Aldeburgh Music 2012 Spring Brochure

11– 27 June– 2010 6 January 22 July

SPRING 2012

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6 January – 30 March 12.15pm

Lunchtime Chamber Music Some of the most promising young quartets from around the world have been invited to participate in this year’s Aldeburgh Chamber Music Residency scheme. Quartets’ study needs may change after the time of going to press. Please check the Aldeburgh Music website for up-to date details of the programme for each lunchtime concert.

Almandin Quartet Friday 6 & Friday 13 January Programmes to include Brahms, and Ligeti Piatti Quartet Friday 20 January Programme to include Haydn Bennewitz Quartet Friday 27 January & Friday 3 February Programmes to include Dvor˘ ák, Haydn and Bartók Castalian Quartet Friday 10 & Friday 17 February Programmes to include Dvor˘ ák and Mendelssohn

Excelsa Quartet Friday 24 February & Friday 2 March Programmes to include Mendelssohn, and Bartók Benyounes Quartet Friday 9 & Friday 16 March Programmes to include Debussy, and Schubert Wu Quartet Friday 23 & Friday 30 March Programmes to include Beethoven, and Mendelssohn Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12.15pm (ends approx 1.15pm) Tickets £9 (or £7 if you book 5 or more concerts) Under 27s half price Aldeburgh Residencies are supported by the John Ellerman Foundation Try the Wentworth special lunchtime offer for concert-goers. Main course and dessert from £10.

Advance bookings advisable on 01728 452312.

Sponsored by the Wentworth Hotel and Restaurant

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Friday 27 January 6.15pm

Festival Preview A taster of the 2012 Aldeburgh Festival Aldeburgh Music Chief Executive Jonathan Reekie and Dan Whitfield, Head of Artistic Planning preview the 65th Aldeburgh Festival (8–24 June).

With musical illustrations, this is an excellent opportunity for a behind the scenes introduction to selected highlights of the Festival.

Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.15pm, followed by a glass of wine Tickets Admission free, but please book (includes free glass of wine).

Light snacks will be available to purchase in the Hoffmann Building foyer, prior to the Belcea Quartet concert.

Friday 27 & Saturday 28 January

Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle Belcea Quartet Beethoven Quartet Op.18 No.2 in G; Quartet Op.59 No.2 in E minor; Quartet Op.131 in C sharp minor A delightful combination of contrasting works from Beethoven’s early, middle, and late periods, the Belceas bring the second of their major year-long project to perform and record all Beethoven quartets, here at Snape.

It is hard to believe that, at the time of composing Op.59 in 1806, the quartets met with some resistance among audiences – today, we hear them as harmonically rich and wonderfully balanced in layout.

Clarity of form is a common feature between the middle and the late quartet, Op.131; in contrast the early Op.18 No.2, is almost a small concerto in places, with several virtuoso passages from the first violin.

‘With zeal and subtlety, the players shaped each idea and the extraordinary elaborate textures, their range of colour and pacing of events... were persuasive... a compelling performance’ The Irish Times Britten Studio, Snape Friday 27 at 8pm; repeated on Saturday 28 at 4pm Tickets £24, £18 Under 27s half price

Subscription Ticket 6 concerts for the price of 5 (future concerts 23 & 25 March; 18 & 19 May; 12 & 13 Oct; 1 & 2 Dec). For details, see aldeburgh.co.uk

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Saturday 11 February 8pm

Faster Than Sound: I Burn for You After Dracula by Bram Stoker ‘I Burn for You’ is an atmospheric new music theatre work inspired by Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire novel Dracula, created by composer Ian Wilson, librettist Joe O’Byrne and stage director Tom Creed.

It brings together an astonishing line up of performers including the Hungarian death metal vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Sunn O))), and Void of Voices) – whose remarkable voice has been described as operatic – in the vampyric role.

He is joined by virtuosic vocal improvisers Phil Minton and Elaine Mitchener, acclaimed musicians including saxophonist Cathal Roche, accordionist Ian Watson and electro-acoustic improviser David Toop, and video designer Jack Phelan.

Britten Studio, Snape 8pm Tickets £15 Under 27s £10 Pre-event talk with the artists Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 6.30pm. Admission free, but please book.

Project Management Paul Smith Faster Than Sound is generously supported by

Faster Than Sound media partners

Faster Than Sound:LAB receives generous support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

For other Faster Than Sound events, please visit aldeburgh.co.uk.

Friday 17 February 4pm

Friday 17 February 6pm

Open Session: AYM Chamber

Open Session: AYM Meet Led Bib

With members of Ensemble 360

Instant composition

Aldeburgh Young Musicians have worked with musicians from Ensemble 360 exploring chamber music repertoire through performance and composition. Guided by Naomi Atherton (horn), Judith Busbridge (viola), Amy Harman (bassoon) and Adrian Wilson (oboe), this is a discovery tour of iconic classical and contemporary chamber music.

Maverick jazz rockers, Led Bib travel to Suffolk to create music with Aldeburgh Young Musicians.

Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 4pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price This course has been supported by the Limbourne Trust Aldeburgh Young Musicians receives generous funding from With additional support from the John Penn Will Trust Closing date for new Aldeburgh Young Musicians’ applications is Monday 13 February.

With their own inimitable take on improvisation, Led Bib will work with AYM on writing music for improvisers and playing written music as an improviser.

One of the most exhilarating and talked-about bands of recent times uncover improvisation as composition ‘in the moment’.

Britten Studio, Snape 6pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price

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Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 February

Saturday 18 February 11am

PLACE: Taking the Waters

The Meanings of Water

A Weekend Navigation

With Noel Burch, Stephen Dillane, Jay Griffiths, Robert Macfarlane, Mark Padmore, Jules Pretty and Ken Worpole

Aldeburgh Music’s new cross-arts winter weekend – curated by Gareth Evans and celebrating the cultures of place across the UK – takes to the waters this year with a wide-ranging exploration of the meanings of the marine, the estuarine and the waterway in film, art, literature and thought.

Starting from Roger Deakin’s modern classic on swimming, Waterlog, a remarkable assembly of acclaimed writers, artists, film-makers and thinkers will reflect on the paramount importance of the fluid spaces of the planet, in a unique location shaped so profoundly by the tide and its impacts.

