Edinburgh International Festival 2010 Programme by Festivals Edinburgh

2010

We gratefully acknowledge support from the following: Grants

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Contents

Edinburgh International Festival

Contents

13 August – 5 September 2010 24

Photo: Marco Borggreve

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Discover the Festival Get the most out of your experience

Make Friends with the Festival And get great benefits

Opening Concert John Adams’s El Niño

Opera From Porgy and Bess to Bliss

Dance From New Zealand through Europe via USA to Brazil

Theatre Gospel music, classic novels, theatre meets cinema

Orchestras From Moscow, Cleveland and Amsterdam

Recitals Great American Mezzos

Jazz and Contemporary Music Guitars, trumpets, accordions and cellos

Treasures and Traditions at Greyfriars Baroque, renaissance and more

Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert Glorious music and fiery spectacle

The Queen’s Hall Series Intimate morning recitals

Explorations Debates and talks

Conversations Up close with artists

Behind the Scenes A creative glimpse

Festival City To help plan your Festival

Booking Information Find out about concession discounts

Prices Details of ticket prices

Festival Diary At a glance, events day by day

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Oceans apart â&#x20AC;&#x201C; these words convey so much of the spirit and ambition behind the Edinburgh International Festival in 2010. They conjure images of the harsh physical journeys across huge expanses of sea, taken at great peril by European explorers from the 14th century, in search of new worlds. They also suggest the often brutal suppression wrought by colonial invasion. But most of all, I hope that they suggest an expansive imaginative territory between places of extraordinary cultural diversity which this programme seeks to explore and even to bridge. Artists and repertoire from California, New York and New England, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia as well as Spain, Holland and the UK all weave a rich, sensual tapestry during our Festival in 2010. As these diverse cultures, separated by vast oceans, converge in Edinburgh, I hope you will join us to celebrate the synergies, contrasts and revelations they offer. Jonathan Mills

Photo: JosĂŠ Luiz Pederneiras

Welcome to Festival 2010

Discover the Festival

Value for money Festival shows from £6.50

Easy Access?

The ticket prices at the Festival are tailored to suit every pocket with as wide a range as possible. There are also many discounts with special prices on offer for young people and senior citizens, those with a disability, students and unemployed people. See page 65 for ticket prices, how to book and full details of all our concessions.

Our goal is to make the Festival accessible to as many people as possible. Have a look at our Access Guide with details on facilities at our venues, sign language, audio described, captioned and supertitled performances. This brochure and the Access Guide are available in large print, audio and Braille formats from 0131 473 2089 or go to eif.co.uk/accessguide for digitally accessible versions. And don’t miss our special ticket prices – see page 64 for details.

Festival Online Get connected and follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook or catch our video channel on YouTube. There’s even more on our website – sign up for your regular e-bulletin, plan your Festival with our online diary and buy tickets quickly and easily. Regular updates make it easy to stay on top of what’s happening. Visit us at eif.co.uk/interact

Explore Edinburgh Edinburgh is wonderfully compact and very easy to walk around. All our Edinburgh International Festival venues are within walking distance or a short bus ride away from Princes Street, so no need for a car. Our map on page 63 gives you a bird’s eye view. Go online for more about how to plan a trip to the Festival and find out about our Partner Hotels at eif.co.uk/hotels

Thanks to BBC Radio 3, our Radio Broadcast Partner, you can hear over twenty Festival concerts. All these concerts are recorded for broadcast, with details indicated throughout the brochure. So catch up with what you missed or hear your favourite moments again on Radio 3. Full details at bbc.co.uk/radio3

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Edinburgh the Festival City The Edinburgh International Festival is one of a raft of festivals in the city, see page 62 for a rundown of the other major events in the city or go online to search across all of Edinburgh’s festivals at edinburghfestivals.co.uk

We’ve teamed up with The Scotsman as our Media Partner for 2010. You’ll find great previews, interviews and reviews on a wide range of Edinburgh International Festival events in the paper and online, to help you plan your Festival.

Are you IN? Enjoy the benefits of being part of the INcrowd for only £20. The Festival and The Skinny have partnered up to provide people in their 20s and 30s with a real INsider’s view on what’s happening at Edinburgh’s greatest event of the year. Get the ultimate back stage pass with: – exclusive access to ‘money can’t buy’ experiences – invites to dress rehearsals and preview performances – hot tickets to exclusive VIP parties and behind the scenes events

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– the chance to brush shoulders with the dancers, musicians and production staff – exclusive discounts on selected performances If you want to get under the skin and behind the scenes at the Festival visit eif.co.uk/INsider In association with

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Make Friends with the Festival

Make Friends with the World’s Favourite Festival MEMBERSHIP BEGINS AT JuST £50 The Festival’s Friends and Patrons play a vital role in making sure the Festival continues to be world class each year. What’s more their ongoing support helps secure our future. Join us today and enjoy a wonderful range of great benefits. – Never miss a sold out show. Priority booking allows you to book tickets ten days before they go on sale to the general public. – Receive exclusive invitations to behind the scenes events, Festival celebrations and other unique year round special events. – Save money with 20% discount on all food and drinks at Cafe Hub and exclusive Friends ticket offers on Festival performances. Want to know more? Go online to eif.co.uk/membership or call Zuleika Brett, for a chat on 0131 473 2064

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Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors and Patrons Benefactor

Platinum Supporter

Mr & Mrs James Anderson Ewan and Christine Brown Roxane Clayton Joscelyn Fox Frank Hitchman Donald and Louise MacDonald Jim and Isobel Stretton

J Attias Geoff and Mary Ball Katie Bradford The Rt. Hon. Lord Clarke Lord and Lady Coulsfield Sue and Andy Doig Jo and Alison Elliot Claire Enders Anne Faggionato Mr and Mrs Ted W Frison Raymond and Anita Green David and Judith Halkerston Shields and Carol Henderson André and Rosalie Hoffmann J Douglas Home Peter Horvath and Barnett Serchuk

Platinum Reserve Richard Burns Gavin and Kate Gemmell David McLellan Aileen and Stephen Nesbitt Keith and Andrea Skeoch

Alan M Johnston Fred and Ann Johnston Norman and Christine Lessels Alan Macfarlane Duncan and Una McGhie Jean and Roger Miller Mr & Mrs R H Mitchell Mr Derek H Moss Allan Myers AO QC and Maria Myers AO Nick and Julie Parker Lady Potter Donald and Brenda Rennie Sir Duncan Rice and Lady Rice Mr Andrew and Mrs Carolyn Richmond Ross Roberts Fiona and Ian Russell

Richard Simon Charles Smith Andrew and Becky Swanston Robin and Sheila Wight Ruth Woodburn Neil and Philippa Woodcock Mr Hedley G Wright And others who prefer to remain anonymous Legacy Ronald Alexander Miller Mackenzie, FRICS

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“Mujer de Mucha Enagua” Pa’ ti Xicana (1999) Yreina D. Cervántez

Opening Concert

El Niño

The miracle of the nativity is given new life in John Adams’s oratorio El Niño. Women’s voices and experiences are central to this retelling of the story unusually seen from a mother’s perspective. Like many composers before him, such as Bach and Schutz, Adams tempers the holy rejoicing with deeply personal expressions of pain.

BY JOHN ADAMS

Conductor James Conlon leads a wonderful cast in this extraordinary opener for Festival 2010.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra James Conlon Conductor

‘This is Adams’s most powerful and affecting and sublimely assured music’ Los Angeles Times

Edinburgh Festival Chorus National Youth Choir of Scotland Christopher Bell Chorus Master

‘a major masterpiece’ Philadelphia Enquirer Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Monday 13 September at 7.00pm

Mark Grey Sound designer Jessica Rivera Soprano Kelley O’Connor Mezzo soprano Willard White Baritone Theatre of Voices Paul Hillier Artistic director Robin Blaze Countertenor Duncan Brickenden Countertenor Risto Joost Countertenor

Friday 13 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £46 £42 £39 £33 £20 £18 £12.50 £10 2 hours 30 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/opening

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Opera

Lloyds TSB Scotland Inspiring Performances

‘A life-enhancing, high-octane production breaks our hearts… total entertainment.’ Financial Times Opéra de Lyon’s Mazeppa, Festival 06: ‘an epic production... takes the breath away’ The Times ‘a luxury cast... splendid Lyon orchestra... a star-quality show’ The Independent

THE GERSHWINS’®

Porgy and Bess SM

GEORGE GERSHWIN, DuBOSE AND DOROTHY HEYWARD AND IRA GERSHWIN Sung in English

Opéra de Lyon Porgy Derrick Lawrence Bess Janice Chandler-Eteme Crown Timothy Robert Blevins Sportin’ Life Ronald Samm Maria LaVerne Williams Clara Magali Léger Jake Rodney Clarke Serena Kristin Lewis Peter Bernard Abervandana Frazier Keel Watson Dancers from the Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu and Théâtre National de Chaillot

William Eddins Conductor José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu Direction José Montalvo Video conception Dominique Hervieu Costume designer Vincent Paoli Lighting designer José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu Choreography

Opera

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Lloyds TSB Scotland Inspiring Performances

Summertime and the livin’ is easy... It’s a balmy evening on Catfish Row; a hypnotic heat permeates the calm. On the horizon a storm is brewing. Porgy and Bess, set in a nondescript, crumbling tenement on the waterfront in the deep south of the USA, is a story of broken dreams and faded hopes; of dignity and betrayal. It is a poignant tale of a decent, lonely man called Porgy and his love for the beautiful, bewitching Bess.

Written at the very end of the Great Depression in 1935, Porgy and Bess has become perhaps the quintessential American opera – a symbol of hope in a time that was so often hopeless; a demonstration of love and loyalty in desperate times. George Gershwin’s score is full of songs famous in their own right including It ain’t necessarily so, I got plenty o’ nuttin and Bess, you is my woman now; songs that still capture the heart and stir the emotions 80 years after they were written.

In a new production for Opéra de Lyon, dynamic choreographers José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu capture the salty, sassy, sardonic essence of Porgy and Bess complete with state-of-theart video imagery and high energy dance. With their Montalvo-Hervieu dance company they had a huge Festival hit in 2007 with On Danse.

Saturday 14, Monday 16, Tuesday 17 August 7.15pm Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Tickets £64 £56 £50 £40 £36 £26 £14 3 hours approximately eif.co.uk/porgy BSL interpreted and audio described performance Tuesday 17 August 7.15pm

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Opera

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Montezuma CARL HEINRICH GRAuN LIBRETTO BY FREDERICK II, KING OF PRUSSIA Sung in Italian with English supertitles

‘How can I believe in a god that Montezuma Flavio Oliver commands deceit? What can Eupaforice Lourdes Ambriz Tezeuco Rolegio Marín I think of a faith that teaches you Pilpatoè Lucía Salas to despise every man that differs Erixene Lina López from your opinion?’ Montezuma Fernando Cortes Adrián Popescu Navrès Christophe Carré Carl Heinrich Graun’s opera Montezuma bears witness to a clash of civilisations of epic Ensemble Elyma proportions. In a devastating Gabriel Garrido Musical director contest between old and new worlds, Montezuma becomes Claudio Valdés Kuri Director a battle for domination of one Herman Sorgeloos Set and great empire over another. lighting designer Ximena Fernández Costume The ornately gilded temples designer and palaces of the Aztec empire provide a magnificent backdrop A co-production between for a spectacular welcome to the Theater der Welt, Edinburgh adventurer Fernando Cortes and International Festival, Teatro Real his Spanish Conquistadors. de Madrid, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Festival Internacional Cervantino and The Anglo Mexican Foundation.

But it does not take long for these unscrupulous Europeans to vanquish and brutally slaughter their Aztec hosts and ruthlessly plunder and lay waste to their extraordinary wealth and culture. It was a brutal subjugation of a people seen as heathen and barely human by an invading colonising power. How did it happen? And why did Aztec King Montezuma appear to allow it to happen? Was Montezuma a hero, a traitor or a visionary? Written in 1755, over 200 years after these tragic events occurred, Montezuma is a remarkable

collaboration between one of the great masters of coloratura composition and a politically sophisticated and artistically talented monarch. Carl Heinrich Graun and Frederick II of Prussia explore through words and music the very complex relationship between the ambitious Cortes and the fatalistic Montezuma. Graun’s rarely-performed operatic gem is the basis for an innovative new production from one of Mexico’s most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri. A cast of fine European and Mexican singers, artists drawn equally from old and new worlds, is led by Ensemble Elyma and its conductor Gabriel Garrido.

