run from1st January - 31st December. Please contact Membership Secretary, Lorna Vasey, on 07828 [email protected], or see the website for more details.

Priority Booking TermsDuring the priority booking periods, Gold, Silver and Friend Members may purchase up to two ticketsper event; Gold members receive a 20% discount, and Silver members a 10% discount, on one ticketper event. 'ere are no discounts for Friends. If ordering for more than one member please includeall names on the form.

General Booking TermsTickets can be applied for by post before the Box OQce opens on the 18th May, and will be dealt within order of receipt when general booking begins.

Accessibility Some of our venues have limited access for wheelchair users and those with restricted mobility. If you have anyspecial requirements, please inform the Box OQce when ordering tickets, or use the Accessibility Requirementssection on the Booking Form.

Returns 'e Festival cannot accept returns at less than one week’s notice prior to the event. Before this date, arefund will be paid (less a 10% handling charge) for any ticket returned and subsequently resold.

• In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Festival reserves the right to change artists,programmes and venues without prior notice.

• Please note that many Festival venues are not designed as concert halls and some seats may havea restricted view.

• Doors open 30 minutes before advertised performance times.

Booking Form

Ampleforth Abbey and 'eatre YO62 4EN

Birdsall St Mary’s Church YO17 9NW

Botton Village Joan of Arc Hall YO21 2NJ

Castle Howard YO60 7DA

Coxwold St Michael’s Church YO61 4AD

Easingwold Galtres Centre YO61 3AD

St John and All Saints’ YO61 3HH

Ebberston St Mary’s Church YO13 9PA

Gilling Church of the Holy Cross YO62 4JQ

Helmsley Duncombe Park YO62 5EB

Helmsley Arts Centre YO62 5DW

All Saints’ Church YO62 5AQ

Hovingham All Saints’ Church YO62 4LG

Hovingham Hall YO62 4LU

Worsley Arms Hotel YO62 4LA

Ryedale FestivalBox OfficeThe Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, N. Yorks YO18 [email protected] office 01751 475777

Finding our Venues

Lastingham St Mary’s Church YO62 6TN

Malton Methodist Chapel YO17 7LL

Milton Rooms YO17 7LX

St Michael’s Church YO17 7LX

'e Talbot Hotel YO17 7AJ

Norton St Peter’s Church YO17 9AE

Old Malton St Mary’s Priory Church YO17 7HB

Pickering Parish Church YO18 7AW

Scarborough St Martin-on-the-Hill YO11 2BT

Sherburn St Hilda’s Church YO17 8PP

Sledmere Sledmere House YO25 3XG

'irsk St Mary’s Church YO7 1PR

Welburn St John the Evangelist YO60 7EQ

York St Michael le Belfrey YO1 7EN

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(See next page for m

ethod of payment)

TIME

No

EVENT

VENUE

FULL

GOLD

SILV

ER

UNDER 25

TOTAL

qty

MEMBER qty

MEMBER qty

qty

£p

FRI 1

711am

1Coffee C

antata / Rom

anesque / Sir Thom

as Allen

Pickering Parish C

hurch£16.00

£12.80

£14.40

£8.00

JULY

8pm

2The R

ed Hedgehog Tavern

Milton R

ooms, M

alton£18.00

£14.40

£16.20

£9.00

SAT 1

811am

3Coffee C

oncert – Phoenix Trio / H

aydn and Brahm

s St John and A

ll Saints', Easingw

old£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

2pm

4Strings W

orkshop – M

atthew Sharp

St John and A

ll Saints', Easingw

oldFree

SEE P

AGE 7

Free

6pm

5The M

erry Widow

(with picnic interval)

