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ALDEBURGH
MUSIC
September 2016 – May 2017
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www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Phone
01728 687110
In Person
Aldeburgh High Street, Mon–Sun 10am–4.30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Mon–Sat 10am–4.30pm
or start of evening concert
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Aldeburgh Music, Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
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Full details of all events at: www.aldeburgh.co.uk
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General booking opens Thursday 28 July
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NEW AT
SNAPE
MALTINGS
Aldeburgh Music purchased Snape
Maltings in 2015, thanks to the
extraordinary support of Arts Council
England. While further plans will be
announced in June 2017, you can already
see new developments on the site:
NEW SNAPE MALTINGS VISITOR CENTRE
Based in the outer foyer of Snape Maltings Concert Hall,
our new Visitor Centre has information on all aspects of
the site – from what’s on and where to eat, to walks and
wildlife and public transport timetables.
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NEW CONCERT HALL CAFÉ
We have opened a new Concert Hall Café, replacing the
Oyster Bar and Kitchen. Open until the end of concerts on
concert nights, it will also be open every day through the
summer until the start of October (Monday – Saturday
10am–5.30pm, Sunday 10am–4.30pm). The Concert
Hall Café serves tea, coffee and pastries, a lunch menu
with an emphasis on fresh, healthy salads and a brunch
menu at weekends. The Concert Hall Café also serves hot
and cold pre-concert meals from two hours before the
start of evening performances. Visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk
to find out autumn, winter and spring opening times.
NEW SCULPTURES
A new sculpture, Myriad by artist David Rickard and architect
Germano Di Chello, has been installed on the Henry Moore
Lawn. Myriad holds an array of mirrors high above visitors’
heads, bringing views over the surrounding landscape
down to earth. The project, which is supported by the
Coastal Communities Fund, aims to attract more families
with children to the Snape Maltings site, offering a new
way of viewing the stunning landscape of the Alde estuary.
Meanwhile we have installed another Henry Moore
sculpture, Reclining Figure: Bunched (1961/69), on loan
from the Henry Moore Foundation, to replace Moore’s
Large Interior Form, which is now on tour.
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DISCOVER
ALDEBURGH
MUSIC
Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s pioneering
interests in the development of young artists
and community participation, Aldeburgh Music
today is an international performance centre
whose creative engine is its year-round artist
development, education and community work.
Throughout the year, artists from under 18s
to established professionals come here to
work in residence and are given time, space,
support and an inspirational environment to
develop their work.
Aldeburgh Young Musicians
Aldeburgh Young Musicians offers
a life-changing programme for
outstanding musicians aged 8–18.
Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme
offers courses for the world’s best
young professional musicians.
Aldeburgh Residencies offers artists
the chance to take time out to
develop new work.
Open Space provides emerging
professional artists and ensembles
with up to 3 years’ bespoke support.
Open Sessions and
Masterclasses
28 October Open Sessions:
Aldeburgh Young Musicians (p.18)
Our year-round programme of
Open Sessions and public
masterclasses gives you the
chance catch a glimpse of this
work behind the scenes.
10 November Open Session: Laura
Bowler & Philip Venables (p.19)
Below is a list of these events this
season – see relevant pages of this
brochure for more details and find
out more about our work at
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
6 November Masterclass:
Robert Cohen (p.18)
24 November Open Session:
Acis & Galatea (p.21)
3 December Open Session:
The Dumka Project (p.22)
4 December Open Session:
Tansy Davies (p.22)
Jerwood Opera Writing Programme
provides a unique course for
composers and writers who want to
work together and develop the skills
to create a first opera.
8–14 September Masterclasses:
Bartok String Quartets (p.6)
17 January Open Session:
Chamber Opera (p.27)
22 September Open Session:
Andrew Watts (p.7)
11 February Open Session:
Andrew Watts (p.28)
Aldeburgh Education runs the
international singing project Friday
Afternoons and a year round programme
of activity across the community
including: work with schools in Ipswich
and Lowestoft, with people living with
and affected by dementia and with
prisoners at HMP Warren Hill.
23 September Open Session:
Bartosz Glowacki (p.8)
17 February Open Sessions:
Aldeburgh Young Musicians (p.28)
29 September Open Session:
Firefly Burning (p.8)
7 April Open Session:
Aldeburgh Young Musicians (p.34)
1 October Masterclass:
Roger Vignoles (p.10)
2 June Open Session:
Aldeburgh Young Musicians (p.42)
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WORKSHOPS
AT SNAPE
MALTINGS
Participate
A series of inclusive music-making
workshops which brings together
people from across the community in
a supportive and friendly environment.
Suitable for all ages and abilities, and
in particular for carers and cared-for.
Places are limited, so please book
in advance.
2016
28 September, 19 October,
23 November, 21 December
2017
25 January, 22 February, 22 March,
26 April, 17 May
Trask Artists’ Cafe, Snape 2–4pm
Tickets £6 (or two tickets for £10)
Aldeburgh Music’s community
programme is supported by The
Dunhill Medical Trust and the Rayne
Foundation with additional support
from the Kirby Laing Foundation and
the Seckford Foundation
Workshops at
the Tack Room
A new, varied programme of
hands-on workshops at Snape
Maltings’ Tack Room, covering
art, music, food, craft,
wellbeing and a host of related
topics. There are workshops
designed for both adults and
children. Places are limited
so please book in advance.
Visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk
for full details.
Floral Art
13 July, 10 August,
10am–12.30pm
£55 per session
Basque Cooking with
José Pizarro
16 & 17 July
£45 per session
Singing Circle
Singing for mindfulness
26 July, 9 & 23 August,
6 & 20 September, 4 & 18
October, 1, 15 & 29 November
2–3.30pm £8 per session
Finding Your Voice
Storytelling and drama for
children aged 7+
27 & 28 July, 10am–12pm
£12 per session (or £20 for
both sessions)
Art Island
For children aged 7–11
29 July, 12 & 26 August,
28 October
10am-3pm
£30 per session
Circle Dance
23 August, 20 September,
18 October, 15 November
11.30am–1pm
£8 per session
Learn to Sew
18 & 19 July, 13 & 14
September, 5 & 6 October,
£40 per session
Chalky Finish Furniture
Painting
3 August, 26 October,
10am–5pm
£85 per session
Vocal improvisation &
movement art with
Elaine Mitchener
6 August, 10–11.30am £24
6 August, 2pm-5pm £40
Natural Skincare
10 September, 8 October,
5 November
10am–12.30pm
£40 per session
Recorder Consorts
16 & 17 August
(various levels)
£15 per session
Rolston Quartet Masterclass
For string quartets and
individual string players
15 September, 11am–1pm
£40
Writing Poetry about Music
with Richard Scott
22 August, 5–6.30pm £25
Music Circle
Three different workshops
over two days for both adult
and child string and wind
players
30 & 31 August
£30 for 2 sessions
Open Minds
Wellbeing workshops:
mindfulness, positive
language, stress management
8 September, 7 October,
7 November, 5 December
10am–12.30pm
£30 per session
An Introduction to Luthiery
1 October, 3 December
10am–1pm
£40 per session
Learn to Make Roman Blinds
9 November, 10am–5pm
£75
Stained Glass Workshop
12 November, 10am–5pm
£85
Sewing for Christmas
23 & 24 November
£40 per session
Floral Art for Christmas
26 November, 10am–12.30pm
£55
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Sunday 4 September 5pm
Suffolk Youth Music
Gala Concert
The concluding concert of the
2015–16 season for Suffolk County
Music Service’s premier ensembles:
Suffolk Youth Brass Ensemble,
Suffolk Young Strings, and Suffolk
Youth Orchestra.
Thursday 8 September – Wednesday
14 September
Public Masterclasses:
Bartók String Quartets
Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme
Chamber Music Masterclasses
Snape 5pm
Tickets £11, £10, £8
(Student/Child £8.50, £7.50 & £5.50)
Barnabás Kelemen violin tutor
László Fenyõ cello tutor
Simon Broughton ethnomusicologist
and writer
Márta Sebestyén Hungarian folk musician
Rob Cowan broadcaster and writer
Further information from Suffolk
County Music Service 01473 281866
String quartets from the Britten–Pears
Young Artist Programme
Presented by
Suffolk Music Education Hub
Together with a team of leading chamber
musicians, young quartets will spend
an intensive study period exploring
Bartók’s String Quartets – six
masterpieces which articulate the divide
between romanticism and modernism.
Quartets will be encouraged to explore
the historic roots and context of these
great works with internationally
recognised folk vocalist Márta
Sebestyén and world music specialist
Simon Broughton. Along with two
members of the Kelemen Quartet,
Broadcaster Rob Cowan will also lead
some of these sessions on the history
of the Bartók quartets on disc.
Public Masterclasses
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 September,
2–5.30pm
Tickets £6
Final Recital
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape
14 September, 3pm
Tickets £10 Under 27s halfprice
The Britten–Pears Young Artist
Programme is generously supported by
Friday 9 September 7.30pm
Saturday 17 September 7.30pm
Thursday 22 September 6pm
Márta Sebestyén
Trianon Choir and
Symphony Orchestra
Open Session:
Andrew Watts
Christopher Green conductor
Julie Roberts soprano
Mark Saberton baritone
A Countertenor Songbook
Hungarian folksinger
Márta Sebestyén voice
Balázs Istvánfi bagpipe
András Németh hurdy-gurdy
Balázs Vizeli violin
Hungarian folksinger Márta Sebestyén
is best known for her Muzsikás
recordings and her voice in the film
The English Patient. Márta gives a rare
UK recital alongside her contributions
to a workshop on the Bartók String
Quartets. With her trio of musicians on
violin, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy, she
sings and performs the music as Bartók
might have heard it. She reveals the
extraordinary beauty and power of the
pure tradition. And also shows that it’s
sometimes hard to know where the
tradition ends and Bartók begins.
Britten Studio, Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £15, £12 Under 27s half-price
Dvořák Te Deum
Elgar Enigma Variations
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £14, £16, £20
(concessions available)
Presented by Trianon
Andrew Watts countertenor
Iain Burnside piano
Nicholas Broadhurst director
Andrew Watts and Iain Burnside offer
an insight into their working processes
as they prepare their latest recital and
recording project A Countertenor
Songbook. With Nicholas Broadhurst
they will look at language and the
varying styles of the works especially
written for them. Some of the
composers featured include Colin
Matthews, Tansy Davies, Thomas Adès,
Judith Weir, Richard Rodney Bennett
and Raymond Yiu.
