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Summer School Week Three Concerts - 09 August to 15 AugustA week of substantial new work, with Stephen Montague’s nocturnal Apparitions and further Dartington commissions by Rolf Hind and Juraj Filas. Harrison Birtwistle joins us in celebrating Alan Hacker’s 70th birthday and his crucial role as a catalyst in a number of major new music ensembles, not least Matrix.
We also welcome New York composer Gerald Busby and librettist and screenwriter, Craig Lucas with a new work as a complement to our music theatre workshop.
PLEASE NOTE times in the table below are approximate, please check the individual listing for the exact time of performance.
| Date | 11:00am | 3:30pm | 5:00pm | 8:15pm | 10:30pm |
| Sat 09 | - | - | - | Jack Lieback & Stephen de Pledge | - |
| Sun 10 | - | - | Helen Yorke | Duke Quartet | It don’t mean a thing if it an’t fot that swing… |
| Mon 11 | - | - | Adrian Thompson & Helen Yorke | Rolf Hind | Stanford Quartet |
| Tue 12 | - | - | Marcus Andrews | Trio D’Art | - |
| Wed 13 | - | - | Ian Watson | Dartington Festival Orchestra | Chamber music of Gerald Busby |
| Thu 14 | - | - | Chamber Choir | A tribute to Matrix | Stanford Quartet |
| - | - | - | Gerald Busby & Craig Lucas | Apparitions | |
| Fri 15 | Alan Hacker & Harrison Birtwistle | Gerald Busby & Craig Lucas | Music Theatre Showcase | Summer School Choir | Jive Ball |
| - | - | Newman at Dartington | - | - | Apparitions |
8:15pm
Jack Liebeck violin
Stephen de Pledge piano
Mozart Sonata in Bb major K378
Dvorák Sonata
Messiaen Theme and Variations
Elgar Sonata
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
5:00pm
Helen Yorke piano
A recital including Beethoven’s Sonata Op27 No 2, Ravel’s Sonatine, works by Rachmaninov and music from Spain.
GREAT HALL
£5.00 unreserved
8:15pm
Louisa Fuller violin
Rick Koster violin
John Metcalfe viola
Sophie Harris cello
Bartok Quartet No 6
Rolf Hind The Flower in the Next Corner
Co-commissioned by Dartington International Summer School.
Britten Quartet No 3
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Lowri Blake voice and cello
Peter Buckoke double bass
A Man, A Woman and A Double Bass present a Wagner opera in five minutes, Rossini gems and Bellini’s best bits, with favourite songs, from Busy Line to Love Potion No.9.
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
5:00pm
Adrian Thompson tenor
Helen Yorke piano
Finzi A Young Man’s Exhortation, Op14
Quilter Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, Op12
Britten Winter Words Op52
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Rolf Hind piano
Claudia Molitor Tango
Simon Holt Klop’s Last Bite
Marco Stroppa Ninna nanna and Tangata manu from Miniature Estrose
Rolf Hind The Towers of Silence
John Woolrich Pianobook X
Per Nørgård May is on its way, Achilles and the Tortoise
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Gerald Busby Quartet No 1
Ravel String Quartet in F
Gerald Busby Stevenson Quartet
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
5:00pm
Marcus Andrews piano
Haydn London Sonata in E flat, Hob, XVI/52
Medtner Sonata Reminiscenza, Op31 No1 & Vergessene Weissen, Op38
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Paul Archibald trumpet
Jonny Kenny trombone
Helen Reid piano
Jan Koetsier Trio
Debussy Minstrels
Juraj Filas Panta Rei
Commissioned by Dartington International Summer School
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
5:00pm
Ian Watson accordion
Arrangements of music by J.S. Bach and César Frank as well as original works for accordion by Sofia Gubaidulina, Eddie McGuire and Yuji Takahashi.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Diego Masson conductor
Alan Hacker clarinet
Ives Washington’s Birthday
Mozart Clarinet concerto
Ives The Unanswered Question
Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
This concert is dedicated to Friends of the Summer School at Dartington in recognition of their continuing support.