A day-long enquiry into the cultural meanings of water, featuring exclusive presentations from prize-winning author Robert Macfarlane on the late Roger Deakin and a staged reading from Deakin’s Waterlog by tenor Mark Padmore and actor Stephen Dillane, directed by Katie Mitchell.

Acclaimed writer Jay Griffiths (Wild, an Elemental Journey, described in The Observer as ‘a profound and extraordinary work’) will speak on the sea and its mysteries, while, alongside the photography of Jason Orton, writers Jules Pretty (The Luminous Coast) and Ken Worpole (350 Miles) will trace the Eastern Coast.

Noel Burch will introduce the UK theatrical premiere screening of his pioneering documentary essay film The Forgotten Space (2010). Made with Allan Sekula, it follows the high seas global supply chain our consumer lives so depend on, and the lives left in its wake.

Britten Studio, Snape 11am (ends approx 6.30pm) Tickets £25 Under 27s half price

Saturday 18 February 8pm

Swandown Jem Finer, Andrew Kötting, Iain Sinclair Work-in-progress world premiere of the remarkable new artists’ documentary feature, Swandown by artist film-maker Andrew Kötting and the visionary writer Iain Sinclair.

Taking a Swan Pedalo from Hastings beach to Hackney’s Olympic site via the South Coast, the inland waterways of Kent and the Thames estuary, Kötting and Sinclair pursue a suitably English voyage into the heart of place and politics.

A hybrid, multi-media presentation featuring readings, soundscapes by acclaimed musician Jem Finer, map-making by project designer Julien Lesage and the startling pinhole photography of rising star Anonymous Bosch.

Made possible thanks to Fly Film Britten Studio, Snape 8pm Tickets £15 Under 27s half price

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Sunday 19 February 10.30am, 1.30pm

‘The Garden’ and the Waters

Weekend tickets £40 excluding Lunch; £65 including both Lunches

Derek Jarman’s The Garden, with Ben Eastop, Rachel Lichtenstein, Manu Luksch and Simon Read The weekend continues with a showing of the late, great Derek Jarman’s iconic feature, The Garden – a poetic and moving series of dreamscapes, filmed entirely on the Dungeness shinglescape – with a striking score by Simon Fisher Turner.

We finish with presentations by – and discussions with – artists and curators Ben Eastop, Rachel Lichtenstein, Manu Luksch and Simon Read, all of whom have engaged directly with the waterscapes of the country in innovative, creative ways. The conversation will continue over an ideas-facilitated lunch, to explore the themes of the weekend, in the Trask Café at 1.30pm.

The Garden: Britten Studio, Snape 10.30am–1.15pm Tickets £10 Under 27s half price Discussion Lunch: Trask Artists’ Café 1.30pm–3.30pm Tickets £17.50 (inc. two-course lunch)

The Oyster Bar will be open for lunch on both Saturday and Sunday, serving a variety of options. Alternatively to pre-book your own table in the Restaurant for a two-course lunch at £12, please contact the Box Office on 01728 687110.

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Sunday 26 February 6pm

Concert for Hugo’s 90th Artists include Ian Bostridge; Brindisi Quartet; Solstice Quartet; and members of the Aronowitz Ensemble Hugo Herbert-Jones has become an Aldeburgh legend, with his house and hospitality being a focal point for visiting young artists for over a generation.

It is estimated he has provided over 3000 nights of accommodation for musicians, and his generosity continues with games of croquet and pots of home-made marmalade thrown in.

As he approaches his 90th birthday, with his enthusiasm for music and being a host seemingly undimmed, we celebrate his extraordinary contribution with a concert of his favourite music – including Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert and Vaughan Williams’s On Wenlock Edge – given by his musical friends.

Britten Studio, Snape 6pm Tickets £25, £17.50 Under 27s half price The surplus from this concert will go to Future Talent, a charity working with musically gifted young people who do not have the financial means or the opportunity to advance their musicianship.

Monday 5 – Saturday 10 March 7pm

A Celebration of Schools’ Music This year sees us celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first Celebration, and the unique and longstanding partnership between Aldeburgh Music and Suffolk County Council.

The week-long Celebration brings together schools from across Suffolk to provide us with a glimpse of the quality of music-making happening in the classroom across the county. About 1500 pupils from 50 schools will perform every kind of music imaginable – all ages and all abilities are brought together in this musical extravaganza.

To celebrate this significant anniversary, we have invited Pete Letanka back to create a special Finale piece for the end of each evening’s performance.

Working with visual artists, Butch Auntie, this year’s Finale will bring the Concert Hall alive, celebrating the past, present and future of this remarkable event.

We would like to invite you to be part of the Finale piece by submitting your own memories of A Celebration of Schools’ Music – whether as a performer, a teacher or a member of the audience over the years, please get in touch as below.

Snape 7pm Tickets £7 Under 27s half price Principal sponsor

With support from, and in partnership with

For more information, contact Lizzie Woods on ewoods@aldeburgh.co.uk or Tel: 01728 687141.

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Thursday 8 March 6pm

Sunday 18 March 4pm

Open Session: Toward the Sea

Open Session: Group A

Michael Chance countertenor Lester Simpson singer James Boyd guitar

Aldeburgh Music’s youth group in action. Led by Artistic Director, Pete Letanka, the un-auditioned group made up of thirty local 14–18 year olds will showcase their unique sound, infectious energy and own vocal creations.

Guitarist/sailor James Boyd has been in residence this week with countertenor Michael Chance, workshopping some new work which will form part of Boyd’s cargo when he embarks on a musical voyage sailing around the British coastline during the summer.

This Open Session includes the world premiere of a new work by Joseph Phibbs for countertenor and guitar, preliminary sketches from Jonathan Dove, Alasdair Nicholson, Tarik O’Regan and Anthony Powers, poetry by Irene Noel Baker and new songs from folk singer and songwriter Lester Simpson.

Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape 6pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price Aldeburgh Residencies are supported by the John Ellerman Foundation

Britten Studio, Snape 4pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price With generous funding from The Monument Trust

Friday 23 & Sunday 25 March

Sunday 1 April 2pm

Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

Aldeburgh’s Big BROADWAY Shout

Belcea Quartet Beethoven Quartet Op.18 No.1 in F; Quartet Op.59 No.3 in C; Quartet Op.132 in A minor The third in the Belcea’s bold year-long project to perform and record all Beethoven quartets.

