RYEDALE FESTIVAL
11 TH -27 TH july 2008
RYEDALE FESTIVAL 2008
Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Welcome to Ryedale
Festival 2008. Following
the extraordinary British
weather in the summer of
2007, one of the main
themes in this year’s
programme is The Four
Elements – Earth, Air, Fire
and Water. The programme
also explores the Serenade
(a genre with its origins in outdoor
performance, but here all sensibly played
indoors) and the trilogy of French masters
Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen. We will continue
last year’s exploration of musical arrangements
– excellent transcriptions for chamber forces
that enable us to bring major symphonic music
to the intimate venues of this magical Festival.
Castle Howard will once again host a magnificent
‘triple concert’ in which three programmes will be
performed in different parts of the house, giving
the audience three mini-concerts in one evening.
Another innovation, the ‘RyeCrawl’, will see the
audience taken on a magical musical mystery tour
by coach, visiting a sequence of stunning
architectural gems; each venue will be brought to
life by a short recital. If you know someone who
lives in the area who would find it hard to get to a
concert, you can nominate them for a ‘Concert in
your Kitchen’ – a short performance in their own
home given by one of the Festival’s artists!
The BBC Singers, conducted by Stephen Cleobury,
are joined by the award-winning young cellist Guy
Johnston to give a major concert in York Minster;
other artists include the Sacconi and Doric String
Quartets and an ensemble from Opera North; the
period-instrument orchestra The Harmony of
Nations will be in residence in the first week,
giving two concerts and accompanying the Festival
Opera (Handel Orlando). We have brass bands, a big
band and a steel band, and Ryedale’s wealth of
local talent will be showcased in the ever-popular
Community Opera and other performances.
We are very grateful to the Ryedale District Council
for their continuing support of the Festival, and to
the many sponsors, trusts and individuals without
whose help we would be unable to bring such a
wide range of first class performances to the
district. Our thanks also go to the Patrons and
Friends who do so much to make the Festival such
an exhilarating fortnight. Come and enjoy the
magic of live performance – I look forward to
seeing you here!
Justin Doyle / Artistic Director
Front cover : ‘Empedocles Roots’ by Harriet Mackenzie.
This image of the Four Elements was commissioned by Ryedale Festival. The greek philosopher Empedocles
identified Earth, Air, Fire and Water as the four ‘roots’ of which everything is made; Plato seems to have
been the first to call them ‘Elements’.
SUMM ARY OF EVENTS
Thur 24th 1:00pm Festival Lunch / Hovingham
JULY
Fri 11th
Sat 12th
6:00pm Community Opera / Malton
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8:00pm Sacconi String Quartet / Norton
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3:00pm Community Opera / Malton
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6:00pm Community Opera / Malton
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8:00pm Harmony of Nations / Pickering
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7:00pm Triple Concert / Castle Howard
Fri 25th 11:00am Coffee Concert / Ampleforth Abbey
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6:00pm Pre-performance talk / Botton Village 37
Sat 26th
7:00pm Young Sinfonia / Botton Village
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9:45am Ryecrawl / Pickering
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Sun 13th 9:00am Festival Chorus Rehearsal / Norton
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8:00pm Galaxy Big Band / Terrington
10:00am Festival Service / Norton
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Sun 27th 6:00pm Final Gala Concert – King’s Camerata /
Hovingham (Worsley Arms garden) 41
8:00pm The Creation / Ampleforth Abbey
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Mon 14th 11:00am Lucy Beckett Lecture / Pickering
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8:00pm Doric String Quartet /
Sledmere House
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Tue 15th 11:00am Coffee Concert / Duncombe Park
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8:00pm Sally Pryce, harp / Duncombe Park
Wed 16th 11:00am Coffee Concert / Lastingham
8:00pm Polymnia Ensemble / Helmsley
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Thur 17th 5:45pm Pre-performance talk / Hovingham
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7:00pm Festival Opera – Handel Orlando /
Hovingham Hall
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7:30pm 1812 Theatre Company / Helmsley
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7:30pm Celebrity Concert / York Minster
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Fri 18th