Saturday 14, Sunday 15, Tuesday 17 August 7.15pm King’s Theatre Tickets £35 £28 £25 £20 £18 £12 2 hours 35 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/montezuma

Supported by Embassy of Mexico, united Kingdom and CONACuLTA and the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Estados unidos Mexicanos

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Opera in Concert

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Idomeneo

WOLFGANG AMADEuS MOzART

Concert performance sung in Italian Idomeneo Kurt Streit Idamante Joyce DiDonato Ilia Rosemary Joshua Elettra Emma Bell Arbace Rainer Trost Sacerdote Keith Lewis Voce di Nettuno Jan Martiník Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus Gregory Batsleer Chorus Master

A mythological story of love and jealousy, sacrifice and exile, natural disaster and divine intervention, Idomeneo is set in the aftermath of the Trojan Wars. It is undoubtedly one of Mozart’s greatest operatic achievements. Sir Charles Mackerras leads the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in a concert performance of this masterpiece of opera seria with a cast which includes the incomparable voices of Joyce DiDonato, Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell and Kurt Streit singing the roles of Idamante, Ilia, Elettra and Idomeneo.

La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) GIACOMO PuCCINI

Concert performance sung in Italian Minnie Susan Bullock Dick Johnson Marcus Haddock Jack Rance Juha uusitalo Ashby Brindley Sherratt Nick Colin Judson Sonora Roland Wood Wowkle Louise Collett The Orchestra of Scottish Opera Francesco Corti Conductor Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master

The Girl of the Golden West is a fast-moving tale of love, jealousy, gambling, banditry and violence and their effect on a tight knit community. Despite the odds, the intrepid and resourceful frontierswoman Minnie gets her feller. Highly dramatic and brilliantly orchestrated La fanciulla del West was first staged in New York in 1910. It followed close on the heels of Puccini’s huge success with Madama Butterfly.

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 18 September at 6.00pm Friday 20 August 7.00pm

Monday 23 August 7.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

3 hours 45 minutes approximately

3 hours approximately

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eif.co.uk/scottishopera

Supported by

With additional support from

The Binks Trust

The Stevenston Charitable Trust

The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

The Indian Queen

L’heure espagnole

Concert performance sung in English

Concert performance sung in French

Daniel Purcell The Masque of Hymen Henry Purcell Come, ye sons of art Henry Purcell The Indian Queen

Chabrier Espagne Ibert Escales Ravel L’heure espagnole

Gillian Keith Soprano Robin Blaze Countertenor John Mark Ainsley Tenor Allan Clayton Tenor Roderick Williams Bass

Concepcion Sophie Koch Ramiro Johannes Weisser Gonzalve Gordon Gietz Don Inigo Christopher Purves Torquemada Keith Lewis

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Conductor

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève Conductor

Set in the royal courts of Peru and Mexico just prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, The Indian Queen is an intricate tale of dynastic power and regal heritage. It is arguably Purcell’s most exotic and alluring masque.

From its opening bars, Ravel’s superbly witty, comic masterpiece is completely beguiling. As the chaotic sound of various clocks tick in different tempi, this short rather riotous romp through the world of an absent-minded clockmaker is as simple and inconclusive as it is charming and lyrical.

HENRY PuRCELL

Following the memorable success of their performance of The Fairy Queen in 2009, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen return to the Usher Hall to delight us in a programme containing immortal anthems and delightful occasional music, with a text adapted from John Dryden and Sir Robert Howard.

MAuRICE RAVEL

Stéphane Denève leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and a wonderful cast in a programme that delights the ear in its affection for the colours and sonorous contours of all things Spanish.

Tuesday 24 August 8.00pm

Wednesday 25 August 7.30pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

2 hours 30 minutes approximately

2 hours 15 minutes approximately

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eif.co.uk/rsno

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Opera in Concert

Made possible by a legacy from

Ronald Alexander Miller Mackenzie, FRICS

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Opera

Bliss AN OPERA BY BRETT DEAN AND AMANDA HOLDEN BASED ON THE NOVEL BY PETER CAREY Sung in English with English supertitles

Opera Australia BBC Symphony Orchestra European Premiere Harry Joy Peter Coleman-Wright Betty Merlyn Quaife Honey B Lorina Gore Alex Barry Ryan David David Corcoran Lucy Taryn Fiebig Johnny Kanen Breen

‘Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him…’ Peter Carey’s sardonic novel Bliss charts the escapades and misadventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, having survived a near-death experience, gets sucked into a Kafkaesque routine of increasing bizarreness. Is he really in hell? In a place where his wife is constantly unfaithful, his son is a drug dealer and his daughter offers sexual favours to pay for her narcotic needs?

Bliss is a much-anticipated new operatic collaboration with all the ingredients for excitement: a score by Brett Dean, surely one of the most innovative composers working today; an enthralling libretto by Amanda Holden; the directorial wit and sparkle of Neil Armfield; the virtuosity of Elgar Howarth and the BBC Symphony Orchestra; and the electrifying stage presence of Peter Coleman-Wright. This opera is based on Peter Carey’s remarkable novel. Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

Elgar Howarth Conductor Neil Armfield Director Kate Champion Choreographer Brian Thomson Set designer Alice Babidge Costume designer Nigel Levings Lighting designer Thursday 2, Saturday 4 September 7.15pm

Please note this production contains coarse language and adult themes. It is not recommended for children.

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Tickets £64 £56 £50 £40 £36 £26 £14 2 hours 40 minutes approximately

Supported by

Edinburgh International Festival Friends and Patrons

Supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria

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eif.co.uk/bliss

Bliss (the novel): ‘dazzling comic flair... quirky, irresistible’ Time Out ‘funny, humane and at times profound’ Literary Review

Photo: Simon Riera

Dance

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Lemi Ponifasio MAu Birds with Skymirrors Lemi Ponifasio Choreography

Lemi Ponifasio is a Samoan choreographer living in New Zealand. His company MAU is named after the Samoan independence movement – the word MAU means revolution. One of the most distinctive choreographers in the world today, Ponifasio is a fearless creative force whose work provokes attention and debate wherever it is experienced. The choreography is an extraordinary visceral kaleidoscope of ideas and influences that touch on the tensions and politics of race, tradition, mythology, urban consumerism and environmental awareness.

Tempest: Without a Body Part dance, part theatre, part ceremony, Tempest is an awe-inspiring reflection on our modern world. Sporting full-face Maori tattoo, veteran Maori activist Tame Iti strikes an imposing figure at the centre of this ferocious and beautiful vision of paradise and hell. He is the focal point of this Shakespeare-inspired work which delves deep into the iconic world of Polynesian ritual. Tempest explores timeless themes of political freedom and personal liberty.

‘An impressive choreographic tour de force.’ Le Soir

Can we ever hope to live in harmony with our environment? Can we aspire to become more than vandals? A species integrated with the planet on which we live? On the smallest of islands in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, shiny, glittering fragments of plastic waste attract the eyes of frigatebirds. These tiny sky mirrors, deadly parcels of pollution which adorn the nests of unsuspecting sea birds, are a dreadful if ironic reminder of the fragile beauty of environmentally degraded, remote islands throughout the Pacific. Inspired by the plight of the small islands of the Pacific, Lemi Ponifasio asks some big questions about our role on the planet. At a time of urgent and anxious debates on global warming, Birds with Skymirrors is a reflection, through beauty and stillness, on our relationship with the Earth. A co-production between Théâtre de la Ville, Theater der Welt 2010, Berliner Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, KVS Brussels, New Zealand International Arts Festival and Holland Festival.

‘Clear. Beautiful. Masterful’ Lumiere

Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 August 8.00pm

Tuesday 17 August 8.00pm Wednesday 18 August 2.30pm

The Edinburgh Playhouse

Tickets £28.50 £26 £22 £20 £16 £12 £10 £8

1 hour 30 minutes approximately

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eif.co.uk/mau2

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Dance

Grupo Corpo With an extraordinary combination of flair, fire and flamboyance, Grupo Corpo exudes many of the qualities associated with Brazilian culture. Building on a solid foundation of classical movement, Grupo Corpo’s high-octane ensemble of dancers combines the sensual elements inherent in Brazilian popular dance with cutting-edge contemporary dance techniques. Prepare for a real feast of fast and fabulous rhythm and movement.

Photo: José Luiz Pederneiras

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‘exuberant, ecstatic, fierce’ This Week in New York Friday 20 – Monday 23 August 8.00pm Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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Tickets £28.50 £26 £20 £18 £15 £10 1 hour 40 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/grupo

Parabelo

Onqotô

Rodrigo Pederneiras Choreographer Tom zé and zé Miguel Wisnik Music Fernando Velloso and Paulo Pederneiras Set design Freusa zechmeister Costume designer Paulo Pederneiras Lighting designer

Rodrigo Pederneiras Choreographer Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik Music Freusa zechmeister Costume designer Paulo Pederneiras Set and lighting designer

Carnival comes to the Festival in a performance of seductive physicality. Dressed in sleek, brightly coloured costumes, the Grupo Corpo dancers stamp their feet and sway their hips with snake-like fluidity in this ravishing creation straight off the white sandy beaches of Rio. The richly atmospheric light and shadow of Parabelo create transitions from colour to monochrome in this punchy and utterly engaging work.

With its fast footwork and dynamic Brazilian rhythms, Onqotô sets out to explore a monumental theme – that of humanity’s place within the vastness of the universe. A soundtrack of driving Latin funk provides the musical backdrop for an eccentric debate over the paternity of the universe. It’s a curious competition between the idea of a great primordial explosion and a witty notion that the cosmos was conceived as a weird form of rivalry between Rio’s two main football teams. The audience is left to decide the outcome!

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Dance

Lloyds TSB Scotland Inspiring Performances

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

In their UK debut, choreographer Alonzo King and his Lines Ballet from San Francisco bring a pair of works to the Festival which show the vulnerability and tenderness of his choreography alongside the furious abandon and exhilarating freedom of his company’s contemporary classical style. The ephemeral and lyrical Dust and Light with its celestial longing for the moon and the stars opens the programme. Rasa draws on the diverse cultural roots of American contemporary dance and traditional Indian classical music in a remarkable collaboration with virtuoso tabla player Zakir Hussain, to bring this evening to a startling, hypnotic conclusion.

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‘Hyperkinetic… exceptional’ The New Yorker ‘Lines Ballet is a vision that remains inscribed in memory’ Le Monde

Lloyds TSB Scotland Inspiring Performances

Dust and Light

Rasa

Alonzo King Choreographer Francis Poulenc and Arcangelo Corelli Music Axel Morgenthaler Lighting designer Robert Rosenwasser Costume designer

Alonzo King Choreographer zakir Hussain Tabla Kala Ramnath Violin, voice

Dance

Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 August 8.00pm Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Tickets £28.50 £26 £20 £18 £15 £10

Alonzo King’s dancers find themselves bathed in silvery radiance in this emotional and exuberant work. Dust and Light is set to beautiful baroque music by Corelli and ethereal choral works by Poulenc. From intimate duets and trios Dust and Light expands outwards into an elaborate ensemble, immersing the audience in a luminous grace.

Originating in 16th century India, tabla music developed as dance music, each mesmerising and melodic drum beat inspiring a unique human movement. Rasa is Alonzo King’s third collaboration with Grammy Award-winning tabla master Zakir Hussain, who performs live on stage with the spellbinding singer and violinist Kala Ramnath.

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1 hour 45 minutes eif.co.uk/alonzo

Supported by

Léan Scully EIF Fund

Dance

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Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal Água Pina Bausch Choreographer Peter Pabst Set and video designer Marion Cito Costume designer Matthias Burkert and Andreas Eisenschneider Musical collaboration

The fascinating contrasts and complexities of Brazil form the inspiration for Água. A joyous homage to a paradise of swaying palm trees, sultry jungles and stalking leopards from one of the greatest artists of the 21st century. During a long and distinguished career, the great German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in June 2009, helped to redefine the parameters of contemporary dance with a unique and highly idiosyncratic brew of classical movement, burlesque humour and overt theatricality.

Pina Bausch was quite simply an extraordinary force of creative energy. In Água, her charismatic and eclectic company of dancers transports you from beach to rainforest and then back again in a playful work brimming with joie de vivre. Complete with kissing competitions, dancers illuminated by fairy lights and men and women splashing each other with water bottles like kids on the beach, Água exemplifies all that is best in Pina Bausch’s profound and playful brand of dance theatre.

