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WelcomeIt gives me great pleasure to present the programme for 2016, our 15th annual festival.

Once again we have some of the world’s greatest musicians with us for two weeks of glorious music. For some it is their first visit, for others a return to one of their favourite venues. Making their festival debuts here in a wonderful early music programme are Trevor Pinnock, Sophie Gent, Matthew Truscott & Jonathan Manson. The great Austrian mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager also appears for the first time alongside festival regular Julius Drake, and Katherine Jenkinson & Martin Cousin make their debut here joining Ruth Rogers in the Aquinas trio Piano. The superb Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis arrive at the end of week one, and the following week the Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madzar partners Adrian Brendel in a duo recital. Finally, the acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust and harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout give us an evening of JS Bach.

In addition we see the return of many old friends of the festival; our president Paul Lewis, Lucy Parham, the Nash Ensemble, Imogen Cooper, Ronan O’Hora, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alfred Brendel, and of course the Festival Academy Orchestra now in its ninth year, and such an important part of the festival. As always, the orchestra will be

conducted and led by husband and wife team, Thomas Hull & Ruth Rogers. I hope you will agree that we are set for another fortnight of truly world-class concerts.

Despite ever-increasing costs we have decided to hold ticket prices for an unprecedented sixth year running and student tickets remain a nominal £1.

We have, however, made a slight change to the ‘Friends’ category. Over the years the list of ‘Friends’ has grown enormously and we now find it increasingly hard to accommodate all the requests for tickets for some concerts. We considered limiting the number of tickets ‘Friends’ could purchase for any one concert but felt that was not the route we wanted to go down. Although the minimum donation had remained £100 for 14 years, in practice some people were donating £100 whilst others as much as £450. The position in the ‘ticket queue’ was based solely on the date the form was sent in rather than the level of donation, which seemed slightly unfair on those donating at a higher level. So we have decided to instigate two levels of the Friends category from this year onwards. We appreciate that no system is absolutely fair but we hope you agree that this is the best way to resolve the ever-increasing demand for tickets.

If you have not signed up for one of the

schemes before I hope you will consider doing so this year. ‘Sponsors’ & ‘Patrons’ enjoy a three-week priority booking period, Gold Friends a two-week priority period, and Silver Friends a one- week priority period. Increasingly, being a member of one of these schemes is the only sure way of obtaining reserved seating for many concerts.

The provision of on-line booking, with a ‘select your own seat’ facility, proved extremely popular last year, particularly with overseas and last minute bookings, and it will be available again for 2016. However, after a lot of consideration, we have again decided to keep to the traditional postal system for the Patrons’, Friends’ & Season priority booking periods, and for those who like to send their General booking forms in early. As all forms come in they are dated and put in the appropriate folder (Patrons, Friends, Season & General) and as each period opens they are then processed in the order in which they were received. So please send in your forms ASAP.

As soon as the priority bookings and early ‘General’ bookings have been processed we will then activate the online & telephone booking system.

I hope you will agree that the 2016 programme is one of the most exciting to date and I look forward to seeing many of you next May.

Charlie Bennett, November 2015

Julian Lloyd Webber

Thank goodness for Chipping Campden Music Festival! The Festival’s involvement in music education grows with every passing year - which is just as well, as our children seem to have less and less access to music in their schools with every passing year.

This year the Festival’s work with young voices will see a project in six local primary schools involving around 300 students working for an intensive three week period. They will also be working with over 100 secondary aged students and hope to extend the work to early years children as well. And, before and during the May festival, tutors will be running instrumental & composition workshops in local primary & secondary schools.

One of the most exciting developments in 2015 was the formation of The Festival Youth Academy Orchestra. Based on the same formula as the May festival orchestra, the youth academy had a mentor & a secondary aged student sharing a desk. The course ended with a wonderful concert in St James’ church. The festival hopes that, given sufficient funding being available, the Youth Academy will become a regular feature of their educational calendar.

Julian Lloyd Webber, Patron of Education Programme

Paul Lewis

Founded in 2002, Chipping Campden International Music Festival has grown into one of the most anticipated events in the UK’s musical calendar.

The 2016 programme is as exciting and varied as ever, and, once again, the fortnight will see the arrival in Chipping Campden of some of the world’s most renowned musicians.

As always, the Festival Academy Orchestra will be in residence for week two and I am very excited about performing all five Beethoven concertos with them and their inspiring conductor, Thomas Hull.

