THE CERNE ABBAS FESTIVAL

The Gaudier Ensemble was formed in 1988, made its London debut in 1989 and in 1991 inaugurated its own annual chamber music festival here in Cerne Abbas. It is invariably a surprise when people discover that, tucked away in this small Dorset village, we have a remarkable coming together of some of the world’s top orchestral principals and chamber musicians. Their playing in the cities of Europe and beyond, their reviews and recordings, books and broadcasts are laid aside for a week whilst they come and live amongst us and make music with old friends.

Today, after over a quarter of a century, the Gaudier still look upon Cerne Abbas as their musical home. They welcome music lovers to their rehearsals, as well as the concerts, in the wonderful acoustic of the village church.

THE GAUDIER ENSEMBLE

www.cerneabbasmusicfestival.org.uk

BOOKING FORM

Date/Time Number of Tickets

Ticket Price

Total cost

Student Concession Price indicated in red (available for 18-year-olds and under, in full-time education)

Thursday 26th July 4.30 pm Talk + performance

(unreserved) £8 / £4

Thursday 26th July 7.30 pm Main Concert

N £18 / £9

A/C £14 / £7

Friday 27th July 7.00 pm Main Concert

N £18 / £9

A/C £14 / £7

Friday 27th July 10.00 pm Late Concert

N £14 / £7

A/C £12 / £6

Saturday 28th July 11.30 am Coffee Concert

N £10 / £5

A/C £8 / £4

Saturday 28th July 7.30 pm Main Concert

N £18 / £9

A/C £14 / £7

Sunday 29th July 12.00 noon Lunch Concert

N £14 / £7

A/C £12 / £6

Sunday 29th July6.00 pm Main Concert

N £18 / £9

A/C £14 / £7

Programme voucher(s) £5

* TOTAL £

N: Nave A/C: Aisles and Chancel

* DO NOT COMPLETE your cheque for this TOTAL amount Please refer to the notes “LIMITED BLANK CHEQUE” opposite

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FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL may book up to two seats for each concert and benefit from priority booking from 5th June to 18th June. Additional seats may be booked when booking for the general public opens on 19th June.

* For the Coffee Concert, there is no restriction on the number of seats that may be booked for students and accompanied children aged seven and above.

Please make your seating choice from the plan below – you may select Nave or Aisles and Chancel. In the event of your first choice being unavailable we will allocate the next best seats.

Once you have made your selection please complete the booking form and a Limited Blank Cheque, payable to:

Cerne Abbas Music Festival.

LIMITED BLANK CHEQUE As some seats may not be available, cheques should leave blank

the amount payable. A MAXIMUM LIMIT (your total on the booking form opposite) should be written

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SEND YOUR BOOKING TO THE FESTIVAL OFFICE • the completed booking form • a limited blank cheque for the maximum amount • a stamped and self-addressed envelope for the tickets

The Festival Office, 7 Barton Farm, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 7LF Telephone 07527 528673

RETURNS AND REFUNDSReturned tickets will be offered for resale, although previously unsold tickets will take priority. Resold tickets will be subject to a £2 administration fee per ticket. Refunds will only be given if the concert is sold out. Any repayment due will be made by cheque after the Festival.

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‘Chamber music playing of the very highest order’Anthony Payne, The Independent

CERNE ABBAS

MUSIC FESTIVAL

26th - 29th July 2018

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THE GAUDIER ENSEMBLE

REGISTERED CHARITY 1007807

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Violin

Violin

Violin

Viola

Viola

Cello

Cello

Double Bass

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

Bassoon

Horn

Piano

Harp

Marieke Blankestijn

Lesley HatfieldUlrika Jansson

Iris JudaSophie Renshaw

Sally Pendlebury Henrik Brendstrup

Stephen Williams

Juliette Bausor

Richard SimpsonRichard Hosford

Andrea de Flammineis Stephen Stirling

Susan Tomes

Lucy Wakeford

CERNE ABBAS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018

We are delighted to present the twenty-eighth Cerne Abbas Music Festival, which is now established as a major event in the South West and continues its aim to give concerts of the highest standards performed by the Gaudier Ensemble in a relaxed and informal setting.

The programmes are extremely varied in style and scope, with works from the classical period right up to the present day. Debussy, the innovative impressionist composer and a leading light in the development of 20th century music, died in 1918. We are marking this centenary with several works by him, and these are set alongside other major French composers including Ravel and Saint-Saëns. We are thrilled to welcome back the widely admired harpist Lucy Wakeford who will take the solo role in several of these concerts.

We are again joining forces with advanced students from the Royal College of Music for a performance of a Mozart Wind Serenade in the opening concert. These collaborations have proved very rewarding for all involved. The leading musicologist Robert Philip will introduce the programmes for the week with a talk entitled ‘Where did the past go?’.

Late night concerts in the wonderful acoustic of St. Mary’s are always a particularly atmospheric experience. This year, the concert featuring works inspired in some way by the night should be a very special occasion. Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht seems to be a culmination of all romanticism and never fails to evoke an emotional response. Two famous works by Debussy and Beethoven should make this a wonderful romantic concert.

Our coffee concerts are always very enjoyable, informal affairs where members of the Gaudier Ensemble introduce a wide variety of short works from many genres. These concerts will delight seasoned music lovers, and they also offer an ideal way for newcomers to dip a toe into the richly rewarding world of chamber music.