This concert features three works united by Beethoven’s search for new forms that would better express the ambitious architecture he had in mind for his quartets.

Whereas the earliest quartet features the robust humour of a Scherzo as the middle movement, Op.59 No.3 offers a light and graceful Menuetto. The late Op.132, then, provides a perfect stage for the Belceas to show their dramatic range, from the tender Trio to the divine Adagio and the highly expressive Finale.

Britten Studio, Snape Friday 23 at 8pm; repeated on Sunday 25 at 4pm Tickets £24, £18 Under 27s half price Subscription Ticket please see page 3 for details

Another opening, another show...

Join us for a wonderful afternoon of singing along with some of the all-time great musical theatre numbers.

Everyone is the star of the show with Aldeburgh’s Big Shout!

If you don’t want to join a ‘choir’ but want to be a part of communal singing then come and see what Aldeburgh’s Big Shout is all about.

All ages, all abilities and you don’t need to read music.

Fun for all the family!

Snape 2pm–4.30pm Tickets £2 (unreserved seating)

A two-course buffet Sunday lunch will be served in the Oyster Bar from 12.30pm at £12.50 (£9 for Under 12s). Please book through the Box Office on 01728 687110.

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Friday 6 – Sunday 8 April

Easter Weekend Two compositions that erect monuments to vocal music in search of utmost expression frame a Beethoven recital by pianist, Elisabeth Leonskaja who makes a welcome return, following her acclaimed Aldeburgh debut in the 2011 Festival.

Beethoven’s Ninth is a work that at the same time emphatically fulfills, and transcends the confines of the classical symphony; this lighthouse for symphonic developments to come later in the 19th century is interpreted, with appropriate verve, by the Britten–Pears Orchestra and soloists with dynamic young conductor, Antonello Manacorda.

The two performances of Beethoven’s ode to the joy, then, find a substantial counterweight in his last three piano sonatas, performed here by Elisabeth Leonskaja with her trademark ability to bring out, with elegance, the underlying musical architecture.

Join us for an Easter Weekend that combines celebrations of joy and peace, serenity and profoundness.

Friday 6 April 8pm

Beethoven 9 Britten–Pears Orchestra and Soloists Aldeburgh Voices · London Voices Ben Parry music director Antonello Manacorda conductor Schoenberg Friede auf Erden Beethoven Symphony No.9 Beethoven’s Ninth is at once a touchstone, a landmark in musical history and a work so powerful and universal that its ability to shock, to thrill and to uplift us is as great as ever. Schoenberg’s 8-minute short, passionate choral paean to peace from the first decade of the twentieth century also stands on the brink of a new era – its yearning lyricism and lush harmonies never to be returned to, its musing on mankind’s struggle to overcome the cruelty of war powerfully prophetic.

Voices conveying human weakness and aspirations, conflict and consolation, odes to joy and to peace, these two musical milestones stand side by side, testament to two revolutionary composers.

Snape 8pm (ends approx 9.20pm). Please note there will be no interval.

Tickets £24, £21, £18, £14, £10 Under 27s half price Restaurant open pre- and post-performance – to book, please call us on 01728 687110.

The Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme is generously supported by

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Saturday 7 April 8pm

Sunday 8 April 4pm

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Beethoven 9

Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

Britten–Pears Orchestra and Soloists Aldeburgh Voices · London Voices Ben Parry music director Antonello Manacorda conductor

Beethoven Piano Sonata in E Op.109; Piano Sonata in A flat Op.110; Piano Sonata in C minor Op.111 Like the Ninth symphony, Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas seem to strain at the bonds of a classical style, often breaking them completely. Heard individually these are startlingly original, profound and direct utterances; collectively, they form a titanic triptych.

Elisabeth Leonskaja’s Aldeburgh debut at the 2011 Festival made a powerful impression, testament to an extraordinary technique but also to a free-thinking, spirited musicianship. Now in her fifth decade on the concert platform, here is a pianist at the peak of her powers and an opportunity to hear these piano masterpieces over the course of a single evening.

Snape 8pm (ends approx 9.15pm). Please note there will be no interval. Tickets £22, £19, £16, £13, £10 Under 27s half price Restaurant open pre- and post-performance – to book, please call us on 01728 687110.

Schoenberg Friede auf Erden Beethoven Symphony No.9 Second performance – see page 15 for details.

Snape 4pm (ends approx 5.20pm). Please note there will be no interval.

Tickets £24, £21, £18, £14, £10 Under 27s half price Supported by The Sorkin Family Charitable Trust The Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme is generously supported by

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Friday 13 – Saturday 14 April 7.30pm

Friday 13 April 7.30pm

English Touring Opera

The Barber of Seville

English Touring Opera returns to Snape Maltings Concert Hall with two of the most popular operas in the repertoire – Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and a new production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

Thomas Guthrie director Paul McGrath conductor

‘...a dazzling Onegin’ **** The Guardian For information, video footage and interviews with cast and creative team, visit aldeburgh.co.uk and englishtouringopera.org.uk.

There are special Dine-and-Concert offers for both ETO operas, to include canapés, a glass of wine, and a three-course dinner.

Please choose between pre- (from 6pm) or post-performance sitting. £67 (includes top price opera ticket). Combination ticket Book both operas for only £55, £49, £41, £31, £21

Rossini The Barber of Seville (in English) Effervescent, high-spirited, vocally brilliant, a work of comic genius: Rossini’s masterpiece, The Barber of Seville is a favourite with audiences around the world. ETO’s new production, directed by the exciting and imaginative Thomas Guthrie and conducted by an experienced master of Italian opera, Paul McGrath, promises to be one of the highlights of the artistic calendar in 2012. The roguish young Count Almaviva, masquerading as the student Lindoro, will be sung by Nicholas Sharratt, one of the UK’s most promising Italianate tenors. Kitty Whately, winner of this year’s Kathleen Ferrier Award, plays his beloved Rosina, as cunning as she is lovely.

Snape 7.30pm Tickets £29, £26, £22, £17, £12 Under 27s half price Pre-performance talk The creative team discuss the production Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm. Admission free, but please book.

Saturday 14 April 7.30pm

Eugene Onegin James Conway director Michael Rosewell conductor Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (in English) ETO’s production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic Eugene Onegin received critical acclaim and popular ovations around the country in 2007.