In addition there is a marvellous range of solo recitals, chamber music, and song. All this, combined with the magnificent venue of St James! Church with its superb acoustic, and the enthusiastic and appreciative audiences, makes it a priority destination for music lovers. Little wonder then that the festival is now attracting audiences from America, Canada, Australia, and mainland Europe, alongside its growing UK following. We look forward to welcoming you all in May.

Paul Lewis, Festival President

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Full details of the concerts will be put on the web site when confirmed and emailed to all on our database. Please make every effort to get along to these lunchtime concerts. They are given in a relaxed atmosphere and the quality of performances is exceedingly high.

Tickets: £5 on the door or £3.50 per concert if all 6 concerts are booked in advance on the festival booking form. N.B. We are not able to sell advanced tickets for individual lunchtime concerts. For all students in full time education entrance is entirely free. Schools are very welcome to arrive unannounced but it is helpful if we know in advance if any large groups are coming.

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Education and the OrchestraThe festival is seriously committed to music education. In addition to the lunchtime concerts, we run workshops and coaching sessions in local schools given by experienced practitioners. The ‘Chipping Campden Festival Academy’ orchestra, formed in 2008, has become an extremely significant part of the festival. The Academy is formed anew every year (although many of the professionals are regular members) and each desk has an advanced student or recent graduate playing alongside an experienced Pro. This gives the young artists an invaluable insight into what playing in a professional orchestra entails. For details about applying as an advanced student or recent graduate please email Thomas Hull - th@ingpen.co.uk or Charlie Bennett - charlie@campdenmusicfestival.co.uk

Additionally, for a week in late August of 2015 we ran our first Festival Youth Academy Orchestra course. This was based on the same formula as the May festival orchestra but in this case the May Academy members returned to become mentors to secondary aged students. At the end of the week the orchestra gave a concert in St James’ church, the soloist for which was the acclaimed pianist Imogen Cooper. For details about applying as a secondary school aged student for the August 2016 course, please email Charlie Bennett - charlie@campdenmusicfestival.co.uk

If you are involved in local pre-school, primary, or secondary education and would like details of education workshops on offer please email Micaela Schmitz, Education Officer - musica@earlymusica.org

If you are a primary school teacher and would like to discuss our new young voices project please email Jessica May - jessmay@yahoo.com

We also have a growing Festival chorus that meets every Wednesday and gives three concerts a year. If you are interested in joining please email Richard Stephens - rdstephens@gmail.com

Subsidised tickets for studentsWe are delighted to offer free access to students for the weekday lunchtime recitals and we charge a nominal £1 for tickets for the evening concerts. If you know schools that may be interested in attending do put them in touch with us.

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In conjunction with Chipping Campden Literature Festival

Nocturne - The Romantic Life of Frédéric ChopinLucy Parham, pianoHarriet Walter, narratorAlex Jennings, narrator

The story of the tender, but volatile relationship between Frederic Chopin and the novelist George Sand is told through extracts from their letters and diaries, juxtaposed with some of the composer’s best-loved works.

This will be Lucy’s third visit to the festival and regular attendees will know that means a beautifully structured evening of words

combined with some of the most sensitive piano playing you are likely to encounter anywhere. Lucy works with many of the UK’s finest actors and we are delighted that she will be joined for this performance by Dame Harriet Walter & Alex Jennings, two of the greatest performers of our age.

“Lucy Parham’s trailblazing evening concerts in which she fuses music and words with the help of some of our most distinguished thespians, have become one of the must-see events on the musical calendar.”

BBC Music Magazine

Reserved £25 & £20 Unreserved £15 Students £1. Ends approx 9.15pmSunday 8th May 7.30pm St James’ Church

Elisabeth Leonskaja Piano

Schubert Sonata E flat major D 568 Prokofiev Sonate Nr.4 Brahms 7 Fantasien op. 116 Schubert Sonata A minor D 784

I am particularly excited about the return of Elisabeth Leonskaja to the festival, playing repertoire that will show to the full her magnificent pianism.

The word ‘Legendary’ is greatly overused but for once it can perhaps truly be ascribed to Elisabeth. For decades now, she has been among the most celebrated pianists of our time and in a world dominated by the media, Elisabeth has remained true to herself and to her music. In doing so she is following in the footsteps of the celebrated Russian musicians of the Soviet era, such as David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Her musical development was greatly influenced by her long-term collaboration with Sviatoslav Richter, not only through teaching and giving her advice, but also by his inviting her to play duets with him."

