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Welcome

to our 50th Anniversary Year fifth year. Join Simon Callow as explorer Sir Francis Drake, re-living his perilous circumnavigation of the globe, with an exotic live soundtrack featuring original and new compositions played by Viol Consort Fretwork.

Conceived in 1966 as a Festival for the Arts and Sciences, Harrogate International Festivals in its current manifestation encompasses a multitude of different Festivals and events running in abundance throughout each year, showcasing music, film, literature, theatre and dance. This year is no exception. Throughout the Summer, let our theme Discover, Explore, Experiment guide you on an exciting journey.

From the classical to the criminal, we’ve put Harrogate on the literary map with the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. This year, join 80 crime writers in the most influential, exciting festival of its kind in the world, curated by Peter James and featuring Val McDermid, Jeffery Deaver, Martina Cole and Linwood Barclay to name a few.

The centrepiece of our 50th Anniversary celebrations is an especially created Fire Garden, in the Valley Gardens this June, designed by renowned French street art company Cie Carabosse, creating a fairground of fire where you can set your deepest imaginings free.

Because it’s such a special year, we have a few extra treats. Music legend Van Morrison, who first performed for us ten years ago, will return in June.

And – as one of our most popular names on the bill – we know that many of you will be delighted to know that John Wilson will present a number of events, including In Conversation with Edward Seckerson and bringing his ever popular Orchestra and the glamour of Gershwin to the Royal Hall, before sweeping you back in time – and perhaps off your feet – with an Afternoon Tea Dance with the John Wilson Orchestra.

At Harrogate International Festivals, our legacy for showcasing the finest international artists stands strong to this day. We welcome back Sir Willard White as Guest Curator, cellist Stephen Isserlis and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. We’re proud of the relationships we have held over the years with the classical greats.

But we’re also keen to discover new relationships, and new talent. We’re grateful to festival favourites John Wilson, Sir Willard White, Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Collins and Lesley Garret for recommending a number of this year’s Young Musicians – through our Pay It Forward initiative.

Through our HIF+ programme, practice MindFOLDness, the art of mindful Origami – the new trend for crafty calmness, and if you haven’t already, please do try our Berwins Salon North on 28th July, featuring three fascinating speakers exploring some of the most stimulating ideas in music today.

The Young Musicians Series also includes the first performance as part of what we hope will become a lasting relationship with BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists Scheme, supporting talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers whilst bringing some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK, broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

We’re passionate about the community we work and live in, and believe we need to ensure the Arts remain vibrant for the town and its visitors.

Embrace everything from the bellowing Black Dyke Brass Band to the achingly beautiful sounds of The Unthanks and go on a journey of the heart, as well as the mind. We hope that you’ll be challenged, moved, inspired, and above all else, thoroughly entertained.

In a nod to our beginnings as a Festival of the Arts and Science, hear about the influence of Mozart’s music on Einstein, Journey to the Centre of the Sun with Lucie Green, and take a tour of the Solar System in - with BBC’s Mark Thompson, all as part of the Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival, now in its

We look forward to the adventure together in 2016 and beyond.

Sharon Canavar, Chief Executive

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Festival Diary

2016

June | Pre-Festival Events Wed 1 7.30pm Manchester Camerata with Nicola Benedetti Thu 9 6.30pm Van Morrison Thu 23 From 8pm Cie Carabosse Fri 24 From 8pm Cie Carabosse Sat 25 From 8pm Cie Carabosse

Royal Hall HIC Valley Gardens Valley Gardens Valley Gardens

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Fri 1 7.30pm Sat 2 8pm Sun 3 3.30pm

In Conversation with John Wilson John Wilson Orchestra: Gershwin in Hollywood Afternoon Tea Dance, with the John Wilson Orchestra

Cairn Hotel Royal Hall Royal Hall

Thu 7 Thu 7 Thu 7 Thu 7 Thu 7 Thu 7 Thu 7 Fri 8 Fri 8 Fri 8 Fri 8 Fri 8 Fri 8 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sat 9 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10 Sun 10

Young Musician 1: Aurora Trio St Wilfrid’s Church p21 Raworths Literary Lunch in association with Yorkshire Life Crown Hotel p44 Dickie Arbiter - On Duty with The Queen Crown Hotel p44 Mary Portas - Shop Girl Crown Hotel p44 John Rowlinson - The Boys of 66 Crown Hotel p44 BBC NGA Showcase Royal Hall p25 Charles MacLean - Whiskypedia Crown Hotel p44 Mark Thompson - A Space Traveller’s Guide Crown Hotel p45 Einstein’s Universe Crown Hotel p26/45 Laura Dawes - Fighting Fit Crown Hotel p45 A Journey Round Britain by Postcode with Mark Mason Crown Hotel p45 Lucie Green - A Journey to the Centre of the Sun Crown Hotel p45 MindFOLDness workshop: The Art of Mindful Origami Crown Hotel p45 Jack Liebeck St Wilfrid’s Church p26/46 Festival Big Screen FREE EVENT Montpellier Hill p30 On Shakespeare’s Sonnets Crown Hotel p46 Rock and Roll Confidential Crown Hotel p27/46 Jon Savage - 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded Crown Hotel p46 John Suchet - A Tale of Two Composers Crown Hotel p28/46 Roald Dahl - A Life in Letters with Donald Sturrock Crown Hotel p46 Julia Bradbury’s Unforgettable Walks Crown Hotel p46 Fretwork: The World Encompassed St Wilfrid’s Church p28/46 Festival Big Screen FREE EVENT Montpellier Hill p33 Tim Marshall - Prisoners of Geography Crown Hotel p47 James Naughtie - Paris Spring Crown Hotel p47 Young Musician 2: Yesong Sophie Lee Constance Green Hall p21 Vince Cable - After The Storm Crown Hotel p47 Inside the Banking Crisis with Ian Fraser and Hugh Pym Crown Hotel p47 Liam Byrne - 10 Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain Crown Hotel p47 Erwin James - Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope Crown Hotel p47