ETO Director James Conway and Conductor Michael Rosewell return to this striking production with a new cast, including emerging star Nicholas Lester in the title role.

With its heartfelt arias and ensembles, its splendid choruses and ballroom scenes, and Tchaikovsky’s gift for melody, rich orchestration and drama, Eugene Onegin is a night at the opera for romantics of all ages.

Snape 7.30pm Tickets £29, £26, £22, £17, £12 Under 27s half price Pre-performance talk The creative team discuss the production. Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape 6.30pm. Admission free, but please book.

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Saturday 14 April 4pm

Open Session: AYM Music & Electronics Working with live electronics in performance, this Open Session combines traditional acoustic instruments with electronic sounds, under the guidance of pianist and course leader, Sarah Nicolls and electronic musician and singer, Leafcutter John.

AYM will control electronic sounds in physical, creative and visual ways and perform their own live electronics pieces, playing electronic sounds with the movement of their heads, bodies, and other control devices...

Britten Studio, Snape 4pm Tickets ÂŁ6 Under 27s half price Aldeburgh Young Musicians receives generous funding from With additional support from the John Penn Will Trust

Friday 11 – Saturday 12 May 7.30pm

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba A breathtaking company of dancers Danza Contemporanea de Cuba returns by popular demand following their outstanding visits in 2008/2010, which resulted in Mambo 3XX1 by the Cuban, George Céspedes, being nominated for an Olivier Award.

The programme for the 2012 UK tour will include the world premiere of a work by the renowned Israeli choreographer, Itzik Galili, and another chance to catch the incredible Mambo 3XX1.

‘An exotic hybrid of contemporary, classical and Caribbean styles.’ The Guardian ‘At moments, Céspedes reminds you of the young Twyla Tharp in the fanatical, joyous precision with which he moves his dancers through a frenzy of kicking legs, shimmying shoulders, clicking fingers and jiving arms. Brilliant.’ The Guardian

Snape 7.30pm Tickets £24, £20, £16, £12 Under 18s £2 off Post-performance talk on Friday 11 only. Snape ca.

9.30pm. Admission free, but please book.

Amplified performance Presented by Dance Consortium danceconsortium.com, together with DanceEast and Aldeburgh Music

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Friday 18 & Saturday 19 May

Friday 8 June 4pm

Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

Open Session: AYM

Belcea Quartet

Adventures with Tradition

Beethoven Quartet Op.59 No.1 in F; Quartet Op.18 No.4 in C minor; Quartet Op.135 in F

What does it mean to play traditional music in this day and age? Can folk idioms have any relevance to present day life or is such immersion in the past a form of historical re-enactment? And why would forwardlooking contemporary musicians choose to revisit a forgotten world of fair maids and rambling sailors?

The quartet Op.59 No.1 is a good example for Beethoven’s compositional approach – first singled out as early as 1813 by E.T.A. Hoffmann – to base every movement on a simple but rich theme that would evoke ‘in a restless flight, the most wonderful images’. Indeed, the finale features a Russian folksong as homage to the quartet’s dedicatee, Russian Count Razumovsky. The fourth quartet from Op.18 swings between pathos and sentiment, whereas only a few, bright colours are carefully used in Op.135 – which was to be Beethoven’s last quartet, and very personal summary of the genre.

Britten Studio, Snape Friday 18 at 8pm; repeated on Saturday 19 at 4pm Tickets £24, £18 Under 27s half price Subscription Ticket please see page 3 for details

The award-winning folk big band, Bellowhead, is made up of musicians with backgrounds in jazz, world, contemporary classical and electronica as well as folk music. Since 2004, they have been on a mission to bring the old-time popular music of Britain to a wider audience. Members of Bellowhead will collaborate with Aldeburgh Young Musicians to create new works, contemporary in nature but with their roots in the past.

Britten Studio, Snape 4pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price Aldeburgh Young Musicians receives generous funding from With additional support from the John Penn Will Trust

Friday 8 – Sunday 24 June

65th Aldeburgh Festival Since the first Aldeburgh Festival in 1948, the Suffolk coast has become a world-renowned meeting place for classical music lovers. Every year, the Festival boasts an impressive programme of superb concerts, recitals, master-classes, films, lectures, walks, and free events in Snape, Aldeburgh and on the beach.

In addition to the main Festival events, many rehearsals and master-classes throw open their doors – a fantastic opportunity to hear superb performances of great music at a minimal price… and share in the excitement of music-in-the-making.

The full Festival programme will be available from early January 2012; general booking opens early March.

‘Aldeburgh has always been a model of openmindedness: “curiosity” could be the Festival’s motto’ Pierre-Laurent Aimard

For more information and to book tickets, please see the separate brochure or visit us at aldeburgh.co.uk

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Friday 20 & Sunday 22 July

Aldeburgh World Orchestra Specially created for the London 2012 Festival (the culmination of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad), the Aldeburgh World Orchestra brings together acclaimed British conductor, Sir Mark Elder and 124 top-calibre young artists (18–29 years) from across the globe, to create a true ‘world orchestra’.

Comprising approximately equal numbers of participants from the UK, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, Oceania and Africa, the Orchestra builds on Aldeburgh’s unrivalled reputation as an international centre for the development of

musical talent through the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme, which is forty years old in 2012.

The AWO will perform some of the most thrilling orchestral repertoire of the last 100 years, including Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, the Sinfonia da Requiem by Britten and Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5, plus music

by Mahler. The orchestral sections will be tutored by a galaxy of international orchestral principals.

After Snape the AWO tours to Amsterdam, Ingolstadt and London.

Friday 20 July 8pm

Sunday 22 July 6pm

Aldeburgh World Orchestra I

Aldeburgh World Orchestra II

Aldeburgh World Orchestra Sir Mark Elder conductor

Aldeburgh World Orchestra Sir Mark Elder conductor

Mahler Adagio from Symphony No.10 Shostakovich Symphony No.5

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

The unique international DNA of the Aldeburgh World Orchestra is brought to bear on two masterpieces with ambitions of universal human identification.

Mahler’s 10th symphony, left unfinished at his death, contains in its one completed movement a searing expression of resigned personal grief.

Shostakovich’s massive public celebration of the Stalinist regime’s achievements disguises a bitter and complex web of ironic dissent.