The Sunday lunchtime concert ends with a Mozart Piano Concerto featuring the renowned Susan Tomes as soloist. Other works in the Festival by Stravinsky, Glazunov, Rossini and Poulenc will make each concert an enjoyable musical adventure through the familiar and lesser-known byways of our musical history. We do hope you will join us for this journey and enjoy outstanding performances in the intimate and

relaxed setting of St. Mary’s Church.

Thursday 26th July at 7.30 pm

Debussy: ‘Danses Sacrée et Profane’ for Harp and StringsFrançaix: Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and StringsPoulenc: Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon (1926)Mozart: Serenade No.11 in E flat major, K375, for Wind Octet

The Gaudier Ensemble will be joined by advanced students from the Royal College of Music for Mozart’s glorious and virtuosic Wind Serenade. Highly entertaining and melodic works by Poulenc, Françaix and Debussy complete a programme full of variety and ‘joie de vivre’.

Friday 27th July at 7.00 pm

Mozart: Sonata in B flat major, K292, for Bassoon and CelloGlinka: Trio Pathétique in D minor, for Clarinet, Bassoon and PianoDebussy: ‘Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune’, arr. for Strings, Winds and Harp.Mozart: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, K478

Debussy’s seminal and atmospheric work influenced all 20th century composers. Glinka’s trio from the late 19th century contains melody and operatic drama. Two very different works by Mozart frame this concert full of charm and pathos.

Friday 27th July at 10.00 pm Night Music

Beethoven: ‘Moonlight’ Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27. (First Movement)Debussy: ‘Clair de lune’ from “Suite Bergamasque” for Solo PianoSchoenberg: ‘Verklärte Nacht’ (Transfigured Night), Op.4, for String Sextet

This concert of considerable variety presents three great composers’ evocations of the night. Schoenberg’s early work finds him at his most romantic and soulful.

Saturday 28th July at 11.30 am Coffee Concert

(suitable both for adults and for children aged seven and above)

Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F major, Op.17, arr. for Horn and StringsBilly Mayerl: Solo Piano worksDebussy: Syrinx for Solo FluteArnold: Divertimento, Op.37, for Flute, Oboe and ClarinetKovács: ‘After you Mr Gershwin’ for Clarinet and PianoPaul Reade: Suite from ‘The Victorian Kitchen Garden’ for Clarinet and HarpDvořák: Waltzes, Op.54, for Strings

A varied and entertaining programme containing short works of melodic and rhythmic vitality. Members of the Gaudier Ensemble will introduce this highly enjoyable potpourri.

Ticket Prices

TICKETS GO ON GENERAL SALE FROM 19TH JUNE

please note

• Cheaper seats have a partially restricted view.

• Coffee Concert: children aged seven and above are welcome if seated with an accompanying adult.

• It is regretted that tickets cannot be ordered by telephone and payment by card is not possible.

• Consider purchasing a programme voucher for convenience

The Festival Office, 7 Barton Farm, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 7LF

Tel 07527 528673

Cerne Abbas Music Festival is Registered Charity 1007807

Date/Time Event Ticket Price

Thursday 26th July4.30 pm

Talk + related performance

£8 / £4 unreserved

Thursday 26th July7.30 pm

Main Concert£18 / £9

N£14 / £7

A/C

Friday27th July7.00 pm

Main Concert£18 / £9

N£14 / £7

A/C

Friday27th July10.00 pm

Late Night Concert

£14 / £7

N£12 / £6

A/C

Saturday28th July11.30 am

Coffee Concert

£10 / £5

N£8 / £4 A/C

Saturday28th July7.30 pm

Main Concert£18 / £9

N£14 / £7

A/C

Sunday29th July12.00 noon

Lunchtime Concert

£14 / £7

N£12/ £6

A/C

Sunday29th July6.00 pm

Main Concert£18 / £9

N£14 / £7

A/C

N: Nave A/C: Aisles and Chancel Student Concession Price indicated in red

(available for 18-year-olds and under, in full-time education)

Saturday 28th July at 7.30 pm

Saint-Saëns: Fantasy, Op.124, for Violin and HarpDebussy: Première Rapsodie for Solo Clarinet, Flute, Harp, String Quartet and Double BassRavel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String QuartetBrahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Virtuosic works by Saint-Saëns, Debussy and Ravel make for a tuneful and scintillating first half of this concert. Brahms’s Quintet takes us back to the 19th century with a work of great emotional depth.

Sunday 29th July at 12 noon

Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op.2, for Oboe and StringsPoulenc: Elégie, Op.168, for Horn and PianoSchmitt: Andantino, Op. 30, No.1, for Clarinet and PianoMozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K414, for Piano and Strings

Britten, Schmitt and Poulenc were all composing in the early 20th century. Though quite different in their approach they all rejected the atonal modernists, forging their own attractive and individual styles. The concert continues with Susan Tomes as soloist in Mozart’s intimate and lyrical A Major Piano Concerto.

Sunday 29th July at 6.00 pm

Rossini: Duo in D major for Cello and Double BassStravinsky: ‘The Soldier’s Tale’, for Violin, Clarinet and PianoGlazunov: ‘Idyll’ for Horn and String QuartetDvořák: String Sextet in A major, Op.48

There are two distinct halves to this concert: virtuosity and beauty from Rossini, Stravinsky and Glazunov; then Dvořák’s tuneful and energetic String Sextet to close the Festival.

Thursday 26th July at 4.30 pm Festival Talk

Where did the past go?

With performances of Mozart and Françaix by Susan Tomes and Royal College of Music students, Robert Philip will talk about the 20th century’s love-hate relationship with the classical era and how this has influenced composers up to the present day.

MUSIC PROGRAMME