Peter Pears Recital Room 6pm
Tickets £6
Generously supported by
The Derek Hill Foundation
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Friday 23 September 6pm
Saturday 24 – Sunday 25 September
Thursday 29 September 6pm
Open Session:
Bartosz Glowacki
Aldeburgh Food &
Drink Festival
Open Session:
Firefly Burning
A musical journey round Eastern Europe
A celebration of Suffolk’s thriving food
and drink scene
An impressionistic folk-pop fusion
Bartosz Glowacki accordion
Rakhvinder Singh violin
William Percy cello
Rob Luft electric guitar
James Copus trumpet
Joe Downard double bass
Will Glaser drums
Sam Glaser saxophone
Owen Dawson trombone
Greg Barker clarinet
Exploring improvisation based on the
rhythmic and melodic traditions of
Eastern Europe, Open Space artist
Bartosz Glowacki is joined by jazz and
classical musicians to perform works by
Glowacki and John Zorn alongside
Balkan and Klezmer music.
Britten Studio, Snape 6pm Tickets £6
Open Space is generously supported by
One of the UK’s leading food festivals
returns, with more than 90 local
producers, masterclasses,
demonstrations, a festival feast, pop-up
baking and tastings at Snape Maltings.
The full festival programme runs until
9 October, with the weekend at Snape
Maltings followed by two weeks of
fringe events across Suffolk.
Full information and booking details:
www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk
John Barber piano, bass synthesiser,
gender barung, gongs, mandolin, voice
Sam Glazer cello, gongs, voice
Bea Hankey voice
James Redwood violin, mandolin,
gongs, voice
Jack Ross guitars, gongs, voice
Firefly Burning are a 5-piece ensemble
blending art-song and avant-pop with
experimental folk and classical
minimalism. Following the critical
success of their second album
Skeleton Hill (2015) and a UK tour,
the band are using an Aldeburgh
Residency to extend their collaborative
writing process and start developing a
new body of work. This Open Session
gives insight into the progress they
have made.
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6
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Saturday 1 October 10.30am – 5.15pm
10.30am
Viola Tunnard: A
Centenary Celebration
Bethan Langford mezzo soprano
Adam Sullivan tenor, Lana Bode piano
Pianist Viola Tunnard’s career was
distinguished by exceptional
musicianship and astonishing
versatility. Accompanist and repetiteur,
she was also a sensitive chamber
musician, arranger and music assistant
for many of Britten’s Aldeburgh Festival
projects. Her contribution to musical
life here was enormous. It continues
through the Viola Tunnard Trust; this
day of activity launches a new scheme
of bursaries for Viola Tunnard Scholars
participating in the Britten–Pears
Young Artist Programme and year-long
support at Aldeburgh for a single
exceptional pianist – the Viola Tunnard
Young Artist. Emerging singers and
pianists under the guidance of Roger
Vignoles create a day to remember a
remarkable musician and support a
new generation of young performers.
Britten Studio, Snape 10.30am,
2.30pm, 4pm
Tickets £20 for all three events
Under 27s half-price
Masterclass with Roger Vignoles
Britten Studio, Snape 10.30am
(ends approx. 1pm)
2.30pm
Viola Tunnard Remembered
An informal discussion on Viola’s
musical life with colleagues including
Roger Vignoles, hosted by Roger Wright
Britten Studio, Snape 2.30pm
(ends approx. 3.15pm)
4pm
Clearings in the Sky
Bethan Langford mezzo soprano
Adam Sullivan tenor, Lana Bode piano
Marcelle de Manziarly Trois Fables de la
Fontaine 5’
Lili Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel.36’
and songs by Cécile Chaminade
The inaugural recipient of the Viola
Tunnard Young Artist Award Lana Bode
creates a programme of French song,
repertoire close to Tunnard’s heart.
That it is all written by female
composers who were her nearcontemporaries would surely have met
with her approval.
Some of Chaminade’s instrumental
music and song has established itself,
but the real discovery here may be Lili
Boulanger, younger sister of the noted
composer-teacher Nadia. Lili died in
1918 aged only 24 and her vividly
original settings of Symbolist poetry
leaves us not only with an ambitious
accomplished French song cycle but
also a tantalising glimpse into what
may have been.
Britten Studio, Snape 4pm
(ends approx. 5.15pm)
Wednesday 5 October 7.30pm
Friday 14 October 7.30pm
BBC Concert Orchestra
Christian Blackshaw
Jennifer Pike violin
John Gibbons conductor
The acclaimed pianist plays Mozart,
Liszt, Schubert and Chopin
Alwyn Police Case and Final (Nemsis)
from ‘Odd Man Out’ Suite
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Walton Battle of Britain Suite
Alwyn Symphony No. 3
Christian Blackshaw piano
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £28, £20, £12
Presented by the William Alwyn Festival
Mozart Sonata in A minor, K.310
Schubert Moments Musicaux
Liszt from Années de Pèlerinage
Book 1: Les Cloches de Genève;
Vallée d’Obermann
Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor,
op. posth.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £25, £20, £15
Presented by Ormiston Families,
supporting children and families
affected by imprisonment
Saturday 15 October
Grade 1 Exams
Earlier in the year Aldeburgh Music
and the Britten–Pears Foundation
invited anyone who had never
passed their Grade 1 piano exam
to take up the piano and join the
Grade 1 Challenge. It’s not too
late to start – sign up at
www.aldeburgh.co.uk/gradeone
and prepare to take your exam at
Snape on 15 October.
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Saturday 15 October 5 – 11pm
Suffolk Songfest
Marathon evening of exciting bands and
songwriters
Anna Meredith
Acts selected by BBC Introducing in Suffolk
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Two of Suffolk’s leading champions of
new musical talent, Aldeburgh Music
and BBC Introducing in Suffolk, present
a Saturday evening marathon of
exciting bands and songwriters.
And if you are a songwriter, you can
also take part in a practical songwriting
workshop earlier in the day.
BBC Introducing in Suffolk launched
on air in 2009, and has since featured
hundreds of emerging artists. The aim
of the show is to give an outlet for the
musicians who are otherwise
overlooked, and to celebrate the local
music scene. Success stories include
Ed Sheeran and DELS, while other acts
have gone on to perform at festivals
including Glastonbury, Latitude,
Reading and Leeds. The show is
broadcast on BBC Radio Suffolk,
8–9pm on Saturdays. BBC Introducing
in Suffolk will select a number of
exciting up and coming acts to perform
at Snape. For line-up updates visit
www.aldeburgh.co.uk.
MOBO-nominated cellist and singersongwriter Ayanna Witter-Johnson has
quickly emerged as an exciting voice,
blending folk and soul. As an Open
Space artist at Aldeburgh Music, she
wrote and produced her third EP on the
Suffolk coast, culminating in
supporting Gabrielle at the Snape
Proms. At Suffolk Songfest Ayanna
brings her trio for a soulful and
uplifting set.
‘The pressure at the top end of music
today means that unless you can master
your instrument, sing like an angel and
write your own work you’re going to find
it hard to reach the top! Ayanna is all
these things and more and I’m her
biggest fan!’ Gilles Peterson
After building an established career in
the classical world and two critically
acclaimed EPs, composer Anna Meredith
released her much-anticipated debut
album Varmints on Moshi Moshi Records
in March 2016. There’s been an
incredible critical response with 4 and
5 star reviews across the board from
The Wire, Sunday Times, Uncut, Q
Magazine and the coveted Best New
Music on Pitchfork. Aldeburgh Music
has supported Meredith’s work for
many years and much of the album
was developed at Snape over a series
of residencies.
‘One of the most innovative minds in
modern British music…Varmints is a
knockout, the kind that makes you see
cartoon stars.’ Pitchfork
For updated information on the evening
line-up, visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Britten Studio, Snape 5 – 11pm
Tickets £15 Under 27s £10
Songwriting workshop with
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 10am
Tickets £12
Places are very limited and must be
booked in advance.
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Friday 21 – Sunday 23 October
BRITTEN
DANCES
A Britten Weekend
While Britten wrote just one ballet score, his
music has inspired some of the world’s leading
choreographers – none more so than Richard
Alston, whose rich body of work features
Britten as a recurring theme.
‘I discovered Britten’s music very young’,
says Alston. ‘There is something very direct,
pared-down and extraordinary about it.
It reaches people.’
Richard Alston Dance Company and an enviable
line-up of musicians provide the centrepiece of
the 2016 Britten Weekend, including the world
premiere of a brand new work and revivals of
pieces made over an illustrious career.
By contrast Joseph Toonga approaches
Britten’s music from a background in urban
dance and hip hop, an exciting fresh addition
to the roster of Britten Dances.
In addition to the dance performances, there
is a Study Morning offering insights into the
choreographer’s world and Britten Sinfonia,
Leonard Elschenbroich, Pekka Kuusisto and
Aldeburgh Voices perform more music by
Britten alongside Bridge and Tavener.
Britten Dances is
presented by Aldeburgh Music
and DanceEast
Friday 21 October 7.30pm
Britten Dances:
Richard Alston
Dance Company
Richard Alston Dance Company
Richard Alston choreographer
Mark Padmore tenor
Allison Cook mezzo soprano
Andrew West piano
Britten Sinfonia
Pekka Kuusisto director
Aldeburgh Voices
Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 16’; Sechs
Holderlin Fragmente 10’; Phaedra 15’;
Les Illuminations 25’
Purcell arr. Britten Chacony 7’
(world premiere choreography)
Aldeburgh Music and DanceEast
present a compelling combination of
Benjamin Britten’s music with
choreography by Richard Alston, one of
the most influential figures in dance,
internationally recognised for his
instinctive musicality. The programme
features the world premiere of Alston’s
choreography to Britten’s string
orchestra arrangement of his beloved
Henry Purcell’s Chacony.
Britten Sinfonia, Pekka Kuusisto and
Allison Cook resume their acclaimed
collaboration with Richard Alston
Dance Company, performing on-stage
with one of the world’s leading tenors,
Mark Padmore, Aldeburgh Voices and
Andrew West.
The taut drama of Phaedra (nominated
for an Olivier Award for Best New
Dance Production), contrasts with his
succinctly intimate Holderlin
Fragments (‘choreography that dazzles’
– The Stage). Rejoice in the Lamb
‘matches the charm of the music and
whimsy of the text, and suggests the
filtering, imagistic quality of Smart’s
imagination’ – The New York Times.
And the sheer exhilaration of Les
Illuminations takes wild imagery from
the life of French poet Arthur Rimbaud
and lifts it to the heights in Britten’s
inspired setting.