One of the most famous seismic shocks in musical history – the arrival of Stravinsky’s elemental, shattering ballet score for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes – caused a riot on its first performance. Controversy surrounded the Sinfonia da Requiem before a note had been even played. The 26 year old Britten had been commissioned by the Japanese Government for a piece to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire. What they got was a heartfelt and angry response to the tragedy and violence of war in which the influence of both Stravinsky and Mahler are absorbed into an entirely new musical voice.

Snape 8pm Tickets £28, £23, £17, Prom £6.50 Under 27s half price Pre-performance event There will be a workshop of a new BBC Commission by Charlotte Bray. For details, see aldeburgh.co.uk nearer the time.

Snape 6pm. Admission free, but please book.

Restaurant open pre- and post-performance – to book, please call us on 01728 687110.

Snape 6pm Tickets £28, £23, £17, Prom £6.50 Under 27s half price For more information about all events on this day, please visit aldeburgh.co.uk nearer the time.

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Sunday 22 July

Exchanging Worlds A celebration of musical talent as part of the London 2012 Festival In addition to its concerts, the Aldeburgh World Orchestra will inspire a day-long celebration of musical talent at Snape Maltings on 22 July, as part of Exchanging Worlds.

This multi-dimensional project connects the AWO to the young people of Suffolk and the Eastern region, through a technology project and the creation of an elite performance ensemble of under 18s.

AWO members will be invited to record and upload audio snapshots that reflect their diverse lives and cultures. Five Suffolk-based groups of young people will create their own music inspired by these sound samples. The project will culminate in an interactive installation and a live performance.

Additionally, a new creative performance ensemble formed by Aldeburgh Young Musicians makes its debut, drawing its members from the most talented 8–18 year olds in the East of England, and bringing together musical influences from across the world.

Through collaborative working and the exchange of global musical conversations, new work will be created for performance.

Exchanging Worlds has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games across the UK.

Exchanging Worlds Installation Snape Maltings 12 noon Free, no ticket required Exchanging Worlds Ensemble Britten Studio, Snape 4pm Tickets £6 Under 27s half price

A two-course buffet lunch will be served in the Restaurant at £12.50 (£9 for Under 12s). Please book through the Box Office on 01728 687110.

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Other Events Our Hire Concerts are important to us – please support them.

Suffolk Youth Orchestra & Suffolk Youth Wind Band Wednesday 4 April Snape, 7.30pm 150 of Suffolk’s finest young musicians present an evening of symphonic orchestral and wind band music. Tickets £10.50–£7.50 (and concessions) Ipswich Choral Society: Mozart Requiem Sunday 22 April Snape, 5pm with conductor Cem Mansur; Suffolk Youth Orchestra; and BBC Young Musician, Erdem Misirlioglu in piano concerto in D minor K466. Tickets £12, £15, £18 RSPB Concert Saturday 28 April Snape, 7.30pm Programme includes Vivaldi guitar concerti and Bach Brandenburg No.5

Ipswich School: Spring Concert Thursday 3 May Snape, 7pm Programme includes Walton Crown Imperial; Britten Rejoice in the Lamb; and Poulenc Gloria. For more information, visit www.ipswich.suffolk.sch.uk/music University of Essex Choir Saturday 5 May Snape, 7pm Bach B minor Mass Aldeburgh Music Club, Phoenix Singers: Verdi Requiem Saturday 19 May Snape, 7.30pm Soloists Linda Richardson, Carolyn Dobbin, James Edwards, James Oldfield. Prometheus Orchestra, conductor Edmond Fivet. Tickets £35–£17.50.

Please note the above reflects the information we had at the time of going to print. For more details please contact the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 nearer the individual dates.

Please note these events are not Aldeburgh Music promotions.

Education This spring sees more activities for a wide variety of young people, both on our ‘creative campus’ at Snape and elsewhere.

Media Project Now in its third year, this weekly term-time project continues to work in partnership with Lapwing, to provide young people with multiple complex needs music-based activity to nurture practical and social skills. This year the group will link up with students from Thomas Wolsey School to share and explore different ways of creating music.

For more information about this project please contact Lizzie Woods on ewoods@aldeburgh.co.uk or Tel: 01728 687141.

With generous funding from the Monument Trust

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How to find us

By Car Signposted from the A12, take the A1094 off the A12, turn right at Snape Church for Snape Maltings. There is no charge for parking at Snape.

By Train National Express East Anglia operate a service from London–Saxmundham via Ipswich. Tel: 0845 600 7245.

By Taxi We advise you pre-book a taxi from Saxmundham; contact A2B cars on Tel: 01728 832202 www.A2Btaxi.net A1095

Southwold Blythburgh A12

Framlingham

Snape A1094 B1069

Woodbridge A1152

B1078

A12 A14

Felixstowe

Thorpeness Aldeburgh

Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Orford

By Bus There are bus services from both Aldeburgh and Woodbridge to Snape with a bus stop outside the Maltings.

Tel: 0871 200 2233.

General information Friends and Advance Booking List Aldeburgh Music runs a yearround programme of events. To keep up-to-date you can become a Friend or join the Advance Booking List which will entitle you to a number of benefits including receiving all our mailings. For further information, please phone 01728 687100 or email joinus@aldeburgh.co.uk Support our work Aldeburgh Music relies on the generosity of numerous individuals, businesses, trusts and foundations to carry out its ambitious artistic programme. If you would like to be involved either as an individual or via your business, please contact Julia Ransome on 01728 687100 or email jransome@aldeburgh.co.uk

Visitor Centre Our new visitor and information centre adjacent to the Concert Hall Foyer is now open, selling recordings of music and artists in the Spring season, new releases and bestsellers.

Tel: 01728 687100 Aldeburgh Alumni Club Our alumni have been getting back in touch with us from all over the world. See what friends and colleagues are up to and visit us on www.aldeburgh.co.uk.

Please contact us on alumni@aldeburgh.co.uk if you have any submissions or would like further information.

To receive this brochure in another format, please call 01728 687100.

Booking Details Priority booking for Annual Donors until Sunday 13 November, Friends from Monday 14 November, and ABL (including e-ABL) from Monday 28 November except Belcea Quartet, which are on sale now.

You can now use priority online booking. Alternatively, send back your completed form as soon as possible after receiving it. Forms are processed in order of receipt, according to membership level.

