iford festival 2015

I F O R D F E S T I VA L 2015
6 June – 8 August 2015
www.ifordarts.org.uk
“Pure Magic, as though each performance is being
enacted entirely for your personal benefit”
RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN, THE TELEGR APH
IFORD ARTS 2015
Performance Diary
W ELCO M E
If you haven’t visited Iford now is the time to organise it. It’s about six
miles south east of Bath at BA15 2BA. People come from all over the
world to be captivated by the famous Peto garden, and some very lucky
ones get to be there on a summer evening.
The Iford Festival is all about the secret setting and the otherworldly
atmosphere of the Peto garden at Iford Manor and its enchanting
buildings. With its recreated rose garden and the breathtaking newly
planted long border, it’s particularly magical in the slanting light of a
summer evening. Bring a picnic and, maybe, some friends and share
the jewel-like experience of a concert, or our core activity: one or more
of three unique, site specific new opera productions in-the-round in the
intimate Italianate cloister. Or if you fancy something less highbrow
come here for a party. Spread yourselves on the lawns at one of our
three Proms, and visit informal performances of jazz, swing and fusion
music alternating at either end of the garden.
You will enjoy our welcoming and informal atmosphere, which
combined with national and international musicians of the very highest
calibre in every genre, creates a magical experience. Artists love
performing at Iford, and their shows, together with the sheer beauty
of the venue will probably blow your mind. You may become addicted.
People do.
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Un Ballo in
Maschera
Sat 6 June
Tues 9 June
Fri 12 June
Sat 13 June
Tues 16 June
Fri 19 June
Sat 20 June
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Midsummer Jazz
Sat 11 July
OPERA
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Orpheus in
the Underworld
Sat 27 June
Wed 1 July
Fri 3 July
Sat 4 July
Tues 7 July
Wed 8 July
Fri 10 July
PROMS
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The Peto Prom
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Agrippina
Sat 25 July
Wed 29 July
Fri 31 July
Sat 1 August
Tues 4 August
Wed 5 August
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Another World
Sat 8 August
Sat 18 July
Read on! We look forward to welcoming you.
CONCERTS
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JUDY EGLINGTON
Creative Director, Iford Arts
Iford Young Artist Concert
Sun 7 June
CHROMA: Folk Tales
Sun 14 June
For information on how to book, see page 17, visit ifordarts.org.uk or call the
Box Office (Theatre Royal Bath) on 01225 448 844
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AT I F O R D M A N O R
AT I F O R D M A N O R
The internationally renowned
Iford Arts Festival takes place
in the exquisite Peto garden
of Iford Manor, near Bath in
the South West of England.
The award-winning garden
and its intimate and unique
performance spaces combine
to create a magical experience.
IFORD ARTS 2015
In this captivating setting, opera
performances in English are staged
in-the-round for an audience of 90
in the miniature Italianate cloister.
“the most enchanting of summer
festivals, Iford Arts”
— Anna Picard, The Independent
Popular and informal free flowing
promenades, together with seated
cloister concerts, complete the
festival programme. All events
offer a chance to relax over a
pre-show picnic, whilst enjoying
the peaceful tranquility of the Peto
garden as the river Frome gently
meanders through the Iford valley.
Visit ifordarts.org.uk for
information about 3-to-Tea and
other amateur performances, free
with garden entry.
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OPERA
IFORD ARTS 2015
U N BA LLO I N M ASCH ER A
The Masked Ball
ORPHEUS IN THE
U N D ERWO RLD
Giuseppe Verdi
Orphée aux Enfers
Jacques Offenbach
Original libretto by
Eugène Scribe adapted
by Antonio Somma
Sung in English
in translation by
Graham Billing
Orchestration by
Francis Griffin
Conductor:
Oliver Gooch
Director/Designer:
Timothy Nelson
A NEW IFORD ARTS OPERA PRODUCTION
CHROMA Chamber Ensemble
June 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20
An ominous love triangle sits at the heart of this marvellous opera.
