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Wells, Somerset
Summer 2017 - April to July
Concerts and Events
Although it only opened in September 2016, Cedars
Hall has already become established as a major
arts venue for the South West and, along with the
newly-dedicated 14th century Quilter Hall and Wells
Cathedral, it is one of the host venues for our summer
programme. Our third series of events continues our
commitment to breaking new ground, embracing a
diverse range of art forms, styles and cultures. Our
concerts feature a distinguished array of
Cedars Hall, the Cathedral of St Andrew in Wells,
Quilter Hall and our beautiful grounds at Wells
Cathedral School. Wells itself - this small, vibrant
city which is alive with music of all periods and all
genres, and with thinking and ideas. What a wonderful
environment for a wonderful, extensive programme
shot through with aspirational beauty and provocation,
with classics and new music. We are very fortunate!
Come to as much as you can; it won’t disappoint, and
Free tickets for young people (25s and under) at some of our concerts are
made possible with the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust.
Please see the concert listings for eligible concerts. Young people with these
tickets will be asked to complete a form on arrival at the concert.
The CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust was formed in 1998 with
the aim of developing young audiences for chamber music.
you will leave having, I hope, experienced joy. This is the final season of our
inaugural year of this kind of events programme. Tell us what you think, and
keep returning to make sure that we’ve taken your advice.
Elizabeth Cairncross, Principal
world-renowned professional artists - many of whom will combine
performances with teaching, masterclasses and mentoring - and our own
accomplished student musicians.
Mark Stringer, Director of Music
Friends of Music - support and benefitThe independent charity Friends of Music at Wells Cathedral School
supports the talented and enthusiastic young musicians at the school by
raising funds to purchase instruments, subsidise concert tours and give
grants to the Music Department as needed. Benefits of becoming a Friend
include discounted tickets to all concerts, advance booking information,
invitations to masterclasses and special events, and regular magazines and
newsletters. To find out more, please contact:
Mary Browning
Friends of Music Membership Secretary
Polydor House, 3 The Liberty, Wells, Somerset BA5 2SS
T: 01749 834493 (term-time)
Registered Charity Number: 1013509
How to book and contact usWells Cathedral School Concerts and Events
For more details about our concerts and events, and to book your tickets
online, visit http://wells.events
Please note that all billings are subject to change.
T: 01749 834483 E: [email protected]
The box office is open Monday to Friday, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
For ticket collection and box office sales in person:
Polydor House, 3 The Liberty, Wells, Somerset BA5 2SS
To enquire about:
Hiring Cedars Hall or Quilter Hall
contact Kay Pennycott: [email protected] / 01749 834298
Advertising and sponsorship opportunities
contact Sue Bartucca: [email protected] / 01749 834230
Artistic planning and recordings
contact Bill Lloyd: [email protected] / 01749 834459
Music at Wells Cathedral School
contact Mark Stringer: [email protected] / 01749 834462
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THE CLOSEST HOTEL TO CEDARS HALL
The recently refurbished 15th century White Hart Hotel in Wells is just 5 minutes’ walk from Cedars Hall and directly opposite the famous Cathedral. It is also one of the only hotels to offer parking. They have created two packages for anyone attending concerts at Cedars Hall to use.
Bed and Breakfast including free parking £95.00 for two sharing a double or twin room
Dinner Bed and breakfast including free parking£125.00 for two sharing a double or twin room
To book call reservations on 01749 672 056 or email [email protected] quoting ‘Cedars Hall package’
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Masterpieces for String Quartet with the Alberni Quartet
Mozart - String Quartet in C major
K465 (Dissonance); Schubert -
String Quartet in D minor D810
(Death and the Maiden)
The internationally-acclaimed
Alberni Quartet begins its Cedars
Hall residency with two of the
finest pieces ever written for string
quartet. This concert kicks off a
Sunday series exploring works
from the heart of the repertoire
for everyone who already loves
this music and for those who may
be coming to it for the first time.