‘If you were going to ask any
choreographer to mark the Britten
centenary, Richard Alston would be top
of your list. For decades he has proved
the most musical of our dancemakers and
the one most attuned to the sensitivity and
integrity of his chosen scores.’ The Times
Snape 7.30pm (ends approx. 9.45pm
including two intervals)
Tickets £30, £26, £22, £18, £13
Under 27s half price
Restaurant open
Pre-performance talk with Richard Alston
and Roger Wright
Britten Studio, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets Free but please book
Marianna Krempeniou, Nancy Nerantzi
and Elly Braund in Richard Alston’s
Rejoice in the Lamb.
Saturday 22 October 10am
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Dancing Britten:
A Study Morning
Lucy Walker presenter
with Richard Alston and others
There is clearly something about
Britten’s music that has attracted
choreographers over the years. Even in
his lifetime his scores were seized upon
by dance companies, perhaps because
of their rhythmic vitality and quicksilver
changes of mood and tone. In a lively
morning of discussion we will explore
this attraction with speakers including
the choreographer Richard Alston and
other leading experts in the field of
dance, watch examples of previously
choreographed Britten works, and
understand what makes Britten’s music
so good to dance to.
Britten Studio, Snape 10am – 1pm
Tickets £12 Under 27s half price
Photo: Pari Naderi
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Orford Church 1pm & 4pm
Britten Dances:
Joseph Toonga
Joseph Toonga choreographer
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Bach Suite No.1
Kevin Volans Short Walk in the Garden
of Solitude 7’
Lutoslawski Sacher Variation 4’
Britten Suite No.1 22’
An afternoon of ground-breaking dance
and live music in the spectacular
location of Orford Church. Charismatic,
rising star cellist Leonard Elschenbroich
performs Bach, Volans, Lutoslawki
and Britten.
Performing alongside Elsenbroich will be
a group of dynamic dancers
choreographed by Joseph Toonga, an
award-winning, emerging dance-maker,
working in a contemporary and Hip Hop
fusion style, and one of only a small
number of guest choreographers to
have been invited by Richard Alston to
make work for his company.
Orford Church 1pm, repeated at 4pm
(ends approx. 2pm and 5pm)
Tickets £20, £12 Under 27s half price
With generous support from
the St Bartholomew’s Church
David Andren Legacy
Saturday 22 October 7.30pm
Sunday 23 October 1pm
Britten Dances:
Richard Alston
Dance Company
Aldeburgh Voices
Richard Alston Dance Company
Richard Alston choreographer
Mark Padmore tenor
Allison Cook mezzo soprano
Andrew West piano
Britten Sinfonia
Pekka Kuusisto director
Aldeburgh Voices
For details see see p.14.
Snape 7.30pm (ends approx. 9.45pm
including two intervals)
Tickets £30, £26, £22, £18, £13
Under 27s half price
Restaurant open
Aldeburgh Voices
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Andrew West piano
Alexander Binns organ
Alexander Chaplin conductor
Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 16’;
Cello Sonata 18’
Tavener Threnos 6’; The Lamb 4’;
Svyati 13’
The cello – perhaps above all
instruments – approaches the quality
of the human voice. Britten and
Tavener wrote brilliantly for it,
exploiting the richness of tone and
expressive extremes in music both
solemn and celebratory.
The quirky exuberance of Britten’s
sonata seems to reflect the whimsical
inspiration of his choral cantata, whilst
Tavener takes us to darker emotional
territory. Taverner’s exquisite miniature
The Lamb, which has become one of
the most popular choral works in the
repetoire, leads us toward Svyati, a
spiritual rhapsody where the cello’s
lyrical lines soar over voices intoning
words from the Russian Orthodox
funeral service – a yearning, achingly
beautiful stasis both profound and
uplifting.
Britten Studio, Snape 1pm
(ends approx. 2.10pm)
Tickets £16, £13
Under 27s half price
Sunday 23 October 4pm
Britten Sinfonia
Pekka Kuusisto director/viola
Bridge Three Idylls 12’
Britten Prelude & Fugue 9’; Lachrymae 15’;
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge 25’
The brilliance and bravura of Britten’s
writing for string orchestra is nowhere
better illustrated than in Pekka Kuusisto’s
programme of extremes. Light and
shade, wit and invention, rigour and
reflection abound, from the Bachian
vitality of the little-known Prelude and
Fugue to the sparkling variants Britten
conjures from his teacher’s modest but
curious melody. Variations of a different
kind as Kuusisto himself takes the solo
viola role for the John Dowland-inspired
fantasy Lachrymae, a compelling
‘slow-reveal’ of a 17th-century lute song
concealed by the mysterious, dark-hued
transformations that precede it.
Snape 4pm (ends approx. 5.45pm)
Tickets £24, £21, £18, £14, £10
Under 27s half price
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Friday 28 October, 4pm & 6pm
Sunday 6 November, 10.30am – 6pm
10.30am
Open Sessions:
Aldeburgh Young
Musicians
William Pleeth: A
Centenary Celebration
Masterclass: Robert Cohen
Robert Cohen cello, Musicians from the
Britten–Pears Young Artists Programme
A remarkable, intuitive musician,
founder of the Allegri Quartet, William
Pleeth’s lasting influence on the cello
world is incalculable thanks to his prolific
career as teacher and mentor, including
masterclasses at the fledgling Britten–
Pears Young Artist Programme. Amongst
scores of high profile former students
of his cellists Colin Carr, Paul Watkins
and Jacqueline du Pré.
Britten Studio, Snape 10.30am – 1pm
Aldeburgh Young Musicians is
re-defining the way that brilliant
under-18 musicians develop as artists.
See the results of two different AYM
residencies that have been taking place
this week.
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 4pm
Britten Studio, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6 per session Under 27s £3
AYM is generously supported by The
Leverhulme Trust, Sorkin Family
Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston
Foundation and also receives
substantial funding from
Another former student Robert Cohen
brings his own ensemble the Fine Arts
Quartet from the USA along with five
other cello colleagues for a celebratory
day featuring a chamber music concert
prefaced – appropriately – by an open
masterclass as well as a discussion on
Pleeth’s life and music-making.
Britten Studio, Snape 10.30am,
2.30pm, 4pm
Tickets £20 for all three events
Under 27s half price
2.30pm
Remembering William Pleeth
Music journalist, critic and writer
Paul Riley chairs a discussion with
cellists featuring rarely seen material
from the Pleeth family archive.
Britten Studio, Snape 2.30pm
(ends approx. 3.15pm)
4pm
William Pleeth Centenary Concert
Fine Arts Quartet,
Robert Cohen, Anthony Pleeth,
Tatty Theo, Nadége Rochat cello
Lana Bode piano
Beethoven Cello Sonata in D Op.102
No.2 24’
Popper Requiem for 3 cellos 8’
Schubert String Quintet in C 47’
Schubert’s glorious two-cello quintet is
a pinnacle of the chamber music
repertoire and one Pleeth returned to
again and again in his performing
career joining the Amadeus Quartet
amongst others. This performance by
the distinguished American visitors the
Fine Arts Quartet is an apt conclusion
to a concert featuring other music dear
to Pleeth – part of Beethoven’s peerless
sonata cycle – and a work by 19thcentury cellist-composer David Popper
that includes members of Pleeth’s
family, professional cellists both.
Britten Studio, Snape 4pm
(ends approx. 5.45pm)
Thursday 10 November 6pm
Open Session:
developing an opera
about rape
How do we tackle sensitive subjects
through art?
Patrick Eakin Young director
Philip Venables composer
Laura Bowler composer and vocalist
Sam Redway movement director
Elizabeth Cameron advisor (rape crisis
counsellor)
This Open Session sees the
culmination of an Aldeburgh Residency
in which Laura Bowler and her
collaborators are exploring ways in
which they can create a music theatre
work that both raises awareness about
rape and communicates the
invasiveness of the act through the
victim’s eyes.
Britten Studio, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6
Friday 18 November all day
Friday Afternoons
Aldeburgh Music’s award-winning
international singing initiative
Children and young people all
over the world come together
with performances of specially
commissioned songs from
Jonathan Dove. Selected events
will be live streamed on the
project website – including 800
Suffolk school pupils raising the
roof at Snape Maltings Concert
Hall. Register online to take part:
fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk.
Tickets are not available for
this event.
Watch a selection of Friday
Afternoons events from around
the world live-streamed at
fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk.
Friday Afternoons is generously
supported by the Doric Charitable
Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation
and The Sackler Trust
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Friday 11 – Saturday 12 November
Friday 11 November 7.30pm
Saturday 12 November 7.30pm
Saturday 19 November 7.30pm
Thursday 24 November 6pm
ENGLISH
TOURING
OPERA
Monteverdi: Ulysses’
Homecoming
Cavalli: La Calisto
Bach: Christmas
Oratorio
Open Session:
Acis & Galatea
James Conway director
Jonathan Peter Kenny conductor
Cavalli La Calisto (sung in English
with surtitles)
Monteverdi Ulysses’ Homecoming
(sung in English with surtitles)
The infatuation of Jove with the lovely
Calisto and the unlikely attraction of
virgin Diana to the handsome
Endymion entangle them in love wars
as comical as they are dangerous.
Cavalli’s La Calisto irreverently charts
the relations between gods, men and
women in a rich and heady score.
Aldeburgh Music Club Choir
Suffolk Baroque Players
Edmond Fivet conductor
Lawrence Zazzo countertenor
with singers and instrumentalists
from the Royal College of Music
Zoe Brookshaw soprano
Eleanor Minney mezzo
Christopher Bowen tenor
Alexander Ashworth baritone
Handel’s preferred version of Acis and
Galatea in the 1730s was not the
Cannons version most often heard
today, but rather a three-act serenata,
performed in both Italian and English,
with scenery and costumes, new
Italian choruses, and a cast of largely
Italian opera singers. Internationallyacclaimed countertenor Lawrence
Zazzo explores this rarely-performed
work with an outstanding team of
singers and instrumentalists from the
Royal College of Music in a short
Aldeburgh Residency, culminating in
a 90-minute workshop performance of
extracts of this enchanting and
fascinating masterpiece.
BAROQUE OPERA FROM VENICE
Venice, the birthplace of opera as
we now know it, was a city of
fabulous wealth, learning, trade
and sensuality. The most fantastic
of all its ‘follies’, the marriage of
poetry, music and art, is opera.