Riccardo is a popular ‘people’s premier’; Amelia is helplessly in love
with him; Renato is Riccardo’s loyal right-hand man – and also Amelia’s
husband. We are in the intense world of power politics, swirling with
compelling counter currents. As we follow the dramatic storyline from
conspiracy to clairvoyance and from love to loathing, intriguing themes
and secondary characters emerge before the final sensational Masked
Ball scene.
Verdi’s music for Ballo in Maschera, with the incandescent love duet at
its core, is beautiful beyond description, expressing profound emotion yet
always tuneful. As relevant today as the day it was written, the opera is
Shakespearian in its scope and, though ultimately tragic, is also somehow
shot through with humour and pervaded by a mysterious aura of gaiety.
The talented young stage director Tim Nelson, an awardee in the Opera
Europa International Directing Prize, makes his Iford debut, joining Iford’s
renowned Music Director, Oliver Gooch and the ever-more-acclaimed
CHROMA Ensemble.
TICKETS
£113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)
Performances start at 7.30pm
Garden opens at 6pm for picnics
Original libretto by
Ludovic Halévy,
revised by Hector-Jonathan
Cremieux
Sung in English
English version by
Jeff Clarke
Orchestra of
Opera della Luna
A NEW OPERA DELLA LUNA PRODUCTION
Conductor:
Toby Purser
Director:
Jeff Clarke
Designer:
Nigel Howard
June 27
July 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10
“A profanation of holy and glorious antiquity. A desecration of the gods!”
That’s how one outraged critic greeted the first performance of Orphée
aux Enfers in 1858. But Offenbach and his librettists were not so much
desecrating ancient Greece as their own bourgeois society. All Paris
flocked to the tiny Bouffes-Parisiens to see it. Its waltzes and galops were
played constantly from the Tuileries to the smallest taverns; the infantry
even marched to its tunes. And of course the Galop Infernal or Cancan
became one of the most famous dance tunes ever-written.
For the last in its operas comiques for Iford, Opera della Luna will
assemble a company of multi-talented singers, comedians and dancers to
stage Offenbach’s most celebrated work. Jeff Clarke’s new translation casts
a satirical eye on our own society in much the same way that Offenbach’s
original lambasted second Empire Paris.
TICKETS
£113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)
Performances start at 7.30pm
Garden opens at 6pm for picnics
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OPERA
IFORD ARTS 2015
AG R I P P I N A
George Frideric Handel
Libretto by
Vincenzo Grimani
Sung in English in
translation by
Christopher Cowell
Conductor:
Led from the Harpsichord
by Christopher Bucknall
Director:
Bruno Ravella
Designer:
Kimm Kovac
A NEW IFORD ARTS OPERA PRODUCTION
Iford Baroque Period Orchestra
July 25, 29, 31
Aug 1, 4, 5
The setting is Rome around 43 AD – or maybe any seat of despotic
power – where the prizes are huge and ripe for the picking. Agrippina is
the mother of Nero. She believes that she can persuade her husband, the
Emperor Claudius, to nominate Nero, his young stepson as his successor on
the imperial throne. She will stop at nothing, including murder, to safeguard
her son’s future reign. We lift the lid on life inside the Palace and take a sly
look at Agrippina’s masterly manoeuvres as she works out how to do it.
One of the best libretti Handel ever set, this is a wonderful comedy based
on historical events. Cocking a snoop at establishment authority, Agrippina
deftly satirises the vanities and greed of those who lust for dominance,
revels in the power struggle between husband and wife; and in particular
the machinations between Agrippina and her rival, the delicious sex kitten,
Poppea. With an array of well-developed, famous and funny characters,
it descends into something approaching bedroom farce in the climactic
scene when Poppea conceals her three would-be lovers separately around
her bedroom. The infectious music is typical of Handel’s Italian period:
endlessly inventive and full of melting melody in an easy, relaxed style.
A strong new creative team of Christopher Bucknall (his Iford debut),
Bruno Ravella (whose Traviata all will remember) and designer Kimm
Kovac (Ulysses in 2014) makes it imperative as Hugh Canning from
The Sunday Times has famously recommended, to be there like a shot.