This is guaranteed to be one the highlights of the 2016 festival.

”Elisabeth Leonskaja’s journey leads from one pinnacle to another. By constantly excelling herself, driven by her own personal demands, by her passion and her intelligence she has scaled the heights achieved only by the greatest, not just of today, but of an entire epoch: those of a Clara Haskil, a Lipatti, and of modernity to boot”.

!Andre Boucourechliev - Diapason music magazine

Monday 9th May 7.30pm St James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

The Borodin QuartetRuben Aharonian violin Sergei Lomovsky violinIgor Naidin viola Vladimir Balshin cello

Shostakovich Quartet No 4 in D major, op. 83 Shostakovich Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op. 122 Tchaikovsky Children’s Album Op 39 (arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) Borodin Notturno from String Quartet no.2 in D major

For seven decades, the Borodin Quartet has been celebrated for its insight and authority in the chamber music repertoire. Their particular affinity with Russian repertoire is based on constant promotion, performances and recording of the pillars of Russian string quartet music - Borodin, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, all of which feature in this concert. The Quartet’s connection with Shostakovich’s chamber music is intensely personal, since it was stimulated by a close relationship with the composer, who personally supervised its study of each of his quartets. Widely regarded as definitive

interpretations, the Quartet’s cycles of the complete Shostakovich quartets have been performed all over the world, in fact the idea of performing a complete cycle of Shostakovich’s quartets originated with the Borodin Quartet. Formed in 1945 by four students from the Moscow Conservatory, over the last 70 years the members have retained their commitment to tonal beauty, technical excellence and penetrating musicianship. The ensemble’s cohesion and vision have survived successive changes in personnel, thanks not least to the common legacy shared by its members from their training at the Moscow Conservatory.

“The Borodin Quartet plays with uncommonly rich, even tone and consoling warmth. For sheer musical presence, it has few equals.”

The Sunday Telegraph

Tuesday 10th May 7.30pm St James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Trios and solos by the most fam’d mastersTrevor Pinnock harpsichord & organ Sophie Gent & Matthew Truscott violin "Jonathan Manson viola da gamba

Purcell Sonata in four parts No.9 in F major, ""Suite No.4 in A minor for harpsichord, "Sonata in three parts No.10 in A major, Sonata in 3 parts No.6 "in C major, Sonata in three parts No.9 in C minor, Sonata in four parts No.6 in G minor Corelli Sonata (Ciacona) in G major Op.2, No.XII," Sonata in C major, Op.3, No.VIII Handel Suite in D minor for harpsichord from the second collection (HWV 436), Sonata in F major (HWV 392)

Tonight’s concert sees the, long overdue, first festival appearance by Trevor Pinnock. Trevor is known worldwide as a harpsichordist and conductor who pioneered performance on historical instruments with The English Concert, the orchestra he founded in 1972, and led for the next thirty years. He now divides his time

between conducting, solo, chamber music and educational projects. For this concert he is joined by Sophie Gent - Professor of Baroque violin at the Amsterdam Conservatorium, Matthew Truscott - one of the leaders of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Jonathan Manson - one

of Europe’s leading performers on both cello and viola da gamba. For early music followers this will be high on the list of ‘not to be missed’ concerts.

“Pinnock’s playing in these works is fluent, modestly extrovert and fun-loving. It is without silly gestures or empty rhetoric.”

BBC Music Magazine

Wednesday 11th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo soprano Julius Drake piano

Schubert Songs from plays & novels, including - Erlkönig, Gretchen im Zwinger, Morgenlied, Mignon I ‘Heiss mich nicht reden’, Ariette von Rosamunde, Lied der Anne Lyle, Gesang an Sylvia

Austrian Mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager enjoys an international career as one of the most important and outstanding vocal artists before the public today, dividing her time between recitals and opera in Europe, North America and the Far East. In 2016 she embarks on a concert tour with the Camerata Bern to South America, and on her return she sings an orchestral concert at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, followed by a series of recitals in Klagenfurt, Stockholm, at the Schubertiade in Hohenems, at London’s Wigmore Hall as well as here in Chipping Campden. She is joined by the incomparable Julius Drake, one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, and a regular collaborator with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. The programme contains some of Schubert’s finest songs, and this promises to be a memorable concert.

Kirchschlager’s rich resonant mezzo finds beauties everywhere on this disc, from heights of drama to intimacies of reflection, and at every turn Drake is with her... Roger Nichols / BBC Music Magazine

Drake made the piano part sound positively incandescent. For my money, this inspired accompanist is now the best in the business. New York Magazine.