ETO 2-opera ticket: Book both
operas for £61, £54, £45,
£35, £27 U27s half price
Returning home from the Trojan War
after an absence of 20 years, Ulysses
has to confront his wife’s suitors, who
have taken over his home. The most
tender and moving of Monteverdi’s
operas, Ulysses’ Homecoming is a
masterpiece of extraordinary eloquence.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £35, £31, £26, £20, £16
Under 27s half price
Pre-performance talk with the cast and
creative team
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets free but please book
Timothy Nelson conductor/director
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £15, £18, £22 (£7.50, £9,
£11 for students)
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £35, £31, £26, £20, £16
Under 27s half price
Pre-performance talk with the cast and
creative team
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets free but please book
Presented by
Aldeburgh Music Club Choir
Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
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Britten Studio, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6
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Saturday 3 December 7.30pm
Sunday 4 December 7.30pm
Tuesday 6 December 2pm
Friday 2 – Sunday 12 December
Open Session:
The Dumka Project
Open Session:
Tansy Davies
Tea Dance
The Snow Queen
A festive take on a traditional tea dance
Movement music theatre exploration
of Slavic Dumkas
From composer to performer
A community event with live music,
dancing and a delicious Afternoon Tea.
All welcome – whether to dance or to
simply sit back and enjoy the festivities!
Suitable for all ages and abilities.
The award-winning Co-op Juniors Theatre
Company presents a frozen Christmas
Spectacular inspired by the Hans
Christian Andersen fairy tale
The dumka is an Eastern European
musical form similar to the ballad, with
echoes of folk music and popularised
by Dvořák and others. In their
Aldeburgh Residency director and
choreographer Maxine Braham and
pianist Lada Valešova are creating a
new interpretation of the dumka,
working with collaborators from the
world of dance and theatre to explore
the hidden narratives inside these short
bursts of Slavic musical beauty.
Acclaimed composer Tansy Davies,
whose recent works include the opera
Between Worlds for English National
Opera, an insight into a new direction
she is exploring in an Aldeburgh
Residency. Working with a singer and
choreographer, Davies is developing her
skills as a performer, using seminotated music and sound.
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £6
Britten Studio, Snape 2pm
(ends approx 4pm)
Tickets £15
Aldeburgh Music’s community
programme is supported by The Dunhill
Medical Trust and the Rayne
Foundation with additional support
from the Kirby Laing Foundation and
the Seckford Foundation
Britten Studio, Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £6
Today’s Tea Dance is sponsored by
A magical story set in a winter
wonderland, it’s a feast for the senses
with vibrant music and dance on a
spectacular new stage set. Journey with
Kai, Gerda and a fantastical snow
creature to the palace of The Snow
Queen! Their epic adventure is full of
surprises: meet the frost trolls, ice
bandits and the warm-hearted villagers
in a musical celebration of Christmas,
love and friendship suitable for the
whole family.
Snape Fri 2 December 4pm, Sat & Sun
3 & 4, 10 & 11 December 12pm &
4pm, Wed 7 December 7.30pm,
Fri 9 December 4pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £14, £20, Premium Seats with
cushion £26
Book early for best prices!
Prices are subject to change from 1
October. Ask about group discounts
and special meal deals
More details at www.coopjuniors.co.uk
Presented by the
Co-op Juniors Theatre Company
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Friday 16 – Sunday 18 December
A CHRISTMAS
WEEKEND AT
SNAPE MALTINGS
Make a weekend of it at Snape as the site is
taken over by an abundance of festive events
and activities for all the family, including
The Snowman accompanied by a live orchestra,
Handel’s Messiah, a singalong carol concert,
children’s art and craft workshop and an evening
with the BBC Big Band. Plus the much-loved
Suffolk tradition of welcoming Father Christmas
as he sails into Snape Maltings.
Friday 16 December 7.30pm
Saturday 17 December 1.30pm
Saturday 17 December approx. 3.15pm
Handel’s Messiah
Sing Christmas
Aldeburgh Voices
The Suffolk Ensemble
Fellows of the National Youth Choir of
Great Britain
Ben Parry conductor
Aldeburgh Voices
Group A
Ben Parry conductor
Father Christmas Arrives The Snowman
Film screening of the Christmas classic
by Thames Barge
We open our Christmas Weekend with
Handel’s rousing oratorio, a cornerstone
of the festive season.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £20, £18, £15, £12, £10
Under 27s half price
Come and help us raise the roof as we
sing a mix of carols and classic
Christmas hits. Led by Aldeburgh
Music’s choirs, we celebrate some of
the most popular and best-known
Christmas music in a concert for
children, parents and grandparents to
enjoy and join in.
Snape 1.30pm (ends approx. 2.30pm)
Tickets £10 Under 27s £5
Mark a long-standing Suffolk tradition
as Father Christmas sails into Snape
Maltings by Thames barge and then
meets children in House & Garden.
Saturday 17th December 7.30pm
BBC Big Band
Swinging Christmas classics
Jeff Hooper, Emer McParland vocalists
Barry Forgie conductor
Join the acclaimed BBC Big Band for
a fun-filled programme of festive
favourites with a twist of swing. On the
programme are big band settings of
some of the most popular yule-tide
numbers, such as Let It Snow, Baby
It’s Cold Outside, Santa Baby, and Mel
Tormé’s The Christmas Song, plus a
selection of sparkling big band classics
to warm you up on a winter’s night.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £27, £23, £19, £15, £11
Under 27s half price
Sunday 18 December 2pm & 4pm
with live orchestra
National Youth Girls’ Choir of Great Britain
The Suffolk Ensemble
Ben Parry conductor
Howard Blake The Snowman;
The Land of Counterpane
(world premiere of film version)
With a double bill of films for children
featuring composer Howard Blake’s
evocative scores and live orchestral
accompaniment, this is the perfect way
to round off your weekend. Watching
the Christmas classic The Snowman on
a big screen is a treat in itself, ‘Walking
in the Air’ its magical centrepiece.
Alongside The Snowman, we present
the premiere of The Land of
Counterpane, a spellbinding animated
film with children’s choir, narrator and
live orchestra based on Robert Louis
Stevenson’s poems charting his
childhood flights of fancy.
Snape 2pm & 4pm
Tickets £15 Under 27s half price
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January – March
Friday Lunchtime
Concerts
Chamber Music in Residence
For more than 25 years young string
quartets and chamber ensembles have
come to Aldeburgh for a series of
winter and spring residencies. They
study intensively and perform the
results of their work in the Jubilee Hall
to a loyal and enthusiastic audience.
These concerts remain a fixture of our
year and a unique opportunity to hear
chamber music stars of the future
approaching a range of repertoire, from
established masterpieces to less
familiar works, often for the first time.
‘The opportunity to work intensely
without the distractions and pressures of
everyday life was absolutely invaluable.
It gave us the chance to build a rapport
with our listeners and to reimagine works
we’d performed before alongside first
outings of repertoire we studied during
the residency.’
Daniel Roberts, Castalian Quartet
6 & 13 January Tesla Quartet (USA)
Programme to include music by
Respighi, Gesualdo, Pintscher
20 January Ensemble Mirage (UK)
Programme to include music by
Shostakovich and Messiaen
27 January Damask Ensemble (Netherlands)
Programme to include music by Brahms,
Schumann, Schoenberg and Weill
3 & 10 February Delta Trio (Netherlands)
Programme to include music by Mozart,
Haydn, Hersant, Schubert
17 & 24 February Barbican Quartet (UK)
Programme to include music by
Mendelssohn and Schubert
3 March Castalian Quartet (UK)
Programme to include music by
Schubert and Adès
10 & 17 March Quatuor Hanson (France)
Programme to include music by Mozart,
Beethoven, Haydn and Bartók
24 & 31 March Maxwell Quartet (UK)
Programme to include music by Haydn,
Britten, Mozart and Brahms
7 April Marmen Quartet (UK)
Programme to include music by
Haydn and Bartók
Tuesday 17 January 6pm
Friday 20 January 7pm
Friday 3 – Sunday 5 February
Open Session: How to
write a chamber opera
Matthew Rose:
Winterreise
FolkEast Weekend:
The Sandlings Sessions
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon
(NB concert on 3 March will be in
the Britten Studio, Snape)
Tickets £9 (£7 if you book for 5 or more
lunchtime concerts) Under 27s half price
Emily Howard composer
Selma Dimitrijevic writer
Dan Ayling director
Lucy Goddard voice
Simon Whiteley voice
Joshua Hyde saxophone
Noam Bierstone percussion
Grammy-winning British bass Matthew
Rose and pianist Gary Matthewman
perform Franz Schubert’s masterpiece,
Winterreise, with projected artwork
during the performance by Victoria
Crowe. Rose and Matthewman recorded
Winterreise in the Britten Studio in
2012 for Stone Records to great
critical acclaim.
FolkEast presents three days of
performances and workshops from
some of the UK’s leading folk artists,
including Blowzabella, Chris Wood,
Leveret, The Young’uns, Ian Stephenson
and more.
Try the Wentworth special lunchtime
offer for concert-goers. Two courses £14.
Advance bookings advisable on
01728 452 312
Sponsored by the
Wentworth Hotel
and Restaurant
Aldeburgh Music’s Chamber Music
in Residence is designed to offer
flexible intensive study periods,
mentored by leading teachers in
inspiring surroundings. Programmes
for these concerts are unconfirmed
at the time of going to press and
will be announced at www.
aldeburgh.co.uk.
Composer Emily Howard, writer Selma
Dimitrijevic and director Dan Ayling will
use their Aldeburgh Residency to
develop a new chamber opera, supported
by Arts Council England. This Open
Session sees the culmination of a twopart residency in which they will have
explored the practical understanding of
the relationship between composer,
librettist and director. They will work
with singers from EXAUDI Vocal
Ensemble and Paris-based Duo
Scapegoat to investigate the sonic
world of the main character as well as
exploring some possible staging ideas.
Jerwood Kiln Studio 6pm
Tickets £6
Britten Studio, Snape 7pm
Tickets £16 Concessions £15
The weekend will host instrumental,
song and dance workshops, and each
day will culminate in intimate
performances, festive dances and
diverse sessions for all to join.
Friday 27 January 6.30pm
The Sandlings Sessions offers a unique
opportunity to hear and work with worldclass folk artists in a stunning setting.
Festival Preview
A midwinter look ahead to high
summer as Roger Wright and
Dan Whitfield present a preview of
Aldeburgh Festival 2017.
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 6.30pm
Tickets Free, but please book
(includes a glass of wine)
For further details visit
ww.folkeast.co.uk.
Presented by FolkEast
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Saturday 11 February 6pm
Friday 17 February, 4pm & 6pm
Saturday 25 February 7.30pm
Open Session:
Andrew Watts
Open Sessions:
Aldeburgh Young
Musicians
Shake The Chains
A Countertenor Songbook
Andrew Watts countertenor
Iain Burnside piano
Nicholas Broadhurst director
The culmination of Andrew Watts’
second residency exploring his new
Countertenor Songbook – see
September listing for more details
(see p.7).
