SACCONI STRING QUARTET

Wednesday 12 July 3pm – 5pm (including interval)

St John’s Church £25, Balcony £20

L van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135

B Britten String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94

F Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’

For twenty years, the Sacconi Quartet have been captivating audiences with their unanimous and compelling ensemble, consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach. Performing with style and commitment, the Quartet is known throughout the world for creativity and integrity of interpretation. The four founder members continue to demonstrate a shared passion for string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy and enthusiasm. The Sacconi enjoy a busy international career, performing regularly across the world.

Henry Dimbleby And Jemima Lewis

Thursday 13 July 10am – 11am

Pavilion Arts Centre £12

Ravenous: Why our appetite is killing us and the planet, and what we can do about it

Few people know the workings of the food system better than Henry Dimbleby, founder of the Leon restaurant chain, government adviser and author of the radical National Food Strategy. The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance, it is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world – far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security. What can be done?

Paddington Trio

Thursday 13 July 11.15am – 12.15pm

St John’s Church £20, Balcony £18

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

F Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929

Having started their fi rst adventure together at Paddington Station during the pandemic in 2020, the Paddington Trio has quickly emerged as a unique and versatile ensemble. The trio recently won fi rst prize in the 70th Royal Over-Seas League Competition for Strings & Piano Ensemble, and became 2022 City Music Foundation Artists. Committed to thoughtfullycurated programming, and passionate advocates of new classical music, the Paddington Trio won fi rst prize at the NEW FORMATS Project Prize 2022 in Graz, Austria.

Laura Freeman

Thursday 13 July 12.30pm – 1.30pm

Pavilion Arts Centre £12

Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists

Laura is chief Art Critic of The Times. Jim Ede was a friend to artists such as Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Henry Moore, Christopher Wood, Barbara Hepworth, David Jones, Alfred Wallis and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. He was a man of extraordinary energies: a collector, dealer, fi xer, critic. For Ede, art lived and a life without art, beauty, friendship and creativity was a life not worth living. Art was not for galleries alone and it certainly was not only for the rich. At Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, this extraordinary man opened his home and his collection to all comers.

Thursday 13 July

BUXTON –A SAFE HAVEN IN THE HILLS FESTIVAL WALK

Thursday 13 July 3.30pm – 5pm

Meet at the Town Hall, Market Place £15

Many people consider Buxton an insular place, cut off and removed from the action of the world stage. Indeed, a place referred to by some historians as a ‘sleepy hollow’, it has long been isolated by its geographic position. This is perhaps why, for many during the Second World War, Buxton became a place of safety for many Jewish refugees and evacuees. Retrace their footsteps on a walk with Netta Christie and Discover Buxton Tours as she uncovers a hidden history.

Tomiwa Olowade

Thursday 13 July 4pm – 5pm

Pavilion Arts Cetnre £12

This is Not America: Why We Need a Different Conversation on Race

Il Re Pastore

Thurs 13 July 7.15am See p.22

Across the West, racial injustice has become a matter of urgency. In his new book New Statesman contributing writer Tomiwa Olowade argues that, in the rush to get it right, we have been looking in the wrong place. Too much of the debate around racism in Britain is viewed through the prism of American ideas that do not refl ect the history, challenges and achievements of black communities at home. Humane, empirical and passionate, his book promises to start a new conversation around race, and vitally shed light on black British life today.