‘the most influential ‘basically figure in European reinvented dance.’ contemporary William Forsythe dance for the past 30 years’ The Daily Telegraph Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 7.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £28.50 £26 £22 £20 £16 £12 £10 £8

Photo: ulli Weiss

2 hours 55 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/agua Audio described performance Sunday 29 August 7.30pm

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Dance

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company Quimeras (Chimeras)

‘flamenco at its finest – modern, sophisticated and tantalising’ The Evening Standard ‘Peña’s technique was flawless’ Los Angeles Times

World Premiere Jude Kelly Director

Is there a better world out there, waiting to be discovered? A place of wonder and promise in which a better life is possible? Or are our dreams merely a chimera, an imagined reality that turns out to be a disappointment or – worse – false? We tend to believe a better life is ahead, over an elusive frontier just beyond our grasp. Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance. In the past Spain has sent its people across the world in search of a new life. Now a modern prosperous country, Spain itself is the aspirational home for many immigrants from poorer countries. Quimeras brings to life the journeys of migrants and refugees, reflecting both good and bad aspects of their dreams, the reality of their lives and their connection with the people on the other side of the frontiers they cross. With imagination and dedication Paco Peña reinvents flamenco, expanding its horizons whilst never losing touch with its visceral roots. He brings his full company to the Festival for this world premiere. Co-production between the Edinburgh International Festival and Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company.

Thursday 2 – Saturday 4 September 8.00pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £28.50 £26 £22 £20 £16 £12 £10 £8 Sponsored by

1 hour 50 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/paco

Photo: Elaine Mayson

Theatre

Photo: Mark Barton

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The Sun Also Rises BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY

World Premiere

Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £18 £16 £10 3 hours 15 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/sun Audio described performance Monday 16 August 7.30pm

John Collins Director David zinn Set and costumes Mark Barton Lights Matt Tierney and Ben Williams Sound

The first world war is over, but some battles still rage on.

A co-production between Elevator Repair Service and New York Theatre Workshop commissioned by the Ringling International Arts Festival / Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Saturday 14 – Monday 16 August 7.30pm, Sunday 15 August 11.00am, Tuesday 17 August 2.00pm

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The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway’s first major novel, follows a group of weary, aimless and frequently inebriated American expatriates searching for identity, redemption and diversion in Europe. Told with spare and tightly written prose, Hemingway’s story winds its way through France and Spain and lands in Pamplona where bullfighting and the fiesta rage in the streets. In this world premiere staging from acclaimed New York ensemble Elevator Repair Service, Hemingway’s novel comes to life on a stage littered with liquor bottles and cafe chairs. Elevator Repair Service’s interpretations of classic American novels by F Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner have garnered critical acclaim across the world. An illuminating stage interpretation of one of America’s greatest literary works, The Sun Also Rises features the ensemble’s trademark sound design, highly energized choreography and re-imagined bullfighting.

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Vieux Carré

By Tennessee Williams

The Wooster Group Elizabeth LeCompte Director Jennifer Tipton Lighting Andrew Schneider Video Matt Schloss and Omar zubair Sound Cast Ari Fliakos, Ellen Mills, Kaneza Schaal, Scott Shepherd, Raimonda Skeryte, Kate Valk and Judson Williams

Commissioned by Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Wiener Festwochen, Les Spectacles Vivants – Centre Pompidou and Festival d’Automne à Paris. Saturday 21 – Tuesday 24 August 7.30pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £18 £16 £10 2 hours approximately eif.co.uk/woostergroup Audio described performance Tuesday 24 August 7.30pm

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‘This house was occupied once. In my mind it still is, but by shadowy occupants like ghosts.’ Tennessee Williams 722 Toulouse Street, New Orleans is a squalid rooming house where a young writer makes his home amongst restless young malcontents and elderly eccentrics. As he becomes entangled with their lives, his own fate reveals itself. In this production, the New York-based Wooster Group forges a new mode of expression for Williams’s lyric voice. The influence of Elia Kazan, who defined a style for Williams in the 1940s, is inescapable. But the Group counters the pull of Kazan by drawing stylistically from the seamy improvisational films of Paul Morrissey, produced with Andy Warhol in the early 1970s, and the recent media work of Ryan Trecartin, known for his wildly stylised performances, rapid-fire editing and digital manipulations.

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The Gospel at Colonus BY LEE BREuER AND BOB TELSON

The Blind Boys of Alabama The Legendary Soul Stirrers The Steeles The Abyssinian Chancel Choir / Inspirational Voices Cast Rev Dr. Earl F. Miller, Jay Caldwell, Kevin Davis, Carolyn Johnson-White, Bernardine Mitchell, Josie Johnson Bob Telson Piano Butch Heyward Organ Leroy Clouden Drums Lee Breuer Adaptor and director Bob Telson Composer and musical director Alison Yerxa Set designer Adam Larsen Video projection design Jason Boyd Lighting designer Ron Lorman Sound designer

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‘not just a show, it is a miracle... most electric and inventive show in American musical history!’ The Atlanta Constitution ‘wonderful, hypnotic, exhilarating... makes you feel good about being human... on the way home you’ll feel like flying.’ The Village Voice

Gospel music, rock ‘n’ roll swagger, a dash of soul and syncopated style are at the heart of this uplifting spectacle. Set in modern day America it is a radical reworking of Sophocles’s tragedy Oedipus at Colonus. The wonderful traditions of gospel singing are centre stage and will have you jumping out of your seat to join in! A Pentecostal preacher drives the narrative while the legendary gospel vocal group, The Blind Boys of Alabama, collectively play the role of Oedipus.

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 August 7.30pm, Sunday 22 & Monday 23 August 2.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £30 £25 £18 £15 £10 £8 2 hours approximately eif.co.uk/colonus

Classic Greek drama is given more than a little contemporary twist by New York based theatre director Lee Breuer. He brings his seminal production to the Festival following success with the brilliantly theatrical Peter and Wendy last year and Mabou Mines DollHouse in 2007.

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Caledonia BY ALISTAIR BEATON

World Premiere

National Theatre of Scotland Anthony Neilson Director

Caledonia is a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich. It is an ancient story for modern times.

‘Speculation buys up, in a very practical way, the intelligence of those involved.’ John Kenneth Galbraith 1993

William Paterson was a financial adventurer who in 1698 devised one of the most daring and disastrous speculations of all time. His plan: to found a Scottish colony in Darien on the isthmus of Panama in Central America and turn Scotland, one of the poorest nations in Europe, into a prosperous colonial power. He invited the public to invest. And they did – in a big way. Within weeks a vast proportion of the nation’s wealth had been subscribed. What went wrong? Distance, disease, corruption and culpability all played a part in this ruinous episode. Within a few years, the Scots – demoralised and impoverished – gave up their nation’s independent status and signed the 1707 Treaty of Union with England. Inspired by documents, journals, letters, songs and poems of the period, celebrated playwright and satirist Alistair Beaton has created a work that is both a tribute to heroic ambition and a darkly witty take on the deceptions and self-deceptions of rich and poor alike. Caledonia is directed by Anthony Neilson, the Scottish writer and director whose award-winning work for the Edinburgh International Festival has included the National Theatre of Scotland’s Realism and The Wonderful World of Dissocia.

Saturday 21, Sunday 22, Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 August 7.30pm, Sunday 22, Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 August 2.30pm King’s Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £22 £18 £12 2 hours 20 minutes approximately

A co-production between the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Scotland.

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Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund

BSL interpreted and audio described performance Wednesday 25 August 7.30pm Touch tour Wednesday 25 August 6.30pm

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Sin Sangre (Without Blood) FROM ALESSANDRO BARICCO BY DAuNO TóTORO, LAuRA PIzARRO, JuAN CARLOS zAGAL AND DIEGO FONTECILLA

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Teatro Cinema is an inventive and original theatre company from Chile who create an ingenious fusion of cinema and theatre. Their highly stylised staging is a seamless blend of live action and film projection – technical and theatrical wizardry.

Performed in Spanish with English supertitles Juan Carlos zagal Director Rodrigo Bazáes Art director Loreto Monsalve Costume designer Luis Alcaide Technical director Juan Carlos zagal Original music Dauno Tótoro Film director Cast Laura Pizarro, Juan Carlos zagal, Diego Fontecilla, Ernesto Anacona and Etienne Bobenrieth

When blood is shed the past always comes back to haunt us. Witness to the brutal slaying of her father and brother by three armed intruders, Nina is discovered by one of the assassins under a trapdoor. He decides to spare her life. Many years later the two meet again and their shared past uncovers a murky river of secrets, deceit and vengeance. Saturday 28 & Monday 30 August, Wednesday 1 & Friday 3 September 8.00pm King’s Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £22 £18 £12 1 hour 30 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/sin

Sin Sangre is an adaptation of a novella by Italian author and playwright Alessandro Baricco, with all the darkness and tension of a 1960s B-movie thriller. It is a fast paced production combining intense dialogue and raw action with widescreen cinematic projection.

The Man Who Fed Butterflies BY LAuRA PIzARRO, DAuNO TóTORO AND JuAN CARLOS zAGAL

Performed in Spanish with English supertitles Juan Carlos zagal Director José Pedro Pizarro Art director Mónica Navarro Costume designer Luis Alcaide Technical director Juan Carlos zagal Original music Dauno Tótoro and Juan Carlos zagal Film directors Cast Laura Pizarro, Juan Carlos zagal, Bernardita Montero, Cristian Garín and José Manuel Aguirre

‘Film and theatre have gone through a blender under Juan Carlos zagal. As much a feast for the senses as it is a blow to the heart.’ The Straits Times Sunday 29 August, Thursday 2 & Saturday 4 September 8.00pm, Saturday 4 September 2.00pm King’s Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £22 £18 £12 1 hour 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/butterflies

During the last moments of his life an old man feels the urge to carry out a forgotten ritual taught to him by the only survivor of an extinct and forgotten tribe. They believed each recently hatched butterfly was the spirit of a dead warrior searching for his kingdom. Every year at the same time the sacred men stood on a cliff, their arms open, palms covered in fresh nectar, waiting to feed the butterflies as they set off on their annual migration. This original and poetic story makes the very most of the celebrated Chilean company’s striking visual style blending film and live action. Brave and ambitious, The Man Who Fed Butterflies asks questions about the true potential of the human mind. A co-production between Edinburgh International Festival, Teatro Cinema, Santiago a Mil, Scène Nationale de Sète, Centre Dramatique Le Manège, Napoli Teatro Festival and Fondo Para El Desarrollo de Las Artes (Chilean Government).

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Songs of Ascension

Meredith Monk Company The Elysian Quartet Edinburgh university Singers Meredith Monk Director

BY MEREDITH MONK AND ANN HAMILTON

‘Watching Monk’s ‘Later generations work is like seeing will envy those who music.’ eyespyLA.com got to see her live.’ The New Yorker Saturday 28, Sunday 29 & Monday 30 August 8.00pm

70 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/monk

Part uplifting celebration, part devotional ritual, Songs of Ascension is an ethereal, meditative work that combines music, movement and film. Buddhism and the notion of spiritual enlightenment are the inspiration for this luminous piece of music theatre which has all the hallmarks of Monk’s distinctive and evocative vocal style. Songs of Ascension is a collaboration with American multi-media artist Ann Hamilton.

Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £27 £24 £18 £16 £10

Where one artform stops and another starts has never been a concern for Meredith Monk as she seamlessly blends elements of music, art and theatre to startling effect. Her career blossomed in the avant-garde world of 1960s New York alongside contemporaries including Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Andy Warhol.

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Diciembre (December) BY GuILLERMO CALDERóN

‘Explores the reality of war and its power to transform collective consciousness and domestic life.’ Caras y Caretas

Royal Lyceum Theatre

1 hour 15 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/diciembre

Performed in Spanish with English supertitles Guillermo Calderón Director Francisca Castellano Assistant director Cast Paula zúñiga, Trinidad González, Jorge Bécker

Christmas Eve 2014. Chile, Peru and Bolivia are at war. A soldier arrives home on 24 hour leave to celebrate with his pregnant twin sisters. It is to be a far from silent night. When the sisters discover he may not return to the battle front, one is ready to hide him. The other is furious. Both try to convince him of their opposing views of the war. Will the brother defect or return to battle? Diciembre is blackly comic, exploring the divisive nature of war for both a country and a family.