The music will be introduced by
members of the quartet.
THE CLOSEST HOTEL TO CEDARS HALL
The recently refurbished 15th century White Hart Hotel in Wells is just 5 minutes’ walk from Cedars Hall and directly opposite the famous Cathedral. It is also one of the only hotels to offer parking. They have created two packages for anyone attending concerts at Cedars Hall to use.
Bed and Breakfast including free parking £95.00 for two sharing a double or twin room
Dinner Bed and breakfast including free parking£125.00 for two sharing a double or twin room
To book call reservations on 01749 672 056 or email [email protected] quoting ‘Cedars Hall package’
www.whitehartwells.com | 01749 672 056 Sadler Street , Wel ls , Somerset , BA5 2RR
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Saturday, 29th April7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Sunday, 30th April8.00 pm – 9.15 pm
Film: Charlie Chaplin's The Kidwith live music from Joanna MacGregor (piano) and Andy Sheppard (saxophones)
"Joanna MacGregor is a mould-breaking artist." - The Observer
Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 masterpiece
melds social commentary and
touching comedy as The Tramp
and The Kid (Chaplin's tiny sidekick
Jackie Coogan) skilfully combine
slapstick and pathos. For their
Cedars Hall debut, two of Britain’s
finest musicians, supported by
Matthew Fairclough's sound
design, provide a live score to this
classic film and to the lovely 1937
documentary, Children at School.
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £14 to £23
Free for 25s and under
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10 unreserved
Free for 25s and under
(CAVATINA Concert)
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Guitar Extravaganzawith Mike Dawes and friends
"Jaw-dropping" - Guitar Player Magazine (US)
"Among the very best in the world" - Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
Mike Dawes is a young Somerset
guitar phenomenon. His videos
have over 15 million online hits, and
he tours worldwide. Tonight, Mike
is supported by an internationally-
renowned quartet of session
musicians - Kit Morgan, Jerry
Crozier-Cole, Riaan Vosloo and
Andrew Tween plus talented jazz
and rock students. Mike Dawes will
also be leading our students in a
public masterclass (see page 22).
The Nasmyth Accompanists’ Projectwith our young pianists and Roger Vignoles
"Vignoles is the great artists’ collaborator par excellence.” - Classical Music Magazine
Roger Vignoles leads a workshop
on piano accompaniment with
young Wells pianists and singers to
conclude in a short recital. David
Nasmyth, who died in 2015, was
a passionate supporter of school
music and particularly keen on
helping young pianists to develop
the crucial skills they need for
accompaniment. This project will
become a regular fixture in our
musical calendar.
Wednesday, 3rd May7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Saturday, 6th May4.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £12 to £20
Cedars Hall
Admission free with generous
support from Virginia Nasmyth
and family
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An Afternoon of Romantic Songwith Raphaela Papadakis and Roger Vignoles
The Somewhere Over the Rainbow
lyricist Yip Harburg summed it up
perfectly: “Words make you think.
Music makes you feel. A song makes
you feel a thought.” Following on
from their Saturday workshop, with
the school's young pianists and
singers, Cedars Hall is delighted
to welcome rising star soprano
Raphaela Papadakis and the great
Roger Vignoles to give a recital
of their own, including songs by
Haydn, Schumann, Strauss and a
tribute to Shakespeare.
Wells Cathedral School Young Composers' ShowcaseOur final Young Composers'
Showcase concert of the school
year, featuring exciting new
works by the school's talented
young composers, presented and
performed by the students.
Expect a vivid and adventurous
exploration of musical styles,
inspired by contemporary, classical,
jazz and folk music, for a range
of lineups including solos, duos,
singers and ensembles.
Sunday, 7th May 2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Sunday, 7th May8.00 pm - 9.00 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £12 to £20
Free for 25s and under
Cedars Hall
Admission free
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Fri, 12th May - Sat, 3rd June
The Way of Seeing ColourThis art exhibition features
paintings by year 10 students
inspired and influenced by
artist Kate Noble, who sadly
died last autumn. Kate’s work
makes a unique use of colour in
vivid, startling depictions of a
natural form. The students were
encouraged to create drama in
their first acrylic paintings in
tribute to this popular local artist.