The Ryedale Festival is extremely
grateful to all its supporters,
particularly the following:
Sat 19th 12:00pm North Stars Steel Orchestra / Malton 19
2:30pm Bilsdale Silver Band / Helmsley
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3:45pm Pre-performance talk / Hovingham
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5:00pm Festival Opera – Handel Orlando /
Hovingham Hall
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7:30pm 1812 Theatre Company / Helmsley
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Sun 20th 2:00pm Poetry Reading / Botton Village
2:30pm Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band /
Kirkbymoorside
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5:00pm Farrington Ensemble / Botton Village 26
Mon 21st 3:00pm Festival Tea Party –
Yorkshire Young Musicians / Gilling
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7:00pm Kirkbymoorside Junior Band and
Friends / Farndale
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7:30pm Festival Cinema –
Mozart The Magic Flute / Helmsley
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Tue 22nd 11:00am Coffee Concert / Lastingham
8:00pm Bach by Candlelight / Old Malton
Wed 23rd 11:00am Coffee Concert / Old Malton Priory
8:00pm The Song of the Earth / Norton
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Shepherd Group
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Charitable Trust
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Thirkleby Trust
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Trust
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Friday 11th July
Saturday 12th
6:00pm Milton Rooms, Malton
3:00pm Milton Rooms, Malton
Community Opera
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6:00pm Milton Rooms, Malton
Barry Russell The Wedding Ghost
a contemporary Sleeping Beauty
Community Opera
A mysterious map, a strange journey, a magical
castle in a forest of thorns and an impossible
decision feature in this contemporary reworking of
the story of the Sleeping Beauty. On the eve of his
wedding a young man is sent on a quest. A journey
by train, through deserted streets and down river
brings him to a palace where everyone has slept for
centuries. To kiss and awake the past, or to return
to a mundane life? Our hero’s choice leads to a
cataclysmic climax and an unconventional marriage.
Commissioned by Ryedale Festival from Barry
Russell, based on the book by Leon Garfield.
8:00pm St Peter’s Church, Norton
2
Haydn String Quartet in G op.54 no.1
Holloway String Quartet no. 2
Ravel String Quartet in F
Formed in 2001 at the Royal College of Music, the
outstanding Sacconi Quartet has won prizes at the
2006 London, Trondheim and Bordeaux International
String Quartet Competitions. These brilliant young
players launch their own chamber music festival in
Folkestone this year and will premiere Robin
Holloway’s String Quartet no. 2 shortly before
bringing it to Ryedale. This opening concert also
features Ravel’s popular quartet with its lively
pizzicato Scherzo.
Sacconi String Quartet photo/Sussie Ahlburg
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See Friday 11th
Em Whitfield Brooks, director
Tim Brooks, musical director
Lyn Wait, designer
Opening Concert
Sacconi String Quartet
Community Opera
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See Friday 11th
8:00pm Pickering Parish Church
Harmony of Nations
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Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Corelli Concerto Grosso op.6 no.4
Rebel Les Elemens
Handel Water Music Suite
Telemann Les Nations Anciennes et Modernes
Mozart Serenata Notturna K.239
The fiery period-instrument orchestra Harmony of
Nations is made up of some of Europe’s finest
young players from 14 countries who first worked
together in 2004 as members of the European
Union Baroque Orchestra. Much loved works by
Handel and Mozart are paired with two dramatic
orchestral suites: Jean-Féry Rebel wrote of his
brilliant work Les Elemens ‘I dared to link the idea
of the confusion of the elements with that of
confusion in harmony’; Georg Philipp Telemann’s
witty orchestral travelogue depicts various
‘nationalities’ such as the Danish, the Swiss and
Ancient Ladies!
Harmony of Nations
Sunday 13th
Monday 14th
9:00am Trinity Methodist Church, Norton
11:00am The Memorial Hall, Pickering
Festival Chorus Rehearsal
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Ian Little, director
Following the success of ‘Songstream’ in the past
two Festivals, we know how many singers are out
there! Come and join the Chorus to sing as part of
the Festival Service. Ian Little, Director of Music at
Ampleforth College, will conduct; music (to include
Colin Mawby’s setting of Psalm 150) and coffee will
be provided. Although this event is free, please do
complete the booking form so we know what voice
you are.
