Programme for the 2008 Festival

Event 1

Wednesday, 23rd July

Bingham House

11:00 am  £10

Followed by coffee in the Fleece Hotel

Coffee Concert at Bingham House
Diana Statham
'cello

John Wilson
harpsichord

Works from the Baroque repertoire of classics

Event 2

Wednesday, 23rd July

The Old Barn
Parkway
Upper Siddington

7:45 pm  £12 (£10)

Cantores
Conductor
John Holloway
Drake's Viols
The Golden Age
 
Music by Byrd, Tallis and Gibbons for voices and viols
Event 3

Thursday, 24th July

Bingham House

11:00 am  £10

Followed by coffee in the Fleece Hotel

Coffee Concert at Bingham House

Rising Stars

Lizzy Lester flute
Hannah Ponting soprano

Music by J.S. Bach and Mozart for flute and voice

Event 4

Thursday, 24th July

Westonbirt School

7:45 pm  £12 (£10)
 

Bernard Robert

Piano Recital

Bach Preludes and Fugues
French Suite No 5
Mozart Fantasie and
Sonata in C minor.

"Profound inspiration"
The Independent

Event 5

Friday, 25th July

Bingham House

11:00 am  £10

Followed by coffee in the Fleece Hotel

Coffee Concert at Bingham House

Brunerva - Baroque Ensemble

Directed by John Wilson

The Cheltenham-based group performs a programme of Baroque music for recorders, gamba and harpsichord including works by Handel and Telemann.

Event 6

Friday, 25th July

The Old Barn
Parkway
Upper Siddington

7:45 pm  £12 (£10)
 

Ensemble
Sans Souci

Polly Armitage
Baroque flute

Heather Birt
Baroque violin/viola

Judith Dollosso
Baroque 'cello

Richard Lester
Harpsicord

This newly formed period instrument group play music by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Quantz and Telemann
Event 7

Saturday, 26th July

Bingham House

11:00 am  £10

Followed by coffee in the Fleece Hotel

Coffee Concert at Bingham House
Music for Recorder & Harpsichord

Cathy Dew
Recorder
Simon Pickard
Harpsichord

Sponsored by the Bingham House Trust

Event 8

Saturday, 26th July

Cirencester
Bingham Hall

7:45 pm  £12 (£10)

 

Gala Orchestral Concert
With members of the
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
Young musicians, Peter and Julia Liang, Rupert Uzzell, Nat Mander and Lizzy Lester return for a concert to include Bach's double violin concerto, Handel organ concerto, Bach's harpsichord concerto, Handel Arriva of the Queen of Sheba and a Vivaldi recorder concerto.