JEREMY BOWEN

Tuesday 11 July 12.30pm – 1.30pm

Buxton Opera House £15

The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

Jeremy Bowen is the much loved and respected International Editor of the BBC and has been covering the Middle East since 1989. He has a deep understanding of the political, cultural and religious differences between countries as diverse as Erdogan’s Turkey, Assad’s Syria and Netanyahu’s Israel. Jeremy looks at how the modern Middle East came to be and what its future might hold. He meets ordinary men and women on the front line, their leaders, whether brutal or benign, and he explores the power games that have so often wreaked devastation on civilian populations.

Tuesday 11 July

THE LAND OF MIGHTHAVE-BEEN

Tues 11 July 7.15pm See p.20

Sitkovetsky Trio

Tuesday 11 July 3pm – 5pm

(including interval) St John’s Church £25, Balcony £20

S Perkin Freak show

D Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

L van Beethoven Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39

F Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

The Sitkovetsky Trio – Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, Isang Enders, cello, and Wu Qian, piano – has established itself as one of today’s exceptional piano trios, with sensational performances in the world’s foremost concert halls, including Lincoln Center, New York; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; and Alte Oper, Frankfurt. UK appearances have included Wigmore Hall, Manchester Chamber Society and Bath Mozartfest. The Trio’s recent CD of music by Ravel and Saint-Saëns won the Chamber Music category in the 2022 BBC Music Magazine Awards.

VERA BRITTAIN’S TESTAMENT OF A LOST YOUTH

Tuesday 11 July 3.30pm – 5pm

Meet at the Devonshire Dome £15

See p.28 for information about this event.

SONG AT SIX

Tues 11 July 6pm See p.17

Alice Farnham

Tuesday 11 July 4pm – 5pm Pavilion Arts Centre £12

In Good Hands: The Making of a Modern Conductor Alice Farnham is listed in Classic FM Today’s Ten Best Women Conductors. Recent engagements include concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia.

Who dreams of becoming a conductor? What does it take to get there and stay in the game? In Good Hands is not a guide on how to conduct - it is a frank, fascinating portrait of what conducting really entails today. It is a book about leadership, full of timely sentiment on who gets to lead, and what it takes to unite and inspire people.

Wednesday 12 July