Please note this exhibition is only
available for public view an hour
before each concert.
Cedars Hall
Admission free
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Piano Masters 4: Mitsuko Uchida"...a lifetime unfussily shrinking the gap between the possible and the ideal" - BBC Music Magazine
Mozart - Piano Sonata in C
Schumann - Kreisleriana Fantasie
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida
brings unrivalled insight to music
through her lifelong quest for truth
and beauty expressed in sound.
Here she sets a best-loved Mozart
sonata against two Schumann
masterpieces: Kreisleriana, a work
by turns turbulent, demonic and
mischievous, and the Fantasie,
an immense love song to the
composer’s future wife, Clara Wieck.
Vikki StoneConcerto for Comedian and Orchestra
Acclaimed as a cross between
Victoria Wood and Tim Minchin,
comedian, composer and former
Wells Cathedral School flautist
Vikki Stone presents her debut
orchestral work. As the title
suggests, it's a concerto in which
the soloist is a comedian - a sort of
Peter and the Wolf but with jokes.
She says it's the first of its kind.
Wells orchestral musicians have
been developing the piece with
her and tonight give its workshop
world premiere with Vikki starring
alongside conductor Ben Glassberg.
Friday, 12th May7.00 pm – 8.45 pm
Thursday, 18th May7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £17 to £28
Free for 25s and under
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10
Free for 25s and under
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Wells Comedy Festival in association with Brothers
“The most consistently funny show of Stewart Lee's brilliant career… I laughed till it hurt.” - The Times
Now in its third year, the biggest
yet, Wells Comedy Festival adds
Cedars Hall to its Wells venues
with the Bafta-winning Stewart
Lee, Mock the Week’s surreal
one-liner merchant Milton Jones
and Edinburgh Comedy Award-
winner Bridget Christie; plus many
more shows across the city, which
include Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe and
James Acaster.
For the full lineup and to book tickets visit wellscomfest.com
Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2/5with Krysia Osostowicz (violin) and Daniel Tong (piano)
Krysia Osostowicz and Daniel
Tong have invited ten eminent
composers to write short
companion pieces, responding to
one of Beethoven’s violin sonatas.
In this second concert of the
cycle, the rollicking high spirits
of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata,
op.12 no.2, inspired composer
Peter Ash to create A Major Chase,
and Matthew Taylor’s new piece
Tarantella Furiosa, which is a
modern reflection on Beethoven’s
fiery Kreutzer Sonata. The concert
is being recorded for CD.
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Friday 26th May - Sunday, 28th May
Monday, 29th May7.00 pm – 8.15 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: Festival tickets from £6,
Cedars Hall shows from £12
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10 to £16
Free for 25s and under
(CAVATINA Concert)
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Red Sky Julywith support from Safehaus and Ylamar
“Touching lyrics and beautiful melodies” – BBC Radio 2
Red Sky July are Ally McErlaine
(guitarist in Texas) and Shelly Poole
(Alisha’s Attic) along with Charity
Hair (The Alice Band). Red Sky July’s
sound is a hazy blend of alt-country
and Americana. Safehaus reached
a global audience when their track
Leave it All was used on a release
trailer for the video game Dark Souls III and have summer gigs
planned across Europe including
Rome and Monaco. Ylamar are an
Italian trio including beatbox.
Piano Masters 5: Yevgeny Sudbin“...potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century” - Daily Telegraph
Playing Scarlatti is a core part of
every Russian pianist’s training,
and Yevgeny Sudbin’s new CD of
the sonatas garnered rave reviews
for its intense mixture of purity
and colour. His Wells recital also
includes jaw-dropping virtuosity
from Medtner plus quintessential
Russian works by Tchaikovsky and
Scriabin's Vers la Flamme. Sudbin's
focused brilliance shows that fire
can blaze cold as well as hot.