July | Week One p18 p19 p19

July | Week Two 12pm 12pm 3.30pm 5pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 10.30am 12pm 2pm 3.30pm 5pm 6.30pm 8pm All Day 10am 11.30am 1.30pm 3pm 5pm 6.30pm 8pm All Day 10.30am 12pm 12pm 2pm 3.30pm 5pm 6.30pm

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Sun 10 7.30pm Sun 10 8pm

Black Dyke Band Jeremy Bowen - War Stories

Royal Hall Crown Hotel

Tue 12 7.30pm Wed 13 7.30pm Thu 14 12pm Thu 14 8pm Fri 15 8pm Sun 17 7.30pm

Oddsocks: Macbeth Oddsocks: Macbeth Young Musician 3: Jonny Vaux Steven Isserlis Oz & Armonico: Drink to Music The Music of Christopher Tin FREE EVENT

Wed 20 8pm Thu 21 9am Thu 21 12pm Thu 21 8pm Thu 21 8pm Fri 22 9am Fri 22 10.30am Fri 22 12pm Fri 22 2pm Fri 22 3pm Fri 22 3.30pm Fri 22 5pm Fri 22 6.30pm Fri 22 8pm Fri 22 8.30pm Fri 22 10pm Sat 23 9am Sat 23 10.30am Fri 23 12pm Sat 23 12pm Sat 23 2pm Sat 23 3.30pm Sat 23 5pm Sat 23 6.15pm Sat 23 8.30pm Sat 23 10pm Sun 24 10am Sun 24 11.30am Sun 24 8pm

Concert by Candlelight: I Fagiolini Creative Thursday Young Musician 4: Ziyu He Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Guest Curator: Sir Willard White Linwood Barclay interviewed by Mark Billingham You Couldn’t Make It Up. Or Could You? Domestic Suspense - The Killer Behind The Front Door Is the Legacy of the Golden Age Still Alive?

A Masterclass led by Sir Willard White Set A Scientist To Catch A Killer From Book to Stage and Screen Dead Good Reader Awards The Unthanks Val McDermid in Conversation with Susan Calman The Hard Yards Jeffery Deaver interviewed by Mark Lawson Gerald Seymour interviewed by Joe Haddow Young Musician 5: Benedict Nelson New Blood Murder Out of Africa France Noir - Le Roman Policier Martina Cole in Conversation with Peter James Kill Me Quick: Author Dinner Tess Gerritsen Late Night Quiz Political Corruption Neil Cross on Luther Brodsky String Quartet

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July | Week Three Harlow Carr p31 Harlow Carr p31 St James’ Church p22 St Wilfrid’s Church p32 St Wilfrid’s Church p33 Royal Hall p34

July | Week Four St Wilfrid’s Church p35 Old Swan Hotel p48 St Wilfrid’s Church p22 Old Swan Hotel p49 Royal Hall p36 Old Swan Hotel p49 Old Swan Hotel p49 Old Swan Hotel p49 Old Swan Hotel p49 Wesley Chapel p37 Old Swan Hotel p49 Old Swan Hotel p49 Old Swan Hotel p49 Royal Hall p38 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Wesley Chapel p23 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p50 Old Swan Hotel p51 Old Swan Hotel p51 Old Swan Hotel p51 St Wilfrid’s Church p39

July | Week Five Thu 28 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sat 30 Sun 31

12pm Young Musician 6: Galina Averina St Wilfrid’s Church p23 7.30pm Berwins Salon North: Music Crown Hotel p40 12pm Young Musician 7: Anna Hashimoto Wesley Chapel p24 11am/2pm Them Two Dance FREE EVENT Victoria Shopping Centre Piazza p41 12pm Young Musician 8: Yenting Wang Wesley Chapel p24 8pm Festival Finale: Czech National Symphony Orchestra Royal Hall p43

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Festival Highlights

Sir Willard White See pages 36 and 37.

Peter James See pages 48-51.

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John Wilson See pages 18 and 19.

Wilson Orchestra returns for what’s sure to be a sell-out Saturday night concert, followed by a Sunday afternoon Teadance, where you can choose to dance the afternoon away, or simply sit back and enjoy the music of the JWO with a cup of tea.

Guest Curator, Harrogate Music Festival

Sir Willard White will work with a number of talented young singers in a Masterclass setting in the intimate Wesley Chapel.

The world-famous Bass-Baritone will also perform an evening recital of traditional lieder, old American songs and show tunes.

Young Baritone Benedict Nelson also joins the bill in a special Young Musicians Series programme, curated by Sir Willard himself.

Presented in partnership with The Yorkshire Festival.

New Commissions In our 50th year, hear the World Premiere of a piece especially commissioned by Harrogate International Festivals by composer Howard Skempton, performed by the Brodsky Quartet in a programme which also celebrates the anniversaries of pieces by Shostakovich and Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov.

“Howard’s music is elegant, British, civilised, with a touch of anarchy. I see him as a gentleman in a bowler hat, a briefcase – and sandals.” BBC Music Magazine.

Peter James Programming Chair, Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

Peter James leads the Programming Committee, who have put together an exceptional line up. “Page turners keep you hooked, desperate for the next chapter, a little bereft when it’s all over because you want more. A bit like the Festival really… prepare to be gripped!”

Angel City Chorale, Prima Vocal Ensemble and the Mowbray Orchestra also present the North Yorkshire Premiere of Drop in the Ocean, by Grammy award-winning Composer Christopher Tin – don’t miss the chance to attend the pre-concert talk featuring the composer himself.

See pages 34 and 39 for more information.

John Wilson Artist in Residence

John Wilson kick-starts Harrogate Music Festival with a weekend of events including the opportunity to hear from the an himself in a special In Conversation event with Music Journalist Edward Seckerson. The John

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Carabosse See pages 16 and 17.

Big Screen See page 30.

Cie Carabosse Fire alchemists Cie Carabosse are one of France’s most prominent street arts groups.

