2008 Festival Programme
This year we have an exciting mix of world-class performers together with a strong local involvement.
Noye's Fludde will give local children and young people the chance to work with a professional director and musicians in Benjamin Britten's wonderful opera for children. The 11 year-old violinist Hannah Roper, who astonished the audience last year with a dazzling performance at Hom Church returns to Ross to play the Bach E major Concerto with the Musical and Amicable Society Orchestra.
Forte Entertainment, newly formed from local musical theatre group X-Centricity, will be launching their programme in Showtime! at the Larruperz Centre, and amateur and professional singers and musicians come together from a wide area to rehearse and perform Verdi's great Requiem at Wyastone Concert Hall under Adrian Partington.
A chance to rehearse and perform Verdi's great Requiem under Adrian Partington, with professional soloists and the Ross Live Voluntary Orchestra, leader Barrie Moore. Rehearsals start 10am, orchestra at Wyastone, chorus at locations in Ross.
To take part you will need to fill in a chorus or orchestra booking form, obtainable from:
The County Collection, 1 Market Place, Ross-on-Wye
or email robin.symonds@btconnect.com. Scores on free loan; salad lunches to order £3.50
DATE: Sun 17th Aug
TIME: Rehearsals start 10am; performance 7.30pm
VENUE: Wyastone Concert Hall
TICKETS: Chorus £12
Audience £10
Children under 17 go free to all events if accompanied by a ticket-holder
31st July - 20th August
This year we have an exciting mix of world-class performers together with a strong local involvement.
Noye's Fludde will give local children and young people the chance to work with a professional director and musicians in Benjamin Britten's wonderful opera for children. The 11 year-old violinist Hannah Roper, who astonished the audience last year with a dazzling performance at Hom Church returns to Ross to play the Bach E major Concerto with the Musical and Amicable Society Orchestra.
Forte Entertainment, newly formed from local musical theatre group X-Centricity, will be launching their programme in Showtime! at the Larruperz Centre, and amateur and professional singers and musicians come together from a wide area to rehearse and perform Verdi's great Requiem at Wyastone Concert Hall under Adrian Partington.
BEETHOVEN SONATAS
Margaret Faultless (violin)
Adrian Partington (fortepiano)
Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24 ("The Spring")
Sonata No 9 in A major Op 47 ("The Kreutzer")
Ludwig van Beethoven's two best-known sonatas for violin and piano, played on period instruments as Beethoven would have heard them.
DATE: Thursday 31st July
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: Nave £12
Gallery £7
(all seats unreserved)
Adrian Partington (fortepiano)
Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24 ("The Spring")
Sonata No 9 in A major Op 47 ("The Kreutzer")
Ludwig van Beethoven's two best-known sonatas for violin and piano, played on period instruments as Beethoven would have heard them.
DATE: Thursday 31st July
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: Nave £12
Gallery £7
(all seats unreserved)
EMILY AND FRIENDS
Emily Van Evera, the distinguished American soprano sings with period instrument ensemble in a beguiling programme of baroque songs and chamber music in the beautiful church above the River Wye. A rare opportunity to hear the viola d'amore.
Huw Daniel and Kelly McCusker (violins)
Kate Fawcett (viola and viola d'amore)
Warwick Cole (cello)
Martin Perkins (harpsichord)
Songs and Dances from The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Concerto for Viola in G major by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Cantata "La Rosa" by Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729)
Interval with wine
Cantata "Pur al fin gentil viola" by Attilio Ariosti
Trio Sonata in G minor Op 2 No 5 Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Motet "In Furore lustissimae irae" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
DATE: Friday 1st August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy
TICKETS: £12 (unreserved)
Huw Daniel and Kelly McCusker (violins)
Kate Fawcett (viola and viola d'amore)
Warwick Cole (cello)
Martin Perkins (harpsichord)
Songs and Dances from The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Concerto for Viola in G major by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Cantata "La Rosa" by Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729)
Interval with wine
Cantata "Pur al fin gentil viola" by Attilio Ariosti
Trio Sonata in G minor Op 2 No 5 Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Motet "In Furore lustissimae irae" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
DATE: Friday 1st August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy
TICKETS: £12 (unreserved)
DEREK
Derek Paravicini (piano)
The blind autistic musical savant plays jazz, pop and light classical music with dazzling virtuosity from his prodigious memory. Severely brain-damaged at birth, Derek's energies have been concentrated into an innate musicality which has been developed and nurtured by his teacher Dr Adam Ockleford who introduces and comperes the programme. Derek has performed in famous venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Ronnie Scott's and the Barbican Centre.
DATE: Saturday 2nd August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: Nave £12
Gallery £7
(all seats unreserved)
CONCERT SPONSORED BY:
The blind autistic musical savant plays jazz, pop and light classical music with dazzling virtuosity from his prodigious memory. Severely brain-damaged at birth, Derek's energies have been concentrated into an innate musicality which has been developed and nurtured by his teacher Dr Adam Ockleford who introduces and comperes the programme. Derek has performed in famous venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Ronnie Scott's and the Barbican Centre.
