The 45th Bedford Park Festival: June 11-26 2011
Classical music events
Carolin Widmann: House Concert
An intimate concert in a beautiful Bedford Park house, followed by refreshments. International concert violinist Carolin Widmann performs J.S. Bach Partita in B minor BWV 1002; Lili Boulanger Nocturne; E. Ysaye Sonata N. 2 'Obsession'; Lili Boulanger Cortège; L. Berio Sequenza VIII. Accompanied by Barry Jobling (Piano). carolinwidmann.com. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
Saturday 11 June. 8pm. 15 Priory Avenue. Tickets £12
Lunch Recital: Faure, Finzi, Britten & Schumann
Alice Grattan (Soprano), Steven Irwin (Tenor) and Cecily Lock (Piano) perform songs by Gabriel Faure; Gerald Finzi's settings of Thomas Hardy poems; Benjamin Britten's song cycle 'On This Island' and duets by Robert Schumann. Refreshments available. Bring a picnic to have afterwards in the garden. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
Thursday 16 June. 1pm. The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Tickets £12, in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762
The Mikado
Opera Novella Productions presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s much-loved operetta, featuring singers from the D'Oyly Carte and St Michael's very own Father Kevin Morris in the title role.With a live chamber orchestra, this comic and musical masterpiece includes all the favourites: A Wandering Minstrel, I've Got A Little List, Three Little Maids From School, and The Sun Whose Rays. ‘Sally-Ann Shepherdson’s Yum-Yum was exemplary’ The Independent. operanovella.com.
Friday 17 June. 7pm for 7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Church. Tickets £20, 10*
Justin Lavender: Champagne Recital
Operatic and concert tenor Justin Lavender has sung leading roles at Covent Garden, La Scala and Sydney Opera House. He’ll perform Schumann’s Dichterliebe song cycle and opera arias. Hear Justin singing at justinlavender.co.uk. Champagne and canapés in a beautiful Bedford Park house and garden. Sponsor: Chesterton Humberts
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Saturday 18 June. 7.30pm for 8pm. 22 Woodstock Road. Tickets £30
Bach Cantata No 21 and Façade
Giles Ridley leads the West London Players and Singers with soloists Alice Grattan (Soprano) Tom Cragg (Tenor) and Jim Wills (Bass). Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary; JS Bach Cantata No 21 - Ich hatte viel Bekëmmernis. Façade, an entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell and music by William Walton, is played by a Festival Consort of Instrumentalists and Reciters. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
Sunday 19 June. 7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Church. Retiring collection
Lunch Recital: Schubert, Franck & Gershwin
Lana Trotovsek (Violin) and Yoko Misumi (Piano) are members of the international award winning ‘The Greenwich Trio’. thegreenwichtrio.com. Refreshments available. Bring a picnic to have in the garden afterwards. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
Thursday 23 June. 1pm. The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Tickets £12, in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762
Festival Mass
Solemn Sung Eucharist: The Bedford Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus. Mozart: Waisenhausmesse. Conductor: Jonathan Dods.
Sunday 26 June. 10am. St Michael & All Angels Church. All welcome
Booking information
Tickets for most events are available on the door, unless sold out. Some events require advance booking because places are limited. Discounts marked with an asterisk are for children, students and the unemployed. Advance Booking Forms are now available in St Michael & All Angels Church (porch and inside) and Puff'n'Stuff. To print your own Advance Booking Form, click here. There is a new 10 per cent discount if you buy any 10 tickets to Festival events (with a couple of exceptions).
Box Office information from 020 8995 3285 or e-mail: Helen@may.be