Prepare to be wowed as they create a magical and awe-inspiring fire installation in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens as part of a three-day celebration. Programmed in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council and co-commissioned with the Yorkshire Festival to celebrate HIF’s 50th Anniversary.

Van Morrison See page 15.

in 2016, don’t miss the chance to see this towering figure in rock history.

HIF+ HIF+ presents an exciting year-round programme, and this July sees an irresistible array of events including MindFOLDness: learning the art of Mindful Origami, a musical Berwins Salon North featuring Dr John Powell, Greg Wilson and Dr Catherine Loveday, plus a fun series of specially-designed art trails for children and their parents to discover, designed and presented in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council and the Mercer Art Gallery

Big Screen A popular feature on the July calendar, the Big Screen returns this year offering a feast of free films. Expect Hollywood blockbusters, family classics and of course, live tennis from Wimbledon Pack a picnic and head on down to Harrogate’s Montpellier Hill! Keep an eye on harrogateinternationalfestivals.com for film listings.

See page 11 for more information and look out for the symbol next to selected events.

Van Morrisson For the 50th Anniversary of Harrogate International Festivals, we simply couldn’t resist bringing living legend Van Morrisson – whose hits include Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance and Gloria – back to Harrogate.

One of just a handful of UK live performances

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Our Appeal

The 50th Harrogate International Festivals is an important landmark in our history.

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FESTIVALS OF HARROGATE SINCE 1966

Since its inception in 1966, Harrogate International Festivals has fired up hearts and minds, revolutionising the cultural landscape of the North Yorkshire spa town.

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In 2014 Harrogate International Festivals delivered over 300 distinct events, created 60m+ opportunities to read about Harrogate through national partnerships and attracted over 90,000 people to our portfolio of live and digital activity.

Our appeal to raise £1m is a critical part of the Festival’s vision to create a secure future for the charity.

“Since 1966, the Harrogate International Festivals has played a central role in shaping the nation’s musical landscape, and Yorkshire is lucky to have such a respected and renowned event on its doorstep. I urge you to support it”. Lesley Garrett CBE.

At the heart of our delivery is the creation of an evolving and innovative programme, changing lives through cultural experience.

The Festivals cannot stand still; we are determined to invest in our strengths of raising aspirations, creating opportunity and nurturing excellence.

A charitable organisation, our passion and ambition maintains our position as an arts organisation delivering Festivals of national importance and dramatically increasing the cultural opportunities for Harrogate and the wider region.

Philanthropic investment is now critical to the Festivals being a sustainable organisation, with the ability to make full use of our artistic and cultural inheritance and create life changing opportunities in the arts. With your support our appeal will allow us to move further and faster and to touch more lives with our work.

The Harrogate International Festivals is the Home of Festivals. Established as the Harrogate Festival of Arts & Science, our founder Clive Wilson believed that

The Future 50 Appeal to secure the future of the Harrogate International Festivals will be made up of philanthropic donations, fundraising events and a range of activities.

These funds will ensure that the future of the Harrogate International Festivals is vibrant and engaging, allowing us to continue to create access to the arts for the widest range of audiences and participants regardless of background and personal circumstance.

“The Festival must be seen as a developing thing, widening its scope and perhaps shifting its emphasis as the years go by”.

The Festivals has indeed evolved throughout the years having been at the forefront of classical music in the 60s, the vanguard of comedy and street theatre in the 80s and 90s to the breadth of festivals within our current portfolio. Today we are distinctive amongst festivals, measuring our farreaching delivery against our limited funding income.

In short you will help ensure our arts charity thrives, not just survives.

For more information about giving please contact Lizzie Brewster: 01423 562303 Lizzie@harrogate-festival.org.uk

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Future 50 Premier Donors Thank you to all our Future 50 Donors who support our Future 50 Appeal

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FESTIVALS OF HARROGATE SINCE 1966

Anonymous Mr Paul Meyrick Anonymous Mrs Swainson Mr Martin Shaw Dr and Mrs F Price David and Anne Salter Frank and Maggie Marshall Chris and Stuart Harris Professor and Mrs T McGuffog In Memory of Michael Hymas Anonymous The G C Armitage Charitable Trust Mr and Mrs J Harris Mr and Mrs R Bousfield Carol and John Parker Charles and Kate Spencer In Memory of Mehroo Jehangir In Memory of Harold and Ursula Rhodes Anonymous Dr Jonathan Wild Miss Ann Nightingale Mr Patrick Turner Mr and Mrs John Roberts Mr P B Morgan Miss M K Webster Mr T Noyes Anonymous In Memory of Margaret Clare Davis Sybil Movley Dr and Mrs Robert Edmondson Simon and Candy Theakston Dame Fanny Waterman DBE Fiona Movley and Scott Armitage Mr and Mrs Jeremy Burton Mr Roger Harvey OBE and Mrs Sue Harvey Kate Dugdale Richard Gabbertas Cllr John Ennis Ron and Sharron McMillan

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Discover Your Festivals home of festivals

January - April Harrogate International Sunday Series: Chamber music concerts and coffee, in the magnificent surroundings of the Old Swan Hotel.

June Cie Carabosse: An outdoor celebration of fire with French company Cie Carabosse in the beautiful Valley Gardens. Programmed in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council and cocommissioned with the Yorkshire Festival.

July Harrogate Music Festival: Featuring the best of international musical talent spanning classical, jazz and folk and including the prestigious Young Musicians Series.

Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival: Bringing best-selling authors, influential politicians and stars of the stage to share their stories.

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival: World class, award-winning programme of events celebrating the very best in crime fiction.

Big Screen Weekend: Free weekend of open-air film screenings featuring Hollywood blockbusters, family movies and live sporting spectaculars.

September Spiegeltent: A magical mirrored tent casts its spell over Harrogate with a smorgasbord of sensational acts under its exquisitely exotic canvas.

Children’s Festival: History, science and art come alive with a programme of events featuring the UK’s finest entertainers, educators and authors.