Please return forms to: Aldeburgh Music Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP or email: boxoffice@aldeburgh.co.uk General Booking opens on Monday 5 December Our improved online booking now offers seat selection – visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk Phone and In Person booking opens on Monday 5 December Tel: 01728 687110

Box Office opening hours: Aldeburgh High Street Mon–Sat 10am–1pm & 2pm–4pm Snape Maltings Concert Hall Mon–Sat 10am–4pm and two hours prior to concerts at Snape.

Discounts Group Discounts 10% discount available for groups of 12 or more.

Parking for people with disabilities at Snape Spaces are provided for blue/ orange badge holders and must be booked in advance. Should you require one please inform the Box Office when booking.

Please arrive early to secure your parking space.

Snape Maltings Concert Hall Britten Studio, Hoffmann Building

Wheelchair Users A concession of 50% is available to companions of wheelchair users.

All discounts are made subject to availability, and discounts cannot be combined.

Returned Tickets We are happy to re-sell returned tickets for sold-out concerts.

A 10% handling charge will be deducted from your refund.

Access Please inform the Box Office if you have access requirements so that they may advise you on the most appropriate seats.

WC

The Concert Hall and the Hoffmann Building have space for wheelchairs, lift access to all levels, and operate an infra-red hearing system which can be used with or without a hearing aid.

Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh WC

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Snape Maltings Concert Hall seating plan

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Please note the seating plan differs for dance and some hire events. Please ask the Box Office for details.

Key A

B

Highest ticket price

B C D E

A D E

C D E

D

Lowest ticket price

Eating at Snape Now in their third year as our exclusive caterers, Metfield at Aldeburgh Music will be providing an excellent choice of dining options for the Spring season.

• A delicious range of hot food and puddings in the informal Oyster Bar • A cold food counter stocked with a variety of salads, snacks, substantial platters and puddings • A fully stocked bar • Traditional waiter-service in the top floor Restaurant, open before and after some performances in the Concert Hall, highlighted in the concert pages. Please prebook your table through the Box Office on 01728 687110.

The Oyster Bar is open two hours before concerts, and again afterwards.

For all catering bookings and enquiries please contact the Box Office on 01728 687110.

The Metfield Bakery is owned and run by Stuart Oetzmann, a chef who trained under the Roux Brothers, Sally Clarke and Anthony Worrall Thompson.

Aldeburgh Music is delighted to have Stuart and his team as our exclusive caterers, with their flair and passion for local food.

We regret that picnics are not allowed anywhere on the site.

For performances in the Britten Studio, the Hoffmann Building is equipped with a fully stocked bar, and will serve some snacks and coffee. The bar will open one hour before the performance.

For a more substantial meal pre-Britten Studio events we recommend trying one of Snape’s three excellent pubs (see pages 37–38).

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Where to stay B&B and Self-catering At Snape Maltings Stunning two bedroom apartments with a private terrace, looking onto the courtyard, available for rental throughout the year. Part of the new courtyard residential development. Private carparking.

Tel: 01728 688303 www.snapemaltings.co.uk An amble to Snape Maltings Flemings Lodge, recommended in Which? Good B&B Guide.

Tel: 01728 688502 edwards815@btinternet.com A short walk to The Maltings Where Benjamin Britten lived and wrote Peter Grimes. The Old Mill, Snape. Tel: 01728 687906 www.oldmillsnape.co.uk info@oldmillsnape.co.uk

Albion House, Snape.

Welcoming B&B, a short stroll from Snape Maltings.

Tel/Fax: 01728 687612 www.albionhouse-bandb.co.uk

Snape The Garden Room B&B. Comfortable, stylish and peaceful. Short walk to Maltings.

Tel: 01728 688686 www.thegardenroomsnape.co.uk

B&B in Snape Short stroll from Snape Maltings.

Tel: 01728 688877 M: 07733 113754 sarahinton@btinternet.com

Snape Summerhouse. B&B or self-catering, 5 mins walk from Snape Maltings, pets welcome.

Tel: 01728 688750

Snape Cottages Rural, beautiful and high quality. Sleep 2–14.

Short breaks & dogs welcome.

Tel: 07802 878172 www.snapecottages.co.uk

Aldeburgh Luxury B&B Quiet but close to the High Street and sea.

Tel: 01728 453271

Snape B&B. 2 double rooms (one ensuite) and 1 single. Off-street parking. Short walk to Maltings.

Tel: 01728 688862 Snape B&B. 3 rooms. Rehearsal room. Families & dogs welcome.

Tel: 01728 689173 M: 07968 872432 quartethelen@aol.com Snape High-quality period cottage, sleeps 2–4, short breaks, dogs welcome.

Tel: 01728 688144 www.click4cottages.co.uk

www.thesummerhouseinsnape.co.uk

petesue@aldeburgh-bedandbreakfast.co.uk

www.aldeburgh-bedandbreakfast.co.uk

Aldeburgh, Sleeps 6. Wellequipped house at top of Town Steps. Pretty garden, sea views.

Tel: 01787 222535 maryseymourtaylor@googlemail.com

Aldeburgh, Beech House B&B. Near beach, town centre.

Tel: 01728 452597 452597beechhousealdeburgh@gmail.com

www.beechhousealdeburgh.co.uk

Aldeburgh delightful ground floor garden apartment for two.

Parking.

Tel: 07887 655886 courtyardflat@gmail.com The Anchor, Walberswick – Currently 400 yards from the beach. We provide simple B&B accommodation in 6 spacious garden rooms (some newly refurbished) and two rooms upstairs, all en-suite. Fresh seasonal food and beer and wine matching. We have a private dining room, ideal for functions and individual menus. Food and drink events available.

Tel: 01502 722112 www.anchoratwalberswick.com Ashanwell B&B, Orford. En-suite accomodation, off-road parking.

Tel: 01394 450882 katharina_willan@hotmail.com Benhall Suffolk Cottages, two luxury self-catering properties.

Minsmere cottage with hot-tub.

Tel: 07919 357515 www.suffolk-cottages.net

Benhall Green, Gr.II 17C thatched cottage, sleeps 5–7, woodburner/ rayburn etc, gardens, 10 mins Maltings, 4 mins station.

Tel: 01728 604169 wendymulfordb@keme.co.uk Country House B&B. Idyllic Grade II house in Alde Valley. Beautiful rooms, delicious breakfasts.

