St Albans Folk Festival

Old Town Hall Folk Day (admission free)Saturday 21st June, 10.00am – 6.00pmShowcases in Old Court Room, singarounds in cells, Taster workshops in the Assembly Room.Informal music sessions in the White Swan, Dagnall Street, 12noon – 5.00pm

Day of Dance, 10.15am – 5.00pm Displays outside Arena / Café Nes, 10.15 – 11.00amDancing in Christopher Place, by the Clock Tower and outside the Abbey West front.Festival Concert, Old Town Hall, 7.30pmJim Moray, Haddo, Emma Scarr, New Roots 2014 finalists Speldosa

St Michael’s Street Folk eveningWednesday 2nd July, 8.00pmDancing in the street / music in the pubs

Folk on the CommonSunday 15th June, 2.00 – 5.00pmIsla St Clair and local performersRedbourn Common, outside the cricket pavilion

Tel: 01727 852111 / 01727 833028Email: info@stalbansfolkmusic.org.ukWeb: www.stalbansfolkfestival.co.uk

Festival concert ticket prices:£14.00, £8.00 (students)Tourist Information Office 01727 864511www.allaboutstalbans.com or on the door

The Tony Wigram Festival of Music

St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, AL1 4DF

Saturday 7th June, 7.30pm: An Evening of Music and Wine with the Piatti QuartetThe Piatti Quartet returns to enchant your ears and tickle your taste buds, pairing each work with a delightful wine and delicious cheese. A novel and relaxed way to enjoy the most beautiful chamber works ever written.Programme includes Beethoven, Dvořák and Schumann.

Sunday 8th June, 6.00pm: The Tony Wigram Foundation ConcertVivaldi: GloriaTchaikovsky: Serenade for StringsHaydn: Little Organ Mass

Conductor: Robert HodgeSoprano: Louise HemmingsSoprano: Alexandra McPheeMezzo Soprano: Hannah Beynon

A programme of popular works bringing together the Tony Wigram Foundation Orchestra & Choir.

Tel: 07789 008 160Email: tonywigramfestival@gmail.com

Ticket prices:7th June: £18.00, £12.00 Student, £5.00 Child8th June: £10.00, £5.00 Student, £2.00 Child

A series of classical concerts, folk music and dance events in St Albans 7th June - 5th July 2014

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About St Albans Summer Music

St Albans Summer Music is a collection of six St Albans-based musical organisations, presenting

concerts and dance events over one month in Summer.

These organisations have been part of the St Albans cultural and artistic milieu for many years, and have put on events attended by thousands of people.

St Albans Summer Music participants include:

• Carillon Chamber Choir

• Hertfordshire Philharmonia

• St Albans Chamber Choir)

• St Albans Symphony Orchestra

• The St Albans Folk Festival

• The Tony Wigram Festival of Music

Within this leaflet you will find details of the concerts being put on by each of the six participants.

More information can be found on the St Albans Summer Music website:

www.stalbanssummermusic.org.uk

More information on events in St Albans can be found at:

www.enjoystalbans.comwww.allaboutstalbans.com

Carillon Chamber Choir

Shakespeare and the Sea St Peter’s Church, St Peters Street, St Albans AL1 3HGSaturday 21st June, 7.30pm

Conductor: Deborah Miles-JohnsonPiano: Leanne Singh-LevettReader: Oscar Blend

Music and readings on a nautical theme, including:Frank Martin: Songs of ArielEric Whitacre: Seal LullabyPercy Grainger: Shallow BrownBob Chilcott: Speed Bonny BoatRalph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare

Songs

Many part-songs have been written about the sea and ships, and here is a representative selection. The Martin and RVW pieces employ words by Shakespeare – the others are mostly traditional.

Geoff Ward – Press and Publicity OfficerTel: 01582 763774Email: ward.geoff.t21@btinternet.comWeb: www.carillonchamberchoir.org

Ticket prices:£14.00£12.00 (students & pensioners)

Hertfordshire Philharmonia

Festival ConcertSt Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, AL1 4DF Saturday 14th June, 7.30pm

Rossini: Barber of Seville OvertureDvořák: Cello ConcertoMahler: Symphony No.1 in D

Conductor: Patrick BaileyCello: Michael Wigram

Rossini’s lively overture sets the scene for two landmark works in the history of music. Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, written in America in1895–6 and played tonight by local cellist Michael Wigram, is a poignant and emotional masterwork for the cello, in which the composer commemorates his recently deceased sister-in-law. Composed just seven years earlier, Mahler’s first symphony, often referred to as Titan, was premiered in Budapest in 1889 and established Mahler as a major composer of symphonic works in the central European tradition.

Tel: 01727 857827Email: tickets@hertsphil.org.ukWeb: www.hertsphil.org.ukOther: Tourist Information Office, Market Place

Ticket prices:Adult £14.00 on the door / £12.00 one week in advanceStudent £4.00Accompanied Child (under 16): £1.00

St Albans Chamber Choir

Go Brazilian!St Peter’s Church, St Peters Street, AL1 3HGSaturday 5th July, 7.30pm

Join us on the beach for this light-hearted programme with a Brazilian twist – a mix of music from South America both old and new, songs to take you straight to sandy shores, and sultry tangos for saxophone and piano.

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 The Girl from Ipanema The Bare Necessities Best of the Beach BoysPiazzola: Tangos

Conductor: John GibbonsSaxophone: David Wigram Piano: Susie Arbeid

Tel: 07570 454 744 Email: tickets@stalbanschamberchoir.org.ukWeb: www.stalbanschamberchoir.org.uk

Ticket prices:£13.00£1.00 child / student

St Albans Symphony Orchestra

Festival ConcertSt Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane AL1 4DFSaturday 28th June, 7.30pm

Beethoven: Symphony No.8Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3Janáček: Taras Bulba

Conductor: Bjorn BantockPiano: Alissa Firsova

The Eighth Symphony is full of joviality, good humour and lightness of texture and mood despite the fact that at the time Beethoven was immersed in emotional turmoil emanating from a family feud. He referred to the symphony, affectionately, as “the little one”.

Rachmaninov left his native Russia in 1917 after training at the Conservatories of Moscow and St. Petersburg. He toured the world extensively as pianist and made his mark as composer with very skilfully written works. His third Piano Concerto, based around melodic ideas of great beauty and simplicity, yet notorious for its technical demands, is regarded by many as the epitome of the piano concerto.

Tel: 01727 857422Email: tickets@saso.org.ukWeb: www.saso.org.uk

Ticket prices:£14.00 Nave£10.00 Aisle£1.00 18s & under£5.00 student