TICKETS
£113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)
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Performances start at 7.30pm
Garden opens at 6pm for picnics
PROMS
IFORD ARTS 2015
MIDSUM MER JA Z Z
T H E P E TO P R O M
Tickets £34
Tickets £34
Saturday 11 July 2015
Saturday 18 July 2015
Picnics and music from 6pm
Picnics and music from 6pm
Cocktails and live music in the Cloister bar
Cloister
GET THE BLESSING
Formed in the year 2000, Bristol-based four-piece
Get The Blessing boast a truly international fan
base and the last three years have seen them take
their cellophane masks half way round the world
and back. Made up of Portishead rhythm masters
Jim Barr and Clive Deamer, on bass and drums
respectively, Pete Judge on trumpet and
Jake McMurchie on saxophone, 2014 saw the
much-anticipated release and tour of their new album
Lope & Antilope. Get The Blessing have forged a
unique signature sound that defies easy classification,
yet never loses sight of thumping tunes, monstrously
infectious beats, or joyous collective spontaneity.
Prepare to be teased, beguiled, soothed, spooked,
jolted and ultimately uplifted.
“ this outfit will surely recharge the
jazz world” BBC Music
“ GTB harness rock and jazz with
uncompromising power” Time Out
“ cool…stylish…irresistible” The Telegraph
theblessing.co.uk
Casita
Casita
THE ORIGINAL RABBIT
F O O T S PA S M B A N D
Headlining this year’s Peto Prom we are thrilled to have Clare Teal
and jazz pianist, Jason Rebello in the Casita at Iford.
A lively evening’s entertainment with The Original
Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, a seven piece Jump Blues
and vintage Jazz band who’ve delighted audiences in
venues as diverse as Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott’s.
Led by irrepressible singer/pianist Stuart Macbeth
they’ll be celebrating musical heroes including Louis
Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Sidney Bechet and Billie
Holiday alongside their own brand of upbeat,
“Jump Steady” Jazz. The band were formed as
a real “spasm” band in 2006, paying homage to
the likes of Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey (from whose
Rabbit Foot Minstrels they take their name) and have
now swelled to a dynamic seven piece which also
includes Martin Martello (trumpet and trombone), Red
Wilkins (clarinet and tenor sax), Chuck Lloyd (alto and
baritone sax) and Carlo Matassa (guitar) alongside
a rhythm section of Buzz Booker (bass) and “Skippy”
Gannon on drums.
In a new show our very own Queen of Swing celebrates more of
the music of her heroines, the leading lights of the jazz and big
band world, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Doris Day
and many of their illustrious contemporaries.
“ Probably the most exciting live band on
the circuit today” The Oxford Times
“ This band is so good for you they should
be prescribed on the NHS” BBC Oxford
“ The authentic sound of New Orleans.
Possibly during a hurricane” Nightshift
rabbitfootspasmband.co.uk
T H E R E W I L L B E A B A R AT T H I S E V E N T
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THE CLARE TEAL BAND
WITH JASON REBELLO
Celebrated British jazz pianist Jason Rebello has joined forces with
the multi-award winning singer and BBC Radio 2 broadcaster and
together they demonstrate the influence these characters have had
on their musical careers.
Known for her knowledge and love of the Great American Songbook
and more recently The Great British Songbook, with wit and warmth,
Clare tells outrageous anecdotes of their extraordinary lives and points
to the future of Diva-dom with a few relevant originals and more
modern day covers.
A not to be missed evening of Feel Good music, inspired by the
greats and played by the best.
“ In terms of sheer ability and potential, Jason is probably
the finest young jazz musician this country has produced.