Ampleforth C

ollege Theatre£35.00

£28.00

£31.50

£17.50

SUN 19

7pm

6Pre-concert talk I

The Saloon, D

uncombe Park

FreeBOOKIN

G N

ECESSARY

Free

8pm

7Haydn, B

artók and the String Q

uartet IThe S

aloon, Duncom

be Park£16.00

£12.80

£14.40

£8.00

MON 20

10am

8Pre-concert talk II

St M

ary's Church, B

irdsallFree

BOOKIN

G N

ECESSARY

Free

11am

9Haydn, B

artók, and the String Q

uartet IISt M

ary's Church, B

irdsall£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

3pm

10

Martin B

ell – The End of Em

pireGaltres C

entre, Easingwold

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

7pm

11

The Merry W

idow (w

ithout picnic interval)Ampleforth C

ollege Theatre£35.00

£28.00

£31.50

£17.50

TUES 21

10am

12

Pre-concert talk III

All S

aints' Church, H

ovinghamFree

BOOKIN

G N

ECESSARY

Free

11am

13

Haydn, B


uartet IIIAll S

aints' Church, H

ovingham£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

3.30pm

14

Jazz Workshop –

NYJO

Milton R

ooms, M

altonFree

SEE P

AGE 1

1Free

7pm

15

National Youth Jazz O

rchestraMilton R

ooms, M

alton£20.00

£16.00

£18.00

£10.00

9.30pm

16

Nocturnes by C

andlelight I – Charles O

wen

St M

ichael's Church, M

alton£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

WED 22

11am

17

Lucy Beckett –

The Rise and Fall of the H

absburg Empire

Methodist C

hapel, Malton

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

12.45pm

18

Festival Lunch Talbot H

otel, Malton

£25.00

NO

D

IS

CO

UN

TS

7pm

19

Pre-concert talk IV

St M

ary's Priory C

hurch, Old M

altonFree

BOOKIN

G N

ECESSARY

Free

8pm

20

Haydn, B


uartet IVSt M

ary's Priory C

hurch, Old M

alton£16.00

£12.80

£14.40

£8.00

THU 23

11am

21

Coffee C

oncert – Yorkshire Young M

usiciansHelm

sley Arts C

entre£10.00

£8.00

£9.00

£5.00

7pm

22

Triple Concert –

Petrushka / Com

pline / Transfigured Night

Castle H

oward

£36.00

£28.80

£32.40

£18.00

FRI 2

411am

23

Brass ensem

ble – Aeðelfrith

Joan of Arc H

all, Botton

£15.00

£12.00

£13.50

£7.50

3pm

24

Henry M

arsh – Do N

o Harm

Helm

sley Arts C

entre£10.00

£8.00

£9.00

£5.00

8pm

25

Orchestra of O

pera North –

Bartók and M

ahlerSt Peter's C

hurch, Norton C

entre Nave

£30.00

£24.00

£27.00

£15.00

Side A

isles Unallocated

£28.00

£22.40

£25.20

£14.00

SAT 2

511am

26

Coffee C

oncert – Ziegeunerlieder / Polyhym

niaSt H

ilda's Church, S

herburn£15.00

£12.00

£13.50

£7.50

3pm

27

Piano W

orkshop – Charles O

wen

Helm

sley Arts C

entreFree

SEE P

AGE 1

7Free

7.30pm

28

Rachm

aninov – Vespers / Ex C

athedraAmpleforth A

bbey£20.00

£16.00

£18.00

£10.00

9.30pm

29

Nocturnes by C

andlelight II – Finghin C

ollinsHoly C

ross Church, G

illing£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

SUN 26

6.45pm

30

Dam

e Fanny Waterm

an and Richard S

hephardThe S

aloon, Duncom

be Park£7.00

£5.60

£6.30

£3.50

8pm

31

Benjam

in Grosvenor in recital

The Saloon, D

uncombe Park

£28.00

£22.40

£25.20

£14.00

MON 27

11am

32

Coffee C

oncert – Goldberg Variations / C

harles Owen

The Saloon, D

uncombe Park

£14.00

£11.20

£12.60

£7.00

3pm

33

Afternoon C

oncert – Fenella H

umphreys

St M

ary's Church, Ebberston

£10.00

£8.00

£9.00

£5.00

6.30pm

34

Discovering B

ach – John B

utt in conversationSt M

artin-on-the-Hill, S

carboroughFree

BOOKIN

G N

ECESSARY

Free

8pm

35

Dunedin C

onsort – Bach C

oncertosSt M

artin-on-the-Hill, S

carborough£20.00

£16.00

£18.00

£10.00

TUES 28

11am

36

Coffee C

oncert – Joseph S

hiner and Frederick Brow

n St M

ary's Church, Lastingham

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

2pm

37

Wind W

orkshop – Joseph S

hinerSt M

ary’s Church, Lastingham

FreeSEE P

AGE 2

2Free

3.30pm

38

Charlotte G

reen – The N

ews is R

eadHelm

sley Arts C

entre£15.00

£12.00

£13.50

£7.50

7pm

39

Double C

oncert I – A M

atter of Patter / Beethoven –

Septet

Sledm

ere House and C

hurch£30.00

£24.00

£27.00

£15.00

WED 29

11am

40

Coffee C

oncert – Lendvai Trio

St M

ichael's Church, C

oxwold

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

THU 30

11am

41

Cofffee C

oncert – Alec Frank-G

emmill and S

imon S

mith

St John the Evangelist, W

elburn£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

7pm

42

Double C

oncert II – Lendvai Trio / 4

Girls 4

Harps

Sledm

ere House and C

hurch£25.00

£20.00

£22.50

£12.50

FRI 3

111am

43

Coffee C

oncert – Lendvai Trio, A

. Frank-Gem

mill, C

. Glynn

St M

ichael le Belfrey C

hurch, York£15.00

£12.00

£13.50

£7.50

6pm

44

Martin Vander W

eyer and FriendsHelm

sley Arts C

entre£10.00

£8.00

£9.00

£5.00

8pm

45

An Evening w

ith Michael B

erkeleyThe S

aloon, Duncom

be Park£25.00

£20.00

£22.50

£12.50

SAT 1

11am

46

Coffee C

oncert – X24 and EX

traCHORd

St M

ary's Church, Thirsk

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

AUGUST

8pm

47

The Beautiful M

aid of the Mill –

T. Spence and C

. Glynn

All S

aints' Church, H

elmsley

£18.00

£14.40

£16.20

£9.00

9.30pm

48

Nocturnes by C

andlelight III – Katya A

pekishevaAll S

aints' Church, H

elmsley

£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

SUN 2

3pm

49

Garden Party –

Kirkbym

oorside Brass B

and Worsley A

rms H

otel Garden, H

ovingham£12.00

£9.60

£10.80

£6.00

6pm

50

Festival Service

All S

aints' Church, H

ovinghamFree

BOOKIN

G U

NNECESSARY

Free

7pm

51

Final Gala C

oncert – Royal N

orthern Sinfonia / T. S

penceHovingham

Hall M

ain Section

£30.00

£24.00

£27.00

£15.00

Rear S

ection£26.00

£20.80

£23.40

£13.00

Total ticket payment all colum

ns

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TOTAL P

AYMENT

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