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FRIDAY 25 JULY LUCINDA HAWKSLEY The Mystery of Princess Louise
MAX HASTINGS Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
10.30am–11.30am Pavilion Arts Centre Tickets: £10
2pm–3pm Buxton Opera House Tickets: £12
Writer Lucinda Hawksley – Charles Dickens’ great great great granddaughter – uncovers the secrets of Queen Victoria’s sixth child, Princess Louise. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumour and gossip than hard facts? Often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, Lucinda Hawksley discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time – feisty, rebellious, romantic, a sculptor and painter – whose story has been shielded for years from public view.
Max Hastings presents a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914. He answers how World War I could ever have begun, gives searing analysis of the power-brokering, vanity and bluff in the diplomatic maelstrom and reveals who was responsible for the birth of thisCentral catastrophic world in arms. Mingling the Technology experiences of humbler folk with the statesmen on whom their Central lives depended, Hastings asks: Technology whose actions were justified?
FESTIVAL WALK Buxton: Its Background & Beauty 12 noon–1pm Pavilion Gardens Bandstand Tickets: £6 Ellen Outram’s walk takes in the architecture and beauty of Buxton’s buildings and shows how the town evolved through the Georgian and Victorian periods to become one of the most fashionable spa towns in the country. Relive the glorious past through the stories of its famous visitors and travel writers and hear the snippets that make Buxton such a hidden gem today. From the Devonshire’s connection to royal dissent, the town’s rich heritage comes to life.
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ANGEL & ARCHANGEL ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD baroque violin JULIAN PERKINS harpsichord 12 noon–1.30pm St John’s Church Tickets: £17 (unreserved), £19 (reserved)
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Corelli Violin Sonata Op 5 No 1 in D major Leclair Violin Sonata No 2 in C major (Premier livre) for violin & continuo Locatelli Violin Sonata Op 6 No 2 in F major Corelli Violin Sonata Op 5 No 7 in D minor Rameau Les Cyclopes from Pièces de Clavessin (1724) for solo harpsichord Leclair Violin Sonata No 4 in A major (Second livre) Seamless IT & Communication Solutions
Violinist, director and conductor Adrian Butterfield specialises in performing music from 1600–1900 on period instruments. A former chorister of St Paul’s Cathedral and a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, he is Musical Director of the Tilford Bach Society and Associate Musical Director of the London Handel Festival. He regularly directs the London Handel Orchestra and Players and is increasingly invited as a guest director and soloist in Europe and North America. Recent highlights have included conducting the LHO in Bach’s St John Passion and Magnificat at Tilford and Handel’s La Resurrezione at the Wigmore Hall on Easter Monday; directing the London Mozart Players in Bach and Mendelssohn; and appearing on Croatian Television with LHP as well as appearances at the Newbury and Regensburg Festivals and a special collaboration between LHP and the Scottish fiddler, Alasdair Fraser, at the opening of the Spitalfields Winter Festival.
01298 72190 / 0845 127 2190 (Box Office) – Book tickets online: buxtonfestival.co.uk