Thursday 12th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

The Aquinas Piano trioRuth Rogers ViolinKatherine Jenkinson CelloMartin Cousin Piano

Mozart Piano Trio in B-flat major K.502 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49 Brahms Piano Trio in B major Op. 8

Ruth Rogers is well known to everyone at the festival, having led the Academy orchestra since its inception as well as appearing as a soloist with it on numerous occasions. The other two members of the trio, Katherine Jenkinson and Martin Cousin, are, like Ruth, established solo artists in their own right.All three players also have a vast experience of the chamber music repertoire and their Trio, launched in 2009, has quickly become one of Britain’s most sought-after ensembles. The piano trio repertoire contains some of music’s most wonderful creations, three of which we will hear in this concert. The B flat major trio was written in 1786 when Mozart was at the height of his powers, the same year also seeing the completion of three of his greatest piano concertos (K488 in A major, K491 in C minor, and K503 in C major) and the sublime ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio for clarinet, viola and piano. Mendelssohn’s beautiful D minor trio dates from 1839, and the masterful B major piano trio of Brahms closes the concert. The early Op 8 designation is slightly misleading as, although it was written in 1854, Brahms revised the work in 1889 and this is the version the Aquinas will play.

This dazzling young trio is rising fast. If the Aquinas Piano Trio doesn’t go on to become one of the most admired of its generation I really will eat my hat

The Weston Mercury

Friday 13th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Piano master class Ronan O’HoraWorking with three advanced pianists

Many people still talk of the superb piano master class given by Ronan O’Hora as part of the 2014 festival and I’m delighted that he has agreed to come back for 2016. Ronan is one of the most outstanding musicians I have encountered and, alongside a busy performing career, he holds the posts of ‘Head of Keyboard Studies’ and ‘Head of Advanced Performance Studies’ at the Guildhall School of Music and

Drama in London. Ronan will work with three exceptionally talented students from the RCM, RAM, and the GSMD. This will be a fascinating insight into teaching at the highest level and should be of interest to pianists and non- pianists alike. I would particularly encourage all music teachers (not just of piano students) to bring their pupils to this class.

“The Grieg Piano Concerto [with the RPO under James Judd] demands imagination and great delicacy of feeling as well as bravura without barnstorming if its eternal freshness is to be caught on record. Ronan O’Hora …… uncannily invests this very beautiful recording with all these virtues, and more besides, … The cadenza is superb …”

Editor’s Choice, The Gramophone Magazine

Saturday 14th May 11.00am St. James’ Church Reserved £20 & £15 Unreserved £10 Students £1 Ends approx 1.50pm

Vox Luminis – Light & ShadowMusic at the time of Elizabeth I (4 Sopranos 2 Altos, 4 Tenors 2 Baritones 3 Basses)Lionel Meinier artistic director

Thomas Tallis O nata Lux, Videte Miraculum Robert White Christe, qui lux es et dies John Sheppard In manus tuas William Byrd Ave verum corpus Thomas Tomkins When David heard Robert Ramsey How are the Mighty Fall’n Thomas Weelkes Death hath deprived me Thomas Tallis Hear the voice and prayer John Sheppard In Pace Thomas Morley Funeral Sentences for Queen Elizabeth I

Tonight we have another ensemble making their debut at the festival. Vox Luminus, founded in 2004 in Namur, Belgium, is developing a reputation as one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles. They are renowned for a seamless blend of high quality individual voices, exquisite tuning and clarity of sound. The majority of the group met at one of the most significant centres for early music in Europe: the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

Their most recent CD, released in June 2012, created a buzz with an interpretation of Heinrich Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien, and received several prestigious awards such as the Gramophone ‘Recording of the Year’, the ‘Baroque Vocal Gramophone Award’ and the ‘International Classical Music Award’.