Thursday 2, Friday 3 & Saturday 4 September 8.00pm, Saturday 4 September 2.30pm

Tickets £27 £24 £18 £16 £10

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Teatro en el Blanco literally means ‘theatre that hits the target’ and this young Santiago based company makes its Edinburgh debut promising just that: visceral, emotive theatre.

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Rhapsodies in Red, White and Blue

Russian National Orchestra

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Gunther Schuller Conductor

Vadim Repin Violin

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus Timothy Dean Chorus Master

Mikhail Pletnev Conductor

Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No 15

Steven Osborne Piano Copland Lincoln Portrait Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version) Ives Symphony No 4

Noted for its memorable melodies and lively interplay between soloist and orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is in the hands of one of the great violin virtuosos of our time, Vadim Repin.

The Festival goes Stateside for an evening of 20th century North American classics inspired by the pilgrims of New England, the upheavals of civil war and the spirit of prohibition.

Shostakovich likened the opening sequences of his Fifteenth Symphony to a toy shop, referring to a sense of child-like innocence and naiveté which is soon corrupted. The Russian National Orchestra’s impassioned strings, spiky brass and crashing percussion combine to deliver a compelling and illuminating performance.

Conductor and composer Gunther Schuller has an extraordinary career that spans performing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and jamming alongside Miles Davis, making him the ideal conductor for tonight’s concert.

Vadim Repin: ‘This is raptly beautiful playing… Superb.’ The Sunday Times

Aaron Copland made use of folk songs such as Camptown Races and quotations from Abraham Lincoln, including excerpts from his Gettysburg Address, to create a homage to America’s great President. Steven Osborne joins the orchestra for Gershwin’s quintessentially American Rhapsody in Blue, performed here in its jazziest incarnation. Charles Ives’s Fourth Symphony brings this concert to a colourful climax. Saturday 14 August 7.30pm

Thursday 19 August 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

1 hour 40 minutes approximately

1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 01

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 02

Sakari Oramo Conductor

Petra Lang Mezzo soprano

Juha uusitalo Bass baritone

Nielsen Overture, Helios Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Nielsen Symphony No 4 ‘The Inextinguishable’

Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Dutchman’s Monologue, Der fliegende Holländer Wotan’s Farewell, Die Walküre Nielsen Symphony No 5

The great Danish romantic composer Carl Nielsen took inspiration from a glorious summer in this overture named after the Greek God of the Sun. The music joyously and poetically depicts the sun over the Aegean Sea. Wistful, romantic and intense, Wagner’s settings of Mathilde Wesendonck’s poetry were written amidst rumours of an affair between the two. Leading mezzo soprano Petra Lang’s sensitive interpretations of romantic lieder are compelling, intuitive and insightful. Nielsen’s dramatic Fourth Symphony, also known as The Inextinguishable, explores the elemental life force within each of us. Sakari Oramo and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra bring Nielsen’s poetic and lyrical works thrillingly to life.

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The Dutchman in Wagner’s Flying Dutchman has become a signature role for Finnish baritone Juha Uusitalo. He has performed it at La Scala in Milan, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera and Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. Here he sings the Dutchman’s Monologue alongside Wotan’s emotive Farewell from Die Walküre. Invigorating Baltic blasts characterise Carl Nielsen’s work. His Fifth Symphony depicts an immense struggle for supremacy between good and evil. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra: ‘ingenious, imaginative and explosive’ The Scotsman

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 15 September at 7.00pm

Juha Uusitalo: ‘towering presence, scrupulous musicianship’ Financial Times

Sunday 15 August 8.00pm

Monday 16 August 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

1 hour 40 minutes approximately

1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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Cleveland Orchestra 01 Franz Welser-Möst Conductor Joela Jones Organ Ives From the Steeples and Mountains Variations on America (original version for organ) Postlude in F Bruckner Symphony No 8

The first of two concerts by the mighty Cleveland Orchestra presents composing legends side by side. Iconoclastic Ives is now seen as the father of American music. From the Steeples and Mountains paints a picture of a quiet Sunday morning and ends having ascended the highest of craggy peaks. The magnificence of the Usher Hall’s organ can be heard in Joela Jones’s performance of two of Ives’s works for organ. Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony is one of his grandest. Also known as The Apocalyptic, it delivers lavish and magnificent orchestral sound. Hugo Wolf, who attended the Vienna premiere, wrote that it was ‘the work of a giant’. Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Monday 20 September at 7.00pm

Tuesday 17 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10 Supported by

2 hours 15 minutes approximately

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‘Welser-Möst drew the most magnificent colours and moods from the orchestra’ Telegraaf

02 Franz Welser-Möst Conductor Laura Aikin Soprano Korngold Act II Prelude, Die tote Stadt Marietta’s Lied, Die tote Stadt Berg Lulu Suite Brahms Symphony No 2 in D

‘Laura Aikin wields the colours of her voice like a vocal Renoir.’ Opernwelt

The Cleveland Orchestra presents extracts from Korngold’s characteristically lush 1920 opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead Town) which explores how to overcome the loss of a loved one, a theme that resonated with audiences of the time, having just come through the trauma of World War I. Alban Berg’s opera Lulu is based on a play by Frank Wedekind in which the murderer Lulu slithers through a sticky, seedy world of corruption and deceit. His Suite from Lulu contains contemporary jazz rhythms reflecting European musical trends of the 1930s. The jollity of Brahms’s Second Symphony has been likened to the pastoral mood of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony with the subtle interplay of rich, contrasting melodies.

Wednesday 18 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10 Supported by

2 hours approximately

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 01

Mariss Jansons Conductor

Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Berio 4 Dédicaces Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945)

Anna Larsson Mezzo soprano

A welcome return to the Festival for this great orchestra. The magical combination of the Concertgebouw, conductor Mariss Jansons and an eclectic and invigorating programme is sure to ignite. Dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy, Stravinsky’s single movement Symphonies of Wind Instruments draws on Russian folk elements illustrating the composer’s love for his homeland. Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta has made its way into the popular psyche after featuring in the films Being John Malkovich and The Shining. 4 Dédicaces is an umbrella title that Pierre Boulez gave to four of Berio’s magical miniatures that were grouped together in the late 1980s. The Firebird is possibly Stravinsky’s best known work, the suite from it is performed here in its 1945 form.

Edinburgh Festival Chorus Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master Mahler Symphony No 3

Mahler’s monumental hymn to the natural world uses dynamic vocal forces to create one of the most exceptional symphonies in the repertoire. The slow opening evokes the primordial sleep of nature as Mahler’s soul-stirring genius comes into full play.

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 22 September at 7.00pm

Monday 30 August 8.00pm

Tuesday 31 August 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

2 hours approximately

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Robin Ticciati Conductor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Katia and Marielle Labèque Piano

Donald Runnicles Conductor

Rebel Les Elémens Kevin Volans Symphony: Daar Kom die Alibama (EIF commission, World Premiere) Poulenc Concerto for two pianos Bizet Symphony in C

Midori Violin

Irish-based South African Kevin Volans achieved wide recognition when the Kronos Quartet’s recording of his White Man Sleeps became a bestseller. Volans has incorporated African folk song into his new work, Symphony: Daar Kom die Alibama, commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and made possible by Donald MacDonald.

Stravinsky’s baroque-inspired Dumbarton Oaks is a celebration of the music and culture of New England, USA.

Virtuoso pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque bring their sharply contrasted yet highly communicative style to Poulenc’s exciting Concerto for two pianos. Bizet’s Symphony in C was written by the composer at the tender age of 17. Brisk fanfares and rushing strings characterise this amazingly stylish work. Having taken up his post as Principal Conductor with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2009, Robin Ticciati makes his Festival debut. Robin Ticciati: ‘everything he touched turned into pure gold’ The Herald

Stravinsky Concerto in E flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Bernstein Serenade Dvorˇák Symphony No 9 ‘From the New World’

Virtuoso violinist Midori performs Bernstein’s Serenade which the composer himself described as a ‘series of related statements in praise of love’. Dvorˇák’s lyrical New World Symphony was intended to celebrate the fourth centenary of Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of America. Midori: ‘The superstar violinist has a quality that sets her apart’ The St Petersburg Times Donald Runnicles: ‘a musical titan’ San Francisco Chronicle Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

Friday 27 August 7.30pm

Saturday 28 August 7.30pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

2 hours approximately

1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra 01

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 02

Vladimir Ashkenazy Conductor

Dene Olding Violin

Hélène Grimaud Piano

Elgar In the South Ross Edwards Maninyas – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Peter Sculthorpe Memento Mori Elgar Enigma Variations

Sibelius Rakastava Ravel Piano Concerto in G Matthew Hindson Energy Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite

The eminent Russian-born conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy brings Australia’s premiere orchestra to Edinburgh for two Festival performances.

Sibelius’s Rakastava has an elegant beauty that evokes images of the Finnish countryside. Composed in the late 1920s when he toured the USA, Ravel’s Piano Concerto was heavily influenced by the emerging American art form, jazz. Hélène Grimaud brings her formidable technique and finesse to this wonderfully melodic work.

Two of Elgar’s most popular works sit alongside two modern works by Australian composers Peter Sculthorpe and Ross Edwards. In creating a sound world uniquely his own, Ross Edwards took inspiration from his homeland’s natural environment when writing Maninyas. Peter Sculthorpe’s Memento Mori was inspired by a visit to Easter Island. Famous for its great stone heads and ancient history, the island is now in environmental decline. Sculthorpe’s music reflects the varying influences humankind has had on this iconic island.

Der Rosenkavalier is perhaps Strauss’s best loved opera. His Rosenkavalier Suite begins with the opera’s orchestral prelude, depicting the night of passion (vividly portrayed by whooping horns) between the two leading characters. Hélène Grimaud: ‘immense musical skills’ Classic FM

Wednesday 1 September 7.30pm

Thursday 2 September 7.30pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

2 hours approximately

1 hour 40 minutes approximately

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Minnesota Orchestra

Mahler Symphony No 8

Osmo Vänskä Conductor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles Conductor

Alisa Weilerstein Cello Barber Music for a Scene from Shelley Elgar Cello Concerto Beethoven Symphony No 7

The Minnesota Orchestra ranks among America’s top symphonic ensembles. In 2003 Osmo Vänskä took over as musical director and has received high praise for his musicality and leadership. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony was written in 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars and plainly reflects the circumstances in which it was written. Dominated by monumentally grand themes Beethoven’s so-called gigantic symphony is among his most passionate and dramatic works. Osmo Vänskä: ‘the most vivid Beethoven playing on the market’ The New Yorker The Minnesota Orchestra: ‘an exhilarating performance’ The Scotsman

Edinburgh Festival Chorus Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master Erin Wall Soprano Hillevi Martinpelto Soprano Nicole Cabell Soprano Katarina Karnéus Mezzo soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers Mezzo soprano Simon O’Neill Tenor Anthony Michaels-Moore Baritone John Relyea Bass

With its vast orchestration and immense vocal forces, Mahler’s self-proclaimed ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ is an epic climax to the Festival’s 2010 Usher Hall programme. Donald Runnicles leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a stellar cast of soloists, the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus in Mahler’s heavenly Eighth Symphony. Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

Sunday 29 August 7.30pm

Saturday 4 September 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £40 £35 £28 £24 £20 £17 £12 £10

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

1 hour 40 minutes approximately

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Recitals

Joyce DiDonato Mezzo soprano Susan Graham Mezzo soprano David zobel Piano Malcolm Martineau Piano Joyce DiDonato is among the world’s most enchanting performers and the winner of many honours including the Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Award. Her thrilling debut at the 2009 Festival wowed her audience. In this concert her performance includes works by Italians Pergolesi, Caccini and Leoncavallo alongside Spanish repertoire by Granados, Obradors and Montsalvatge. ‘a fabulous powerhouse of a voice with incredible dynamic range and vocal colour’ The Scotsman ‘dazzlingly virtuosic’ San Francisco Chronicle Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 14 September at 7.00pm

Now a firm Festival favourite, American mezzo soprano Susan Graham is one of the world’s foremost opera and recital stars. Tonight she performs a sumptuous programme of music by American composers alongside songs by Mozart and Mahler. An evening of glorious vocal music-making. ‘creamy tone, smoothly controlled technique, keen artistic instincts.’ Baltimore Sun ‘totally compelling’ The Wall Street Journal ‘at the peak of her powers.’ The Sunday Times Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 21 September at 7.00pm

Sunday 22 August 8.00pm

Friday 3 September 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £32 £25 £20 £18 £14 £12.50 £10 £8

1 hour 40 minutes approximately

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Kronos Quartet David Harrington Violin John Sherba Violin Hank Dutt Viola Jeffrey zeigler Cello Aleksandra Vrebalov …hold me, neighbor, in this storm… Steve Reich Different Trains George Crumb Black Angels

With a fearless drive to expand the range and context of the string quartet, the Kronos Quartet is one of the most celebrated and influential ensembles of today. This is chamber music on a grand scale – colourful, imaginative, provocative and sure to set the expansive acoustic of the Usher Hall ablaze. Steve Reich’s Different Trains, written for the Kronos Quartet, marked a new compositional method in which speech recordings generate the musical material for the instruments. …hold me, neighbor, in this storm… is inspired by folk and religious music from Aleksandra Vrebalov’s native Serbia. George Crumb’s Black Angels for electric string quartet is a vibrant work described by the composer as ‘a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world’.