His playing has great poise and maturity, which is unusual
in somebody so young.” Stuart Nicholson, author
Jazz: The Modern Resurgence
“ Clare has a timeless sound to her voice and classic touch
and sound to her own songwriting. Now how modern is
that? Music to melt to I’d say.” Jamie Cullum
“ The new first lady of Jazz” Independent
Music, entertainment and
cocktails in the beautiful
Italianate cloister add a new
element to our middle prom
this year. Come and join us for
surprise musical guests and Iford
summer inspired cocktails. Bring
friends and a picnic for what’s
going to be the party of the
summer!
clareteal.co.uk
jasonrebello.co.uk
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PROMS
IFORD ARTS 2015
A N OT H E R W O R L D
8 August 2015
Tickets £34
Picnics and music from 6pm
Cloister
LUCINDA BELLE
We are pleased to announce the
return of Lucinda Belle to the
Cloister. It’s been an incredible
journey for the London-based
artist, from falling in love with the
harp aged six to a school music
scholarship and becoming the first
harpist in the National Children’s
Orchestra. She’s also done stints
performing at hotels, she became
a session harpist and backing
singer in-demand for stars including
Rufus Wainwright, Annie Lennox
and Robbie Williams. All this led
to a £1m record deal in 2010
with Universal and a spot on the
Radio 2 playlist with the Lucinda
Belle Orchestra’s acclaimed album
My Harp & 45 Strings. It’s all
been essential in leading to where
Lucinda is today.
“ A sultry tone, seducing the
audience with a gently brazen
charm” The Times
lucindabelle.com
Casita
CABLE STREET COLLECTIVE
Cable Street Collective combine catchy tunes with dance-inspired
beats that’ll make you dance your socks off. Their music mixes African
influences (two of the group grew up in Swaziland and Malawi) with
UK funky house and a whole host of other sounds from in and around
their home bases in East London and Brixton.
They’ve just released their debut EP, The Best of Times and enjoyed
airtime on XFM. They've also played at a series of high profile festivals
including Bestival, the Isle of Wight Festival, Secret Garden Party and
Boomtown Fair.
“ Their music is guaranteed to bring the sunshine,
whatever the weather.” XFM’s new music guru John Kennedy
cablestreetcollective.co.uk
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YOUNG IFORD ARTISTS
IFORD ARTS 2015
CONCERTS
I F O R D YO U N G A R T I S T S C O N C E R T
with Oliver Gooch
Sunday 7 June 2015
Tickets £30
Popular operatic arias
and ensembles
6.15pm and 8.30pm
Garden opens for picnics at
5.30pm (for both performances)
We are proud to present our Young
Artists in a concert of well-loved
operatic arias and ensembles,
curated and accompanied on
piano by Oliver Gooch, Iford Arts
Music Director. The performers,
a clutch of starry young singers,
are selected by audition from
the exciting new generation of
performers to join our Young Artists
Scheme. The scheme, designed
as a first-stage career move, gives
the opportunity to take part in a
new production as a member of
the performing company, and
to receive mentoring, coaching
and encouragement from more
experienced artists. The popular
Young Artists Concert, in the cloister
at Iford, gives them the opportunity
to step into the limelight, select
from their repertoire of operatic
favourites, and show us what they
can do. One day you may say
‘I heard him first at Iford’...
The concert, lasting approximately
1 hour, will be performed twice,
for two successive audiences with
staggered start times offering you
the chance to picnic before or
after the performance.
Sunday 14 June 2015
7.30pm picnics from 6pm
A journey through Transylvania
through the ears of Kodály,
Bartók and Brahms. Folk Tales
was inspired by William Blacker’s
mesmerising book Along the
Enchanted Way which describes
his journey into the depths of
Romania. Here he encountered
the people of the Maramures,
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BECOME AN IFORD SUPPORTER
Become a Friend for an annual subscription of £80
and immediately receive priority booking for up to
four people per performance.
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
Tickets £30
Cloister
Although our core activity at Iford Arts is the creation
of new opera productions to be performed in the
cloister, we are equally committed to our programme
of community education projects. Iford Arts
receives no public subsidy and we rely on the vital
contributions made by private individuals, companies
and volunteers. We have varying levels of private
patronage and corporate sponsorship each allowing
priority booking and a range of privileges.
Patronage starts from £450 and benefits include
early booking, an invite to the Patrons party at the
Manor house, early entry into the gardens and
special picnicking privileges.