FREE EVENT
10:00am Trinity Methodist Church, Norton
Festival Service
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led by Revd Graham Sellars
We are delighted to be holding the Festival Service
at the recently rebuilt Trinity Methodist Church in
this, the church’s 150th anniversary year. All are
most welcome.
FREE EVENT
8:00pm Ampleforth Abbey
The Creation
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Jeni Bern, soprano
John Graham-Hall, tenor
Graeme Danby, bass
Chapter House Choir
Manchester Chamber Choir
Harmony of Nations
Justin Doyle, conductor
Haydn The Creation
Haydn’s setting of the creation story presents the
natural world at its most raw, opening with a
powerful depiction of Chaos and culminating in
Adam and Eve’s union. York’s Chapter House Choir
and Manchester Chamber Choir join forces with the
Harmony of Nations and a first rate trio of soloists.
Chapter House Choir
Kings, Castles, Monks
and Wars
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Lucy Beckett, speaker
The historian, novelist and poet Lucy Beckett, a great
Festival favourite, explores Ryedale in the Middle Ages.
8:00pm Sledmere House
Doric String Quartet
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Haydn String Quartet op.71 no.1
Barber String Quartet op.11
Beethoven String Quartet op.18 no.1
Barber rightly described the slow movement of his
string quartet as ‘a knockout’; little did he know how
immensely popular it would become in its arrangement for string orchestra. Here it is performed in its
original guise and framed by two major works of the
classical repertoire. The Doric String Quartet is fast
emerging as one of the leading quartets of their
generation. Now in its 10th season, the Quartet
regularly performs at most of the UK’s leading
chamber music venues, with recent performances
including their debut at the Edinburgh International
Festival (broadcast on BBC Radio 3), two concerts at
Wigmore Hall and a tour of Indonesia.
When friendly summer calls again,
Calls again
Her little fifers to these hills,
We’ll go – we two – to that arched fane
Of leafage where they prime their bills
Before they start to flood the plain
With quavers, minims, shakes, and trills.
(from Summer Schemes by Thomas Hardy – Event 13)
Doric String Quartet
Tuesday 15th
Wednesday 16th
11:00am Duncombe Park
Coffee will be served from 10:15am to 10:45am
11:00am Lastingham Parish Church
Coffee will be served from 10:15am to 10:45am
Celebrity Coffee Concert
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Coffee Concert
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Matthew Sprange, baritone
Elizabeth Rossiter, piano
James Barralet, violoncello
Bach Suite no.1 in G
Roxburgh Partita
Kodály Sonata for Solo Cello op.8
Improvisation on Tagore Boatman Song
Born in 1979, James has performed throughout
Europe and in India, Korea, Russia and the USA.
This programme of music for unaccompanied cello
juxtaposes Bach’s glorious Suite in G with Edwin
Roxburgh’s Partita (written as a test piece for the
1972 Tchaikovsky competition) and Kodály’s
virtuosic Sonata. Barralet’s wide-ranging musical
interests are reflected in his improvisation on a
song by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Bennett Dream-Songs
Ireland Sea Fever
Wagner O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhäuser)
Mozart Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
Schubert Ständchen (Schwanengesang)
Finzi Earth and Air and Rain
Gerald Finzi admired the poetry of Thomas Hardy so
greatly that he composed no fewer than six song
cycles to his texts. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s
atmospheric settings of Walter de la Mare poems
and Finzi’s cycle frame a beautiful programme which
includes three well-known serenades. Matthew
Sprange made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2007, and
Opera magazine recently said his ‘clarity of diction
would put a major name or two to shame’.
8:00pm Duncombe Park
Sally Pryce, harp
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Britten Suite op.83
Spohr Fantasie op.35
Maconchy Morning, Noon and Night
Smetana arr. Trnec̆ek The Moldau (Má Vlast)
Arnold Fantasy
Debussy Des pas sur la neige, Bruyères (Préludes)
Watkins Suite
Mathias Sun Dance (Santa Fe Suite)
Described by the Guardian as ‘unquestionably
impressive’, Sally Pryce is one of the country’s
finest harpists. She studied at the Purcell School
and Royal College of Music, winning numerous
national and international prizes including first
prize in the 1999 London Harp Competition. The
elegant saloon of Duncombe Park is the perfect
setting this solo recital, a mixed programme with
something to suit all tastes.