October Harrogate History Festival: Celebrating historical writing, allowing readers and writers to meet, discuss and discover historical writing from fact through to fiction.

Year Round Berwins Salon North: Three fascinating expert speakers are brought together to present one-off events exploring the most stimulating ideas in art, science and psychology.

To be kept up-to-date visit harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

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HIF+ Highlights home of engagement

A wide ranging programme of events running throughout the year, including workshops, masterclasses, community and creative learning events, presented to a broad array of audiences.

Musical Mums: Free weekly music-making sessions where young parents and their babies can learn together, developing skills, confidence and positive bonds. Presented in partnership with NYMAZ.

with tuition from industry professionals and real-life crime experts focusing on how to get published.

The Big Write: An exciting opportunity for young writers across the Harrogate District to participate in a giant day of writing at the iconic Royal Hall, working with literacy partners Pobble.

The Big Read: Encouraging as many people as possible to read a classic work of crime fiction, increasing links across the region between libraries and reading groups, and inspiring new readers.

In addition, HIF+ presents a number of oneoff events hosted by Harrogate International Festivals throughout each year. Look out for the appearing throughout this guide.

Reader in Residence: Supporting the delivery of The Big Read, touring libraries across the North of England and stimulating discussion online at bigread.org.uk

Coming soon‌ Harrogate International Festivals presents Library of Live.

Creative Thursday: The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival’s creative course for aspiring writers,

For full programme & to be kept up to date visit harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

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Discovery Children’s Art Trail home of visual arts

Discovery Children’s Trail – Valley Gardens Harrogate International Festivals are working in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council to present a fun series of specially designed art trails for children to discover in the beautiful Valley Gardens this Summer. The trails will launch in May and run throughout June and July, inviting children to follow the fun paths and answer questions about some of the best loved characters in young fiction. The three trails will help celebrate three big literary anniversaries of 2016, the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter and 90th anniversary since Winniethe-Pooh by A. A. Milne was first published.

Literary Flower Displays - Valley Gardens This year Harrogate Borough Council are celebrating the anniversaries of some of the UK’s greatest authors and playwrights including Beatrix Potter, Charlotte Bronte, Roald Dahl and William Shakespeare with some magnificent floral displays. A flower bed will also be displayed to commemorate the Festival’s 50th anniversary. Planted in June, the flowerbeds will provide a colour pop with red, pink and white begonias, with Echeverias and Pyrethrum to define the lettering.

Noble Prospects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire Landscape and Kate Whiteford OBE: False Perspectives This summer see two stunning exhibitions: celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of landscape artist Lancelot Capability Brown and discover art inspired by the beauty of the Yorkshire landscape with new work by artist Kate Whiteford at Harrogate’s Mercer Art Gallery. Discover more through their adult and family programmes of events including a coach trip to Scampston Hall and a nature art workshop.

See www.harrogate.gov.uk/mercerartgallery for more information.

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Festivals

North Festivals North comprises four fantastic North Yorkshire festivals to promote them to an ever-growing national and international audience.

We work with Coastival, Swaledale Festival, Grassington Festival and Harrogate International Festivals.

Under our banner ‘Achieving Brilliance Together’, we celebrate the fact that whilst each festival is unique, taken together throughout the year.

We work hard to bring new and established talent to entertain and delight audiences from near and far and bring a valuable economic boost to these beautiful locations.

Together, we showcase music, literature, a unique and breathtaking coastal and countryside backdrop.

Book online at www.grassington-festival.org.uk

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Manchester Camerata with Nicola Benedetti

Wednesday 1 June | Royal Hall | 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk | 6.30pm

Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart

Symphony No.34 in C major Violin Concerto No.3 in G major Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, ‘Turkish’ Symphony No.35 in D major, ‘Haffner’

Andrea Marcon | Conductor

Featuring Nicola Benedetti - one of the world’s foremost violinists, acclaimed for her ability to captivate audiences with her dynamic presence. Having fallen in love with the fiddle at the age of five, Nicola is fiercely committed to music education and developing new talent.

Mozart has attracted study after study thanks to the powerful impact his music has on our moods and cognition, dubbed the ‘Mozart Effect’.

This special performance features an all-Mozart programme and pre-concert lecture on Mozart and mental health, exploring the theories surrounding arguably the most gifted musician in the history of classical music.

Open your ears, hearts and minds, with this incredible opportunity to experience what Gábor Takács-Nagy, Manchester Camerata’s inspirational Music Director, calls ‘spiritual medicine’.

“…it was thrilling to hear and watch Nicola Benedetti in a truly risk-taking performance that lived so much in the body and fused the sinews of the violin and the nerve-system of the player.” – The Times Tickets: £34, £30, £28, £22, £18 Boxes: £84, £54 Discover the Music: FREE pre-concert talk, tickets must be booked in advance

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Van Morrison

Thursday 9 June | Harrogate International Centre | 8pm Support Act | 6.30pm

He’s the Celtic legend and one of the most revered singer-songwriters in music history. Recently knighted, Sir George Ivan Morrison also has a Brit, OBE, Ivor Novello, 6 Grammys and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Van Morrison first headlined in Harrogate ten years ago and returns in the Festival’s 50th anniversary year to help celebrate the legacy.

At 70, Van Morrison is truly a towering figure in rock history. His hits include Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance and Gloria. With his unique combination of blues, jazz, R&B, country and classic rock, Morrison recently reasserted his stature with the release of his latest album – Duets, featuring collaborations with Joss Stone, Mark Knopfler, and Michael Buble.

Harrogate is one of just a handful of live performances in 2016. Don’t miss this living legend.

“What all of this affirmed is what a supremely commanding singer Van Morrison is, a man who does not so much perform a song as take possession of it, bending and pushing its shape in a series of growls, cries, slurs and moans… Artistry at work.” - The Telegraph Tickets: £70, £65, £60, £55

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Cie Carabosse 23-25 June | Harrogate Valley Gardens | 8pm - late

A magical feast for the senses will transform the centre of Harrogate.