Vox Luminis’s blend is marked by a pleasing astringency in the alto line, and supple singing from the sopranos and baritones, Meunier among them...over two hours of outstanding musicality and serious musicianship. BBC Music Magazine

Saturday 14th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £35 & £30 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Imogen Cooper piano

Schumann Geistervariationen, Davidsbundlertanze op 6 Wagner Elegy Liszt (from Annees de Pelerinage Italie): Sposalizio Petrarch sonnet 104 Il Penseroso Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa Wagner arr Zoltan Kocsis Tristan und Isolde, Prelude Liszt La Lugubre Gondole S200/1 Wagner arr Liszt Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod

Imogen Cooper is without question one of the most outstanding pianists of our epoch. A musician with integrity and insight whose formidable technique it is never used for any other purpose than to serve the music. Little wonder then that her appearances are eagerly anticipated by our audiences. Tonight’s beautifully thought out programme will be very special. The concert opens with the sublime but little played Geistervariationen, the last work Schumann wrote for piano, and then the better known Davidsbündlertänze, the theme of which is based on a mazurka by Clara Wieck. Schumann wrote of Clara, “She was practically my sole motivation for writing the Davidsbundlertanze”. And then a wonderful sequence of music from Wagner & Liszt, the concert closing with Liszt’s arrangement of the sublime Liebestod.

She is an outstanding artist, one of the finest pianists now playing. Go, listen, and wonder how many better pianists there are alive in this country, or anywhere.

Daily Telegraph

Sunday 15th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Adrian Brendel cello Aleksandar Madzar piano

Janacek Pohadka Schubert Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano D.821 Kurtag sequence of miniatures for solo cello and solo piano from ‘Jatekok’ Brahms Sonata in F major Op.99

Adrian Brendel is a regular performer at the festival and a great favourite with our audiences. This time he appears with the oustanding Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madzar, who is making his debut in Chipping Campden. The concert opens with an early Janacek piece inspired by Vasily Zhukovsky’s poem The Tale of Tsar Bendvei. Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata was written in November1824 and is the only substantial composition for the Arpeggione (a sort of bowed guitar) that remains extant today. Kurtag’s Játékok (meaning Games in Hungarian) is an ongoing collection of “pedagogical performance pieces.”The concert closes with Brahms’ passionate F major sonata, written in 1886 at Hofstetten near Lake Thun in Switzerland. In an extraordinary summer there Brahms wrote three of his greatest chamber music masterpieces, this Cello Sonata, the Violin Sonata in A major, op. 100; and the glorious Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101.

Adrian Brendel is everything but a showman: his tone is clear and precise, leaning towards classical refinement, always exposing an acute understanding of the composer’s intentions

Berliner Tagesspiegel

Monday 16th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Chipping Campden Festival Academy OrchestraThomas Hull - Conductor Paul Lewis - Piano

Prokofiev Symphony No 1 in D major Op25 “Classical” Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 19 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37

Tonight sees the opening concert of 2016 from our Festival Academy orchestra, under the baton, as always, of Thomas Hull and led by Ruth Rogers. It is also the beginning of Paul Lewis’ cycle of all five Beethoven concertos. Paul first played here in 2003 and became our president in 2005. Since that time he has gone on to establish a stratospheric career and is now widely regarded as one the world’s greatest pianists. We are indeed privileged that he has agreed to present this cycle of concertos just for Chipping Campden. The B flat concerto is actually Beethoven’s earliest piano concerto being mostly composed between 1787 and 1789, although it did not appear in its final form until 1798, and was not actually published until 1801. By which time Beethoven had already composed the concerto in C major (known as No1). It is a joyous work that clearly shows the influence of both Haydn & Mozart in Beethoven’s early works. The legacy of Mozart can also be seen in the dramatic C minor concerto in which Beethoven seems to pay tribute to and at the same transcend Mozart’s concerto in the same key.

“Throughout the cycle Lewis is enviably and naturally true to his own distinctive lights, his unassuming but shining musicianship always paramount....! And so, all in all, these records take their place among the finest Beethoven piano concerto performances” Bryce Morrison Gramophone

Tuesday 17th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £35 & £30 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

The Nash EnsemblePhilippa Davies flute " Gareth Hulse oboeRichard Hosford clarinet Ursula Leveaux bassoon Richard Watkins horn Ian Brown piano

Mozart Piano Quintet in Eb K 452 Saint Saens Caprice sur des airs Danois et Russes Bizet Jeux d’enfants arr for wind quintet Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind quintet

It is always a joy to have the Nash Ensemble back in Chipping Campden. As ever they present a varied and fascinating programme. Writing to his father after its premiere in 1784 Mozart says of the Eb trio “I myself consider it to be the best thing I have written in my life”. The Saint-Saens was dedicated to the Tsarina, Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the King of Denmark, which explains why Danish and Russian themes, are incorporated into this delightful work.

Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants was originally written for piano duet but works brilliantly in the wind quintet arrangement, and the Poulenc Sextet written in1932, revised in 1939, and premiered in Paris in December 1940, has become one of his most popular works.

