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Event 1 Thursday 15th September, 7.30pm
A World of Guitar Peter Black - Guitar
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Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 5JB This event will end at approximately 9.15pm. Refreshments available during the interval.
Programme
Francisco Tárrega -Recuerdos De La Alhambra Francisco Tárrega - Tango Trad., arr. Peter Black - Flamenco Haddad Peter Black - The Happy Song Gary Ryan - Birds Flew Over The Spire Martin Taylor - Down at Cocomo's Harold Arlen - Over The Rainbow Andrew York - Sunshine Rag Peter Black - Shady Blues
- Interval -
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Preludes 1, 3 and 4 from Five Preludes Joao Guimarães Pernambuco - Sons De Carrihões Agustin Barrios Mangoré - Movement I (Preludio Saudade) & Movement 3 (Allegro Solemne) from La Catedral Agustin Barrios Mangoré - Una Limosna Por El Amor De Dios Jorge Morel - Danza Brasilera Leo Brouwer - Cancion Da Cuna (Berceuse) Consuelo Veláquez - Besame Mucho Stanley Myers - Cavatina
Event 2 Friday 16th September, 1.00pm
Lunchtime Concert Students of Newcastle-under-Lyme School Tim Sagar - Director of Music
St Thomas's Church, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 5DW This event will end at approximately 2.00pm. There will be no interval. Admission free and unticketed. There will be a retiring collection with a minimum suggested donation of £5, to support the education and outreach work of the festival.
The programme will be announced during the concert.
The annual May Walley Award for Musical Excellence will be presented to a musician who shows outstanding potential.
Event 3 Friday 16th September, 2.00pm
Singing Schools Simon Berridge - workshop leader
Invited local primary schools come along to a singing workshop, led by renowned singer and conductor Simon Berridge.
Event 4 Friday 16th September, 7.30pm
Landscapes and Legends Julien Van Mellaerts - baritone Jocelyn Freeman - piano
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St Thomas's Church, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 5DW This event will end at approximately 9.15pm. Refreshments available during the interval.
Programme
Johannes Brahms Vier Ernste Gesänge Op. 121 (Biblical, 1896)
Richard Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung Op. 27, no. 3 (MacKay, 1894) Traum durch die Dämmerung Op. 29, no. 1 (Bierbaum, 1895) Die nacht Op. 10, no. 3 (Glim, 1885) Cäcilie Op. 27, no. 2 (Hart, 1894)
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Chris Brammeld Three Folksongs (Trad., 2022) (First performance)
George Butterworth A Shropshire Lad (Housman, 1912)
Lovliest of Trees
When I Was One and Twenty
Look Not in My Eyes
Think No More, Lad
The Lads in Their Hundreds
Is My Team Ploughing?
Jacques Ibert Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte (1933) 1. Chanson du départ (Ronsard) Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcineé (Morand, 1933) 1. Chanson romanesque Jacques Ibert Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte 2. Chanson à Dulcinée (Arnoux) Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcineé 2. Chanson épique Jacques Ibert Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte 3. Chanson du Duc (Arnoux) Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcineé 3. Chanson à boire Jacques Ibert Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte 4. Chanson de la mort (Arnoux)
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St Thomas's Church, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 5DW This event will end at approximately 9.15pm. Refreshments available during the interval.
The National Youth Chamber Choir comprises 24 outstanding young singers. Their members are aged 18-25 and are typically studying music performance, or are at the start of the professional singing careers. They have appeared at the BBC Proms and performed on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. We are delighted to welcome this elite choir to Penkhull this year, conducted by former Artistic Director, Greg Hallam.
Programme to include: Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell Frank Ticheli - Earth Song Iain Grandage - Three Australian Bush Songs Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars (arrangement sung by Voces8) Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek Moses Hogan - I can tell the world Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque Roxanna Panufnik - Love Endureth Chris Brammeld - Folksongs Ēriks Ešenvalds - Stars
Event 7 Sunday 18th September, 2.30pm
Artistic Festival Finale Trent Art Gallery
19 Brunswick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1HF This event will end at approximately 4.30pm Admission free and unticketed.
Come and join us at Trent Art for a reception to celebrate the end of the festival. Drinks and refreshments will be served.
"Trent Art specialises in original paintings and works on paper by a wide range of Modern British Artists with the emphasis being on quality. We are proud to offer an extensive collection of desirable British Art.
Works can be viewed Monday to Saturday in our beautiful Gallery at 19 Brunswick Street, Newcastle, Staffs, ST5 1HF with free parking outside to the front and side of the Gallery."