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Gerard McChrystal saxophone
Stephen Dummer clarinet
Michelle Hiley marimba
Richard Saxel piano
Reed This
Abecedary
Yours
Serenade
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
5:00pm
Dartington Brass Ensemble
John Hancorn director
Jonathan Watts organ
Ireland
Greater Love Hath No Man
Vexilla Regis
Elgar
As Torrents in Summer
Ave Verum
Pearsall
Lay a Garland
Parry
Music, When Soft Voices Die
Bruckner
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Libera me
Vaughan Williams
O Clap Your Hands
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Alan Hacker clarinet
Jane Manning soprano
Michelle Hiley percussion
Stephen de Pledge piano
With students from the Summer School
An evening of music originally performed by the Matrix Ensemble, the contemporary music ensemble founded by Alan Hacker in the 60s
Perotin arr. Alan Hacker
Alleluya
Birtwistle
Verses
La plage
Bruckner arr. Alan Hacker
Andante & Scherzo
Janácek arr. Alan Hacker
Rikadla
Bach arr. Birtwistle
Das Alte Jahre Vergangen Ist
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
8:15pm
Orpheus in Love
A collaboration with The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Richard Williams director
Ben Palmer musical director
Andrina Vrcic soprano
Paulette Penzvalto alto
Sion Owen tenor
Peter Horton bass
An evening of music theatre, with music by Gerald Busby and lyrics by Craig Lucas, including scenes from the
GREAT HALL
£13 unreserved
10:30pm
Alan Hacker clarinet
Continuing the celebration of Alan Hacker’s 70th birthday, a programme of contemporary music, including extracts from The Io Passion by Harrison Birtwistle.
STUDIO 3
£5 unreserved
10:30pm
Co-commissioned with Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and Idyllwild Arts, with support from the Transatlantic Arts Consortium, the PRS
Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Scottish Arts Council.
Stephen Montague composer
Kathy Hinde video installations
Alexandra Julyan costumes & installations
James Loudon lighting design
A journey through the Great Hall & Mediaeval Courtyard led by shrouded guides and the sights, sounds and silhouettes of fleeting apparitions… the dark side of Dartington at the cusp of midnight.
Please note that this performance is not appropriate for young children and that some parts are not suitable for those requiring disabled access.
MAIN COURTYARD AND GREAT HALL
For Summer School Participants only
11:00pm
An open masterclass on Brahms’ Clarinet Sonata No 1 in F minor.
STUDIO 6
£6 unreserved
3:30pm
Orpheus in Love
STUDIO 1
£13 unreserved
3:45pm
The road to Gerontius
Ivor Stolliday lecture
BARN THEATRE
Admission FREE
5:00pm
Students from the Summer School, and its sister course, the Dartington Summer Youth Programme, present a showcase of music theatre, a culmination of creative activities during the week.
STUDIO 31
£7.50 unreserved
8:00pm
Dartington Festival Orchestra
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Jeffrey Skidmore director
Adrian Thompson Gerontius
Pippa Longworth Angel
John Hancorn Priest & Angel of the Agony
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
End the week on a high and jive away to a mixture of swing, rock-n-roll, latin and more, accompanied live by the Dartington Swing Band.
STUDIO 31
For Summer School participants only
10:30-12:30
Co-commissioned with Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and Idyllwild Arts, with support from the Transatlantic Arts Consortium, the PRS
Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Scottish Arts Council.
Stephen Montague composer
Kathy Hinde video installations
Alexandra Julyan costumes & installations
James Loudon lighting design
A journey through the Great Hall & Mediaeval Courtyard led by shrouded guides and the sights, sounds and silhouettes of fleeting apparitions… the dark side of Dartington at the cusp of midnight.
Please note that this performance is not appropriate for young children and that some parts are not suitable for those requiring disabled access.
MAIN COURTYARD AND GREAT HALL
£13 unreserved
(Not included in the Summer School package)
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