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Jazz and Contemporary Music

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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Gunther Schuller Conductor Tommy Smith Leader Joe Lovano Saxophone

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra performs a programme of music from jazz luminaries Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie. You can also hear Gil Evans’s arrangements of music from Porgy and Bess made famous in a recording by legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis on which Gunther Schuller himself performed. One of the cornerstones of contemporary Scottish jazz, Tommy Smith, leads the band and Schuller conducts. Joe Lovano joins the orchestra celebrating great, big band, jazz music: unexplored and traditional; universal and native; emphatic and reflective, all played by the finest musicians from Scotland’s vibrant jazz scene. Joe Lovano: ‘It’s fair to say that he’s one of the greatest musicians in jazz history.’ The New York Times Tommy Smith: ‘brilliantly flexible and gorgeously melodic’ The Herald

‘an extraordinary career of boundary-breaking discovery and innovation’ The New York Times

Saturday 21 August 8.00pm

Thursday 26 August 8.00pm

Usher Hall

Tickets £32 £25 £20 £18 £14 £12.50 £10 £8

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

2 hours approximately

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Sarah Connolly Mezzo soprano John Horler Piano Sarah Connolly, one of Britain’s greatest mezzo sopranos, started her career as a jazz singer. Connolly returns to her roots in two concerts dedicated to British and American song from the 1930s and 40s. Songs from Ivor Novello’s 1935 musical Glamorous Night and Hoagy Carmichael’s 1942 Skylark are performed alongside hits by George Gershwin. ‘unrivalled: simply the best, most exciting, most galvanising performer we have today’ The Independent ‘Connolly’s glorious singing would grace any stage in the world.’ The Sunday Times Friday 20 & Saturday 21 August 9.30pm eif.co.uk/connolly

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John Etheridge Guitar Sweet Chorus John Etheridge brings his quartet Sweet Chorus, with Chris Garrick on violin, Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar and Andy Crowdy on double bass, to the Festival. They pay homage to jazz legends guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli as Etheridge worked with them both. ‘It is music that demands that you close your eyes and listen’ The Guardian

James Crabb Accordion George Vassilev Guitar

Friday 27 August 9.30pm eif.co.uk/etheridge1

John Etheridge Guitar In this solo concert Etheridge roams across Africa, Europe and America with music that includes gypsy tunes, jazz riffs, metallic blues and his famed improvisations. Saturday 28 August 9.30pm eif.co.uk/etheridge2

Pioneering classical accordionist James Crabb is one of the world’s leading exponents of the instrument, performing as a soloist worldwide. He is joined for this concert by classical guitarist George Vassilev. The sexy, seductive sounds of South America resonate around The Hub with works by Argentinian composers Astor Piazzolla and Tomas Gubitsch and Brazilian Sergio Assad, specially arranged for accordion and guitar. Sunday 29 August 9.30pm eif.co.uk/crabb1

James Crabb Accordion A solo recital in which James Crabb performs works by US composers John Zorn and Aaron Copland alongside the passionate music of Astor Piazzolla. ‘He combines the energy and raunch of the café with the refinement of the concert hall…’ Sydney Morning Herald

The Hub Tickets £17.50 1 hour approximately

Monday 30 August 9.30pm eif.co.uk/crabb2

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Treasures and Traditions at Greyfriars

Treasures and Traditions at Greyfriars Musicians and artists were among the first Europeans in Central and South America and began a cultural colonization that was to last many centuries. From as early as the 15th century, Europe’s finest composers found great and long lasting popularity in places such as Mexico, Bolivia and Peru. As European musicians travelled the ‘New World’ they encountered new sounds and music and shared their artistry with local peoples. Together they created new styles and traditions and huge bodies of work which are still being unearthed and rediscovered today.

The Tallis Scholars

Festival 2010 offers a chance to hear works created by this extraordinary meeting of cultures along with some of the earliest music to be exported and made famous halfway across the globe.

Tuesday 17 August 5.45pm

Greyfriars Kirk Tickets £17.50

Peter Phillips Director The Tallis Scholars perform a programme of choral music by Spanish renaissance composers Cristóbal de Morales and Francisco Guerrero, whose music became popular in the cathedrals of Latin America.

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Sacred Music from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro Ensemble Le Sans-Pareil Bruno Procopio Director

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Director Bruno Procopio, with his choir and instrumental ensemble, takes a musical journey from Portugal to Brazil. The concert includes the extraordinary requiem by 19th century native Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia and Haydn’s Missa Brevis written in honour of the Portuguese friar Saint João Cidade, St John of God. Wednesday 18 August 5.45pm eif.co.uk/sacred

Fiesta Criolla Ensemble Elyma Gabriel Garrido Director This Greyfriars series begins with a grand and colourful representation of a baroque festival for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Exploring the late 18th century works of Roque Jacinto de Chavarría the programme for chorus, singers and instrumentalists blends ceremonial and religious music with folk songs and dances. Monday 16 August 5.45pm eif.co.uk/fiesta

Bolivian Baroque Florilegium Ashley Solomon Director Katia Escalera Soprano Gian-Carla Tisera Soprano Karina Troiano Mezzo soprano Henry Villca Tenor Florilegium, one of Britain’s foremost baroque ensembles, is joined by a quartet of young Bolivian singers in music recently unearthed from the Christian missions of Chiquitos and Moxos Indians in eastern Bolivia. Thursday 19 August 5.45pm eif.co.uk/bolivian

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Director A concert of music by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, two great renaissance composers from Spain. Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla travelled throughout Latin America before becoming Maestro de Capilla, in charge of music at Puebla Cathedral, Mexico. Friday 20 August 5.45pm eif.co.uk/sixteen

Latin American Vespers Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore Director The choir and instrumentalists of early music specialists Ex Cathedra present a programme following the structure of the Vespers Service with baroque and renaissance music from Mexico, Bolivia and Peru. Monday 23 August 5.45pm eif.co.uk/vespers

Music of Fire and Air La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI Jordi Savall Director

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Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert

Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert Scottish Chamber Orchestra Clark Rundell Conductor Korngold Kings Row (extracts) Bernstein On the Waterfront (extracts) Herrmann Marnie (extracts) Waxman Taras Bulba (extracts)

Classical composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman all left Europe to follow careers in America where they found fame as pioneers of a new artform – film music. Leonard Bernstein, later famous for his musical West Side Story, was the composer behind the film score for Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront. Join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a spectacular evening of American film music with carefully choreographed pyrotechnics for a rousing finale to the 2010 Festival. Hollywood offers up a perfect opportunity for the masters of fireworks design, Pyrovision, to paint the Edinburgh skyline in cinematic style. Visit eif.co.uk/bankofscotlandfireworksconcert for advice on best viewing areas, downloadable concert programme and information on how to make your evening the best it can be. Please note there are special ticket sales arrangements, see page 64.

Jordi Savall and his vocal and instrumental ensembles return to the Festival with the music of fire and air; a celebration of over 200 years of musical meeting points between ancient Iberia and the ‘New World’ from the 16th century onward.

Sunday 5 September 9.00pm

Tuesday 24 August 5.45pm

45 minutes approximately

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The Queen’s Hall Series

The Festival’s series of recitals at The Queen’s Hall offers you the chance to start your day by immersing yourself in music – from Monteverdi to Oscar Peterson through to Beethoven, Dvorˇák and Ives. Some of the world’s finest artists and ensembles perform music from contemporary American, South American and Australasian composers juxtaposed with well loved works from the European masters.

The Queen’s Hall Series is supported by

Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors

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The Queen’s Hall Series Jonathan Biss Piano Kirchner Five Pieces Schumann Kreisleriana Mozart Adagio in B minor Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor Op 57 ‘Appassionata’

Young American pianist Jonathan Biss opens The Queen’s Hall Series with Leon Kirchner’s Five Pieces, which began life as songs set to poems by Emily Dickinson before becoming lyrical piano works. Schumann’s Kreisleriana was inspired by a character from Tales of Hoffmann. Mozart’s tender and expressive Adagio is followed by Beethoven’s fiery and violent Appassionata, pitting man against nature and offering a tempestuous finale to the concert. ‘no ordinary pianist... an exceptional talent, plays with a selfless maturity that is exceptional.’ BBC Music Magazine ‘completely natural, innately musical, tightly controlled and deeply felt.’ BBC Music Magazine ‘proclaims his Mozartian credentials in scintillating, beautifully proportioned performances’ The Daily Telegraph Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 24 August at 1.00pm

Saturday 14 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/queenshall

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Magdalena Kožená Mezzo soprano Private Musicke Love Letters

With a dazzling voice, captivating presence and rare musical intelligence, Magdalena Kožená excels at interpreting the repertoire of early music and opera. This intimate recital with viol ensemble Private Musicke features music by Italian and Spanish composers, including d’India, Caccini and de Ribayaz, who paved the way for Monteverdi.

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Melvyn Tan Piano Škampa Quartet Mozart Piano Concerto No 11 in F K413 Janácˇek String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Chopin Piano Concerto No 2

Written by Mozart and Chopin when both were in their early twenties, these piano concertos remain popular to this day. The rarely performed versions for string quartet and piano are played alongside Janácˇek’s Second String Quartet, nicknamed Intimate Letters, inspired by his private correspondence with a close friend. ‘Few standing ovations have ever been so richly deserved’ The Guardian

‘a great communicator, with strong dramatic instincts and a distinctive mezzo voice.’ The Times

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Thursday 26 August at 1.00pm

‘voice of exquisite beauty’ Opera ‘beguiles and enchants throughout… combines radiant purity with burnished intensity’ BBC Music Magazine Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 25 August at 1.00pm

Monday 16 August 11.00am

Tuesday 17 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/kozena

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Trio zimmermann Beethoven String Trios Op 9 Nos 1, 2 and 3

Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, who last thrilled Festival audiences as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2006, is joined by viola player Antoine Tamestit and cellist Christian Poltéra for the Festival debut of Trio Zimmermann. Beethoven’s Opus 9 String Trios are strikingly original and, as early works, revealed his distinctive musical personality. Considered fully fledged masterpieces, they set new standards in the genre and prepared the ground for his subsequent composition of string quartets and symphonies. ‘vigorous and lively interplay, breathtaking’ Kieler Nachrichten

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Edicson Ruiz Double bass Sergio Tiempo Piano Programme to include: works by Gabrielli, Carter, Holliger and Kurtág for solo double bass, Chopin’s Piano Sonata No 2 and South American works for double bass and piano

Just 25 years old, Edicson Ruiz is establishing his credentials as a master of the double bass. Born in Caracas and a graduate of the Venezuelan El Sistema scheme, at just 17 Ruiz became the first Latin American, and youngest-ever, member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Teaming up with Argentine-Venezuelan Sergio Tiempo, he will have The Queen’s Hall moving to the South American rhythms of Ginastera and Piazzolla.