Harrogate a destination famed for water and its spa history is set to be transformed by the element of fire as part of a spectacular display created by internationally renowned French company Carabosse.

Using flaming flower-pots and cool cast-iron contraptions, Carabosse, with music resonating throughout the night, transform familiar spaces into otherworldly fire-gardens. Roam through blazing landscapes, pass by hand-made metallic inventions and be warmed by red-hot charcoal as these musicians, dreamers, metal-workers, storytellers and old soul fire-brands create a fairground of fire where you can set your deepest imaginings free.

The centrepiece of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Harrogate International Festivals and co-commissioned by the Yorkshire Festival, the Fire Garden is a magical and sensory experience, set within Harrogate’s Valley Gardens.

Supported by

The beautiful park and gardens will play host to a fiery spectacle of sculptures and installations on a grand scale and visitors will be invited to explore this unique space, enjoying this gloriously atmospheric feast for the senses from these Gallic alchemists.

Tickets: £3 Adults, £1 Children, Under 5’s FREE

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Take paths less travelled, wander at will and let the heat, lightand aural delights of these wizards of fire touch your heart and fill up your senses.�

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John Wilson Artist in Residence

A regular fixture in the Harrogate Music Festival programme, the John Wilson Orchestra is a firm favourite with our audiences. In this celebratory year, the Festival is delighted to present John Wilson as our 2016 Artist in Residence, with a weekend of events featuring the world famous conductor and his remarkable orchestra.

Edward Seckerson in Conversation with John Wilson Friday 1 July | Cairn Hotel | 7.30pm Conductor and arranger, John Wilson formed the outstanding John Wilson Orchestra in 1994 and has gone on to staggering success. The John Wilson Orchestra enjoys an international reputation as a unique virtuoso ensemble of world class musicians.

Known for selling out the BBC Proms and even collaborating with Paul McCartney, experience what makes the conductor tick as he talks to British music journalist Edward Seckerson – from the restoration of scores for classic MGM musicals, through to the arrangement of the sound track to Kevin Spacey’s biopic ‘Beyond the Sea’ which earned him a Grammy nomination.

Experience what makes the man behind the music.

Tickets: £15. Unreserved

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John Wilson Orchestra: George Gershwin in Hollywood Saturday 2 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Gershwin is synonymous with the Jazz Age, the movies of Fred Astaire, and toetapping rhythm. Celebrated for his sell out performances with the John Wilson Orchestra at the BBC Proms, John Wilson returns to Harrogate with a sensational show celebrating the genius of George Gershwin.

Featuring the composer’s greatest hits such as I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, Somebody Loves Me, Fascinatin’ Rhythm and Strike up the Band – all in their sumptuous original film orchestrations.

A long-standing favourite in Harrogate, it’s always one of the fastest selling concerts.

Book your tickets now to secure your seats.

“Wilson’s concerts are the American musical as you have never heard it before. On film, there is not the thrill of a live orchestra … at its most dazzling in Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” they could surely see the sparks fly … all the way from Hollywood.” - The Telegraph

Tickets: £48, £45, £41, £35, £30 Boxes: £123, £90 *Meet the stars! Join John Wilson, his orchestra and special guests for an exclusive post-show reception for just £8. Ticket must be bought in advance, only available with purchase of a full concert ticket.

Afternoon Tea Dance, with the John Wilson Orchestra Sunday 3 July | Royal Hall | 3.30pm

Strictly Come Dancing eat your heart out! Be swept back in time (and off your feet!) as the Royal Hall is transformed into a dance hall. With music provided by members of the John Wilson Orchestra you can dance the afternoon away or simply sit back and enjoy the wonderful music!

Tickets: £25

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Young Musicians Series Supporting Emerging Talent

Since its inception in 1966, Harrogate International Festivals has always believed in nurturing young and emerging talent to help create world class performers of the future, as demonstrated through our annual Young Musicians Series. To celebrate the Festivals’ 50th Anniversary there is a special focus on young performers, with more Young Musicians concerts than ever before. Through our Pay It Forward scheme, former Young Musicians including Lesley Garrett, Jullian Lloyd Webber and Michael Collins, have recommended their stars of the future. We also welcome winners of both local and international music competitions, as well as continuing our partnership with music charity Live Music Now.

This focus continues through our summer programme. As well as recommending a Young Musician, Guest Curator Sir Willard White will also lead a Vocal Masterclass – sharing his talent and expertise with a selection of young singers at various stages of their careers. We also present a performance in partnership with BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists – a scheme that helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

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YM 1 | Aurora Trio

Thursday 7 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm Supported by The Dorothy Parkinson Memorial Award for Young British Musicians.

Bax J.S. Bach (arr. Aurora) Prokofiev (arr. Aurora) Debussy Ian Krouse Heather Wrighton | harp

Elegiac Trio, for Flute, Viola and Harp Andante from Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 Dance Suite from “Romeo & Juliet” Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp Tri Chairde Joe Bronstein | viola

Emma Halnan | flute

The British Aurora Trio was formed in 2012 whilst its members were studying at the Royal Academy of Music. The trio are current musical artists for ‘Live Music Now’ and ‘The Concordia Foundation’.

In 2014 they were awarded a prestigious chamber music fellowship at The Royal Academy of Music for the academic year 2014-15, and were re-awarded the fellowship for 2015-16.

In this concert the trio presents a varied programme of trio works from some of music’s finest composers – from J.S Bach’s sublime Flute Sonata in E minor, through to Ian Krouse’s picturesque Tri Chairde, composed in 1994.

The Aurora Trio are selected from Live Music Now’s artist development scheme.

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

YM 2 | Yesong Sophie Lee

Sunday 10 July | Constance Green Hall | 12pm Gordon Black | piano Aged just 12, violinst Yesong Sophie Lee is the Junior 1st Prize winner of the Menuhin Competition London 2016, who wowed the competition jury with her performance of Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The Menuhin Competition is the world’s leading competition for young violinists, held every two years in a different world city – this year taking place in London. It attracts hundreds of entries from over 45 countries, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. The competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from the UK and the rest of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists.