“Is there a better-equipped, more polished, stylish, or characterful chamber music group than the Nash Ensemble anywhere on the planet? To judge from the near-immaculate account of Schubert’s Octet with which they concluded their Festival concert on Saturday, I doubt it.”

Michael Tumelty, Herald Scotland

Wednesday 18th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Chipping Campden Festival Academy OrchestraThomas Hull - Conductor Paul Lewis - Piano

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C major Op 15 Stravinsky Symphony in C Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Op 58

Beethoven’s magnificent piano concerto in C major was actually written after the B flat major but is always known as No 1. Between a martial first movement and an ebullient, and at times rumbustious, finale Beethoven places an intensely moving slow movement. The Symphony in C is from Stravinshy’s neoclassical period. Although outwardly a traditional four-movement work, it has been described as a “cubist portrait” of a symphony. The fourth piano concerto was completed early in 1806, and Beethoven’s very last appearance as a concerto soloist was in its first public performance on December 22, 1808. That first performance must have startled the listener, initially because it broke with tradition by opening with a statement from the piano alone, and then because that is followed by the orchestra’s quiet response in the remote key of B major. It is hard for modern audiences to understand how this, perhaps the most perfect of all his piano concertos fell into neglect until Mendelssohn revived it in 1836.

Lewis’s unalloyed musicianship and overall mastery are worth their weight in gold; every bar declares his calibre and generosity of spirit.

Gramophone Magazine

Thursday 19th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £35 & £30 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Isabelle Faust violinKristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord

JS Bach Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1021, Sonata for solo violin No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003, Sonata for violin & harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016, Sonata for violin & harpsichord in C minor, BWV 1017, Toccata for solo harpsichord in D minor, BWV 913, Sonata for violin & harpsichord in A major, BWV 1015

Tonight’s ‘feast’ of JS Bach features two artists making their first appearance at the festival. At an early age, Isabelle Faust won the prestigious Leopold Mozart and Paganini competitions and was soon invited to appear with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Boston Symphony Orchestra

and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. She is now one of the most sought-after violinists in the world. Isabelle is joined by the exceptional Fortepiano & Harpsichord specialist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

“Her sound has passion, grit and electricity but also a disarming warmth and sweetness that can unveil the music’s hidden strains of lyricism ...”

New York Times

Friday 20th May 7.30pm St. James’ Church Reserved £30 & £25 Unreserved £20 Students £1 Ends approx 9.30pm

Alfred Brendel‘A pianist’s alphabet’

Some of my happiest festival memories are of Alfred performing here in Chipping Campden. He loved being here, adored the acoustic of St James’ church, and played for us twice during his final season on the concert platform. I’m delighted, therefore, that he agreed to come back to the festival with his marvellous lecture ‘A pianist’s alphabet’

“Looking back at sixty years of giving concerts, making records, and writing about matters of my profession, I realized that I should put some order into my thoughts and collect concepts and catchwords in the shape of an A to Z. Aided by this alphabet, my lecture will try to convey some of a thinking pianist’s concerns. Next to music, composers, instruments and the public, notions like balance, cohesion, and cantabile should be mentioned, and even love and humour.

One can succumb to music, as it were with closed eyes, and simply “do” it. One can formalize it, intellectualize, poeticise, psychologise. One can pronounce, in sociological terms, what music is allowed, or not allowed, to represent. One can derive from the pieces what they are or induce into them what they should be. The latter I have avoided to the best of my abilities. An inclination for facing the music consciously, and linking it to the pleasures of language, has prevailed. “"- Alfred Brendel

The book will be on sale at the event and Alfred is happy to sign copies afterwards

Saturday 21st May 11.30am Chipping Campden School Unreserved £10 Ends approx 12.45pm

NB Please note different venue

Chipping Campden Festival Academy OrchestraThomas Hull - Conductor Paul Lewis - Piano

Schumann Symphony No1 in B flat major Op 38 ‘ The Spring’ Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major Op 73

After hearing Mendelssohn conduct a performance of Schubert’s C-major Symphony, Schumann wrote to Clara Wieck, “I was totally happy and wished only that you should be my wife and that I also could write such symphonies.” By 1841 both things had happened. The first symphony was drafted in an astonishing four

days and the first performance took place a month later on 31st March 1841. This great work is followed tonight by what is arguably Beethoven’s best-loved piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, with the first performance on 28 November 1811in Leipzig. Although in many ways an appropriate

title, it was the English publisher Johann Baptist Cramer, not Beethoven, who gave the work the epithet of Emperor. The transition from the end of the slow movement into the brilliant and uplifting finale is one of the most ‘spine chilling’ moments in all music. It will be a fitting close to the 2016 festival.

