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Programme

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Tuesday 15th July at 19.30
Sounds of Summer

South Downs Festival Orchestra
Julian Bliss - clarin
et

Elgar Serenade for Strings

Coleridge-Taylor 2 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52

Arnold Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet and String Orchestra

Finzi Five Bagatelles (arr. Clarinet and String Orchestra)

Britten Simple Symphony

Wednesday 16th July at 19.30

Folk Tales of Love
 

Julian Bliss - clarinet

Zahra Benyounes - violin

Emily Holland - violin
Sara Roberts - viola

Jessie-Ann Richardson - cello

Strauss (arr. Julian Bliss) Weigenlied, Op. 41
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

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Thursday 17th July at 13.00
Piatti Quartet

Michael Trainor - violin
Emily Holland - violin
Miguel Sobrinho - viola
Jessie-Ann Richardson - cello

Elgar String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11

Thursday 17th July at 19.30
A Fiddler's Tale

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Zahra Benyounes - violin
Julian Bliss - clarinet
tbc - bassoon
Aaron Akugbo - cornet in C
Chris Augustine - trombone
tbc - percussion
tbc - bass

Clarke Peters - narrator

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Wynton Marsalis The Fiddler’s Tale

Friday 18th July at 13.00
Hastings International Piano Competition Prizewinner: Mariamna Sherling

Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

Chopin Mazurkas Op. 17 No. 1,2,3

Ravel Oiseaux tristes/Une barque sur I’ocean/Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs

Stravinsky-Agosti The Firebird Suite

Friday 18th July at 19.30
Recoveco

 

Alexis Cardenas - violin

Leonidas Rondon - cuatro

Nelson Gomez - guitarron
Francisco Gonzalez - guitar

The Venezuelan & Colombian quartet will light up the Friday night with their distinctive blend of sensual melodies & jazz improvisations from Latin America

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Saturday 19th July at 12.00
Microconcert with the Mead Men
 
Alex Masters - voice

Will Newell - fiddle

 

Saturday 19th July at 17.00

Northern Lights


Jeremy Young - piano

Zahra Benyounes - violin

Emily Holland - violin
Sara Roberts - viola

Stephanie Tress - cello

 

Sibelius Andante Festivo

A selection of traditional tunes 

arr. by The Danish String Quartet

Grieg Piano Concerto (arr. for piano and string quartet)

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Saturday 19th July at 20.00
Jazz at the Longman Brewery
The Ticklers

After their hugely successful 2024 debut this charismatic quintet return for more toe tapping tunes at the Longman Brewery

Sunday 20th July at 14.00
SDSM Resident Quartet: Talland Quartet

 

Dylan Edge - violin
Orla McGarrity - violin
Rebecca Stubbs - viola

Nathan Jackson-Turner - cello

Mozart String Quartet No. 19 ‘Dissonance’, K.465 

Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat major

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We offer a St Andrew's Pass that covers all the ticketed concerts at St Andrew's.
The pass itself doesn't give you a seat number, therefore after the purchase we will be in touch
to allocate the seat for you.

The daytime concerts - except Thursday lunchtime - are retiring donation.
South Downs Summer Music International Festival Registered in England. Charity no. 1151916

8 Heath Road

Great Brickhill

Buckinghamshire

MK17 9AL

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southdownssummermusic@gmail.com

07783 103589

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