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dSaturday, 3rd June7.00 pm - 10.30 pm
Thursday, 8th June7.00 pm - 8.45 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £15 in advance,
£17.50 on the door
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £14 to £23
Free for 25s and under
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A-Level Art Exhibition"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." - Edgar Degas
This exhibition features a diverse
and exciting selection of the best
of Wells Cathedral School students'
A-level art and photography work
from 2016-2017.
Please note this exhibition is only
available for public view an hour
before each event.
Image by Taika Guo, Upper Sixth.
Masterpieces for String Quartet with the Alberni Quartet
Haydn - String Quartet, op.76
no.2 (Fifths); Beethoven - String
Quartet, op.59 no.3 (Rasumovsky)
Two more great works played
and introduced by Cedars Hall's
quartet in residence. Haydn's
op.76 quartets are among his most
ambitious chamber music - at
once innovative, elegant, witty
and serious. The Fifths quartet, in
particular, is the perfect incarnation
of Haydn's famous remark about
the "ingenious jesting with art”.
Beethoven’s C major quartet is a
life-affirming masterpiece.
Sunday, 18th June -Saturday, 15th July
Sunday, 18th June8.00 pm - 9.10 pm
Cedars Hall
Admission free
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10 unreserved
Free for 25s and under
(CAVATINA Concert)
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Wells Cathedral School Concerto AuditionsEach year the cream of Wells
Cathedral School's specialist
musicians compete for the
chance to play a concerto with
the Symphony Orchestra the
following year. This is a fascinating
opportunity to hear great concerto
repertoire being discovered afresh
by a new generation of musicians.
The adjudicator this year is the
eminent pianist and Principal of the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,
Jeffrey Sharkey.
Please note there will be a one-hour lunch break at 1.00 pm.
Disney's The Lion KingA Junior School Production
26th June: 7.00 pm - 8.10 pm
27th June: 2.00 pm - 3.10 pm
7.00 pm - 8.10 pm
A young lion prince, Simba, is born
in Africa, thus demoting his uncle
to second in line to the throne. For
anyone who doesn't know what
happens next, and the countless
people who can quote you every
line, this is one of the great musical
theatre stories. With songs by Elton
John and Tim Rice, including Circle of Life, I Just Can’t Wait To Be King, Can You feel The Love Tonight? and Hakuna Matata, this will be
a magical experience for all the
family. This production is presented
by arrangement with MTI (Europe).
Friday, 23rd June10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Monday, 26th June -Tuesday, 27th June
Cedars Hall
Admission free, donations
to Friends of Music at Wells
Cathedral School
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10, £7 for 18s and under
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Wells Cathedral School ShowcaseThe Specialist Music Scheme at
Wells Cathedral School provides
advanced training for exceptionally
talented young musicians from all
over the world.
In this showcase, they will present
an eclectic selection of their
best performances over the past
year, including a new work for
brass ensemble by Paul Denegri,
virtuoso pieces for flute and
marimba as well as Schubert’s
magical String Quintet.A Lower School Production
Friday, 30th June -
Saturday, 1st July, 7.30 pm – 9.45 pm
It’s Midsummer’s night in 2025 and
Egeus has urged Theseus, Duke of
Somerset, to invoke ancient laws of
the land and enforce the marriage of
his daughter, Hermia, to Demetrius.
Fusing some of Shakespeare's most
Wednesday, 28th June 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10, unreserved
Free for 25s and under
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dazzling lyrical poetry with a feast of
music, dance and magic, this year's
production of Shakespeare's beloved
comedy takes us on a journey to the
most colourful and spellbinding of
ancient lands where "the course of
true love never did run smooth" and
dreams are everlasting.
De Salis Garden
Tickets: £8, £5 for 18s and under
Wells Cathedral School ShowcaseThe professional singers and
players of tomorrow present
another exciting programme of
music that they have been working
on during the year.