James Barralet
photo/Mike Krishnatreya
Sally Pryce
8:00pm All Saints’ Church, Helmsley
Polymnia Wind Ensemble
CT
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Strauss Serenade in E flat op.7
Nielsen Serenata in Vano
Mozart Serenade in C minor K.388
Beethoven Rondino in E flat
Dvor̆ák Slavonic Dance op.71 no.1
Dvor̆ák Serenade for Winds in D minor op.44
Two pinnacles of the wind ensemble repertoire:
Strauss’ Serenade is scored for 13 winds, Dvor̆ák’s
work adds cello and double bass. Brahms wrote to
the violinist Joseph Joachim (who performed in
Ryedale in 1900) about Dvor̆ák’s Serenade ‘It would
be difficult to discover a finer, more refreshing
impression of really abundant and charming
creative talent.’
This exciting new ensemble is formed from recent
conservatoire graduates whose innovative projects
include work in Uganda.
photo/Sussie Ahlberg
Matthew Sprange
Thursday 17th
7:30pm Helmsley Arts Centre
5:45pm All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Pre-performance talk
15
John Warrack introduces one of the most magical
and masterly of all Handel’s operas.
FREE EVENT
7:00pm Hovingham Hall
CT
Festival Opera
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libretto by Grazio Braccioli, after Aristo
translation by Stephen Oliver
Joe Austin, director
Justin Doyle, conductor
Handel Orlando
Following the great success of 2007’s Orpheus and
Eurydice, this production of Orlando will see the
return of the countertenor Robert Ogden (‘a rare and
exciting find’ – Opera magazine). In an excellent
English translation by Stephen Oliver, performed by
a first-rate cast and period instrumental ensemble,
we continue Ryedale’s tradition of opera in
intimate surroundings. Orlando’s love for the pagan
princess Angelica drives him to madness, of which
he is ultimately cured by the magician Zoroastro –
the opera’s vivid characters are defined by some of
Handel’s most stunning music.
Please note start time.
1812 Theatre Company
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Pauline Noakes, director
Charlotte Jones Humble Boy
A comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the
joys of beekeeping, Humble Boy received its
premiere at the National Theatre in 2001 to great
acclaim. All is not well in the Humble hive. Thirty
five year old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astrophysicist in search of a unified field theory.
Following the sudden death of his father, he returns
to his middle England home and his difficult and
demanding mother, where he soon realises that his
search for unity must include his own chaotic home
life. ‘Rich, original, intelligent, funny and touching,
bursting with ideas and characters that you come
to care about deeply’ (Daily Telegraph).
Fall, rain, fall,
Reawaken in me those dreams
That I dreamed in my childhood,
When the water foamed in the sand!
What bliss, in the downpour
To stand with bare feet,
To ramble in the grass,
And to grasp at the shower with outstretched hands.
(from Regenlied by Klaus Groth – Event 32)
Polymnia
Festival Opera
photo/Stephen Hailey
Friday 18th
Saturday 19th
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7:30pm York Minster
Celebrity Concert
BBC Singers
Guy Johnston, violoncello
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Bennett Serenades (first concert performance)
Moore Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bingham Waterlilies
Tavener Svyati
Bach Suite no.3 in C for violoncello
Martin Mass
The BBC Singers is the country’s only full-time
professional choir, and this 24-voice ensemble is
renowned for its chameleon-like ability to perform
a huge range of repertoire, from Tallis to Takemitsu.
This programme includes a poignant work by the
Minster’s Master of the Music Philip Moore, a new
work by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Frank
Martin’s glorious setting of the Mass for double
choir. The cellist Guy Johnston, who has become a
fast-rising star since his BBC Proms debut with the
Elgar concerto, will play Bach’s Suite no.3 and join
the Singers for John Tavener’s haunting Svyati, in
which the cello soars over the choir. Performed in
the magnificent surroundings of York Minster, this
concert is bound to be a highlight of the Festival.