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6
Generously supported by
The Derek Hill Foundation
Aldeburgh Young Musicians is
re-defining the way that brilliant
under-18 musicians develop as artists.
See the results of two different AYM
residencies that have been taking place
this week.
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 4pm
Britten Studio, Snape 6pm
Tickets £6 per session Under 27s £3
AYM is generously supported by
The Leverhulme Trust, Sorkin Family
Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston
Foundation and also receives
substantial funding from
Songs of social change, resistance
and protest
Nancy Kerr fiddle, guitar, vocals
Hannah Martin fiddle, banjo, vocals
Greg Russell guitar, bouzouki, vocals
Findlay Napier guitar, vocals
Tim Yates bass, melodeon, vocals
The protest song is as old as the history
of organised resistance itself, from the
industrial revolution to universal
suffrage and the slave trade, and in
more recent times CND, Rock against
Racism and the Miners’ strike. Some of
this country’s most celebrated folk
singer/songwriters come together to
delve into the rich archive of protest
songs and write and perform their own
responses.
In the year Aldeburgh celebrates the
centenary of its most famous daughter
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, this is a
project developed in the place she
called home, putting her promotion of
the roles and rights of women and her
family’s pivotal part in the universal
suffrage movement in the context of
centuries of protest and social change.
Britten Studio, Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £15 Under 27s half price
This nationwide touring project is a
commission supported by Folk by the
Oak and developed with the support of
an Aldeburgh Residency. The concert
is supported by additional funds from
The Aldeburgh Society.
Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 March 7pm
Celebration at 30!
A 5 day takeover of Aldeburgh Music
by Suffolk schools
Every March Snape Maltings Concert
Hall rings with the sound of young
people’s music–making and this year
more than ever as Celebration is in its
30th year! Bringing together schools
from across the county over 1,500
pupils from 45 schools perform in one
of the world’s greatest concert venues.
Every kind of music imaginable, all
ages and all abilities join together in
this unique and long running
partnership between Aldeburgh Music
and Suffolk County Council.
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Snape 7pm
Tickets £8 Under 27s £4
With support from and in partnership with
Photo: Anna McCarthy
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Saturday 18 March 7.30pm
Sunday 26 March 6pm
Tuesday 28 March 2pm
Carmina Burana and
The Rio Grande
Suffolk Philharmonic
Orchestra
Tea Dance
Aldeburgh Music Club Choir
Jubilee Opera Chorus
Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson soprano
Daniel Auchincloss tenor
Julien Van Mellaerts baritone
Edmund Fivet conductor
with Leslie Olive conductor
Trio Isimsiz
Daisy Brown soprano
A community event with live music,
dancing and a delicious Afternoon Tea.
All welcome – whether to tear up
the dance floor or to simply sit back
and enjoy! Suitable for all ages
and abilities.
Orff Carmina Burana
Lambert The Rio Grande
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £15, £18, £22
(Students £7.50, £9, £11)
Presented by
Aldeburgh Music Club
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of
Figaro
Beethoven Triple Concerto for violin,
piano, cello and orchestra
Mahler Symphony no.4
Snape 6pm
Tickets £34, £29, £25, £20, £15
Presented by
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra
Live music, dancing and afternoon tea
Britten Studio, Snape 2pm
(ends approx 4pm)
Tickets £15
Aldeburgh Music’s community
programme is supported by The
Dunhill Medical Trust and the Rayne
Foundation with additional support
from the Kirby Laing Foundation and
the Seckford Foundation
Today’s Tea Dance is sponsored by
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Thursday 30 March – Saturday 1 April
Thursday 30 March 7.30pm
Friday 31 March 7.30pm
Saturday 1 April 3pm
Saturday 1 April 7.30pm
ENGLISH
TOURING
OPERA
Tosca
Gilbert & Sullivan:
Patience
Family: Silver Electra
Tosca
In 1937 Amelia Earhart, then the most
famous woman on the planet, went
missing in her silver Electra aeroplane
as she was about to complete her
pioneering round-the-world flight. 40
years later, an old jar of freckle cream
is discovered by an elderly woman on
the beach. So begins a story that takes
us from Australia to America and back,
with a huge cast of exciting characters.
The opera, aimed at children aged
7-14, is performed by ETO’s singers
and orchestra and was created by the
team behind Laika the Spacedog and
Shackleton’s Cat.
See Thursday 30 March for details.
Tosca and Patience 2-opera
ticket: Book both operas for
£61, £54, £45, £35, £27
U27s half price
Michael Rosewell conductor
Blanche McIntyre director
Puccini’s visceral depiction of love and
power in the midst of political terror, is
directed by Blanche McIntyre, new to
opera but fresh from some revelatory
work in the theatre. A trio of powerful
UK artists are lined up for the diva, the
artist and the chief of police, so it is
sure to be a night of passion.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £35, £31, £26, £20, 16
Under 27s half price
Pre-performance talk with the cast and
creative team
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets free but please book
Timothy Burke conductor
ETO’s first production of a light opera
by Gilbert and Sullivan is Patience –
the duo’s extremely witty, infrequently
performed little masterpiece about the
aesthetic movement of the 1890s, with
willowy poets, sighing maidens, hearty
milkmaids and burly officers galore.
Every tune is whistleable, every word
worth hearing, and the humour is as
fresh as it was at the first performance.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £35, £31, £26, £20, £16
Under 27s half price
Pre-performance talk with the cast and
creative team
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets free but please book
Britten Studio, Snape 3pm
Tickets £6
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £35, £31, £26, £20, £16
Under 27s half price
Pre-performance talk with the cast
and creative team
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm
Tickets free but please book
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Wednesday 5 April 7.30pm
Saturday 8 April 7.30pm
Suffolk Youth Music
Easter Concert
Britten–Pears Orchestra
with Marin Alsop and
Colin Currie
The county’s finest young musicians
present a variety of showpieces for their
opening concert of the 2016–17 season.
Snape 7.30pm Tickets £11, £10, £8
Student/Child £8.50, £7.50, £5.50
Presented by
Suffolk Music Education Hub
Friday 7 April 4pm
Open Session: Aldeburgh
Young Musicians
The results of a week-long residency.
Britten Studio, Snape 4pm
Tickets £6 Under 27s £3
AYM is generously supported by
The Leverhulme Trust, Sorkin Family
Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston
Foundation and also receives
substantial funding from
The Rite of Spring plus Ravel and Turnage
Britten–Pears Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
Colin Currie percussion
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2
Mark-Anthony Turnage Percussion
Concerto (In memoriam Steve Martland)
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Following a performance at London’s
Royal Festival Hall the previous day
and ahead of their appearance at our
Easter Weekend (see p.40), one of the
world’s outstanding conductors Marin
Alsop and the Britten–Pears Orchestra
are joined by virtuoso percussionist
Colin Currie in an exhilarating new
concerto alongside two iconic tours de
force of orchestral verve from the early
20th century.
Mark-Anthony Turnage has won over
fans from a wide range of the musical
genres with his idiosyncratic style
inspired above all by jazz and the
rhythmic modernism of Stravinsky. His
concerto for percussion and orchestra
is given its second performance by
Colin Currie, hailed by The Telegraph as
‘among the top handful of percussionists
in the world’. It is paired with two
mythic works commissioned for the
Ballet Russes in 1909–1913: the
second suite of music from Ravel’s
seductive, opulent ballet, and
Stravinsky’s powerful, rhythm-led Rite.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £27, £23, £19, £15, £11
Under 27s half price
The Britten–Pears Young Artist
Programme is generously supported by
Sunday 9 April 6.30pm
Woodbridge
Choral Society
Woodbridge Choral Society
Kingfisher Sinfonia
Michaela Parry, Aidan Edwards soloists
Andrew Leach conductor
Handel Zadok the Priest
Mozart Coronation Mass
Britten Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Jana Rowland Raedwald’s Return
(world premiere)
Snape 6.30pm
Tickets £15, £18, £22
Presented by
Woodbridge Choral Society
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Good Friday 14 – Easter Sunday 16 April
EASTER WEEKEND
AT SNAPE MALTINGS
Our Easter Weekend juxtaposes youthful energy and profound,
contemplative music. Bach’s great St John Passion is given a
dramatic chamber performance by Solomon’s Knot, the Marmen
Quartet play meditative works by Bach, Beethoven and Philip Glass,
while the cobwebs of winter are well and truly blown away by the
power of the Britten–Pears Orchestra under the baton of inspirational
American conductor Marin Alsop. They perform Bartók’s Concerto for
Orchestra and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which
is repeated in a family concert on Easter Sunday
Throughout the weekend there will also be a host of family-friendly
activities around the site, including a Farmers’ Market (on Saturday
morning) and an Easter Egg Hunt.
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Good Friday 14 April 12 noon
Good Friday 14 April 7.30pm
Marmen Quartet
Bach: St John Passion
Contemplative music by Bach,
Beethoven and Glass
Dramatic chamber performance of Bach’s
great passion
Bach Chorale Prelude: Vor Deinem
Thron tret ich hiermit BWV 668 4’
Philip Glass Quartet No.3 ‘Mishima’ 18’
Beethoven Quartet in A minor op.132 45’
Solomon’s Knot
Jonathan Sells director
Three works that allow musical space
for contemplation in that most personal
and intimate means of expression, the
string quartet. Bach’s serene chorale
prelude is said to have been written
contemplating his own death and is his
last numbered work whilst Beethoven’s
monumental late quartet is dominated
by one of his most sublime and
spacious slow movements, one the
composer himself described as a hymn
of gratitude to the Almighty. Glass’s
quartet moves toward a gently
ruminative conclusion, as stark and
insistent gestures soften and coalesce
into heartfelt melody.
Orford Church 12 noon
Tickets £13, £10, £5
Bach St John Passion 115’
Written in 1724 for the Good Friday
service at Leipzig’s Nikolaikirche,
Bach’s St John Passion was by far the
most dramatic, rich and complex
musical interpretation of the passion
story the Leipzig audience – indeed,
any audience anywhere – had
experienced.
The baroque collective Solomon’s Knot,
one of the exciting ensembles
supported by Aldeburgh Music’s Open
Space programme, has quickly
achieved acclaim for the vitality and
invention of its chamber performances,
of the great baroque oratorios. Making
full use of the freedom enabled by
singing without scores, they breathe
freshness and new drama into one of
Bach’s great large-scale masterpieces.