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Friday 27 August at 1.00pm

Wednesday 18 August 11.00am

Thursday 19 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Pavel Haas Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op 76 No 2 Dvorˇák String Quartet in F Op 96 ‘American’ Dvorˇák String Quartet in G Op 106

The Pavel Haas Quartet’s performance at Festival 2008 was one of that year’s highlights which both excited audiences and garnered critical acclaim. This year it returns with a programme which includes Dvorˇák’s American Quartet, written in Iowa at the same time as he composed the New World Symphony. ‘this is one of the most polished and musically exciting young string quartets in the world today.’ The Washington Post ‘a riveting performance, loaded with flamboyance, passion and uncommon intimacy.’ The Scotsman, Festival 08

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Christianne Stotijn Mezzo soprano Joseph Breinl Piano Programme to include: Schoenberg Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge

Sensational mezzo soprano Christianne Stotijn graduated from the BBC’s New Generation Artists scheme and has gone on to establish herself as one of the most exciting and sought after singers of her generation. 2010 sees her Festival debut with regular collaborator Joseph Breinl. The Book of the Hanging Gardens marks Schoenberg’s move from tonal tradition to harmonies commonly associated with the expressionist movement. Brahms’s late Four Serious Songs are all, to some extent, meditations on death. They are most probably memorials to close friends. ‘a class apart; she stamps every note and word with character, and delivers her songs with a lyrical glow’ The Times Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 31 August at 1.00pm

Friday 20 August 11.00am

Saturday 21 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Simon Keenlyside Baritone Malcolm Martineau Piano Ned Rorem Selected songs Butterworth Six songs from A Shropshire Lad Bredon Hill and other songs Schumann Dichterliebe

Time Magazine called Ned Rorem ‘the world’s best composer of art songs’. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize, he ranks as one of America’s most honoured composers and has a catalogue of over 500 songs and cycles. In a tragic irony, Butterworth, who set A E Housman’s poems reflecting on the second Boer War, was killed at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Dichterliebe is one of Schumann’s most admired works. Settings of poems by Heinrich Heine, it traces a bitter journey of unrequited love.

Pavel Haas Quartet Britten Three Divertimenti Haas String Quartet No 2 ‘From the Monkey Mountains’ Beethoven String Quartet in F Op 59 No 1

The second string quartet by Pavel Haas From the Monkey Mountains takes its title from a nickname for the Czech highlands. Deeply influenced by Haas’s mentor and teacher, Leoš Janácˇek, the work depicts the atmosphere and landscapes of his homeland. Britten’s youthful Divertimenti and the first of Beethoven’s great Razumovsky quartets demonstrate this youthful quartet’s immense versatility and virtuosity. ‘a unique mix of impeccable technique and warm, interactive ensemble playing.’ The Scotsman

‘one of the peerless singer-actors of our generation… heart-stoppingly lyrical as well as forceful’ The Guardian ‘a quite outstanding performance of Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad… carried the scent and the bloom of spring in the voice.’ The Times Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 1 September at 1.00pm

Monday 23 August 11.00am

Tuesday 24 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Gerald Finley Baritone Julius Drake Piano Described as a baritone with a voice of ‘easy luxury’ by The New York Times, Canadian Gerald Finley performs an entertaining selection of music from Europe and the United States accompanied by pianist Julius Drake. Schumann found great inspiration in the poetry of Heinrich Heine and Finley performs a selection of the composer’s settings including two of his finest ballads Belshazzar and The Two Grenadiers. Finley and Drake also perform Ravel’s humorous Histoires naturelles, songs by Barber including Solitary Hotel, a setting of text from Ulysses in a fast tango style, and songs by Ives including the swashbuckling Slugging a Vampire. ‘A tremendous performance’ The Independent ‘an impulsive ardour I’ve never heard equaled’ Gramophone Magazine ‘intelligent and gripping, and sings with a tone that has never sounded more luxurious.’ Classic FM Magazine

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Midori Violin Ozgur Aydin Piano Beethoven Violin Sonata in A minor Op 23 Bloch Violin Sonata No 2 ‘Poème mystique’ Mario Davidovsky Duo Capriccioso Brahms Violin Sonata No 2

Midori makes her Festival debut with a programme which juxtaposes two well known violin sonatas with two 20th century works. Bloch described his Second Violin Sonata, composed while he was in America, as portraying the world as it should be. Davidovsky is an ArgentineAmerican composer whose Duo Capriccioso is a delightful dialogue between violin and piano. ‘a performance of such transcendent power and grace that the thrilled audience gave her that rare thing, a genuine, heartfelt standing ovation in the middle of a recital.’ The Globe and Mail Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 7 September at 1.00pm

Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Friday 3 September at 1.00pm

Wednesday 25 August 11.00am

Thursday 26 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Nash Ensemble

Llyˆr Williams Piano

Bartók Contrasts Gershwin Lullaby for string quartet Copland Sextet Dvorˇák String Quintet in E flat Op 97 ‘American’

Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat Op 27 No 1 Ives Piano Sonata No 2 ‘Concord’

Jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman commissioned Bartók’s only chamber piece to include his instrument. Originally played by Bartók, Goodman and violinist József Szigeti, Contrasts explores jazz and the differences in timbre between the instruments.

Ives’s Concord Sonata is named after a New England town where a remarkable group of inventors, philosophers, poets and writers lived and worked in the middle of the 19th century. In the Concord Sonata Beethoven’s influence on Ives is clear. Beethoven’s Sonata reflects his own personal turmoil in the early 1800s.

The manuscript for Lullaby lay on Ira Gershwin’s shelf for many years until ‘one of the truly great musicians of our time’ The Times harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler transcribed it for harmonica and string quartet and presented it at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1963. ‘Technical brilliance was there in abundance… more impressive The work was premiered in its original form, for string quartet, in 1967. still was the sheer range of expression and the individuality of the performance’ The Herald Notorious for its wicked technical challenges, Copland’s Sextet is imbued with his enthusiasm for jazz rhythms as well as the popular rhythms of Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Thursday 9 September at 1.00pm the Charleston and Mexican dance. Spillville, Iowa, is home to an old Czech community where Dvorˇák spent happy times escaping from New York. Here he composed his famous American works including this Quintet nicknamed American. ‘a chamber group beyond compare’ The Independent ‘one of the finest chamber music concerts of the season’ The Washington Post Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 8 September at 1.00pm

Friday 27 August 11.00am

Saturday 28 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Joscelyn Fox

Joan Rodgers Soprano Roderick Williams Baritone Roger Vignoles Piano Programme to include: Richard Mills Songlines of the Heart’s Desire Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (selection) and songs by Schumann and Brahms

Acclaimed baritone Roderick Williams and star of the opera stage and concert platform Joan Rodgers perform a programme of duets and solo songs accompanied by Roger Vignoles. In his cycle Songlines of the Heart’s Desire, Australian composer Richard Mills has set stories telling of journeys of hearts and minds, by poets from across time and around the world – an anonymous 4th century Chinese poet, Bengali Rabindranath Tagore, American Kenneth Patchen, French-Tunisian Amina Said and Australians John Shaw Neilson and Judith Wright. Songlines of the Heart’s Desire: ‘exceptional... a major lyrical song cycle of great beauty about love suspended within a timeless now.’ The Age

Steven Osborne Piano Joplin Maple Leaf Rag Gershwin Three Preludes Ives Three-page Sonata George Crumb Processional Steven Osborne Improvisation Nikolai Kapustin Five Preludes Peterson Indiana Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op 31

Opening with one of Scott Joplin’s most famous pieces, Maple Leaf Rag, through Gershwin’s jazzy, syncopated Three Preludes, his own improvisation and Oscar Peterson’s speedy fingered Indiana into Ravel’s waltzes and Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Steven Osborne performs one of the most eclectic programmes at this year’s Festival. ‘You could have heard a pin drop. Steven Osborne’s power over the hall was absolute’ The Daily Telegraph ‘There was another jazz improvisation by way of encore… a remarkable demonstration of both pianism and musicianship at their very best.’ The Guardian Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Friday 10 September at 1.00pm

Monday 30 August 11.00am

Tuesday 31 August 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

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The Queen’s Hall Series

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Ars Nova Paul Hillier

Tokyo Quartet David Watkin Cello

David Lang For love is strong Steve Reich Know what is above you Lou Harrison Mass for St Cecilia’s Day Terry Riley Chorus 193 from the Mexico City Blues of Jack Kerouac Jack Body Lullabies Ross Edwards Sacred Kingfisher Psalms (EIF co-commission, UK Premiere)

Debussy String Quartet Peter Sculthorpe String Quartet No 18 (EIF co-commission, European Premiere) Schubert String Quintet in C

A who’s who of influential contemporary American composers alongside young Australasians Ross Edwards and Jack Body makes for a distinctive and exciting choral concert.

Peter Sculthorpe was commissioned to write a new work by the Edinburgh International Festival and his String Quartet No 18 receives its European Premiere in this concert.

Ross Edwards’s Sacred Kingfisher Psalms is a co-commission between the Edinburgh International Festival, Canberra International Music Festival and Ars Nova Copenhagen. Drawing on Aboriginal bird names and Latin versions of Psalms 1 and 130, he brings together two texts with a common sense of the significance of place and a strong connection to the earth.

Schubert’s String Quintet is considered a high point of the chamber music repertoire; its beautiful, plaintive second movement is widely familiar.

David Lang’s For love is strong explores the metaphors and similes in Song of Songs and takes its title from the line ‘for love is strong as death’. Terry Riley, renowned for being a pioneer of the minimalist movement, muses on Jack Kerouac’s poem Buddhist Jamming Mexico City Blues.

Debussy’s only string quartet shows the influences of César Franck, Borodin and Javanese gamelan music.

‘a well-honed package. The purity of the ensemble is paramount.’ The Scotsman ‘The Tokyo quartet’s playing has rare beauty of tone. It all sounds gorgeous; every single radiant last note of it’ The Herald ‘a passionate, richly toned discussion among intelligent, charismatic equals... exemplary’ The New York Times

Steve Reich takes his inspiration from The Mishna, a popular text in Judaism dealing with ethics. Lou Harrison’s Mass for St Cecilia’s Day fuses Western and Asian cultures in a percussive work for male voices. New Zealander Jack Body’s Lullabies were inspired in part by the vocal music of China’s minority cultures. Wednesday 1 September 11.00am

Thursday 2 September 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall

Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Duo Sol

Simón Bolívar String Quartet

Korngold Much Ado About Nothing Suite: Garden Scene Beethoven Violin Sonata in A minor Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Piazzolla Le Grand Tango Ross Edwards Exile John Adams Road Movies Matthew Hindson Little Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy

Bach Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue Shostakovich String Quartet No 8 Javier Alvarez Metro Chabacano Brahms String Quartet in A minor Op 51 No 2

Duo Sol brings a flamboyant programme of music from the new world together with Beethoven’s dazzling Kreutzer Sonata.

Young, talented and passionate the musicians of the Quartet, Alejandro Carreño, Eduardo Salazar, Ismel Campos and Aimon Mata are also associated with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra and the Venezuelan music project El Sistema.

One of Hollywood’s leading film composers, Korngold was just 20 when he wrote incidental music for Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango is a vital tango alternately languorous and impassioned.

In the final concert of The Queen’s Hall Series the Simón Bolívar String Quartet performs a programme featuring music from South America alongside works by Bach, Brahms and Shostakovich. This concert promises to finish the Festival on a high.

Australian composers Ross Edwards and Matthew Hindson show very different influences and ambitions, reconnecting music with ritual, spontaneity and the impulse to dance and exploring elements of techno and death-metal styles respectively. John Adams’s Road Movies travels through three movements: Relaxed Groove, Meditative and 40% Swing.

‘nothing less than a miracle... From here, I see the future of music for the whole world. I see this programme not only as a question of art, but deep down as a social initiative. It has saved many lives, and will continue to save them.’ Sir Simon Rattle describes El Sistema

Friday 3 September 11.00am

Saturday 4 September 11.00am

The Queen’s Hall Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

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Tickets £27 £25 £20 £17 £10 £7

1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Explorations

Explorations, presented in association with the British Council, is a series of talks and panel discussions that parallel the artistic explorations undertaken by performers and artists in the Festival programme. An international array of academics, cultural commentators and Festival artists come together offering a fascinating opportunity to exchange ideas and understanding on quests from the past and journeys into the future. Lemi Ponifasio

What do we mean by ‘Postcolonial Art’? Professor Robert J.C. Young explores the cultural legacy of colonialism and beyond. Do postcolonial writers and artists have a distinct perspective? What is the meaning of ‘postcolonial’ for the arts? Robert J.C. Young is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University. A theorist, cultural critic and historian, his subjects include postcolonial literatures and cultures, the history of colonialism and anti-colonialism and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Saturday 14 August 2.30pm

Creative Innovation Written by artists considered innovators in their time, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess are the Festival productions the panel examines in a discussion on how innovative artists can influence and even change artforms. William Eddins, conductor of Opéra de Lyon’s Festival production, John Collins, Elevator Repair Service’s Artistic Director, are joined by Professor Agustín Fernández from the University of Newcastle to explore this intriguing subject.