Tel: 01728 663445 smarshall@aldevalleybreaks.co.uk www.aldevalleybreaks.co.uk Friston 1 Mosses Cottage, sleeps 3. Comfortable cottage with open fire, garden. Pets allowed.

Tel: 0207 820 0740 www.fristonholidaycottage.co.uk Friston Modernised period cottage between Snape and Aldeburgh.

Large garden, ensuite, sauna.

Tel: 01603 506595 barbara.hyde1@btopenworld.com The Golden Key Historic village pub offering 3 beautifully appointed en-suite rooms. Short walk from Snape Maltings located in Snape village.

Tel: 01728 688510 www.snapegoldenkey.co.uk

Iken B&B – delightful position, 2 miles from Snape.

Tel: 01728 688801 www.thedriftiken.co.uk Kelsale, Torrens B&B Cont.

Breakfast, parking. Double/Twin £60. Single £40. Lovely views.

Tel: 01728 602936 soniahind@btinternet.com The Old Rectory, Campsea Ashe.

A beautiful Georgian rectory set in acres of tranquil gardens. So much more than a B&B, with dinner and afternoon teas. Seven delightful en-suite bedrooms.

Snape only 3 miles.

Tel: 01728 746524 www.theoldrectorysuffolk.com Sudbourne B&B Ground floor Double/Twin en-suite, garden room. Own entrance Tel: 01394 450468 gbedd@btinternet.com Thorpeness Newly refurbished, well equipped cottage. Short stroll to village, shop, pub, beach, Meare. Sleeps 6+.

Tel: 01473 625875 www.thorpenessholidaycottage.com

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Tunstall Romany Studio. 2 miles from Snape, Art Gallery and B&B! Tel: 01728 688264 www.romanystudio.co.uk Ufford Luxuriously furnished 1 bed 16thC cottage. Open fire.

Tel: 01473 411700 hopecttg@gmail.com www.hopecottagesuffolk.co.uk Accommodation Agencies Best of Suffolk Over 100 stylish holiday cottages in the seaside town of Aldeburgh and surrounding beautiful countryside.

Tel: 01728 638962 www.bestofsuffolk.co.uk Suffolk Cottage Holidays Aldeburgh, Snape and throughout Suffolk. Self-cater in style.

Tel: 01394 389189 Tel: 01728 454724 www.suffolkcottageholidays.com www.bighouseholidays.co.uk Heritage Hideaways High quality holiday cottages on the Heritage

Coast. VisitBritain inspected.

Tel: 01502 578278 www.heritagehideaways.com SUFFOLK Secrets Over 280 selfcatering properties across the county, all of them VisitEngland approved.

Tel: 01502 722717 holidays@suffolk-secrets.co.uk www.suffolk-secrets.co.uk Hotels The Brudenell Hotel, Situated in an idyllic seaside setting, just a pebble’s throw from Aldeburgh’s shingle beach, the privately-owned Brudenell typifies all of the elements of a luxury four star seaside hotel. Refurbrished in 2010, the hotel has 44 bedrooms, many with beautiful sea and country views. Enjoy fabulous food served in the sea-facing AA two rosette restaurant or al fresco on the beachfront terrace.

Tel: 01728 452071 info@brudenellhotel.co.uk www.brudenellhotel.co.uk

The Bell Hotel, Saxmundham. A beautiful 10 bed boutique hotel.

Fine dining, lite bites and events.

Tel: 01728 602331 www.bellhotel-saxmundham.co.uk Seckford Hall, Woodbridge. Highlycommended 16th-century country house hotel and restaurant. Indoor heated swimming pool, beauty salon and 18-hole golf. Early/late suppers.

Tel: 01394 385678 reception@seckford.co.uk www.seckford.co.uk Best Western Ufford Park Hotel located in 120 acres of historic parkland close to Woodbridge and less than 10 miles from Snape.

Restaurant, Luxury Spa and Championship Golf Course.

Tel: 0844 4776473 (local rate) enquiries@uffordpark.co.uk www.uffordpark.co.uk Westleton Crown A traditional coaching inn, cosy bedrooms, smouldering log fires, real ales, award-winning AA 2 rosette restaurant, delightful gardens.

Tel: 01728 648777 www.westletoncrown.co.uk

Thorpeness Hotel A short drive from Aldeburgh and overlooking the Meare and golf course, Thorpeness Hotel has 36 en-suite bedrooms. The restaurant and bar are open daily to non-residents for morning coffee, light lunches, afternoon tea and dinner. Sunday roasts a speciality. 2–5 bedroomed self-catering properties are also available for short breaks throughout the year.

Tel: 01728 452176 info@thorpeness.co.uk www.thorpeness.co.uk The Wentworth Hotel A country house hotel overlooking the sea.

35 bedrooms many with sea views.

Elegant and comfortable lounges with open fires, antique furniture and paintings. Sunken terrace garden in which morning coffee, bar lunches and afternoon teas are served. Restaurant awarded 2 AA Rosettes. Private car parking.

Tel: 01728 452312 stay@wentworth-aldeburgh.co.uk www.wentworth-aldeburgh.com

White Lion Hotel is a newly refurbished beachfront hotel which prides itself on its relaxed and informal atmosphere, where the emphasis is on comfort, fantastic food and outstanding hospitality. Seasonally-inspired menus are served in the vibrant setting of the Bar & Brasserie, with produce sourced from the land and sea close to Aldeburgh.

Open for morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.

Tel: 01728 452720 info@whitelion.co.uk www.whitelion.co.uk

Where to eat Plough & Sail, Snape Maltings.

Only 100 yards from the concert hall and serving the finest in local produce, you can trust our experienced team to get you to the concert on time. Pre- and postconcert dining available all year.

Tel: 01728 688413 www.debeninns.co.uk The Golden Key Beautiful historic pub with low beams and plenty of character located in Snape village. We offer real ale, a large selection of wine by the glass and homecooked food using seasonal & local ingredients. Pre-concert bookings taken from 5.30pm.

Post also available.

Tel: 01728 688510 www.snapegoldenkey.co.uk Lady Florence River Cruise Restaurant. Cruises from Orford, morning brunch, a la carte lunch and dinner. Vouchers available.

M: 07831 698298 info@lady-florence.co.uk www.lady-florence.co.uk

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The Lighthouse, 77 High Street, Aldeburgh. Sara Fox & Peter Hill.