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PATRONSThis scheme may appeal mostly to businesses but we are happy, of course, to hear from individuals as well. Business logos (or individual’s names) will appear in the programme and there will be a ‘Patrons and Friends’ champagne reception during the festival. You will also be given a 3 week priority booking period before the box office opens to the general public. Become a Patron of this year’s festival. - a minimum donation of £500. FRIENDS Over the years the list of ‘Friends’ has grown enormously and we now find it increasingly hard to accommodate all the requests for tickets for some concerts. We considered limiting the number of tickets Friends could purchase for any one concert but felt that was not the route we wanted to go down. Although the minimum donation had remained £100 for 14 years, in practice some people were donating £100 whilst others as much as £450. The position in the ‘ticket queue’ was based solely on the date the form was sent in rather than the level of donation, which seemed slightly unfair on those donating at a higher level. So we have decided to instigate two levels of the Friends category from this year onwards.

Gold Friends will get a two-week priority booking period before the box office opens to the general public, and Silver Friends a one-week priority period. We appreciate that no system is absolutely fair but we hope you agree that this is the best way to resolve the ever-increasing demand for tickets. All names will appear in the programme (unless you wish to remain anonymous) and you will be invited to the ‘Patrons and Friends’ Champagne reception during the festival.Gold Friends - a minimum donation of £300 Silver Friends - a minimum donation of £100.

SPONSORS OF AN ORCHESTRAL CHAIR AND FRIENDS OF THE ACADEMY ORCHESTRAThe idea of creating the ‘Chipping Campden Festival Academy’ orchestra in 2008 was to give talented young musicians from the UK’s conservatoires, or recent graduates, an opportunity to work alongside the finest professional musicians. The project has grown each year and is now one of the most important components of the festival. To ensure the highest standards of quality the Academy orchestra comprises 50% experienced orchestral musicians and 50% of ‘Trainees’. Each string and woodwind

‘desk’ seats one professional and one ‘trainee’ together. In three concerts during the festival the CCFA perform with soloists of international standing and although these concerts normally sell out, the cost of presenting them greatly exceeds the box office take. Typically we lose about £20,000 on these three concerts so, even with the generous support of the Orchestra’s main sponsor, Cutts of Campden, we still have to provide a substantial subsidy. Whilst the festival has been happy to take on this commitment, if we could make the orchestra more financially viable in the future, it would release funds to expand our educational work into other areas. In 2014 we launched a ‘sponsor a chair’ scheme to help us to plan the future with confidence. Generous donors have already committed to sponsoring our conductor and leader for 2016 and beyond but we are still looking for people prepared to sponsor either a professional player (£1,000) or an Academy member (£450). Or you can become a ‘Friend of the Academy Orchestra’ for a minimum donation of £100. All chair sponsors will get a 2 week priority-booking period for the three orchestral concerts and ‘Friends’ a one week priority period. All will be acknowledged in the programme unless they wish to remain anonymous. You will also be invited to a special reception after the Thursday orchestral concert.

Patrons, Friends, Sponsors

BOOKING SYSTEMEnvelopes are dated as they come in and filed as ‘Patrons’, ‘Friends’ ‘Season’, or ‘General’ bookings. As each booking period opens the forms are processed in the order in which they were received. Patrons’ and Friends’ Season applications will be processed in the appropriate priority period. General season tickets will be processed just prior to other General bookings.

So, regardless of the category your form is in please return it ASAP. The sooner we get your form the better chance you have of getting the tickets you want.

Forms can be posted or delivered by hand to our permanent office on the second floor of the Old Police Station in Chipping Campden High Street. Hand delivered post can be left in the Festival post box on the ground floor next to the lift.

NB: Please do not leave forms or make ticket enquiries at Toke’s Food & Drink (formerly Bennetts Wines) as the staff there have no access to information or the facility to hold booking forms or tickets.

BOX OFFICEBecause about 80% of tickets are sold during the early postal booking periods, a physical box office is only open during the period of the festival itself. At this time tickets will be on sale from our office on the second floor of the Old Police Station. However, please note that as the box office is dependent on volunteers there may be times when it is not open. If this is the case please leave booking forms in our post box next to the lift and we will process them as soon as possible.