CHROM A:
F O L K TA L E S
David Le Page (violin), Clare
O'Connell (cello), Ian Watson
(accordion)
SUPPORTING IFORD ARTS
a village of Transylvanian
Saxons and a family of gypsies,
the father of whom was a
Hungarian named Attila…
words and music to a place where
the Middle Ages integrate with the
modern world.
“ superb, stylish playing from
CHROMA” Opera Today
Violin, cello and accordion
combine to play works inspired by
the indigenous music of Romania, “ the ever-admirable CHROMA”
Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
The Observer
Performed with exhilarating
“ CHROMA played excellently,
virtuosity and a gutsy, soulful
sound, Folk Tales interlaces folk
injecting life and rhythmic
tunes with stories from Transylvania vitality, along with a masterful
taken from William Blacker’s book; sense of ensemble” Bachtrack
transporting the audience with
At Iford Arts we highly value our Volunteers.
There are opportunities for stewarding,
accommodating artists and musicians, catering,
costumes, technical support or administration.
Please contact Mary Anne Baxter on 01225 868124
or email [email protected]
E D U C AT I O N O U T R E A C H
Iford Arts is committed to ongoing community
education projects involving local school children
in 2015.
IFORD YOUNG ARTISTS
For further information about supporting an
Iford Young Artist please visit ifordarts.org.uk or
telephone 01225 868124
B U T T E R F L Y D AY
FREE at Iford Manor orchard Sunday 5 July.
Storytelling, face painting and butterfly walks.
For more information and to join our mailing list
please visit our website ifordarts.org.uk
Keep up to date by liking us on Facebook
and following us on Twitter or email us at
[email protected]
We would love to hear from you.
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Please note there is a booking fee of £2.50 for ALL transactions, whether made in person at the
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and all our events, please visit our ‘Mailing List’
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R ED U C ED P R I C E S E ATS
Adjacent to the orchestra there are a limited
number of seats at reduced rates. Please contact
the Box Office direct regarding availability.
P L E A S E N OT E
Reservations will be held for a maximum of 4 days.
We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or
money refunded through the Theatre Royal Bath.
Theatre Royal Bath accepts no liability for the
cancellation of any event in the Iford Festival.
I F O R D A RTS
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Bradford on Avon BA15 2BA
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Email. [email protected]
Box Office. (Theatre Royal Bath) 01225 448844
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IFO RD ARTS 2015 – BO O K I N G FO R M
June
1st, 2nd 3rd choice
SAT 6 SU N 7 SU N 7 TUE 9 FR I 12 SAT 13 SU N 14 T U E 16 FR I 19 SAT 20 SAT 27 UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A IFORD YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT 6.15pm
IFORD YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT 8.30pm
UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A CHROM A – FOLK TA LES UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A UN BA LLO IN M ASCHER A OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD £117
£30
£30
£113
£113
£117
£30
£113
£113
£117
£117
OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD OR PHEUS IN THE UNDERWOR LD MIDSUMMER JA ZZ PROM THE PETO PROM AGR IPPINA AGR IPPINA AGR IPPINA £113
£113
£117
£113
£113
£113
£34
£34
£117
£113
£113
AGR IPPINA AGR IPPINA AGR IPPINA A NOTHER WOR LD PROM £117
£113
£113
£34
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Agrippina £94 (Sat), £90 (Sun-Fri). Please contact the Box Office direct regarding availability.
Friary Coach House is situated in the Iford Valley,
only a short walk from Iford Manor across the
meadows.
5 star AA rated, this self-contained accommodation
offers a large bedroom with balcony over-looking
ornamental gardens,an extensive open-plan
reception room with fully-fitted kitchen and a power
shower room. There is also a single bed for an extra
guest and a double sofa bed for children, if required.
Dogs are welcome.
Friary Coach House is offered on a self-catering
basis, although we stock your fridge for the first
breakfast. All linen, toiletries and basic
dry goods are included to minimise your shopping. If
you like to fish, we have licences for 4 rods.
£60 per person per night. Children half price.
Minimum 2 night stay. Please call: 01225 722252
or write to: caretaker@riverhousebath. com
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6 June – 8 August 2015
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