Yehudi Menuhin had a close relationship with Harrogate International Festivals for over 30 years – as a performer, conductor and honorary patron – so we are delighted to present the Junior prize winner of the Menuhin Competition in this special year, which celebrates 100 years since his birth, as well as the Fesitvals’ 50th anniversary. Yesong Sophie Lee from the USA will perform a programme which includes music by George Enescu and a new commission written for the Menuhin Competition by composer Oscar Colomina I Bosch.

Visit the festival website for full details.

Presented in partnership with the Menuhin Competition

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

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YM 3 | Jonny Vaux

Thursday 14 July | St James’ Church, Birstwith | 12pm Demersseman Planel Dubois Ian Wilson Lawson Lunde

Fantaisie sur un thème original Prelude et Saltarelle Pièces Caractéristiques En Forme De Suite I Sleep at Waking Sonata for Alto Saxophone

Julian Saphir | piano Harrogate-born saxophonist Jonny Vaux is an 18 year old multi-instrumentalist currently studying at the Royal College of Music with an RCM Scholarship under the tutelage of Kyle Horch. Jonny was awarded the Ernest Hopper Trophy at Harrogate Competitive Festival in 2015, as well as winning the individual class award. He has enjoyed great success playing in a variety of ensembles including the National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain and the Yorkshire Saxophone Choir.

Performing with fellow RCM student and pianist Julian Saphir, Jonny presents an exciting contemporary programme of saxophonic music from French, American and Irish composers.

Opening with one of the first compositions written specifically for the alto saxophone by Demersseman’s, this programme highlights the lyrical abilities of the instrument, as well as displaying demands for technical accuracy with fast finger work passages and rubato cadenzas.

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

YM 4 | Ziyu He

Thursday 21 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm Nicola Elmer | piano Sixteen year old violinist Ziyu He is the Senior 1st Prize winner of the Menuhin Competition London 2016, impressing the judges with his superb performances of music by Beethoven, Bartók and Paganini. The Menuhin Competition is the world’s leading competition for young violinists, held every two years in a different world city – this year taking place in London.

It attracts hundreds of entries from over 45 countries, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. The competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from the UK and the rest of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists.

Yehudi Menuhin had a close relationship with Harrogate International Festivals for over 30 years – as a performer, conductor and honorary patron – so we are delighted to present the Senior prize winner of the Menuhin Competition in this special year, which celebrates 100 years since his birth, as well as the Festivals’ 50th anniversary. Ziyu He from China will perform a programme which includes music by George Enescu and a new commission written for the Menuhin Competition by composer Roxanna Panufnik.

Visit the festival website for full details.

Presented in partnership with the Menuhin Competition

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

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YM 5 | Benedict Nelson

Saturday 23 July | Wesley Chapel | 12pm Schubert

Zemlinsky Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Diepenbrock Fauré

Gotter griechenlands; An die Leier; Kriegers Ahnung; Hektor’s Abschied; Der wanderer; Harfenspiele III; Philoktet; Romanze des Richard Löwenherz Waldgesprach Die lorelei Belsazar Der Abend kommt gezogen Les berceaux; L’horizons chimérique

Graham Johnson | piano British baritone Benedict Nelson is one of the most exciting singers of his generation, attracting comparisons to Gerald Finley and Simon Keenlyside among others. As one of the inaugural Harewood Artists at ENO, Ben has sung a number of leading roles there, including title role Billy Budd in a new production by David Alden, Figaro The Barber of Seville and Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Joining Benedict will be pianist Graham Johnson – acclaimed not only as one of the foremost accompanists of our day but also for his major contribution to the development of the song repertoire.

The accomplished pair present a programme of song inspired by Odysseus, also known as Ulysses – the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey.

Benedict Nelson was selected to perform in this years’ Young Musicians Series by Guest Curator, Sir Willard White, as part of Harrogate International Festivals’ Pay It Forward scheme.

Tickets: £10

YM 6 | Galina Averina

Thursday 28 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm Alexsei Demchenko | piano Born in Moscow, soprano Galina Averina graduated from the Russian University of Theatre Arts in 2010 with honours and she immediately accepted a position as Soloist at the Perm State Opera Theatre. She made her international debut in 2013 as Despina in Così fan tutte at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. In 2016, Galina will perform for English Touring Opera, Bampton Classical Opera and for Winslow Hall Opera including Zerlina in their production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Galina will perform a specially curated programme - The Course of Woman’s Love for Man – which will feature arias from some of Mozart’s most famous operas, interspersed with Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben.

Galina Averina was selected to perform in this years’ Young Musicians Series by former Young Musician and Festival favourite, Lesley Garrett as part of Harrogate Internationals Pay It Forward scheme.

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

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YM 7 | Anna Hashimoto

Friday 29 July | Wesley Chapel | 12pm Burgmüller R. Schumann Ornstein Richard Bullen Hindemith

Duo for Clarinet and Piano, Op.15 Drei Romanzen, Op.94 Nocturne for Clarinet and Piano ‘Hikinuki’ (for solo Clarinet) Clarinet Sonata

Mark Viner | piano Clarinettist Anna Hashimoto studied with world-renowned clarinettist Michael Collins at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded a full scholarship. She made her London concerto debut at the age of fifteen playing Weber with the English Chamber Orchestra and released her second solo album ‘A Touch of Anna’ in 2014.

Joined on stage by first prize winner of the Alkan-Zimmerman International Piano competition, Mark Viner, this performance opens with the tripartite duo from Burgmüller, followed by Schumann’s Drei Romanzen. The programme closes with Hindemith’s Clarinet Sonata, in which Hindemith made a point of exploring the clarinet on its own terms.

Anna Hashimoto was selected to perform in this years’ Young Musicians Series by former Young Musician and Festival favourite, Michael Collins, as part of Harrogate Internationals Pay It Forward scheme.