At all other times please call the enquiry line 01386 849018. If we are not there please leave a message and we will call you back.

Extra booking forms can be downloaded from www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk Once priority bookings and early general bookings have been processed we will activate an online & telephone booking system.

TERMS AND CONDITIONSTickets will be posted to you on receipt of payment in full. Tickets are not refundable, except in the case of cancellation of a performance. Whilst we make every endeavour to ensure that the works performed are those advertised in this brochure, artists reserve the right to alter their advertised programme and no refunds can be made on the basis that the artists play a different programme from the one advertised. Tickets are transferable with the exception that student concession tickets can only be passed on to an adult if the excess sum is paid to the festival.

REFUNDS POLICYWe accept tickets for resale only when performances are completely sold out. If we succeed in reselling tickets, an administration charge of £5 will be made per pair of tickets. Please contact the box office 01386 84901.

Enquiry Line: 01386 849018 E: charlie@campdenmusicfestival.co.ukBooking Information

SEATINGR = reserved (numbered seating) U = unreserved (un-numbered seating)S = Student

‘Unreserved’ means you are guaranteed a seat, but they are not numbered. Some have a slightly restricted view, so come early; but it is not possible to secure them before the doors open approx one hour before the concert.

BOOKING DATESPatrons’ priority opens 11th JanGold Friends’ priority on 18th JanSilver Friends’ priority on 25th JanSeason tickets on 29th JanGeneral booking on 1st Feb

SEASON TICKETSSave up to 40% off the full prices!

Season A. A top price seat for all concerts including all lunchtime recitals. The full value is £486 but these are offered at £340 A 30% discount.

Season B. An unreserved seat for all concerts including all lunchtime recitals. The full value is £316 but these are offered at £189. A 40% discount.

GIFT AIDWe are able to claim gift aid relief on Patrons’, Friends’, Orchestra and other donations (but not on tickets sales). If you are able, please complete the gift aid box on the booking form.

Please notify the charity or CASC if you: Want to cancel this declaration; Change your name or home address; No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains. If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return, or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.

Chipping Campden Music Festival Registered Charity No 1109991

Enquiry Line: 01386 849018 E: charlie@campdenmusicfestival.co.ukBooking Information

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Address

Post Code Tel No e mail

* Gift Aid declaration

Please treat as Gift Aid donations all qualifying gifts of money made

Today _______ in the past 4 years ________ in the future _______ Please tick all boxes you wish to apply.

I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 that I gave up to 5 April 2008 and will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give on or after 6 April 2008.

Signed _______________________________________

I enclose a cheque for £____________ (payable to Chipping Campden Music Festival)or debit my credit/debit card (Visa & Mastercard accepted) for the amount of £_____________

Card No _______________________________________________

Start date ___________ Exp date ____________ CSC No _______ (last 3 digits on signature strip)

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Please remember to enclose a STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. If applying for more than 10 tickets please send a large SAE with 2 x 1st class stamps.

Please return completed form to:Charlie Bennett, Chipping Campden Music Festival, Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire GL55 6HB

T: 01386 849018E: charlie@campdenmusicfestival.co.uk

Patron Contribution See booking information for details £_______Gold Friend Contribution See booking information for details £_______Silver Friend Contribution See booking information for details £_______Orchestra Friend See booking information for details £_______Orchestra Chair Sponsor See booking information for details £_______Season A Incl weekday lunchtime recitals ____£340 £_______Season B Incl weekday lunchtime recitals ____£189 £_______Lunchtime Tickets for all six weekday lunchtime recitals _____£21 £_______Programme Book Detailed notes for all concerts _____£5 £_______8th Life of Chopin ____£25 R ____£20 R ____£15 U ____£1 S £_______9th Elisabeth Leonskaja ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______10th Borodin Quartet ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______11th Trevor Pinnock ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______12th Kirchschlager/Drake ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______13th Aquinas Trio ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______14th Ronan O’Hora ____£20 R ____£15 R ____£10 U ____£1 S £_______14th Vox Luminis ____£35 R ____£30 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______15th Imogen Cooper ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______16th Brendel/Madzar ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______17th CCFAO/Lewis ____£35 R ____£30 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______18th Nash Ensemble ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______19th CCFAO/Lewis ____£35 R ____£30 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______20th Faust/Bezuidenhout ____£30 R ____£25 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______21st Alfred Brendel ____£10 U ____£1 S £_______21st CCFAO/Lewis ____£35 R ____£30 R ____£20 U ____£1 S £_______

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