DATE: Saturday 2nd August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: Nave £12
Gallery £7
(all seats unreserved)
CONCERT SPONSORED BY:
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Scherzo Brass the alumnae quartet from the Royal Northern College play a selection of easy listening by Michelangelo Grancini (1605-1669), Gilbert Vinter, John Williams and some of their own arrangements.
Emily Dodsworth and Sarah Watkins (cornets)
Michelle MacGurk (euphonium)
Liz Pope (tenor horn)
DATE: Thur 7th August
TIME: 1 - 2pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: all £5 (unreserved)
Emily Dodsworth and Sarah Watkins (cornets)
Michelle MacGurk (euphonium)
Liz Pope (tenor horn)
DATE: Thur 7th August
TIME: 1 - 2pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: all £5 (unreserved)
NOYE'S FLUDDE
Mrs Noah: Polly May mezzo soprano
Noah: William Burn bass baritone
Stage director: Ann Allen
Children's opera by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) adapted from the medieval Chester mystery plays, tells the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood. Children and young people of Ross work together with professional director and singers. Open rehearsal all week.
DATES: Fri 8th August and Sat 9th August
TIME: 7.00pm
VENUE: St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
TICKETS: Both parents of performers £15
Others £10
(all unreserved)
SPONSORED BY:
Ross Town Council
Noah: William Burn bass baritone
Stage director: Ann Allen
Children's opera by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) adapted from the medieval Chester mystery plays, tells the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood. Children and young people of Ross work together with professional director and singers. Open rehearsal all week.
DATES: Fri 8th August and Sat 9th August
TIME: 7.00pm
VENUE: St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
TICKETS: Both parents of performers £15
Others £10
(all unreserved)
SPONSORED BY:
Ross Town Council
VIRTUOSO CONCERT
Soloist Hannah Roper (violin)
Symphony No 4 by William Boyce (1711-1779)
Violin Concerto in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Interval with wine
Soloists Anneke Scott (horn) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Serenade for Strings by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
DATE: Tues 12th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
TICKETS: £15 (reserved central aisle)
£10 (unreserved outer aisles)
CONCERT SPONSORED BY:
Symphony No 4 by William Boyce (1711-1779)
Violin Concerto in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Interval with wine
Soloists Anneke Scott (horn) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Serenade for Strings by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
DATE: Tues 12th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
TICKETS: £15 (reserved central aisle)
£10 (unreserved outer aisles)
CONCERT SPONSORED BY:
SHOWTIME!
Following their successful nationwide tour with a major musical theatre group, Steve Liddle and James Wisker have now developed their own repertoire and unique harmonies to transport you to the theatres of Broadway and the West End. Joined by Charlotte Hill and Daisy Campey they can promise you an evening of musical delights with Forte Entertainment.
DATE: Fri 15th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Larruperz Centre, Grammar School Close
TICKETS: £12
£10 conc
(all tickets unreserved)
DATE: Fri 15th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Larruperz Centre, Grammar School Close
TICKETS: £12
£10 conc
(all tickets unreserved)
EDUARDO NIEBLA
World class mediterranean & gypsy jazz by the Spanish guitarist and composer Eduardo Niebla. One of the most brilliant and emotive performers on the world circuit today, fusing poignant poetic gypsy jazz with Arabic, Indian and classical influences.
DATE: Sat 16th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: £12 (Nave)
£7 (Gallery
(all tickets unreserved)
DATE: Sat 16th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Baptist Church, Broad Street
TICKETS: £12 (Nave)
£7 (Gallery
(all tickets unreserved)
ANYONE FOR VERDI?
A chance to rehearse and perform Verdi's great Requiem under Adrian Partington, with professional soloists and the Ross Live Voluntary Orchestra, leader Barrie Moore. Rehearsals start 10am, orchestra at Wyastone, chorus at locations in Ross.
To take part you will need to fill in a chorus or orchestra booking form, obtainable from:
The County Collection, 1 Market Place, Ross-on-Wye
or email robin.symonds@btconnect.com. Scores on free loan; salad lunches to order £3.50
DATE: Sun 17th Aug
TIME: Rehearsals start 10am; performance 7.30pm
VENUE: Wyastone Concert Hall
TICKETS: Chorus £12
Audience £10
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Heartbreak Productions return with their own zany
take on Shakespeare's comic masterpiece. Open air production; bring your own chairs, supper, refreshments and (if gloomy) rainwear and umbrellas. Never a dull moment.
DATE: Wed 20th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Secret Garden, The Royal Hotel
TICKETS: £10, conc £8
DATE: Wed 20th August
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: The Secret Garden, The Royal Hotel
TICKETS: £10, conc £8
Children under 17 go free to all events if accompanied by a ticket-holder
Ross Live!
1 Market Place, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. HR9 5NX
Tel: 01989 563883 • Email: info@rosslive.org.uk
1 Market Place, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. HR9 5NX
Tel: 01989 563883 • Email: info@rosslive.org.uk