Saturday 7th April 2018

Artistic Director: Libby Burgess • Founder: Roland Deller

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The third New Paths FestivalBeverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Musical

Takeover of

Beverley

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2 Market Cross

3 Peter Hall Violins

4 Guildhall

5 East Riding Theatre

6 Beverley Minster

7 Beverley Minster Parish Hall

8 Flemingate Shopping Centre

9 Beverley Beck

10 Masonic Temple

11 Toll Gavel United Church

Musical Takeover of Beverley

Full programme

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Follow Bertie Beaver, the town mascot, on our trail of musical events throughout Beverley.

All events in this musical carnival are free and unreserved. Just turn up! Get your booklet stamped at each of the 11 events (see pages 4-5) and on the bus (see page 6). If you collect 8 or more stamps, present your stamped booklet to a New Paths volunteer to receive a prize!

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12:30pm - 1pm | Beverley MinsterOur resident festival organ students, highly

talented young players who have been selected from Oundle for Organists courses, give informal performances in the Minster. Come and hear the imposing sound

of the mighty Minster organ in this stunning building.

Organists Entertain

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9am - 10am | St Mary’s ChurchThe fabulous bell-ringing team

of St Mary’s ring in our day with a quarter peal. The bell tower will

be open to visitors after the ringing.

Let the Bells Ring Out

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10am - 10:30am | Market CrossNew Paths string players serenade the shoppers of Saturday Market at the Market Cross with the ultimate

in outdoor classical musical entertainment, Mozart’s famous

Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Serenade

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11:30am - 12:30pm | East Riding TheatreFour festival violinists and Artistic Director

Libby Burgess play the FAE Sonata, written as a collaboration by friends Schumann, Brahms and Dietrich, and named after Brahms’ motto Frei Aber Einsam. Alongside this Carris Jones

and Johnny Herford sing romantic and light-hearted duets

by Brahms.

Free but Lonely

Musical Takeover of Beverley

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11am - 11:30am | GuildhallThe doors of The Guildhall are being thrown open on a Saturday especially for the festival. A chance to visit one of the most fascinating historic buildings in town. Walk through the

striking portico into the Georgian courtroom with its exquisite Rococo decoration to hear a performance of a joyful Handel

recorder sonata by Ian Wilson.

Rococo!

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In association with:In association with: The Beverley Barge

Preservation Society

2:30pm - 3:30pm | Beverley BeckNew Paths performers play on the deck of the Syntan, which is specially opened to visitors by

the Beverley Barge Preservation Society.

Their smallest vessel, the Mermaid, will be making free short trips up and down

the Beck (prior booking recommended).

Messing About

on the River

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3:30pm - 4pm | Masonic TempleAn extremely rare opportunity to see inside

the Masonic Temple, and to hear Mozart’s beautiful Quintet for horn and strings in

such a setting. Mozart is the most famous musical Mason, whose number

also includes Sibelius and Haydn.

Mozart the Mason

10 4pm - 4:30pm Toll Gavel United Church

The culmination of a major New Paths outreach project with Frederick Holmes School in Hull for children with severe physical disabilities and profound and multiple needs. Come and hear this

specially composed piece performed by students alongside New Paths

artists.

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10:30am - 11am Peter Hall Violins, Norwood

We make a return visit to the workshop and studio of local violin maker, Peter Hall.

A special opportunity to see Peter and his fellow craftsmen at work. Fenella and

Andrew entertain the crowd with one of the great duos for violin and viola,

Sarabande con variazione (after Handel) by Norwegian composer Johan

Halvorsen, and discuss their lives in music.

Well Strung

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2pm - 2:30pm Flemingate shopping centre

A group of young local brass players present the music they’ve been working on this week

in a special workshop led by stupendous trumpeter Alex Caldon.

For information on how to join the brass workshop,

see page 29.

Brass Attack!

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1pm - 2pm | Minster Parish HallThe legendary New Paths ploughman’s lunch returns,

for the bargain price of £5 a head.

Ploughman’s Lunch

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Hop on the Beverley Bar Bus Events coming up in the festival

We are delighted that the 1956 vintage Beverley Bar Bus will be in town especially for the day. With a specially curved roof so it could go through

the North Bar, this double deck bus was an iconic local feature.Nowadays East Yorkshire Motor Services hire out the bus for weddings and special occasions.

Hop on board the bus during its time in Beverley and take a look at the vintage interior or take one of the short journeys around Beverley per the timetable below.

If you’re lucky you may hear some of our musicians giving ad hoc performances on the bus.

Morning09:00am - 10:45am Static outside St Mary’s Church

10:45am - 11:00am Journey from St Mary’s Church to the East Riding Theatre11:00am - 12:00pm Static outside the East Riding Theatre

Afternoon13:15pm - 13:45pm Journey from the East Riding Theatre

(via the Westwood) to Flemingate13:45pm - 14:15pmStatic at Flemingate

14:15pm - 14:20pm Journey from Flemingate to Beverley Beck14:20pm - 15:15pm Static at Beverley Beck

15:15pm - 15:20pm Journey from Beverley Beck to the Railway Station15:20pm - 16:20pm Static at the Railway Station

16:30pm - 16:45pm Journey from the East Riding Theatre to Beverley Minster

Mermaid is the smallest boat in the Beverley Barge Preservation Society’s fleet. Built in 1986 in Korea, she was originally a lifeboat

tender to the Trinity House vessel also called Mermaid.She was used to take crew members to lighthouses, buoys and other navigational equipment. Today we are thrilled that she is celebrating the Musical Takeover of

Beverley by making short (20-minute) trips up the Beck at the times below. Mermaid only carries 8 passengers so prior booking is recommended.

Please email admin@newpathsmusic.com to book a place on a trip or just turn-up and take a chance.

10:00am | 11:00am | 12:00pm | 13:00pm | 14:00pm | 15:00pmSome additional trips may take place on the half hour, subject to demand.

Mermaid’s biggest sister in the fleet, Syntan, will be open the public from 10am until 4pm.

Step on board to see the museum of the Beverley Barge Preservation Society and hear our musicians perform at 2.30pm.

All aboard ‘Mermaid’

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Saturday 7th April | 5pm - 6pm Free: just turn up | Beverley MinsterThe choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, sing the service of choral evensong,

A Jorvik Evensong

Saturday 7th April | 7:30pm - 10:30pm £15 | Memorial HallTriple Scotch, one of the UK’s best ceilidh bands top the bill.

Festival Ceilidh

Sunday 8th April | 10:30am - 12pm Free: just turn up | Beverley MinsterThe choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, concludes its residency in the Minster

Eucharist

Sunday 8th April | 12:30pm - 1:30pm £8 | Beverley MinsterSwedish virtuoso Gunnar Idenstam plays a programme of Bach, Swedish folk, improvisation and his own music

Organ Recital

Sunday 8th April | 2:30pm - 3:15pm £8 | East Riding TheatreOne performance only! This short show, which alludes to music hall, tells the story of TS Eliot’s wife, Vivienne. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Evening Standard.

Notes from the Asylum

Sunday 8th April | 4pm - 5pm £8 | St Mary’s ChurchA beautiful programme of chamber music and song for a Sunday afternoon.

Songs of Praise

Sunday 8th April | 8pm - 10pm £12 | East Riding TheatreKatarina Karnéus, former winner of Cardiff Singer of the World, headlines the stunning closing concert of the festival.

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