Let us save you wear and tear as we remove the
strain and pain by providing a special bus service
between Ryedale and York Minster. Enjoy the
company of fellow Festival goers.
12:00pm-3:00pm Malton Market Square
North Stars Steel
Orchestra
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The North Stars brought Malton to life with the
sounds of steel pans last year and are back by
popular demand in 2008! Founded in 1975 in
Huddersfield by players from Trinidad, The North
Stars play a huge range of music from Handel,
Mozart, Count Basie and Charlie Parker to reggae,
soca, funk and calypso tunes. Perfect for the
family!
FREE EVENT
2:30pm Helmsley Market Place
Bilsdale Silver Band
20
An outdoor performance by this excellent local
band, with an opportunity to hear their thriving
junior band.
FREE EVENT
3:45pm All Saints’ Church, Hovingham
Pre-performance talk
21
FREE EVENT
5:00pm Hovingham Hall
Festival Opera
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Handel Orlando
See Thursday 17th. Please note start time; picnic
interval.
7:30pm Helmsley Arts Centre
1812 Theatre Company
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See Thursday 17th
BBC Singers
photo/Sophie Laslett
Guy Johnston
photo/Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL.com
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RYEDALE FESTIVAL 2008
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The Festival cannot accept returns at less than one week’s notice prior to the event. A refund
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Sunday 20th
2:00pm Chapel, Botton Village
The still point of the
turning world
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Members of the 1812 Theatre Company
Martin Vander Weyer, director
Readings from The Waste Land, Four Quartets and
other works by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), the
American-turned-British Nobel laureate who wrote
some of the 20th century’s most resonant poetry.
The performance will last just over an hour, leaving
ample time for a picnic in Botton’s beautiful
grounds before the concert at 5.00pm.
2:30pm The Millennium Garden, Kirkbymoorside
Kirkbymoorside Town
Brass Band
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The ever-popular Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band
will perform a varied programme in the natural
ampitheatre of the Millennium Garden, adjacent to
All Saints’ Church. The band can trace its history
back to 1815; today it is a thriving band with a
busy concert schedule throughout the region.
FREE EVENT
5:00pm The Joan of Arc Hall, Botton Village
Farrington Ensemble
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Schubert Notturno
Debussy Cello Sonata
Holst Dances of the Spirits of Earth, Water and Fire
(The Perfect Fool)
Farrington The Elements (first performance)
Copland Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Delius Two Aquarelles
Binge Elizabethan Serenade
Piazzolla Tres Minutos Con La Realidad
We are delighted to welcome the Farrington
Ensemble back to Ryedale. This versatile group aims
to challenge, entertain and enlighten audiences,
performing imaginative arrangements of works, in
this case for piano trio. This programme of music
inspired by the elements will include a work written
by the group’s founder, the greatly talented pianist,
organist and composer Ian Farrington, and
commissioned by the Festival for the occasion. If
you have yet to discover Botton village, you must
not miss this opportunity to do so – a truly magical
place nestling deep in the Moors.
I N F OR M AT IO N
FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS
Kingsley Ash
St Aidan’s Church in Gillamoor will be brought
to life with a Sound Installation created by
Kingsley Ash. A lecturer in electronic music at
Leeds Metropolitan University, Ash creates
evocative soundscapes from locally recorded ‘raw
materials’ – anything from the haunting cry of
the lapwing to the sound of a creaking gate…
11am-4pm, 20-27th July inclusive
North Stars Steel Orchestra
Returns – The Festival cannot accept returns at
less than one week’s notice prior to the event. A
refund will be paid (less 10% handling charge) in
respect of any ticket returned and resold prior to
this one week rule.
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 whilst every effort
has been made to compensate for this, some seats
may have a restricted view.