Tickets: £10

YM 8 | Yenting Wang

Saturday 30 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm C.P.E. Bach Schoenberg Chopin

Sonata in A Major, W.55, No.4 Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19 24 Preludes, Op.28

Taiwanese pianist Yenting Wang made her UK debut at Symphony Hall, Birmingham in 2014.

She is currently working towards a Performance Certificate at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest. Alongside her solo career, Yenting is flourishing as an accompanist and a chamber musician. She performs with The Cypress Piano Trio alongside violinist, Naoko Senda and cellist, Ruri Kuroda.

Yenting presents a showcase of some of Europe’s finest composers. Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, five of which were composed in a single day on 19 February 1911, with the sixth following on 17 June 1911, experiment with the construction of ideas, while Chopin’s 24 Preludes offer a set of short pieces that explore each of the 24 musical keys.

Yenting Wang was selected to perform in this years’ Young Musicians Series by former Young Musician and Festival favourite, Julian Lloyd Webber, as part of Harrogate International Festivals’ Pay It Forward scheme.

Tickets: £10. Unreserved

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BBC NGA Showcase Thursday 7 July | Royal Hall | 7.30pm This specially curated classical concert features a selection of young musicians from BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists Scheme, tying in with the Festivals’ Young Musicians Series.

In memory of Judith Roberts J.S. Bach (arr. Brahms) J.S. Bach Schumann J.S. Bach (arr. Schumann) Sachsen-Meiningen Brahms

Chaconne for piano left hand Cello Suite No.3 in C major Fantasiestucke, Op.73 Cello Suite No.3 in C major (selected movements) Romanze in F major Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op.114

The Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan was hailed by the Washington Post as a “seasoned phenomenon” having won the Cello First Prize and Gold Medal at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011 at the age of 22.

winning numerous first prizes from an early age. As a soloist, Annelien has performed with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra amongst many others.

Following Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov’s Wigmore Hall debut in January 2014, The Telegraph gave his recital a rare five-star review and called it “one of the most memorable of such occasions London has witnessed in a while.”

The trio present a programme of German Romantic chamber music exploring the intensely personal relationships between Schumann, Brahms and SachsenMeiningen, with their shared love of J.S. Bach shining through in their works.

Annelien Van Wauwe is one of the most promising clarinettists of her generation,

The event will be recorded live for broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Tickets: £22, £19, £15 Boxes: £66, £57

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Einstein’s Universe

Jack Liebeck

Friday 8 July Crown Hotel | 12pm

Friday 8 July St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

J.S. Bach

Brahms

Mozart

Martinu Bloch

Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in B minor, BWV 1014 Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 Violin Sonata No.26 in B flat major, K378 Five Madrigal Stanzas Baal Shem Suite

Unravel the complexities of the universe in a special crossover event that marries music and literature to celebrate Harrogate International Festivals’ heritage as a Festival of Arts and Science.

The companion recital to Einstein’s Universe, violinist Jack Liebeck and pianist Katya Apekisheva perform a programme of violin music that was loved by Einstein or inspired his work.

Einstein, the world’s foremost physicist who developed general relativity - the most beautiful theory ever formulated turned to another virtuoso for solace and inspiration: Mozart. A violin player and devotee, Einstein saw his life ‘in terms of music’ and sensed the secrets of the universe in music.

Born in London in 1980, Liebeck is one of the most compelling violinists at work today, appearing with all the major British orchestras as well as being in global demand. A professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music, he’s also played on the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for Anna Karenina (2012), and film score of Jane Eyre (2011). The Age newspaper praised his “individual voice, confident in articulation, capable of vehemence without stridency and a lilting elegance of phrasing.”

Professor Brian Foster – Professor of Experimental Physics at Oxford and European Director for the International Linear Collider, is joined by violinist Jack Liebeck to present a musical lecture, exploring Einstein’s life and involvement with music and how his ideas have shaped our concepts of space, time and the evolution of the Universe

Pianist Katya Apekisheva has been hailed

by Gramophone magazine as “a profoundly gifted artist who has already achieved artistic greatness.” A prize winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, and an acclaimed recording artist, she is one of Europe’s most renowned pianists, as well as Professor of Piano at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

“…there is a possibility that, without his musical know-how, Einstein might never have made the connections and discoveries that changed the world.”

The Independent Tickets: £12. Unreserved

Tickets: £18. Unreserved

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Rock & Roll Confidential Saturday 9 July | Crown Hotel | 11.30am

In this literary event, join four of the finest music writers and broadcasters - Paul Du Noyer, David Hepworth, Zoë Howe and Mark Ellen – to hear outrageous tales of rock’s biggest egos.

has written books about Stevie Nicks, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Dr Feelgood and The Slits. Between them they’ve met everyone and are supremely equipped to address such thorny issues as overrated superstars, nightmare interviews, life at the NME and rock’s biggest buffoon, as well as fly the flag for under-valued music and the greatest record ever made.

Unmissable.

All four panellists are renowned and acclaimed journalists and authors. David and Mark were key players at Smash Hits in the ‘80s and later - with Paul - at Q, MOJO and The Word magazines. Zoë

Tickets: £9. Unreserved. This is a spoken word event

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John Suchet A Tale of Two Composers Saturday 9 July | Crown Hotel | 3pm

One is the greatest composer who ever lived, the other the undisputed Waltz King. They could not be more different.

Their music is a world apart. Their lives never touched. Yet there is one thing that they share - the city of Vienna. Suchet will bring Beethoven and Strauss alive — their life, their loves, and of course their music.

He will take you to the city of Vienna, then as now the musical capital of Europe, and home to both men.

Tickets: £18. Unreserved This is a spoken word event

Fretwork: The World Encompassed Featuring Simon Callow* Saturday 9 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

Prepare for an epic journey. Sir Francis Drake’s perilous round-the-world voyage is the stuff of legend. Drake took four viol players with him on his expedition, who played for the sea captain, as well as the native peoples they met.