‘Solomon’s Knot…known as much for
vigour and risk-taking as for historical
authenticity and intelligent programming.’
The Financial Times
Snape 7.30pm (ends approx. 9.30pm)
Tickets £24, £21, £18, £14, £10
Under 27s half price
Restaurant open
Open Space at Aldeburgh Music
is generously supported by
Saturday 15 April 12 noon
Eo Nomine
A meditation on the crucifixion by
Bach’s musical forbear
Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri 65’
Hearing Buxtehude’s cycle of sacred
cantatas, we can only imagine the effect
his music had on Bach. Ingeniously
structured and finely attuned to the
poetry, allegory and imagery of his
biblical texts these contemplation of
Christ’s body on the cross seems to
contain the essence of the great Bach
passions yet to come. Above all it is the
vibrant immediacy of the music that
draws us in – the richly sensual
harmonies, its mix of florid rhetoric and
intimate reflection has a cumulative
power that overwhelms us still.
Vocal consort Eo Nomine are one of the
brightest recent additions to the British
early music scene and the latest
ensemble on Aldeburgh Music’s Open
Space scheme.
Orford Church 12 noon (ends approx.
1.10pm)
Tickets £18, £15, £10
Under 27s half price
Open Space at Aldeburgh Music
is generously supported by
Saturday 15 April 3pm
Aldeburgh Voices
Alexander Chaplin conductor
Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-truth 5’;
Mass in G minor 26’
Poulenc Salve Regina 5’
Martin Mass for double choir 28’
Blythburgh’s simple, lofty grandeur is
the perfect setting for some of the most
beautiful sacred music from the early
20th century in a programme where the
spirit of ancient plainchant and
polyphony seems embellished and
re-imagined. In Vaughan Williams’
mass for two choirs, the intricate
interlocking vocal parts and modal
harmonies of English Tudor music are
channelled into a work of serenity and
grace, whilst Frank Martin’s mass,
largely completed in the same year,
uses the spatial separation and richly
layered textures of his voices to
ravishing effect.
Blythburgh Church 3pm (ends approx
4.30pm)
Tickets £16, £13, £8
Under 27s half price
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Saturday 15 April 7.30pm
Britten–Pears
Orchestra with
Marin Alsop
Britten and Bartók from one of the world’s
leading conductors
Programme to include:
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the
Orchestra 18’
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra 40’
The partnership of the Britten–Pears
Orchestra’s brilliant young musicians
from around the world and one of the
world’s most inspiring interpreters of
orchestral music is an exciting
prospect. New York-born conductor
Marin Alsop has a remarkable ability to
get the best out of people, from the
world’s leading professionals to the
urban youth of Baltimore and
outstanding young female conductors.
Together Alsop and the BPO perform
two of the 20th century’s most popular
works – Britten’s great showpiece and
Bartók’s synthesis of East European
folk melody and rich orchestral
textures, a nostalgic love letter to his
homeland.
‘a formidable musician and a powerful
communicator, a conductor with a vision’
New York Times on Marin Alsop
Snape 7.30pm (ends approx. 9.15pm)
Tickets £27, £23, £19, £15, £11
Under 27s half price
Restaurant open
The Britten–Pears Young Artist
Programme is generously supported by
Sunday 16 April 2pm
Saturday 22 April 7.30pm
Friday 28 April 7pm
Saturday 29 April 7.30pm
Family Concert:
Young Person’s Guide
to the Orchestra
Jacqui Dankworth
& Charlie Wood:
‘Just You, Just Me’
Ipswich School
Spring Concert
Ipswich Choral Society
Inspire your children with the power of
the orchestra
One of the UK’s outstanding jazz singers
Jacqui Dankworth is joined by her
husband, acclaimed American pianist
and singer-songwriter, Charlie Wood,
for a concert of duet arrangements
celebrating a century of great musical
partnerships. This concert is in aid of
Orford, Sudbourne, Iken, Chillesford,
Butley and Tunstall churches.
Britten–Pears Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the
Orchestra 18’
Britten’s glittering orchestral score has
become a classic of the repertoire but
was composed as an educational tool.
There is no better way to introduce
young people to music and the sheer
breathtaking power of a live orchestra
than to let them experience Britten’s
set of variations, introduced by one of
music’s most charismatic and
passionate advocates in Marin Alsop.
Snape 2pm (ends approx. 2.45pm)
Tickets £10 Under 16s £5
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £20, £15, £10
Presented by Jacki Maslin,
Church Warden of Orford Church
Performances by Ipswich School Chapel
Choir, Choral Society, Orchestras,
Big Band, Ipswich Preparatory School
musicians and items sung by members
of Years 7 and 8.
Snape 7pm
Tickets see www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Presented by Ipswich School
Ipswich Choral Society and the world’s
oldest amateur choral society, Halifax
Choral Society, celebrating their
bicentenary this year, perform
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, conducted by
Robin Walker, with Kingfisher Sinfonietta
and soloists Claire Weston, Susan
Moore, James Elliott and Garry Magee.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £16, £18, £20 Students £8
Presented by Ipswich Choral Society
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Friday 5 May 7pm
Saturday 13 May 7.30pm
Friday 2 June 4pm
Raise The Roof
Elgar’s The Dream
of Gerontius
Open Session:
Aldeburgh Young
Musicians
A gala benefit concert in aid of
Benhall Church with live music,
readings and more.
Britten Studio, Snape 7pm
Tickets £10
Presented by Geoffrey Lilley
Saturday 6 May 7pm
University of Essex
Choir & Essex Sinfonia
The Choir of the University of Essex
returns to Snape to deliver a stunning
programme of Elgar’s Enigma Variations
and Vaughan Williams’ The Sea
Symphony, conducted by Richard Cooke.
Snape 7pm
Tickets £25, £20, £16, £12
(£8 concessions on £12 tickets for
students only)
Presented by the University of Essex
Beccles Choral Society and Gippeswyk
Singers present Elgar’s choral
masterpiece with the Lambeth
Orchestra conducted by Geoff Lavery.
Snape 7.30pm
Tickets £22, £18, £15, £10
Presented by Beccles Choral Society
Aldeburgh Young Musicians is
re-defining the way that brilliant
under-18 musicians develop as artists.
See the results of a week-long
AYM residency.
Britten Studio, Snape 4pm
Tickets £6 Under 27s £3
AYM is generously supported by
The Leverhulme Trust, Sorkin Family
Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston
Foundation and also receives
substantial funding from
EXHIBITIONS
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Until 9 December 2016
Late Britten
Marking 40 years since Britten’s death
we examine his late music and the
influences that helped him to create
some of the most surprisingly vibrant
music of his career.
1 February – 8 December 2017
Private Britten
In July 1967, the Sexual Offences Act
was passed and paved the way towards
equality for the LGBT community.
To mark the 50th anniversary of this
important moment, our exhibition at
The Red House, Aldeburgh explores
Britten and Pears’ relationship and
how the treatment of homosexuality
impacted their life together and the
music they created. Special events will
take place throughout the year.
Both exhibitions at The Red House,
Aldeburgh visit www.brittenpears.org
for more information
Britten and Pears, late 1960s
How to find us
Eating at Snape
By Train National Express East
Anglia operate a service from
London–Saxmundham via
Ipswich. Tel: 0845 600 7245.
The new Concert Hall Café
(check www.aldeburgh.co.uk
for seasonal opening times)
offers great views over the Alde
Estuary and serves serve tea,
coffee and pastries, a lunch
menu with an emphasis on
fresh, healthy salads, a brunch
menu at weekends. From
two hours before the start of
evening performances in Snape
Maltings Concert Hall the
Concert Hall Café serves hot
and cold pre-concert meals.
You can also make your visit
stress-free by pre-ordering your
interval drinks. Please visit the
bar before the concert to place
your interval order.
By Taxi We advise you pre-book
a taxi from Saxmundham:
A2B cars
01728 633003 or
01728 832202
New Penny Taxis
01728 452142
Oscar/Amber Taxis
01728 830614
Gull Taxis
01728 602344
By Bus There are bus services
from both Aldeburgh and
Woodbridge to Snape with a
bus stop outside the Maltings.
Tel: 0871 200 2233.
The upstairs Concert Hall
Restaurant, offering spectacular
panoramic views, opens before
and after evening performances
in Snape Maltings Concert
Hall. Advance booking is
essential – call the Aldeburgh
Music Box Office on 01728
687110 to reserve a table.
For all catering bookings and
enquiries please contact the
Box Office on 01728 687110.
We regret that picnics are not
allowed anywhere on the site.
SAMPLE CONCERT HALL
CAFÉ MENU
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Snape Maltings Visitor Centre
Poached salmon, new
potatoes, asparagus & caper
salad, cucumber pickle.
Garlic & lemon marinated
chicken with quinoa
tabbouleh, yoghurt &
pomegranate dressing.
Asian style buckwheat
& peanut noodles with
marinated tofu &
tendersweet broccoli
Seasonal salad with tomato,
cucumber & coleslaw
Scotch egg
Asparagus quiche
Soup of the day
By Car Signposted from the
A12, take the A1094 off
the A12, turn right at Snape
Church for Snape Maltings.
There is no charge for parking
at Snape.
Concert Hall Café
Myriad, 2016
Photos: Matt Jolly
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Snape Maltings
Concert Hall
seating plan
Please note the seating plan
differs for dance events, some
hire events, and Christmas
Spectacular. Please ask the
Box Office for details.
Key
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Booking details
Priority booking for Annual
Donors until 6 July, Friends from
7 July, and Advance Booking
List and e-ABL from 21 July.
You can now use priority online
booking. Alternatively, send
back your completed form as
soon as possible after receiving
it. Forms are processed in
order of receipt, according to
membership level.
Please note we cannot take any
telephone or in person bookings
until the start of the general
booking on 28 July.
Please return forms to:
Aldeburgh Music
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
or E: [email protected]
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General Booking opens on
Thursday 28 July
Book online at www.aldeburgh.
co.uk, where you will find
a new and improved online
booking experience.
Phone and In Person booking
opens on Thursday 28 July
Tel: 01728 687110
Box Office
opening hours
Aldeburgh High Street
Mon–Sat 10am–1pm
& 1.30pm–4.30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Mon–Sat 10am – 4.30pm
Sun (Easter to end of October
only) 10am – 4.30pm, or start
of the evening concert
Discounts
Group Discounts 10% discount
for groups of 12 or more.
Wheelchair Users A concession
of 50% is available to
companions of wheelchair
users. All discounts are made
subject to availability, and
discounts cannot be combined.