Farrington Ensemble
Monday 21st
Tuesday 22nd
3:00pm Gilling Castle
11:00am Lastingham Parish Church
Coffee will be served from 10:15am to 10:45am
Festival Tea Party
Yorkshire Young Musicians
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The ever-popular Tea Party will be preceded by a
concert given by the cream of Yorkshire’s emerging
talent. Yorkshire Young Musicians was established in
2004 to provide advanced training for exceptionally
talented young musicians aged between 8 and 18
within the Yorkshire and Humber region. Performers
include Yuanfan Yang (piano) and Julia Williams
(soprano). You heard them here first!
7:00pm St Mary’s Church, Farndale
Kirkbymoorside Junior
Band and Friends
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Kirkbymoorside Junior Band has gone from strength
to strength since it was founded. They are joined by
other local musicians and professional performers in
this concert to promote local talent in the picturesque
church of Farndale – a real family event. FREE EVENT
Coffee Concert
30
Huw Watkins, piano
Debussy Préludes (selection)
Ravel Jeux d’eau
Stravinsky Serenade in A
Grime Harp of the North
Watkins Deep Blue Air
Messiaen Préludes (selection)
Huw Watkins’ works have been performed by the
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cincinnati
Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and Nash
Ensemble. As a pianist Watkins has recently made
recordings for EMI and Nimbus and he appeared at
the 2006 Ryedale Festival, playing a Mozart Piano
Concerto in Castle Howard. Ravel’s virtuosic
depiction of fountains (literally ‘water games’),
Messiaen’s Un Reflet dans le Vent and Watkins’ own
miniature Deep Blue Air will bring the weather into
Lastingham!
8:00pm Old Malton Priory
Bach by Candlelight
7:30pm Helmsley Arts Centre
Festival Cinema
Mozart The Magic Flute
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Da Chiesa vocal ensemble
Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Bach Jesu, meine Freude
Monteverdi Cantate Domino
Schütz Wenn ich nur dich habe
Carissimi Jepthe
Bach’s monumental motets Singet dem Herren and
Jesu, meine Freude are coupled with Giacomo
Carissimi’s emotionally charged oratorio Jepthe, the
final chorus of which is some of the most
heart-wrenching music ever written. Performed by
eight solo voices and continuo, this music will suit
the atmospheric surroundings of Old Malton Priory
perfectly.
photo/Andy Male
Kenneth Branagh’s acclaimed film version of The
Magic Flute sets the opera against the backdrop of
the First World War, depicting the 1914 Christmas
Day truce when British and German soldiers played
football in No Man’s Land between the trenches.
Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto has been adapted by
Stephen Fry and the film stars Joseph Kaiser as
Tamino and Amy Carson as Pamina.
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Da Chiesa
photo/John Borland
Huw Watkins
Alexandra Wood
Wednesday 23rd
Thursday 24th
11:00am Old Malton Priory
Coffee will be served from 10:15am to 10:45am
1:00pm The Worsley Arms, Hovingham
Coffee Concert
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Alexandra Wood, violin
Huw Watkins, piano
Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano
Watkins Coruscation and Reflection
Brahms Sonata in G op.78 (Regenlied)
The Song of the Earth
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Anthony Finn will host a three course meal at the
Worsley Arms and present an interesting selection
of wines, after which the speaker will be Peter
Wright, Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral
(see Friday 25th Event no.36).
7:00pm Castle Howard
‘Agile, incisive and impassioned’ (BBC Music
Magazine), Alexandra Wood has won major prizes at
international violin competitions including the
Wieniawski, Tibor Varga and Yampolsky; most
certainly ‘a talent to watch’ (The Strad). Brahms
wrote the G major Sonata at around the same time
as his Violin Concerto; it is dubbed the ‘Regenlied’
because it quotes a song of that title that Brahms
had written a few years earlier.
8:00pm St Peter’s Church, Norton
Festival Lunch
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Members of the Orchestra of Opera North
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Triple Concert
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Naomi Edemariam, Jason Ridgway, piano duo
Debussy Six Épigraphes Antiques
Debussy La Mer
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Ian Little, organ
Programme to include
Weir King Harald’s Saga
Traditional Welsh folksongs
and works by Handel, Purcell
Compagnia d’Istrumenti
Mahler revised his works throughout his life; the
grand orchestral scores for which he is best known
started life at his piano, and the song cycle Das Lied
von der Erde was no exception. Schoenberg later
created an arrangement of the work for chamber
ensemble, which will be performed by sixteen
musicians from Opera North, whose concerts in
Ryedale have been extremely popular. This is the
third in a series of chamber performances of Mahler
transcriptions at Ryedale (following Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen and Symphony no.4), enabling
us to bring this wonderful music to venues that are
not large enough for Mahler’s huge orchestra!
