Buxton’s annual summer celebration of opera, music and literature takes place from 11th to 27th July 2014
This year’s event promises a spectacular programme of events for 2014, with visits from world-renowned performers, musicians and authors. A gala concert of operatic highlights with renowned soprano Susan Bullock and tenor Richard Berkeley-Steele kicks off proceedings on 11th June, before this year’s impressive opera productions of Dvo?ák’s The Jacobin, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Rossini’s Otello, and unique ‘cabaret opera’ Gloria – A Pigtale begin.
Musical highlights include Lesley Garrett and Emma Johnson performing together for the first time, accompanied by pianist Andrew West, plus a fantastic mix of recitals, concerts and late-night jazz. A special programme of commemorative events will mark the centenary of the start of the First World War.
Always a popular feature, this year’s varied literary offering includes talks from Shirley Williams, Lady Antonia Fraser, Peter Snow, Clive Aslet and Emma Bridgewater. The festival’s new series of Sunday evening conversations with famous figures begins with Lord Archer.
Running alongside, the Festival Fringe combines over 150 events including theatre, comedy, music, film, children’s events and exhibitions.
Visit www.buxtonfestival.co.uk or call 01298 70395 for more details.
Festival Programme:
OPERA
11th Opera Gala 8pm
12th,15th,18th,24th,27th The Jacobin
13th,16th,19th,22nd,25th Orfeo ed Euridice
17th,20th,26th Otello: Concerts
23rd,26th Gloria – A Pigtale
23rd,24th Scenes from Operas 12pm
MUSIC
Daily A Song at Six 6pm
11th Joe Stilgoe 9pm
12th The Lawson Trio 12pm
12th Joe Stilgoe & Natalie Williams 9pm
13th From Your Ever Loving Son, Jack 12pm
13th Innovation Chamber Ensemble 9pm
14th Yuanfan Yang 12pm
14th 4 Girls, 4 Harps 3.15pm
14th Lesley Garrett & Emma Johnson 8pm
15th Roderick Williams & Gary Matthewman 12pm
15th Michael Chance & Paul Beier 3.15pm
16th Alicia’s Gift 12pm
16th Endellion String Quartet 3.15pm
17th The Schubert Ensemble 12pm
17th Jessie Ann Richardson & Clare Hammond 3.30pm
17th,24th Organ Recital 4.30pm
18th Sofya Gulyak 12pm
18th La Serenissima 3.15pm
18th Patricia Hammond & The Ragtime Parlour Band 9pm
19th NCO Wind Ensemble 12pm
19th Rosalind Plowright & Philip Mountford 3.30pm
19th Alex Garnett Quartet 9pm
20th Rosalind Plowright 12pm
20th Huddersfield Choral Society 9pm
21st Halle Soloists 12pm
21st Aquarelle Guitar Quartet 3.15pm
21st The Swingle Singers 8pm
22nd Alessandro Taverna 12pm
22nd Djordje Gajic 3.15pm
23rd,26th The Fibonacci Sequence
24th Rozanna Madylus & Finnegan Downie-Dear 12pm
25th Angel & Archangel 12pm
25th Symphonic Brass of London 3.15pm
25th The Jazz Repertory Co 9pm
26th Peggy, Duke & Benny 9pm
27th Psappha 12pm
27th Gillian Keith & Northern Chamber Orchestra 9pm
TALKS & LITERATURE
Daily Pre-Opera Talk
12th John Julius Norwich 10.30am
12th Linda Colley 2pm
12th Irma Kurtz 4.30pm
13th Alex Danchev 10.30am
13th Poetry Writing Workshop 1pm
13th Jonathan Aitken 2pm
13th Jeffrey Archer 7.15pm
14th James W P Campbell 10.30am
14th Rachel Cooke 2pm
14th Clive Aslet 3.15pm
15th Peter Snow 10.30am
15th Jans Ondaatje Rolls 2pm
15th Hermione Lee 4.30pm
16th Robin Hanbury-Tenison 10.30am
16th Paddy Ashdown 2pm
17th Antonia Fraser 10.30am
17th Philippa Langley & Michael Jones 2pm
17th Miranda Seymour 5pm
18th Tim Birkhead 9am
18th Claudia Roden 10.30am
18th Sarah Raven 2pm
18th John Goodby 4.30pm
19th Roger Scruton 9am
19th Gyles Brandreth 10.30am
19th Simon Jenkins 2pm
20th Alan Johnson 10.30am
20th Historical Fiction w/shop 1pm
20th James Naughtie & Matthew Parris 3.15pm
21st Shirley Williams 10.30am
21st Jung Chang 2pm
21st Simon Heffer 4.30pm
22nd Kate Adie 10.30am
22nd Philip Hook 2pm
22nd Gareth Williams 4.30pm
23rd Michael Scott 9am
23rd Vicky Pryce 10.30am
23rd Anthony King 2pm
24th James Naughtie 10.30am
24th The Orwell Debate 2pm
24th Emma Bridgewater 4.30pm
25th Lucinda Hawksley 10.30am
25th Max Hastings 2pm
25th The Crime Panel 5pm
26th Robert Bartlett 9am
26th Margaret Drabble 10.30am
26th Lisa Appignanesi 2pm
27th Toby Wilkinson 10.30am
27th Novel writing workshop 1pm
27th Kirsty Wark 2pm
27th Ranulph Fiennes 7.15pm
WALKS
13th,21st Buxton’s Georgian Heritage 12pm
14th Edwardian and Arts & Crafts Buxton 12pm
16th The Future of Buxton’s Heritage 12pm
18th,25nd Buxton: It’s Background & Beauty 12pm
OTHER
13th,20th,27th Festival Mass 10.45am
13th The Woman on The Bridge 2pm
19th,20th The Travelling Treasury 10am
19th Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 11am
20th Wilde Without The Boy 2pm
26th,27th The Magical Storytelling Yurt 10am
27th Festival Friends’ Lunch 3.15pm