This includes excerpts from
Rossini's beautiful Petite Messe Solennelle by Choralia, violin music
by Bruch and a concerto for seven
trumpets. Remember, you saw
them here first!
Friday, 30th June 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10, unreserved
Free for 25s and under
Summer Fun for 4-15 year olds
Activities include: Tennis, Cookery, Athletics, Adventure Sports and Junior Adventures
Find out moreCall 01749 834270 or visit
http://wells.cathedral.school/holiday-clubs
International Wind, Brass and Percussion Week
30th July - 6th August 2017
Open to musicians aged 10-18 of all abilities
£895 Residential £695 Non-residential
International Jazz Week
6th - 12th August 2017
Open to musicians aged 13-18, grade 5 minimum standard recommended
£695 Residential £525 Non-residential
International String Week
6th - 12th August 2017
Open to musicians aged 8-18 of all abilities
£795 Residential £595 Non-residential
Find out more
T: 01749 834298
www.wellsmusicsummerschool.com
Wells Music Summer SchoolJoin us for a fun and inspiring week (or two)!
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Wells Cathedral School Celebration: Brass and Percussion Gala"Music still moves me, excites me, fascinates me." - Paul Denegri
Thirty years after Paul joined us
as head of department, we are
celebrating our outstanding brass
and percussion provision with a
thrilling gala concert. Paul's current
talented brass players, along with
stars from Jayne Obradovic's
equally illustrious percussion
department, celebrate a remarkable
anniversary with solo and
ensemble music including Richard
Strauss' epic Festmusik der Stadt Wien for 19 brass and Copland's
rowdy Hoedown.
Jazz PicnicThis is one of the unmissable
events of the Wells summer season
- a bonanza of alfresco jazz and
cricket - with Wells Cathedral
School's Jazz Ensemble, Jazz
Combos and Jazz Orchestra.
The Wells Cathedral School Parents'
Association invites you to bring a
picnic and either book a table (£30
- limited availability) or bring a rug
to enjoy the music in the marquee
and cricket on Cedars Lawn. Cash
bar, hot drinks and ice cream will
be available.
Bookings in advance from [email protected] or cash on the door.
Saturday, 1st July7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Sunday, 2nd July12.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Cedars Lawn
Tickets: £10
Free for 18s and under
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10, unreserved
Free for 25s and under
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Wells Cathedral School Piano GalaWells' young pianists are regular
prize winners in national and
international competitions, and
the department has a particularly
distinguished record in the BBC
Young Musician of the Year
competition. This March, Year 13
pianist Adam (pictured above)
won first prize in the prestigious
Intercollegiate Beethoven
Competition. Tonight some
of these fine young musicians
take advantage of Cedars Hall's
magnificent new Steinway grand
piano to showcase a mixture of
virtuoso and lyrical classics.
Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestrawith Paul Daniel (conductor) and Gwyneth Nelmes (soloist)
Ravel - La Valse; Prokofiev - Violin
Concerto no.2; Tchaikovsky -
Symphony no.5
Summer is a time of goodbyes, in a
good way, at Wells. "True happiness
for Russians," said novelist
Dostoyevsky, "is always tinged with
sadness". Mix into that Tchaikovsky's
agonies, the fizz and drama of
ballet - especially the famous dance
which Ravel used so chillingly in
his Great War-inspired showpiece
- and you have a concert imbued
with mists, violence and the scent of
birch forests.
Sunday, 2nd July3.30 pm - 5.00 pm
Friday, 7th July7.30 pm - 9.45 pm
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £10, unreserved
Free for 25s and under
Wells Cathedral
Tickets: £10 to £18
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Strawberry Concert 1LeveretWednesday, 12th July
7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
“You won’t find English folk music played better than this.” - BBC Radio 2
The English instrumental folk
tradition is a mine of treasures,
which Leveret explores with great
musicianship, compelling delivery
and captivating spontaneity. Sam
Sweeney, once the fiddler for the
former band Bellowhead, is the
current BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician
of the Year. Melodeon genius, Andy
Cutting, is twice a previous winner
and Rob Harbron on concertina is
a wizard known for his work with
The Full English and more. Don't
miss this performance by three
top-notch instrumentalists with
deep roots in the tradition.