Morning coffee, lunchtime and evening restaurant open 7 days.

Good Food Guide, Harden’s, Bib Gourmand in Michelin.

Tel: 01728 453377 www.lighthouserestaurant.co.uk 152 Aldeburgh, High Street, Aldeburgh. Morning coffee, lunch and dinner 7 days a week.

Pre and post-concert suppers.

Recommended in Good Food Guide.

Tel: 01728 454594 The Pelican Bar & Grill open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner, teas and coffees, 7 days a week. Pre and Post concert bookings welcome. Oakley Sq, Aldeburgh.

Tel: 01728 454233 White Horse, Rendham, freehouse, from A12 take B1119 towards Framlingham. A traditional village pub serving real ales and real food.

Evening meals from 6.30pm.

Tel: 01728 663497 www.whitehorserendham.co.uk

What else to do Snape Maltings is a unique collection of home and kitchenware shops, galleries, book shop, Samphire clothing & accessories, Little Rascals children’s shop, food hall, tea shop, café and public house, which fill the Victorian Malthouses. Enjoy the monthly farmers markets, river trips and RSPB guided walks along the Alde Estuary. Open daily from 10am; free car park.

Tel: 01728 688303 www.snapemaltings.co.uk Antique & Collectors Centre, Snape Maltings, 10am–5pm daily.

40 dealers offering an eclectic range for all pockets & interests.

Tel: 01728 688038 Aldeburgh Music Club Choir meets 7.30pm Tuesdays at Aldeburgh Community Centre.

Rehearsing from 3 January for Pehkonen and Lee premieres at Orford Church on Saturday 10 March and Verdi Requiem at Snape on Saturday 19 May. Tel: 01728 602217

The Gainsborough String Quartet can add something special to your wedding or party.

Tel: 07768986014 gainsboroughquartet@gmail.com Good Neighbours Scheme. There are more than 20 volunteer-run schemes in Suffolk who assist people with errands, shopping, befriending and transport. In the Aldeburgh area call Agnes on 07773 031064 or Aldringhamcum-Thorpe 07521 047843. For more information about setting up a scheme: Tel: 01473 345300 communitysupport@suffolkacre.org

Lady Florence River Cruise Restaurant. Cruises from Orford, morning brunch, a la carte lunch and dinner. Vouchers available.

M: 07831 698298 info@lady-florence.co.uk www.lady-florence.co.uk

Long Shop Museum, Main Street, Leiston. Open from 1st April to end of October. Home of the Garrett collection. Agricultural, Industrial and Social History. www.longshopmuseum.co.uk O&C Butcher Ladieswear, Menswear, Footwear. 129–131 High St Aldeburgh. Wide range of quality town and country clothing available in store or online.

Tel: 01728 452229 www.ocbutcher.co.uk Slaughden Wines, 142 High Street, Aldeburgh. Fine wine retail outlet of Richard Kihl Ltd. Tel: 01728 454455 www.richardkihl.ltd.uk The Southwold Concert Series offers creative and bold programmes, combining the traditional with more progressive repertoire, and young artists feature prominently. Concerts are in St Edmunds Church, a 15th-century building in Southwold. Tickets ÂŁ12.

Tel: 01502 726161 lucy.aldous@springagency.co.uk

Aldeburgh Music will be helping to co-ordinate audience car sharing.

If you would like to be put in touch with other audience members from your area please contact us.

Tel: 01728 687100 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Advertise here To advertise your accommodation or business here please contact Nikki Horton, Operations Administrator, on 01728 687161 or email nhorton@aldeburgh.co.uk www.aldeburgh.co.uk

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Acknowledgements Aldeburgh Music gratefully acknowledges generous revenue and capital support from:

Aldeburgh Music works in close association with the Britten–Pears Foundation and gratefully acknowledges its substantial financial support for the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme, as well as a very substantial contribution towards the purchase of the lease of Snape Maltings Concert Hall.

Aldeburgh Music is a registered charity No. 261383 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 980281 Aldeburgh Festival is a registered trademark ® The right is reserved to substitute artists and vary the advertised programme if necessary. All information is correct at time of going to press.

Graphic design: Silk Pearce Printed by: The Five Castles Press on FSC® certified paper.

We also thank the many other trusts and foundations, individuals, businesses and other private organizations that support our work.

Aldeburgh Music Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP Admin Tel: 01728 687100 Box Office Tel: 01728 687110 Fax: 01728 687120 enquiries@aldeburgh.co.uk www.aldeburgh.co.uk

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JANUARY

MARCH

MAY

6 Almandin Quartet

2 Excelsa Quartet

3 Ipswich School Spring Concert

13 Almandin Quartet

5–10 A Celebration of Schools’ Music

5 University of Essex Choir

20 Piatti Quartet

8 Open Session: Toward the Sea

11–12 Danza Contemporanea de Cuba

27 Bennewitz Quartet

9 Benyounes Quartet

27 Festival Preview

10 Aldeburgh Music Club

18–19 Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

27–28 Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

16 Benyounes Quartet

19 Aldeburgh Music Club

FEBRUARY

18 Open Session: Group A 23 Wu Quartet

3 Bennewitz Quartet

23–25 Belcea Quartet: Beethoven Cycle

10 Castalian Quartet

30 Wu Quartet

11 Faster Than Sound: I Burn for You

JUNE 8 Open Session: AYM 8–24 65th Aldeburgh Festival JULY

17 Castalian Quartet

APRIL

20 Aldeburgh World Orchestra I

17 Open Session: AYM Chamber

1 Big BROADWAY Shout

22 Exchanging Worlds & Aldeburgh World Orchestra II

17 Open Session: AYM Meet Led Bib

4 Suffolk Youth Orchestra

18–19 PLACE 12: Taking the Waters

6 Easter Weekend: Beethoven 9

KEY

24 Excelsa Quartet

7 Easter Weekend: Elisabeth Leonskaja

26 Concert for Hugo’s 90th

8 Easter Weekend: Beethoven 9

Aldeburgh Music event Hire event – see page 28 for further details or contact the Box Office on 01728 687110

13 ETO: The Barber of Seville 14 Open Session: AYM 14 ETO: Eugene Onegin 22 Ipswich Choral Society 28 RSPB Concert

Aldeburgh Music Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP Box Office 01728 687110 boxoffice@aldeburgh.co.uk www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Spring 2012