The Exiled Voice Samoan Choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, academic and poet from Queen Mary University, London Omar García-Obregón and Art History specialist at the Victoria University of Wellington, Peter Brunt, consider the voice of exclusion and exile in the New World. Political activist Lemi Ponifasio whose deeply challenging and thoughtful work gives voice to silenced communities is joined by Cuban human rights activist Omar García-Obregón, a poet whose writings speak about exile and Dr Peter Brunt, an academic whose interest lies in cross-cultural art in the Pacific Rim. Wednesday 18 August 2.30pm

Pacific Solutions: new archipelagos in an ocean of thought What happens to people when they colonise others? What happens to those who are colonised? They may occupy the same territories but their stories are sharply, sometimes tragically, different. Professor Paul Carter, interdisciplinary scholar at the University of Melbourne, talks about living in a culture not your own and its implications for one’s sense of place and belonging. Sunday 22 August 2.30pm

Sunday 15 August 2.30pm

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The Darien Venture Playwright and journalist Alistair Beaton joins Tom Devine, Professor of Scottish History, University of Edinburgh and economist Dr Gary Shea, University of St Andrews, to discuss Scotland’s failed foray into colonialism. Tuesday 24 August 2.30pm

Global perspectives and empathy American choreographer Alonzo King, whose work is renowned for its global perspective and a strong social conscience, talks with academic Roman Krznaric and Judith Robertson, Director of Oxfam Scotland, about empathy, change and new global perspectives.

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Susan Elderkin

A Scotsman’s legacy to Australasia Lachlan Macquarie, 5th Governor of New South Wales (1810 – 1821) Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, 37th Governor of New South Wales, explores Scot Lachlan Macquarie’s contribution to Australia, in the company of one of his descendants, Ken MacQuarrie, Controller, BBC Scotland. Tuesday 31 August 2.30pm

Reflecting silenced narratives Director of Diciembre, Guillermo Calderón, novelist Susan Elderkin and Neil Armfield, director of Opera Australia’s production of Bliss, discuss how lost narratives surface in artistic expression.

Saturday 28 August 2.30pm

New voices from the landscape

Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón, is joined by Susan Elderkin, author of The Voices, a novel set in the Australian outback and featuring aboriginal culture, and Neil Armfield, fresh from his experience of directing the operatic adaptation of Peter Carey’s award-winning novel. Friday 3 September 2.30pm

Professor Catherine Boyle, King’s College London, Dr Fiona Mackintosh, University of Edinburgh and Chilean based writer Odette Magnet explore the cultural landscape of South America. Scholar in South American theatre Professor Boyle and Latin American literature specialist Dr Mackintosh join journalist and author Odette Magnet to discuss the new cultural expression in South American theatre and literature. As part of their discussion they look at the contribution of female writers and artists.

The Hub Tickets £6.50 1 hour approximately

Sunday 29 August 2.30pm

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Conversations

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Teatro Cinema Director Dauno Tótoro and film director Juan Carlos Zagal of Chilean ensemble Teatro Cinema talk about their remarkable fusion of artforms. Tuesday 31 August 5.00pm

Montezuma

The Kronos Quartet

Midori

Prominent Mexican director Claudio Valdés Kuri talks about his experience of directing an 18th century European opera based on the story of the Aztec Emperor.

David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt and Jeffrey Zeigler talk about the singular artistic vision of the Kronos Quartet.

A rare opportunity as Midori joins us to talk about what, from a very early age, has been a remarkable international career.

Saturday 21 August 12 noon

Wednesday 25 August 5.00pm

The Wooster Group

Meredith Monk

For over thirty years they have been reinventing theatre. Elizabeth LeCompte and members of The Wooster Group discuss their latest work.

Iconic American artist Meredith Monk shares her distinctive philosophies on life.

Monday 16 August 5.00pm

Elevator Repair Service John Collins and his company, specialists in adapting 20th century American literature for the stage, talk about the world premiere of their production of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Tuesday 17 August 5.00pm

Joyce DiDonato The American mezzo soprano talks about her sparkling international career. Wednesday 18 August 5.00pm

Grupo Corpo Founders of Brazilian contemporary dance company Grupo Corpo, Rodrigo and Paulo Pederneiras, discuss their beliefs and inspirations. Friday 20 August 5.00pm

Monday 23 August 2.30pm

The Sixteen One of the world’s greatest proponents of early European music, Harry Christophers and members of his ensemble invite us to join them in a conversation about their work.

Thursday 26 August 5.00pm

Gunther Schuller

Friday 27 August 5.00pm

Writer Alistair Beaton and director Anthony Neilson talk about the extraordinary story of the Darien scheme, Scotland’s ill fated Central American colony, and its relevance today. Tuesday 24 August 5.00pm

Grammy award-winning mezzo soprano Susan Graham talks about how she is equally at home on the concert stage and in the recording studio. Thursday 2 September 5.00pm

Teatro en el Blanco Writer and director Guillermo Calderón is joined by his cast Jorge Becker, Trinidad Jansana, Paula Zúñiga, to talk about their bitter comic production, Diciembre. Friday 3 September 5.00pm

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Gunther Schuller shares his experiences from a most remarkable and fascinating musical career that ranges from the orchestral platform to the jazz club.

Tuesday 24 August 12 noon

Caledonia

Susan Graham

Paco Peña Master of flamenco style and virtuoso guitarist Paco Peña talks about creating a new production for the Festival. Saturday 4 September 2.30pm

Alonzo King Lines Ballet Choreographer Alonzo King, a distinctive voice in dance, talks about how he embraces a global perspective on stage.

The Hub Tickets £6.50 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Sunday 29 August 5.00pm Supported by

Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

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Behind the Scenes These works-in-progress offer a glimpse behind the creative processes involved in taking an idea from page to stage and an opportunity to witness the beginning of new works. Each of these companies and artists was awarded the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize in either 2008 or 2009 in order to develop new ideas or directions.

Three New Ideas

Little Matter

From a science fiction string quartet on a sleepover to a Russian structuralist analysis of fairy tales, from Buddhist meditations on loving kindness to a Palestinian bordello in 1970 – David Leddy takes you on a journey through new ideas. In a lecture demonstration, with actors performing key scenes, this workshop showcases the trademark eclecticism of this Scottish writer and director.

The River People has developed a distinct style of theatre with puppetry, folk storytelling and live music. Little Matter, a performance work-in-progress, explores an individual’s place in the universe and the search for the self. This unique take on the meaning of life combines the influences of mythology, quantum physics and William Blake.

A presentation by David Leddy

Tuesday 17 August 2.30pm

The River People

Sunday 22 & Monday 23 August 5.00pm & 6.30pm 30 minutes approximately

Steven Osborne on Improvisation International classical pianist Steven Osborne performs with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Festival 2010. In this lecture demonstration Steven explores the relevance of improvisation to classical musicians. Monday 16 August 2.30pm 1 hour approximately

zakir Hussain Master of the Tabla

1 hour 30 minutes approximately

The Mass Observation Project Inspector Sands

In 1937, a wide ranging project called ‘Mass Observation’ was set up by the UK Government. It investigated ‘the science of the everyday’ by observing and recording the lives of ordinary people in Britain, down to the very last detail. In 2010, this research continues. With bold and evocative lighting and sound, young London based theatre company, Inspector Sands, draws on this rich archive to offer the first glimpse of an ambitious new project. Thursday 19 & Friday 20 August 2.30pm 40 minutes approximately

Dracula

Belt Up Theatre

This adaptation of Bram Stoker’s chilling tale emerges from the Victorian obsession with the occult. A daring re-imagining of a classic and a bold investigation into the concept of storytelling with the added bite of shoddy commercial showmanship. Belt Up Theatre’s practice explores the possibilities of immersive theatre.

One of the world leading tabla players, Zakir Hussain appears with Alonzo King Lines Ballet in Festival 2010. In this lecture demonstration Zakir offers rare insights into the music and culture of this iconic instrument. Friday 27 August 2.30pm 1 hour approximately

New Worlds New Horizons Education and Outreach The Festival’s education and outreach programme explores the extraordinary cultural diversity of performers and ideas in Festival 2010. Very different cultural landscapes, belief systems and artforms from throughout the ‘New World’ inspire the work we do with schools and colleges across Edinburgh and offer young people new horizons. Over 1,000 young people will take part in workshops and projects this year and the exhibitions and installations in The Hub throughout August are the result of their own, personal, Festival experiences. The Festival also runs vocational development programmes in the arts. Visit eif.co.uk/education

Sharing the Festival Every year we aim to introduce Festival performers to wider and more diverse audiences. This year, in addition to their performance in The Queen’s Hall Series, musicians of the Simón Bolívar String Quartet will spend several days taking part in workshops at The Hub with children and young people from throughout Scotland.

Wednesday 25 August 2.30pm Thursday 26 August 12 noon & 2.30pm 1 hour 15 minutes approximately

The Hub

Tickets £6.50

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Supported by

Festival City

Photo: Richard Campbell

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Festival venues

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The Hub Edinburgh’s Festival Centre, Royal Mile

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Nicolson Street

The Queen’s Hall Clerk Street

The Edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place

Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street

usher Hall Lothian Road

Ross Theatre Princes Street Gardens

King’s Theatre Leven Street

Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Place

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Booking Information

How to Book and Access How to Book Online eif.co.uk Telephone 0131 473 2000 Overseas +44 (0)131 473 2000 Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE

Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert (page 47) Due to the popularity of this event we have the following special arrangements. Ross Theatre (seated) £26 on sale with all other Festival tickets. Princes Street Gardens (standing) £11 on sale in three ways. Postal Ballot – send an application (limited to six per customer) with card details or a cheque, payable to Hub Tickets, include a stamped addressed envelope (or add 60p for postage) and send to – Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. Your ballot application should be separate from other bookings and the closing date is Monday 24 May. Online – more tickets released for sale at 11.00am on Monday 26 July (limited to four per customer) at eif.co.uk In person – final tickets on sale only at The Hub (limited to four per customer) from 10.00am on Sunday 29 August.

Wednesday 17 March Priority booking opens for Festival Benefactors, Patrons and Friends by fax, post and online. Saturday 27 March Public booking opens by telephone, post, in person and online.

Hub Tickets Opening Hours Saturday 27 March – Thursday 29 July Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm Friday 30 July – Saturday 4 September Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 7.30pm Sunday 10.00am to 7.30pm Sunday 5 September 1.00pm to 6.00pm

Buy your tickets at our venues

Access Information and Discounts The Edinburgh International Festival welcomes disabled visitors. An Access Guide with full details of all facilities for disabled visitors is available on request and both the Access Guide and the Festival brochure are available in Braille, audio and large print formats. Wheelchair users, people with severe mobility difficulties or with visual or hearing impairment will be sold seats/spaces at £10 in the area of the venue most appropriate to their needs (dress circle normally excluded). This discount also applies to a companion. For more information or to claim an access discount please call the Access line +44 (0)131 473 2089 or email access@eif.co.uk To enable us to determine your requirements and assist you fully we are unable to offer this service through our online booking process. British Sign Language Interpreted Performance Porgy and Bess (page 6) Tuesday 17 August 7.15pm Caledonia (page 29) Wednesday 25 August 7.30pm

You can buy tickets for any Festival events from the Edinburgh Playhouse and The Queen’s Hall from Monday 29 March and from the Usher Hall, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh and the Royal Lyceum Theatre from Friday 30 April.

Audio Described Performances

The King’s Theatre and Greyfriars Kirk box offices open an hour before the performance.

Vieux Carré (page 25) Tuesday 24 August 7.30pm

Ticket Collection We can post your tickets to you or you can collect them from the venue from one hour before the performance. You can collect your tickets from Hub Tickets until lunchtime on the day of the performance and until the evening before for morning and afternoon events.

The Sun Also Rises (page 24) Monday 16 August 7.30pm Porgy and Bess (page 6) Tuesday 17 August 7.15pm Água (page 20) Sunday 29 August 7.30pm Audio Described Performance with Touch Tour Caledonia (page 29) Wednesday 25 August Touch Tour 6.30pm Performance 7.30pm Captioned Performance Caledonia (page 29) Tuesday 24 August 7.30pm Performances with English Supertitles Montezuma (page 8) Bliss (page 12) Sin Sangre (page 30) The Man Who Fed Butterflies (page 31) Diciembre (page 33)

Prices

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Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Porgy and Bess, Bliss Dress Circle £64 £56 £40 £36 £14† Centre Stalls £56 £50 Front/side stalls £40 £26 Rear stalls £36* £26* Upper circle £40 £36 £26 £14 Grupo Corpo, Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dress Circle £28.50 £26 £18 £10† Centre stalls £28.50 £26 Front/side stalls £18 £15 Rear stalls £20 £15 The Edinburgh Playhouse

Ticket Discounts Young People and Students – Half Price Now Young people can buy any ticket at 50% off on selected performances when booking opens on Saturday 27 March. All young people under the age of 18 and all students in full time education.