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £12 to £20
Strawberry Concert 2Handel's Water Music 300th Anniversarywith the Bristol Ensemble and Louise Innes (mezzo soprano)
Friday, 14th July
7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
Bristol's crack professional chamber
orchestra may feel like a well-kept
secret to audiences on this side
of the Mendips. We are thrilled
to remedy that with this special
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Strawberry Concert 3An Evening with Claire Martin and the Swing Machine Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, 15th July
7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
“She ranks among the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet.” - Jazz Times USA
To worldwide critical acclaim,
singer and broadcaster Claire
Martin has established herself as
a tour de force on the British jazz
scene, winning the British Jazz
Awards seven times. She joins our
acclaimed resident big band, the
Swing Machine Jazz Orchestra, for
an evening of swinging standards.
anniversary performance of Handel's
Water Music and other treats, first
played to a royal audience on the
River Thames 300 years ago almost
to the day, and now the perfect
accompaniment to a summer's
evening in sight of Wells Cathedral.
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All ticket prices include strawberries and cream.
There will be a long supper interval of 45 minutes for each concert. Drinks
and some light catering will be available to purchase on the night or please
feel free to bring a picnic to enjoy on Cedars Lawn.
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £14 to £23
Cedars Hall
Tickets: £17 to £28
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29th April: Film: Charlie Chaplin's The Kid 7.00 pm
20th June: Musical Extravaganza 7.00 pm
18th June - 15th July: A-Level Art Exhibition
3rd May: Guitar Extravaganza with Mike Dawes and friends 7.30 pm
5th May: Early Music Concert 7.00 pm
9th May: Composition Masterclass with Adam Gorb 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
12th May: Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
12th May - 3rd June: The Way of Seeing Colour Art Exhibition
18th May: Vikki Stone: Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra 7.00 pm
26th May: Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
24th May: Old Wellensian Percussion Recital with Kim Foster 7.00 pm
26th - 28th May: Wells Comedy Festival in association with Brothers
29th May: Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2/5 7.00 pm
8th June: Piano Masters 5 - Yevgeny Sudbin 7.00 pm
9th June: Wells Cathedral School Graduate Musicians Concert 1.05 pm
26th June: Disney's The Lion King 7.00 pm
27th June: Disney's The Lion King 2.00 pm and 7.00 pm
30th April: Masterpieces for String Quartet with the Alberni Quartet 8.00 pm
5th May: Brass Chamber Music Masterclass with Roger Argente 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
5th May: Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
7th May: Wells Cathedral School Young Composers’ Showcase 8.00 pm
7th May: An Afternoon of Romantic Song 2.00 pm
12th May: Piano Masters 4 - Mitsuko Uchida 7.00 pm
16th June: Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
18th June: Masterpieces for String Quartet with the Alberni Quartet 8.00 pm
21st June: Jazz in the Foyer 7.00 pm
23rd June: Concerto Auditions 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
6th May: The Nasmyth Accompanists’ Project 4.00 pm
3rd June: Red Sky July with support from Safehaus and Ylamar 7.00 pm
Calendar of concerts and events
3rd May: Guitar Masterclass with Mike Dawes 3.00 - 4.30 pm
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Free concertsIn addition to our main listing we have many more performances that are
free to the public, featuring Wells Cathedral School students, from Junior to
Senior School, specialist to non-specialist. Doors open 15 minutes before the
start of each concert, and everyone is welcome.
This includes our lunchtime concert series, which takes place in Wells
Cathedral School’s Quilter Hall at 1.05 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
on occasional Fridays (see calendar for dates) during term-time, starting on
Tuesday, 2nd May 2017. These concerts are an important opportunity for
our specialist musicians to perform their solo repertoire. There is a retiring
collection in aid of Friends of Music at Wells Cathedral School.