Programme to include works by Telemann, Corelli
In this ‘promenade’ concert, the audience is invited
to move between three parts of the house to hear
music that is appropriate for each room – a brilliant
chance to experience the building being brought to
life. A superb young piano duo give us La Mer in
the Long Gallery in the composer’s own arrangement
for piano duet and the Great Hall will reverberate to
the sounds of Italian baroque music for recorder
and strings. Rising star Elin Manahan Thomas’
programme includes Judith Weir’s remarkable King
Harald’s Saga, which is described as ‘a miniature
grand opera for soprano’ in three acts. The soprano
singlehandedly plays eight roles, including the
Norwegian army, in ten minutes!
This event was so well received last year that you
are advised to book early.
Orchestra of Opera North
Edemariam - Ridgway Duo
photo / Universal Records
Haydn Symphony no.8 in G ‘Le Soir’
Mahler arr. Schoenberg / Riehn Das Lied von der Erde
Elin Manahan Thomas
Friday 25th
11:00am Ampleforth Abbey
Coffee will be served from 10:15am to 10:45am
Coffee Concert
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Peter Wright, organ
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544
Boëly Andante con moto in E flat
Messiaen Les oiseaux et les sources,
Le vent de l’Esprit (Messe de la Pentecôte)
Vierne Symphony no.4 in G minor op.32
Improvisation
Peter Wright is President of the Royal College of
Organists and Director of Music at Southwark
Cathedral. Under his direction the Choir has recorded
five CDs, undertaken three tours to the USA and
several to the continent and broadcast regularly on
television and radio, including recording the
signature-tune for Mr Bean for Thames Television.
He is in great demand both as a conductor and a
recitalist, with recent performances in Japan,
South Africa, USA, Bermuda, Australia and New
Zealand, and is sure to make a huge impact with
the glorious organ of Ampleforth Abbey.
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6:00pm Chapel, Botton Village
Pre-performance talk
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John Warrack in conversation with Justin Doyle
FREE EVENT
7:00pm The Joan of Arc Hall, Botton Village
Young Sinfonia
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Rosie Jenkins, oboe
Alan Fearon, conductor
Concert in your Kitchen
Do you know of someone who lives in Ryedale
who would love live music but is unable to get
to concerts? If you have a friend or neighbour
who is housebound you will be able to
nominate them for their own private concert.
During the period of the Festival this July,
musicians who are performing in the Festival
concerts will visit residents to play for them for
ten minutes or so – the only payment being a
cup of tea! We will facilitate as many of these
performances as possible, and are extremely
grateful to all those musicians who have already
agreed to take part in this project – a very
exciting innovation through which we really can
ensure that everyone has a chance of access to
excellent live music.
Ryedale is a vast district, embracing the Vale of
Pickering and the North Yorkshire Moors; this
year will see this project and the RyeCrawl
focussed on the northern area, moving
elsewhere in future years.
Please send nominations by post
(Ryedale Festival, The Memorial Hall, Potter Hill,
Pickering, N. Yorks YO18 8AA) or by email
([email protected]).
Holst St Paul’s Suite
Cimarosa Oboe Concerto
Schnittke Moz-Art à la Haydn
Dvor̆ák Serenade for Strings in E op.22
Peter Wright
Young Sinfonia is the youth orchestra of the
Northern Sinfonia. Recent tours have included
France, Holland, the Czech Republic, Germany,
Poland and Spain. The young musicians learn from
outstanding professionals, including Evelyn Glennie
OBE, President of Young Sinfonia. This programme
for string orchestra includes Schnittke’s witty
homage to Mozart and Haydn and Dvor̆ák muchloved Serenade for Strings.