Returned Tickets We are happy
to re-sell returned tickets for
sold-out concerts. A 10%
handling charge will be
deducted from your refund.
Support our work Access
Aldeburgh Music relies on
the generosity of numerous
individuals, businesses, trusts
and foundations to carry out
its ambitious programme of
artistic development, Education
and Community work.
There are many ways you can
play your part in supporting the
unique musical life here and
be the first to hear about
upcoming events and
performances. Our Advance
Booking List offers a week of
priority booking ahead of the
general public. As well as
regular mailings, our Friends
and Annual Donors also have
extended priority booking for
all our seasons, including
Aldeburgh Festival 2017, and
the chance to meet worldleading artists at our
year-round Friends events.
Join today at www.aldeburgh.
co.uk/support_us or for more
information about making a
donation, including leaving a
legacy to Aldeburgh Music,
please contact 01728 687100
or [email protected].
Please inform the Box Office if
you have access requirements
so that they may advise you on
the most appropriate seats.
Parking for people with
disabilities at Snape
Spaces are provided for blue/
orange badge holders and must
be booked in advance. Should
you require one please inform
the Box Office when booking.
Please arrive early to secure
your parking space.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall,
Britten Studio and
Hoffmann Building
Aldeburgh Parish Church
Jubilee Hall
Peter Pears Recital Room
Orford Church
Blythburgh Church
The Concert Hall and the
Hoffmann Building have space
for wheelchairs, lift access
to all levels, and operate an
infra-red hearing system which
can be used with or without a
hearing aid.
To receive this brochure in another
format, please call 01728 687100.
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SNAPE MALTINGS
Snape Maltings is a unique collection of Victorian
malthouses containing a wide range of shops, galleries
and eateries. Enjoy the monthly Farmers’ Markets,
river trips and walks alongside the River Alde.
EAT
There are five great eateries on site, from the
Concert Hall Café and Restaurant, with their
panoramic views of the Alde Estuary, to the seasonal
menu of Café 1885, which serves brunch, lunch
and afternoon tea, the Granary Tea Shop and the
Plough & Sail pub.
SHOP
A collection of award-winning independent shops:
House & Garden, The Craft Shop, Little Rascals,
Concert Hall Shop, The Food Hall, Fresh Food
Pantry, Books & Cards and Samphire boutique.
STAY
Stunning 2-bedroom apartments with private
terrace, 3/4-bedroom town houses with panoramic
views across the Alde Estuary to Iken church, and
cottages sleeping 2–5 people.
Find out more at www.snapemaltings.co.uk
or call 01728 688303
Our advertisers are important
to us – please tell them you
found them here.
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Where to stay
elsewhere
B&B AND SELF-CATERING
Acre Cottage, Snape.
A delightful period Cottage.
Luxury B&B. Walking distance
from Snape Maltings.
Tel: 01728 689003 or
07740 422065
[email protected]
A short walk to The Maltings
Where Benjamin Britten lived
and wrote Peter Grimes.
The Old Mill, Snape.
Tel: 01728 687906
www.oldmillsnape.co.uk
[email protected]
Albion House, Snape.
Welcoming B&B plus
self-catering studio, overlooking
view that inspired Benjamin
Britten. A short stroll from
Snape Maltings.
Tel/Fax: 01728 687612
www.albionhouse-bandb.co.uk
Snape 2 miles. Grade II listed
farmhouse. Super king-size
bed, en-suite bathroom.
Delicious breakfasts. Peaceful.
Tel: 01728 689000
www.walkfarm.com
Snape 3 miles Mollett’s Farm
B&B and self-catering. 6
Apartments, 3 disabled, pet
friendly, Caravan Club CL.
Tel: 01728 604547
www.molletts.com
Snape BandB close to Maltings
Three quiet comfortable
bedrooms, music room.
Own produce.
Tel: 07968 872432
[email protected]
www.snapebandb.co.uk
Snape Cottages Rural, beautiful
and high quality. Sleep 2–14.
Short breaks & dogs welcome.
Tel: 07802 878172
www.snapecottages.co.uk
Snape Period cottage.
Sleeps 2–4. Log fire. Short
breaks. Dogs welcome.
Tel: 01728 688144
www.click4cottages.co.uk
Snape Peaceful location set in
5 acres sleeps 2+, dogs welcome
Tel: 01728 688221
www.waterfieldscottage.co.uk
Snape Rose Tree Cottage
sleeps 2-4 short walk to
Maltings, dogs welcome.
Tel: 07957 212118
www.snape-cottage.co.uk
Snape Summerhouse. B&B or
self-catering, 5 mins walk from
Snape Maltings, pets welcome.
Tel: 01728 688750
www.thesummerhouseinsnape.co.uk
Aldeburgh Luxury B&B Quiet but
close to the High Street and
sea. Delicious award-winning
breakfasts. Tel: 01728 453271
[email protected]
www.aldeburgh-bedandbreakfast.co.uk
Aldeburgh, Sleeps 6. Wellequipped house at top of Town
Steps. Pretty garden, sea views.
Tel: 01787 222535
[email protected]
Aldeburgh, Beech House B&B.
Near beach, town centre.
Tel: 01728 452597
[email protected]
www.beechhousealdeburgh.co.uk
Ashanwell B&B, Orford. En-suite
accommodation, off-road parking.
Tel: 01394 450882
[email protected]
www.ashanwell.com
Darsham Old Hall
C13th house within 60 acres
and home to Melford Green
Alpacas offering B&B in
luxurious, grand rooms some
with four-poster beds and
copper baths. Located between
Southwold and Aldeburgh.
Tel: 01728 668446
or 07972 906141
[email protected]
www.darshamoldhall.co.uk
Friston Woodside Barn lovely
well-converted barn sleeps 6,
self-catering, pets welcome.
Tel: 0845 268 0785
www.woodsidebarncottages.co.uk
Heveningham Delightful
16th-century private family
farmhouse, tennis court,
heated pool, barn gamesroom.
Delicious breakfasts; picnic
lunches and dinners on request.
Tel. 01986 798254 or
0207 226 6304
[email protected]
Orford Wash House B&B
Stylish, newly converted,
independent studio. Double.
Locally sourced breakfast
Wi-Fi, parking, small garden
Tel: 01394 450959
www.orfordwashhouse.co.uk
Rendham Thurstons Farm
15mins from Snape. Fully
restored Grade II* Tudor
farmhouse and stables
providing B&B accommodation
plus events barn set within
beautiful gardens with woods
and ponds.
Tel: 07468 319537
www.thurstonsfarm.com
Rendham Church Farm,
peaceful location. Snape 8
miles. S/C double ensuite room
in barn conversion or 2 double
B&B in C16th farmhouse.
Tel: 01728 663454
[email protected]
www.juniperbarnbandb.co.uk
Thorpeness Lovely 5-bed house
in heart of village. Sleeps 9.
Available April-October.
Tel: 020 7737 7306
www.no2westgate.co.uk
Ufford Luxuriously furnished 1
bed 16thC cottage. Open fire.
Tel: 01473 411700
[email protected]
www.hopecottagesuffolk.co.uk
Yoxford Georgian farmhouse 3
ensuite rooms, 15 minute drive
from Snape Maltings. Musicians
welcome, rehearsal space
available. Tel: 01728 668651
www.oaktreefarmyoxford.co.uk
ACCOMMODATION AGENCIES
Best of Suffolk Over 280 stylish
holiday cottages in the seaside
town of Aldeburgh and
surrounding beautiful
countryside.
Tel: 01728 638962
www.bestofsuffolk.co.uk
Suffolk Cottage Holidays Aldeburgh,
Snape and throughout Suffolk.
Self-cater in style.
Tel: 01394 389189
Tel: 01728 454724
www.suffolkcottageholidays.com
www.bighouseholidays.co.uk
Heritage Hideaways A more
personal approach to cottage
holidays in Suffolk and Norfolk
Tel: 01502 724782
www.heritagehideaways.com
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Suffolk Secrets Over 440
VisitEngland inspected
Suffolk holiday cottages.
Offices in Aldeburgh,
Southwold and Woodbridge.
48 High Street, Aldeburgh,
IP15 5AB
Tel: 01502 711727
www.suffolk-secrets.co.uk
HOTELS
The Brudenell Hotel, Situated in
an idyllic seaside setting, just a
pebble’s throw from
Aldeburgh’s shingle beach, the
privately-owned Brudenell
typifies all of the elements of a
luxury four star seaside hotel.
Refurbrished in 2010, the
hotel has 44 bedrooms, many
with beautiful sea and country
views. Enjoy fabulous food
served in the sea-facing AA two
rosette restaurant or al fresco
on the beachfront terrace.
Tel: 01728 452071
[email protected]
www.brudenellhotel.co.uk
Ufford Park Hotel located in
120 acres of historic parkland
close to Woodbridge and less
than 10 miles from Snape.
Restaurant, Luxury Spa and
Championship Golf Course.
Tel: 0844 4776473 (local rate)
[email protected]
www.uffordpark.co.uk
The Crown and Castle, Orford
is 10 mins drive from the
concert hall at Snape. 21
en-suite bedrooms offer either
distant sea views or semiprivate garden terraces.
The lively, highly rated Trinity
restaurant offers pre-concert
dinners (local fish & shellfish
a speciality).
Tel: 01394 450205
www.crownandcastle.co.uk
Milsoms Kesgrave Hall, 23 bed
4* hotel in 38 acres of woodland
The brasserie serves all day so
there is no need to rush. Rooms
from just £125 room only.
Tel: 01473 333741
www.milsomhotels.com
Thorpeness Hotel A short drive
from Aldeburgh and overlooking
the Meare and golf course,
Thorpeness Hotel has 36 ensuite bedrooms. The restaurant
and bar are open daily to
non-residents for morning
coffee, light lunches, afternoon
tea and dinner. Sunday roasts a
speciality. 2–5 bedroomed
self-catering properties are also
available for short breaks
throughout the year.
Tel: 01728 452176
[email protected]
www.thorpeness.co.uk
The Ship at Dunwich, Stay in a
traditional coastal inn near
Southwold and Aldeburgh.
Tel: 01728 648219
[email protected]
www.shipatdunwich.co.uk
The Wentworth Hotel An
independently owned country
house hotel overlooking the
sea. 35 bedrooms many with
sea views. Elegant and
comfortable lounges with open
fires, antique furniture and
paintings. Sunken terrace
garden in which morning
coffee, bar lunches and
afternoon teas are served.
Restaurant awarded 2 AA
Rosettes. Private car parking.
Always open to non-residents.