For full details, please visit http://wells.cathedral.school/free-concerts
as times and location may be subject to change.
Calendar key
28th June: Wells Cathedral School Showcase 7.00 pm
29th June: String Ensemble Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
30th June - 1st July: A Midsummer Night's Dream 7.30 pm
30th June: Wells Cathedral School Showcase 7.00 pm
7th July: Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra 7.30 pm
2nd July: Jazz Picnic 12.00 pm
2nd July: Wells Cathedral School Piano Gala 3.30 pm
12th July: Leveret 7.00 pm
14th July: Handel's Water Music 300th Anniversary 7.00 pm
15th July: Claire Martin and the Swing Machine Jazz Orchestra 7.00 pm
30th June: Lunchtime Concert 1.05 pm
1st July: Wells Cathedral School Celebration: Brass and Percussion Gala 7.00 pm
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Quilter Hall
Strawberry Concert
Cathedral Concert
De Salis Garden
Cedars Lawn
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How to get to Cedars HallCedars Hall is situated in the heart of Wells Cathedral School and can be
accessed on foot either from The Liberty or from the main gate on College
Road (postcode BA5 2ST). Please note there is no public access via the service
gate at the Bristol Hill junction of New Street and Mountery Road (A39).
We are able to allocate disabled-only parking in the car park adjacent to
Cedars House on The Liberty. Please contact the box office (01749 834483) to
reserve a space.
Further evening-only parking is available in Mundy’s Meadow car park,
which is free for our summer season, see map below; from here it is a
short traffic-free walk via Lovers Walk to The Liberty. Additional spaces are
available in the city’s many public car parks. All these car parks are within a
15-minute walk from Cedars Hall: Market Square (BA5 2RB); Waitrose (BA5
2PJ); Union Street (off Chamberlain Street, BA5 2PU); South Street (BA5 1SL);
Princes Road (BA5 1TE); Tucker Street (off West Street, BA5 1TF). For more
information, visit en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/wells.
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Instrumental Skills DaysInspirational and motivational musical activities and training run by leading professional musicians that are tailored for students, teachers and music enthusiasts of all ages and abilities...
For more details please contact:
Dominique Swain, Music Outreach Coordinator
T: 01749 834487 (term-time only)
http://wells.cathedral.school/instrumental-skills
See our What's On Calendar for full details www.bishopspalace.org.uk/events
T 01749 988111 ext.200 E [email protected] www.bishopspalace.org.uk
Join us at The Bishop's Palace for...• 14 acres of stunning, RHS Partner gardens• Medieval Falconry Day 14th April• The English Country Garden Festival
9th-11th June• Summer Outdoor Theatre programme • Family Fun Fridays and Nature Ninjas during
school holidays• Membership starts at just £29 per year
Drum Kit DaySunday, 24th Sept 2017
MAWELLS MUSIC ACADEMY
French Horn DaySunday, 12th Nov 2017
Brass Skills DaySunday, 21st Jan 2018
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See our What's On Calendar for full details www.bishopspalace.org.uk/events
T 01749 988111 ext.200 E [email protected] www.bishopspalace.org.uk
Join us at The Bishop's Palace for...• 14 acres of stunning, RHS Partner gardens• Medieval Falconry Day 14th April• The English Country Garden Festival
9th-11th June• Summer Outdoor Theatre programme • Family Fun Fridays and Nature Ninjas during
school holidays• Membership starts at just £29 per year
Junior School Open House (Ages 3-11)Friday, 5th May
Whole School Open Morning (Ages 3-18)Saturday, 13th May
Junior School Exhibition Afternoon (Ages 3-11)Saturday, 10th June
Contact ushttp://wells.cathedral.school 01749 [email protected]
Be what you are at WellsSet in the heart of England's most beautiful cathedral city,
Wells Cathedral School is a haven where every student can thrive
and flourish, whatever their interests and talents.
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