The Tempest, Birds with Skymirrors, Água, Paco Peña Grand Circle £28.50 £26 £20 £16 Stalls £26 £22 £16 £12 £10 £8 The Gospel at Colonus Grand Circle £30 £25 £15 £10 Stalls £30 £25 £18 £15 £10 £8 King’s Theatre

Standby – Half Price from Wednesday 4 August

Montezuma Grand Circle £35 £28 £12† Stalls £35 £28 £25 £20 Upper Circle £18 £12

50% off all tickets for senior citizens, unemployed people, Young Scot, Equity and MU card holders from 4 August.

Caledonia Grand Circle £27 £24 £18† Stalls £27 £22 £18 £12 Upper Circle £18 £12

Are you under 26? Tickets for only £8 on the day

Sin Sangre, The Man Who Fed Butterflies Grand Circle £27 £24 £18 £12† Stalls £27 £22 £18 £12

Pay only £8 on the day for selected performances. Available to everyone 26 years old and under. Proof of age is required and you have to buy them in person. Group Bookings We are delighted to offer great benefits on bookings for 10 or more tickets. – 10% discount on Festival tickets for selected performances – The opportunity to make flexible ticket reservations – Dedicated Group Sales Staff to assist you with your ticket order

Royal Lyceum Theatre The Sun Also Rises, Songs of Ascension, Diciembre Grand Circle £27 £24 £16 £10† Stalls £27 £24 £18* £10† Stalls boxes £18 Upper circle £18 £16 £10 Vieux Carré Grand Circle £27 £24 £16 £10† Stalls £27 £24 £18 £10† Stalls boxes £18 usher Hall

Please call +44 (0)131 473 2089 or email groupbookings@eif.co.uk

The Opening Concert (no OG) Circle £46 £42 £33 Stalls £46 £39 £33 £18 Upper circle £20 £18 £12.50 £10

Treasures and Traditions at Greyfriars

Kronos Quartet (no OG), Joyce DiDonato, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (no OG), Susan Graham Circle £32 £25 £14 Stalls £32 £25 £20 £18 Upper circle £18 £14 £12.50 £10 £8 Organ gallery £10 (please note not available 21, 26 August)

Buy all 7 concerts and save 20% on each ticket.

Ticket Prices The Queen’s Hall Centre stalls £27 Rear centre stalls £25 Side stalls £20 £17 Centre gallery £25 Side gallery £20 Limited view £10† No view seats £7† The Hub Explorations, Conversations, Behind the Scenes £6.50 Sarah Connolly, John Etheridge, James Crabb £17.50

Rhapsodies in Red, White and Blue (no OG), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Idomeneo (no OG), La fanciulla del West (no OG), The Indian Queen, L’heure espagnole (no OG), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC SSO, Minnesota Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (31 August no OG), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No 8 (no OG) Circle £40 £35 £17 Stalls £40 £35 £28 £24 £17 Upper circle £20 £17 £12 £10 Organ gallery (OG) £12 Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert Ross Theatre seated £26, Princes Street Gardens standing £11

Greyfriars Kirk All seats £17.50

* Supertitles not visible from these seats † 60 seats or fewer please give an alternative where possible OG Organ Gallery

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Festival Diary

Venue

Fri 13 August

The Queen’s Hall Clerk Street

Sat 14 August

Sun 15 August

Mon 16 August

Tue 17 August

Wed 18 August

11.00am

Jonathan Biss (p48)

Magdalena Kožená, Private Musicke (p49)

Škampa Quartet, Melvyn Tan (p49)

Trio Zimmermann (p50)

R WS T H WC C

The Hub Castlehill LF WS T WC C

2.30pm

What do we mean by ‘Postcolonial Art’? (p58)

Creative Innovation (p58)

Steven Osborne on Improvisation (p61)

Three New Ideas (p61)

The Exiled Voice (p58)

5.00pm

Conversations: Elevator Repair Service (p60)

Conversations: Joyce DiDonato (p60)

5.00pm Conversations: Montezuma (p60)

Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Place

5.45pm

Fiesta Criolla (p46)

The Tallis Scholars (p46)

Sacred Music from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro (p46)

L WS WC

King’s Theatre Leven Street

7.15pm

Montezuma (p9)

R WS H WC

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Nicolson Street

7.15pm

Porgy and Bess (p6)

Opéra de Lyon

L R LF WS H WC C

The Edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place

8.00pm

2.30pm

The Tempest (p15)

Lemi Ponifasio/Mau

Birds with Skymirrors (p15)

Lemi Ponifasio/Mau

R WS H WC C

Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street

7.30pm

11.00am

7.30pm

2.00pm

The Sun Also Rises (p24)

Elevator Repair Service

7.30pm

L LF WS T H WC C

The Sun Also Rises (p24) Elevator Repair Service

usher Hall Lothian Road

8.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

El Niño (p5)

L L F WS T WC C

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Rhapsodies in Red, White and Blue (p34)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 01 (p35)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 02 (p35)

Cleveland Orchestra 01 (p36)

Cleveland Orchestra 02 (p37)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Sakari Oramo Conductor

Franz Welser-Möst Conductor

James Conlon Conductor

Access Facilities Key:

Gunther Schuller Conductor

P Designated Parking L Level Access T Induction Loop H Infra Red System

R Ramped Access LF Lift WS Wheelchair Spaces in Auditorium WC Accessible Toilets C Accessible Catering/Bar

Festival Diary Venue

Thu 19 August

Fri 20 August

Sat 21 August

The Queen’s Hall Clerk Street

11.00am

Edicson Ruiz, Sergio Tiempo (p50)

Pavel Haas Quartet (p51)

2.30pm

12noon

The Mass Observation Project (p61)

Conversations: Kronos Quartet (p60)

5.00pm

9.30pm

Conversations: Grupo Corpo (p60)

Sarah Connolly and John Horler (p45)

R WS T H WC C

The Hub Castlehill LF WS T WC C

Mon 23 August

Tue 24 August

11.00am

Christianne Stotijn, Joseph Breinl (p51)

Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau (p52)

Pavel Haas Quartet (p52)

2.30pm

12noon

Pacific Solutions (p58)

Conversations: The Wooster Group (p60)

Conversations: The Sixteen (p60)

5.00pm

2.30pm

Little Matter (p61)

The Darien Venture (p59)

6.30pm

5.00pm

Little Matter (p61)

Conversations: Caledonia (p60)

9.30pm

Sun 22 August

5.00pm Little Matter (p61) 6.30pm Little Matter (p61)

Sarah Connolly and John Horler (p45)

Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Place

5.45pm

Bolivian Baroque (p46)

The Sixteen (p47)

Latin American Vespers (p47)

Music of Fire and Air (p47)

L WS WC

King’s Theatre Leven Street

7.30pm

2.30pm

7.30pm

Caledonia (p28)

R WS H WC

National Theatre of Scotland

7.30pm Caledonia (p28) National Theatre of Scotland

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Nicolson Street

8.00pm

Grupo Corpo (p16)

L R LF WS H WC C

The Edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place

7.30pm

2.30pm

The Gospel at Colonus (p26)

7.30pm

R WS H WC C

The Gospel at Colonus (p26)

Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street

7.30pm

Vieux Carré (p25)

The Wooster Group

L LF WS T H WC C

usher Hall Lothian Road L L F WS T WC C

Events Key:

Opera Music

8.00pm

7.00pm

8.00pm

7.00pm

8.00pm

Russian National Orchestra (p34)

Idomeneo (p10)

Kronos Quartet (p44)

Joyce DiDonato, David Zobel (p43)

La fanciulla del West (p10)

The Indian Queen (p11)

Mikhail Pletnev Conductor

Concert performance

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

The Sixteen

Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor

Franceso Corti Conductor

Dance Discussions

Theatre

Concert performance

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Harry Christophers Conductor

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Festival Diary

Venue

Wed 25 August

Thu 26 August

Fri 27 August

Sat 28 August

The Queen’s Hall Clerk Street

11.00am

Gerald Finley, Julius Drake (p53)

Midori, Ozgur Aydin (p53)

Nash Ensemble (p54)

Llyˆr Williams (p54)

Joan Rodgers, Roderick Williams, Roger Vignoles (p55)

The Hub Castlehill

2.30pm

12noon

2.30pm

9.30pm

Dracula (p61)

5.00pm

2.30pm

Global perspectives and empathy (p59)

New voices from the landscape (p59)

James Crabb (p45)

LF WS T WC C

Zakir Hussain Master of the Tabla (p61)

Conversations: Midori (p60)

Dracula (p61)

5.00pm

9.30pm

5.00pm

Conversations: Gunther Schuller (p60)

John Etheridge (p45)

Conversations: Alonzo King Lines Ballet (p60)

R WS T H WC C

5.00pm Conversations: Meredith Monk (p60)

Sun 29 August

9.30pm

John Etheridge, Sweet Chorus (p45)

James Crabb and George Vassilev (p45)

Mon 30 August

Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Place L WS WC

King’s Theatre Leven Street

2.30pm

8.00pm

Caledonia (p28)

Sin Sangre (p30)

R WS H WC

National Theatre of Scotland

Teatro Cinema

The Man Who Fed Butterflies (p31) Teatro Cinema

Teatro Cinema

7.30pm Caledonia (p28) National Theatre of Scotland

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Nicolson Street

8.00pm

Alonzo King Lines Ballet (p18)

L R LF WS H WC C

The Edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place R WS H WC C

7.30pm

Água (p20)

Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal

Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street L LF WS T H WC C

8.00pm

Songs of Ascension (p32)

Meredith Monk Company, The Elysian Quartet, Edinburgh University Singers

usher Hall Lothian Road

7.30pm

8.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

L’heure espagnole (p11) Concert performance

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (p40)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (p40)

Minnesota Orchestra (p42)

L L F WS T WC C

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (p44)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 01 (p38)

Gunther Schuller Conductor

Robin Ticciati Conductor

Donald Runnicles Conductor

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève Conductor

Access Facilities Key:

P Designated Parking L Level Access T Induction Loop H Infra Red System

R Ramped Access LF Lift WS Wheelchair Spaces in Auditorium WC Accessible Toilets C Accessible Catering/Bar

Osmo Vänskä Conductor

Mariss Jansons Conductor

Festival Diary

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Venue

Tue 31 August

Wed 1 September

Thu 2 September

Fri 3 September

Sat 4 September

Sun 5 September

The Queen’s Hall Clerk Street

11.00am

Steven Osborne (p55)

Ars Nova, Paul Hillier (p56)

Tokyo Quartet, David Watkin (p56)

Duo Sol (p57)

Simón Bolívar String Quartet (p57)

Princes Street Gardens

R WS T H WC C

L WS WC 9.00pm Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert (p47) Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Hub Castlehill LF WS T WC C

2.30pm

5.00pm

2.30pm

A Scotsman’s legacy to Australasia (p59)

Conversations: Susan Graham (p60)

Reflecting silenced narratives (p59)

Conversations: Paco Peña (p60)

5.00pm

Conversations: Teatro Cinema (p60)

Conversations: Teatro en el Blanco (p60)

Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Place L WS WC

King’s Theatre Leven Street

8.00pm

2.00pm

Sin Sangre (p30)

R WS H WC

Teatro Cinema

The Man Who Fed Butterflies (p31)

Teatro Cinema

Teatro Cinema 8.00pm The Man Who Fed Butterflies (p31) Teatro Cinema

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Nicolson Street L R LF WS H WC C

The Edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place

7.15pm

Bliss (p12)

Opera Australia BBC Symphony Orchestra

8.00pm

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company (p22)

R WS H WC C

Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street

8.00pm

2.30pm

Diciembre (p33)

Teatro en el Blanco

Teatro en el Blanco 8.00pm

L LF WS T H WC C

Diciembre (p33) Teatro en el Blanco

usher Hall Lothian Road L L F WS T WC C

8.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 02 (p38)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 01 (p41)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 02 (p41)

Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau (p43)

Mahler Symphony No 8 (p42)

Mariss Jansons Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy Conductor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles Conductor

Events Key:

Opera Music

Dance Discussions

Theatre

Clark Rundell Conductor

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