2011
FESTIVAL GUIDE
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY PAUL RILEY Quality in quantity
Once again this summer, the BBC Music Magazine team will scatter across the country to explore all corners of Britain’s incomparable festival season. In many towns where the music scene potters along for most of the year, it’s great to see them go all out for a week or so in a celebration of their local heroes, often
performed by international stars. Elgar’s Gerontius in Worcester Cathedral performed by the Philharmonia, for instance, is a tremendous case in point. We also get the chance to hear great artists on their home turf: Alison Balsom in Winchester, or even Peter Maxwell Davies in Orkney. And let’s not forget the buildings that briefl y become our concert halls, from beautiful churches and cathedrals to magnifi cent civic rooms – and even sports halls. We hope to see you at one of them! Oliver Condy
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54 LONDON City of London Festival, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, Greenwich International String Quartet Festival, Opera Holland Park, Wimbledon
62 SOUTH Cheltenham, Brighton, Bath, St Endellion, Salisbury, Dartington International Summer School, Stour Music, Two Moors Festival, Sounds New
70 EAST Aldeburgh, Norfolk and Norwich, North Norfolk Music Festival 73 SUMMER OPERA Glyndebourne, Grange Park, Garsington
76 MIDLANDS, NORTH & WALES Manchester International Festival, York Early Music, Buxton Festival, Presteigne, Three Choirs, Lichfield Festival
82 SCOTLAND & N IRELAND Edinburgh, St Magnus, Lammermuir Festival 86 EUROPE Verbier, Bergen, Lucerne, Salzburg and Aix festivals…
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Festival Special
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ILLUSTRATION: JAN BOWMAN
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