Tel: 01728 452312
[email protected]
www.wentworth-aldeburgh.com
The Westleton Crown, hotel and
restaurant nestled in between
Southwold and Aldeburgh.
Tel: 01728 648777
[email protected]
www.westletoncrown.co.uk
White Lion Hotel is a newly
refurbished beachfront hotel
which prides itself on its relaxed
and informal atmosphere,
where the emphasis is on
comfort, fantastic food and
outstanding hospitality.
Seasonally-inspired menus are
served in the vibrant setting of
the Bar & Brasserie, with
produce sourced from the land
and sea close to Aldeburgh.
Open for morning coffee, lunch,
afternoon tea and dinner.
Tel: 01728 452720
[email protected]
www.whitelion.co.uk
Where to eat
elsewhere
The Crown Inn, Snape
Traditional and modern pub
food using our own homereared meats and locally
sourced seasonal produce.
Pre- & post-concert bookings
taken. B&B available.
Tel: 01728 688324
www.snape-crown.co.uk
The Plough & Sail, Snape
Maltings. Only 100 yards from
the concert hall, our team are
proud to offer local, quality
produce in a welcoming and
relaxed atmosphere. Pre- and
post-concert dining available
all year.
Tel: 01728 688413
www.theploughandsailsnape.co.uk
The Lighthouse, 77 High Street,
Aldeburgh. Morning coffee,
lunchtime and evening
restaurant open 7 days. Good
Food Guide, Harden’s, Bib
Gourmand in Michelin.
Tel: 01728 453377
www.lighthouserestaurant.co.uk
What else to do
Lettering Arts Centre, Snape
Maltings Showcasing the best
British and International
lettering design and
craftsmanship. GALLERY with
changing programme of
exhibitions and SHOP featuring
contemporary objects and advice
on commissioning new work from
over 70 leading lettering artists.
Tel: 01728 688393
www.letteringartstrust.org.uk
The Red House Discover Britten
at the place where he lived
and worked: The Red House.
Visit his studio and browse our
engaging exhibition on the man
and his music
See www.brittenpears.org or call
01728 451700 for details of
charges, tours and events.
The Red House, Golf Lane,
Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Long Shop Museum, Leiston
Open 22 March to 29 October
Discover industrial Britain in rural
Suffolk among the atmospheric
Victorian factory buildings and
magnificent machines built by
Garretts of Leiston.
Tel: 01728 832189
[email protected]
www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
OTHER LOCAL INFORMATION
Aldeburgh Music Club Enjoy
singing? Come and join us on
Tuesdays from 7.30pm at the
Aldeburgh Community Centre.
No audition required. Next
concerts Saturday 10
November 2016 at 7.30pm
Bach Christmas Oratorio,
Saturday 18 March 2017 at
7.30pm Lambert The Rio
Grande and Orff Carmina
Burana, Saturday 13 May
2017 at 7.30pm, Orford
Church, Schubert Mass in G
major. All tickets from
Aldeburgh Music Box Office.
Tel: 01728 602217
www.aldeburghmusic.club
Beauty at the Blue Door for
discerning ladies where only
the best will do. Manicures/
Pedicures, Shellac, Gelii,
Dermalogica facials and
product, Lash/brows, Waxperts
and more! Our pleasure to
welcome you!
Basement 18b High St
(entrance in Victoria Road)
Aldeburgh, IP15 5AB
Tel: 01728 452370
Antique & Collectors Centre, Snape
Maltings, 10am–5pm daily.
40 dealers offering an eclectic
range for all pockets & interests.
Tel: 01728 688038
The Gainsborough String Quartet
can add something special to
your wedding or party.
Tel: 07768986014
[email protected]
Good Neighbours Scheme There
are more than 20 volunteer-run
schemes in Suffolk who assist
people with errands, shopping,
befriending and transport. In the
Aldeburgh area call Agnes on
07773 031064 or Aldringhamcum-Thorpe 07521 047843.
For more information about
setting up a scheme:
Tel: 01473 345300
[email protected]
O&C Butcher Ladieswear,
Menswear, Footwear. 129–131
High St Aldeburgh. Wide range
of quality town and country
clothing available in store or
online. Tel: 01728 452229
www.ocbutcher.co.uk
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The Southwold Concert Series
offers creative and bold
programmes, combining the
traditional with more progressive
repertoire, and young artists
feature prominently. Concerts
are in St Edmunds Church, a
15th-century building in
Southwold. Tickets £12.
Tel: 01502 726161
[email protected]
Thorpeness Emporium
Antiques and Collectables over
30 dealers. Yards from the Sea
and Meare. Cafe.
Tel: 01728 454639
www.thorpenessemporium.co.uk
Aldeburgh Music will be helping
to co-ordinate audience car
sharing. If you would like to be
put in touch with other
audience members from your
area please contact us.
Tel: 01728 687100
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Advertise here
To advertise your
accommodation
or business here please
contact Nikki Horton,
Operations Administrator
on 01728 687161,
email nhorton@
aldeburgh.co.uk
or www.aldeburgh.co.uk
Aldeburgh Music is grateful for the support of its
partners in the business community:
Acknowledgements
Aldeburgh Music gratefully acknowledges
generous support from:
Aldeburgh Music works in close
association with the Britten–Pears
Foundation and gratefully acknowledges
its substantial financial support for the
Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme.
Open Space, Aldeburgh’s expanded
residency programme is generously
supported by
Recipient of a Catalyst Arts: Endowments
grant to raise £1m for the Aldeburgh
Music Endowment Fund and have these
funds matched £ for £
Aldeburgh Music Endowment Fund is a
registered charity No. 282610
Aldeburgh Music is grateful for the
generous support of The Haskel Family
Charities; The Jerwood Charitable
Foundation; The Leverhulme Trust; The
Monument Trust; Trinity College, London;
Garfield Weston Foundation; Youth Music;
and the many other trusts and foundations,
individuals, businesses and other private
organisations that support our work.
Aldeburgh Festival is a
registered trademark®
Aldeburgh Music is a registered charity
No. 261383 and a company limited by
guarantee registered in England and Wales
No. 980281
The right is reserved to substitute artists
and vary the advertised programme if
necessary. All information is correct at
time of going to press.
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SUN 4 Suffolk Youth
Music Gala 5pm
THU 8-TUE 13
Bartók Masterclasses:
2pm
FRI 9 Márta Sebestyén
7.30pm
WED 14 Masterclasses:
Final Recital 3pm
SAT 17 Trianon Choir
& Symphony Orchestra
7.30pm
THU 22 Open Session:
Andrew Watts 6pm
FRI 23 Open Session
6pm
SAT 15 Suffolk Songfest SAT 19 Christmas
5 – 11pm
Oratorio 7.30pm
FRI 20 Ensemble
Mirage 12 noon
FRI 24 & 31 Maxwell
Quartet 12 noon
SAT 15 Aldeburgh
Voices 3pm
BRITTEN WEEKEND:
BRITTEN DANCES
THU 24 Open Session
6pm
FRI 20 Winterreise 7pm
SUN 26 Suffolk
Philharmonic 6pm
SAT 15 BPO with Marin
Alsop 7.30pm
FRI 21 Richard Alston
Dance Company*
7.30pm
DECEMBER
TUE 28 Tea Dance 2pm
SUN 16 Family Concert
2pm
SAT 22 A Study Morning
10am
SAT 22 Joseph Toonga
1pm & 4pm
SAT 22 Richard Alston
Dance Company
7.30pm
SUN 23 Aldeburgh
Voices 1pm
SUN 23 Britten Sinfonia
4pm
SAT 24–SUN 25
Aldeburgh Food & Drink
Festival
FRI 28 Open Sessions:
AYM 4pm & 6pm
THU 29 Open Session
6pm
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SUN 6 William Pleeth
Centenary Celebration
10.30am – 5.45pm
FRI 27 Damask
Ensemble 12 noon
FRI 27 Festival Preview
6.30pm
THU 30 ETO: Tosca
7.30pm*
FEBRUARY
FRI 31 ETO: Patience
7.30pm*
TUE 6 Tea Dance 2pm
FRI 3 – SUN 5 FolkEast:
The Sandling Sessions
APRIL
FRI 2 – SUN 12
The Snow Queen
FRI 3 & 10 Delta Trio
12 noon
SAT 1 Family: Silver
Electra 3pm
CHRISTMAS WEEKEND
SAT 11 Open Session
6pm
SAT 1 Tosca 7.30pm*
SAT 3 Open Session
7.30pm
SUN 4 Open Session
7.30pm
FRI 16 Messiah 7.30pm
SAT 17 Sing Christmas
1.30pm
SAT 17 Father
Christmas sails into
Snape 3.15pm
SAT 17 BBC Big Band
7.30pm
FRI 17 & 24 Barbican
Quartet 12 noon
FRI 17 Open Sessions:
AYM 4pm & 6pm
SAT 25 Shake The
Chains 7.30pm
MARCH
FRI 28 Ipswich School
7pm
SAT 29 Ipswich Choral
Society 7.30pm
MAY
WED 5 Suffolk Youth
Music 7.30pm
FRI 5 Raise The Roof
7pm
FRI 7 Marmen Quartet
12 noon
SAT 6 University of
Essex 7pm
FRI 7 Open Session 4pm
SAT 13 Elgar’s The
Dream of Gerontius
7.30pm
SAT 8 BPO, Alsop and
Currie 7.30pm
SUN 9 Woodbridge
Choral Society 6.30pm
SUN 18 The Snowman
2pm & 4pm
FRI 3 Castalian
Quartet 12 noon
THU 10 Open Session
6pm
JANUARY 2017
TUE 7 – SAT 11
Celebration at 30! 7pm
FRI 14 Marmen Quartet
12 noon
WED 5 BBC Concert
Orchestra 7.30pm
FRI 11 ETO: Ulysses’
Homecoming 7.30pm*
FRI 6 & 13 Tesla
Quartet 12 noon
FRI 10 & 17 Quatuor
Hanson 12 noon
FRI 14 Bach: St John
Passion 7.30pm
FRI 14 Christian
Blackshaw 7.30pm
SAT 12 ETO: La Calisto
7.30pm*
TUE 17 Open Session
Chamber Opera 6pm
SAT 18 Carmina Burana SAT 15 Eo Nomine
12 noon
7.30pm
SAT 1 Viola Tunnard
Centenary Celebration
10.30am – 5.15pm
SAT 22 Jacqui
Dankworth 7.30pm
EASTER WEEKEND
JUNE
FRI 2 Open Session 4pm
* Accompanied by
pre-performance
event/talk
Aldeburgh Music Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
Box Office 01728 687110 [email protected] www.aldeburgh.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 2016