TRACY BORMAN

Saturday 15 July 10am – 11am

Pavilion Arts Centre £12

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I; The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History

Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. For the most part, she is considered in the context of her relationship with Tudor England’s muchmarried monarch. Tracy Borman argues that of even greater significance is the relationship between Anne and her daughter, the future

Elizabeth I. Elizabeth was less than three years old when her mother was executed. Although she could have held precious few memories of Anne, there is in fact compelling evidence that her mother exerted a profound influence on her character, beliefs and reign.

Ashley Riches And Joseph Middleton

BASS-BARITONE AND PIANO

The Four Seasons – Winter

Saturday 15 July 11.15am – 12.15pm

St John’s Church £25, Balcony £20

A Shakespearean Winter:

R Quilter Blow, blow thou winter wind; Come away death

J Ireland When daffodils begin to peer

D Argento Winter

G Finzi Come away, death

Bridge Blow, blow thou winter wind

In the bleak mid-winter:

R Strauss Weihnachtsgefühl; Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt, Op. 19/6; Winternacht, Op. 15/2

To the North:

M Mussorsky Trepak

G Nystroem Själ och landskap - Vitt land, Onskan, Bara hos den Winterreise:

F Schubert Die Götter Griechenlands, D677; Gefrorne Tränen, Die Nebensonne, Der Leiermann

Bass-baritone Ashley Riches read English at the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of King’s College Choir under Stephen Cleobury. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. An accomplished recitalist, and former BBC New Generation Artist, 20162018, he has collaborated with pianists including Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside, Julius Drake, Anna Tilbrook, James Baillieu, Simon Lepper, Gary Matthewman, Sholto Kynoch, and Joseph Middleton, with whom he wraps up this seasonal recital sequence (see Tuesday 11 July, page 27).

VERA BRITTAIN’S TESTAMENT OF A LOST YOUTH

Saturday 15 July 11.30am – 1pm Meet at the Devonshire Dome £15

See p.28 for information about this event.

BUXTON –A SAFE HAVEN IN THE HILLS FESTIVAL WALK

Saturday 15 July 3.30pm – 5pm Meet at the Town Hall, Market Place £15

See p.44 for information about this event.

Endymion

Saturday 15 July 3pm – 5pm (including interval) St John’s Church £30, Balcony £25

F Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

W Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581

J Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

THE LAND OF MIGHTHAVE-BEEN

Sat 15 July 2pm and 7.15pm See p.20

Described as one of the few chamber groups as much at home with Mozart as with Birtwistle, Endymion was formed in 1979 from a group of outstanding National Youth Orchestra students. It has built a secure reputation across a broad and often adventurous repertoire and won a strong following among audiences throughout the UK and abroad. It has appeared at most of the major British festivals, giving its 10th Proms performance in 2014.

Claire Harman

Saturday 15 July 4pm – 5pm Pavilion Arts Centre £12

All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything

Restless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine Mansfield’s short but dazzling career was characterised by struggle, insecurity and sacrifice – alongside a glorious, relentless creative drive and openness. She was the only writer Virginia Woolf admitted being jealous of, yet by the 1950s was so undervalued that Elizabeth Bowen was moved to ask, ‘where is she – our missing contemporary?’ Awardwinning writer and critic Claire Harman suggests Mansfield was vital to the Modernist movement and is strikingly relevant today, helping us to see differently, to savour and to notice things.