Sena Larard
Galaxy Big Band
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th
9:45am Meet at Eastgate Car Park, Pickering;
ends 4:45pm
6:00pm Hovingham Hall /
Big Screen relay, Worsley Arms garden
RyeCrawl
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What links a castle, an abbey and an Elizabethan
manor house? The RyeCrawl – a magical musical
mystery tour! In this innovative piece of
programming the audience will board buses at the
meeting point and be taken on a tour of several
lesser-known Ryedale gems. At each venue you will
find performers waiting to give you a short
performance, so you will experience six minirecitals in one day. Music will range from Gregorian
chant to jazz, taking in Vaughan Williams en route
(to mark the 50th anniversary of his death);
performers will include a brass band, choir, wind
quintet and string ensemble. Beyond that, all other
details are a carefully guarded secret! This is a
wonderful way to explore venues in which we could
otherwise not present concerts; every one is of
unique interest and beauty, and the music will be
appropriate to each venue. Tickets include bus
transportation; please book well in advance.
8:00pm Terrington Village Hall
Galaxy Big Band
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A 40’s night with Glenn Miller tunes… the Galaxy
Big Band from Norfolk pulls no punches with its
brilliant arrangements of big band classics from
Moon River to New York, New York. This 18-piece
line-up of saxophones, brass and rhythm, led by
the blazing trumpet of Roger Chinery, will provide a
wonderful evening’s entertainment. You don’t have
to dance, though… unless you want to!
Final Gala Concert
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Sena Larard, soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Joseph Walters, horn
Ronald Nairne, bass
King’s Camerata
Justin Doyle, conductor
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Mozart O Isis und Osiris (Die Zauberflöte)
De Falla Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)
Warlock Capriol Suite
J. Strauss II Polka ‘Unter Donner und Blitz’
The final concert of the Festival will include a wide
range of music for string orchestra, framed by two
major serenades: Tchaikovsky’s effervescent
Serenade for Strings and Britten’s evocative work
for solo tenor and horn. The concert will be relayed
to a giant screen in the garden of the Worsley Arms
(back by popular demand following this innovation
in the 2007 Festival), allowing a far greater
audience to enjoy the concert.
Please note early start time.
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The Ryedale Festival has again made arrangements
for a Festival Bus Service to be available for the
2008 Festival.
This will operate during seven events and provide
transport to and from the market towns of Helmsley,
Kirkbymoorside, Pickering and Malton as follows:
Friday 18th July
Celebrity Concert / York Minster (event 18)
Sunday 20th July
Poetry Reading / Chapel, Botton Village (event 24)
Farrington Ensemble / Joan of Arc Hall, Botton (event 26)
Friday 25th July
Coffee Concert / Ampleforth Abbey (event 36)
Pre-performance talk / Chapel, Botton Village (event 37)
Young Sinfonia / Joan of Arc Hall, Botton (event 38)
Saturday 26th July
Galaxy Big Band / Terrington Village Hall (event 40)
Ticket holders wishing to avail themselves of any,
some or all of these buses need to phone RYECAT, the
bus provider, on 01653 699059, indicating from which
town you wish to travel and which of the above
performances you wish to attend. All buses will have
up to three flexible collection points for each town as
best suit the travelling patrons in collaboration with
the driver. All buses will be scheduled to arrive at all
events 30 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
The return departure time will be as soon as all booked
passengers are boarded or 15 minutes after the end of
the performance, whichever is the earlier. The cost per
person return will be £3 for each event (York Minster
£5) and should be paid to the driver.
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Pre-concert suppers available
Thursday 17th July and
Saturday 19th July
Accommodation • Lunches • Dinners
Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
Telephone: 01653 628234
Travel Information
RYECAT Dave Young / 01653 699059
North Yorkshire County Council Traveline
(public transport information) / 0871 200 2233
Journey Planner website
www.yorkshiretravel.net
Rail Travel website (timetable information)
www.nationalrail.co.uk / 08457 484950
Ryedale Festival Patrons & Friends
The Festival Patrons and Friends are a very important
source of support, through membership, donations
and fund raising events, and also give much
welcomed practical assistance during the Festival.
Become a Friend or Patron and enjoy the benefits:
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