The 2010 Wadhurst Summer Music Festival is bigger and better
than last year. We hope to appeal to a wider audience with concerts
for children, for those who recall the 1970s with joy, for the elderly who
might otherwise not get out to enjoy live music.
We also hope that the varied programme will tempt you to try something different
- and to bring your friends.
Book early to enjoy the discount!
Friday 14 May
4:30pm in the Commemoration Hall
‘Arabian Nights’ - for children of all ages
[over 4!]
Tickets: adults £4 - children under 11 £2
It's amazing what you can find when you really look hard! Here we have three
tales from the Queen of all storytellers - the incredible Scheherazade. The
first tale she found was hidden in the sands of the desert; the second at the
bottom of the ocean, and the third she heard straight from the donkey's mouth!
Genies, camels, flying carpets, and suspicious ne'er-do-wells - welcome to
the world of the Arabian Nights. Theatre of Widdershins takes you on an exciting
journey through roasting deserts sand dunes, scented markets and fish-filled
seas, using puppets, masks, storytelling and wonderfully atmospheric music.
This event has been arranged through Applause Rural Touring, based at Trinity
in Tunbridge Wells providing high quality professional and affordable live
performances that can be enjoyed in a variety of local venues.
Children aged 4-11 must be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday 29 May
7:30pm in the Commemoration Hall
Abba’s Angels Tribute Band
Tickets adults £12 - under 16 £5
under 10 [accompanying an adult] free
Abba's Angels, one of the UK's premier tribute groups, were established in
2000 and have performed all over the UK and Europe. ABBA tributes have always
been a great choice for any event but go down even better since the film
of Mamma Mia - their music truly has a cross-generational appeal!
A great family evening out!
Saturday 5 June - Open Gardens
Weekend
8pm in The Greyhound
‘Jazzmatazz’ make a welcome return
Tickets £10
Join Michael Fields and friends with vocalist Ansy Boothroyd for another
evening of classic jazz from the 1930s to the '60s.
Last year their programme sold out - so get your tickets early [only 50 available]
if you want the pleasure of an entertaining evening
Tuesday 8 April
‘Music in Hospitals' in Fazan Court and Weald Hall
by invitation
We are delighted to be able to arrange two concerts in Fazan Court and Weald
Hall for the enjoyment of people who might not otherwise be able to get to a
Summer Music Festival venue. The concerts are brought to Wadhurst by professional
musicians from Music in Hospitals, a national charity whose aim is to take music
into hospitals, hospices, day care centres and nursing and residential homes.
Sponsored by Women of Wadhurst
Saturday 12 June
8pm in the Parish Church
‘Winter in Majorca’ - a one-man play with
live music from actor-pianist Michael Lunts
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, the story of
Frederick Chopin’s dramatic stay in a monastery with his lover, the
novelist and ‘femme fatale’, George Sand.
‘Spellbinding’ THE INDEPENDENT
'Michael Lunts is quite outstanding in the role of Chopin... his fine
acting is equally matched by his skill as a pianist' THE
STAGE
Sponsored by the Wadhurst Probus Club
Saturday 26 June
7:30pm in the Parish Church
Monteverdi ‘Vespro della Beata Vergine’
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
Polyphony celebrate their 20th anniversary with the 400th anniversary of The Vespers of
1610. Michael Fields directs an ensemble of period instruments and
soloist sopranos Evelyn Tubb and Ansy Boothroyd, tenors Joseph Cornwell and
Mark Curtis, and bass Jussi Lehtipuu in the most ambitious sacred music before
Bach.
Saturday 10 July
8pm in the Parish Church
The Queene’s Concert presents an evening of baroque music on period
instruments
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
Nicola Hinman soprano, Charlotte Munro baroque flute, David Force harpsichord, and Maurice Rogers viola da gamba. Their programme ‘Music from 18th Century London’ includes works by Handel, Arne and Abel and extracts from The Beggars Opera.
Friday 16 July
7:30pm at The Mount
Nathan Martin and Morag McLaren
Tickets £12
Last year Nathan accompanied Rebecca Caine in aid of the Wadhurst Poppy Appeal. Recently
he presented Facing The Music - the Fred Astaire songbook at London’s
Pizza On The Park. Now he leads an evening of light-hearted song with
Scottish singer Morag McLaren, who has performed in a wide variety of musicals
and music theatre productions.
Wadhurst & Tidebrook Royal British Legion Summer Concert
Saturday 17 July - Scarecrow Weekend
7:30pm in the Parish Church
Clear Voices - the world-renowned girls’ choir from Belarus
singing
for Chernobyl Children's Lifeline
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
‘Unforgettable singing that touches your heart’
International Eisteddfod winners and silver medallists at the World Choir
Olympics, Clear Voices present a family concert under conductor Albert Kozhushkevich. Their
programme will include a work written for them and the Wadhurst Chorale by
local composer Noel Bannister and a special appearanceof the Wadhurst Primary
School Singing Club.
Saturday 24 July
7:30pm in the Parish Church
The Wadhurst Brass Band present ‘Music for a Summer's Eve’
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
Saturday
14 August
7:30pm in the Parish Church
Bardos Band present ‘Oak of Two Greens ’
£10 in advance £12 on the door; under 16 free
A melting-pot of rare and beautiful music woven around an ancient folktale:
a resourceful harper charms his audience to sleep in order to steal their
magical harp, known as the Oak of Two Greens, belonging to the king of the
Tuatha da Dannan responsible for having introduced music into Ireland. Bardos
Band traces the influences of the route this music travelled - from Greece
through the Balkans, north to Scandinavia and across Scotland into Ireland.
Tickets
You can purchase your tickets, from Tuesday 6 April, in Carillon Cottage,
High Street, Wadhurst, Brittens in Tunbridge Wells, or online at www.wadhurstmusicfestival.info. For
most events, there is a discount for advance purchase; tickets on the
door may be £2 dearer - SO BOOK EARLY!