Weaving together music of the period with new music written by Orlando Gough, inspired by 15th-16th century composers, Fretwork explores Drake’s circumnavigation with the help of narrator, actor and theatre director Simon Callow. With original 16th century hymns and music from composers including John Tavener and Robert Parsons, be swept away by one of the richest voices on the planet, and the stunning sounds of Fretwork’s six-player viol group. *Subject to availability.

Supported by

“No group play the viol repertoire with more flair and feeling than Fretwork.”

The Times Tickets: £21. Unreserved

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Black Dyke Brass Band Sunday 10 July | Royal Hall | 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk | 6.30pm

Strauss (arr. Peter Graham) Shostokovich Edward Gregson Monk (arr. Karl Jenkins) Peter Graham Holst (arr. Stephen Roberts) Paul Lovatt-Cooper Simon Dobson Andrea Price Orff Horner (arr. Sandy Smith) Verdi (arr. Price) Philip Wilby

Also Sprach Zarathustra Festive Overture Cornet Concerto (UK Premiere) Abide with Me Metropolis 1927 Jupiter

By Trevone Bay Rampage Eire Time Carmina Burana Casper Verdi Requiem Organ Symphony

Black Dyke is the most recorded band in the world with over 350 recordings. It is also the most successful contesting band in the world having won the European Championships 13 times, the British Open no fewer than 30 times and the National Championships of Great Britain 23 times.

The world’s most famous brass ensemble return to Harrogate with a programme featuring well-known film music with a focus on science and space, in a nod to the Festivals’ roots in the 1960s. The swelling brass are met with moments of poignant beauty in the glorious ‘Jupiter’, while Graham’s ‘Metropolis’ reflects the brooding machine rooms, decadent nightclubs, and gothic cathedral featured in Fritz Lang’s 1927 film.

There’s no denying the big, bold and beautiful allure of brass – the band have played with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Jools Holland and Sir Elton John, and recorded with Paul McCartney. The concert also features a UK premiere by composer Edward Gregson.

Join Principal Conductor, Dr Nicolas J. Childs, for a free pre-concert talk exploring the band’s 160 years of rich musical history.

Tickets: £22, £18, £14 Boxes £66, £42 Discover the Music: FREE pre-concert talk, tickets must be booked in advance

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Big Screen Weekend 9-10 July | Montpellier Hill | home of film

The Harrogate Festival Big Screen returns this year offering a feast of free Hollywood blockbusters, family movies and live sporting spectaculars. In the beautiful setting of Montpellier Hill, everyone is invited to bring a picnic blanket to the open air screenings, but you’ll have to bag your spot early for the town’s favourite open air screen.

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Oddsocks: Macbeth

Tues 12 & Wed 13 July | RHS Garden Harlow Carr | 7.30pm Friends’ Priority Entry from 6.30pm | General Admission from 7pm

What happens when Oddsocks take on the Scottish play steampunk-style?

The Festival’s thespian favourites present a high octane musical with mayhem. This hilarious musical adaptation sees Macbeth and Banquo return in triumph from the battlefield to The Boys are Back in Town, as Lady Macbeth is the Killer Queen. Revenge ensures You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet until Macduff restores order and it’s All Right Now. Pack a picnic and head to the glorious setting of RHS Garden Harlow Carr. A treat of Shakespearean proportions for all the family!

“Outrageous irreverence, electrifying energy and iconoclastic inventiveness have long been the hallmarks of this captivating company. Sacred cows are sent stampeding into the wings in this audacious adaptation…” - The Stage Tickets: Adults £17, Under 18 £10, Under 7 £3

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Steven Isserlis Thursday 14 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

“Isserlis is one of the top cellists in the world, up there in the stratosphere of solo excellence …On stage, his intensity, his technical mastery and the sensual relationship with his cello, are thrilling.”

- Daily Telegraph

Debussy Kabalevsky Thomas Adès Clara Schumann (arr. Isserlis) Beethoven

Cello Sonata Cello Sonata in B flat major, Op.71 Lieux retrouvés Three Romances, Op.22 Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, Op.69

Connie Shih, piano

conductors. Honours include a CBE in recognition of his services to music, and he is one of just two living cellists in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame. Playing the cello, he says, is ‘like breathing for me.’

Distinguished for his diverse repertoire and characteristic sound, Steven Isserlis, accompanied by Canadian pianist Connie Shih, invites you to explore some lesser known but beautiful works for cello.

Steven Isserlis takes to the stage to perform an eclectic programme from a selection of the greatest European composers spanning the classical and romantic periods. As a keen exponent of contemporary music, Isserlis also performs Thomas Adès’s Lieux retrouvés, premiered by Isserlis and Adès in 2009.

Isserlis enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. He gives masterclasses, writes on music and is constantly sleuthing to bring lost or forgotten cello pieces to light. As a concerto soloist he appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and

Tickets: £21. Unreserved

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Oz & Armonico: Drink to Music

Friday 15 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

Armonico Consort & Baroque Players with Oz Clarke Christopher Monks | Director Eloise Irving | Solo Soprano William Towers | Solo Countertenor It is a little known fact that writer, wine critic and broadcaster Oz Clarke was a singer for many years, starting at Canterbury, continuing with the Schola Cantorum, followed by both the Monteverdi Choir and the Academy of St Martins. In a completely unique programme presented cabaret style, Oz and Armonico Consort investigate the spurious links between wine from across the world and the music of the baroque. Featuring music from composers including Bach, Purcell and Vivaldi, plus some of the most upbeat Baroque dance music from South America, a highly entertaining evening is guaranteed.

Tickets: ÂŁ35. This event is unreserved with seating in cabaret style Price includes four tasting glasses of wine chosen to accompany the performance.

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The Music of Christopher Tin Sunday 17 July | Royal Hall | 7.30pm Pre-Concert Talk | 6.30pm

Featuring the Angel City Chorale and Prima Vocal Ensemble with the Mowbray Orchestra Conductors: Sue Fink & Christopher Tin Indulge in a little California dreaming with Christopher Tin. The two-time Grammy winning composer from Santa Monica may have his feet grounded in classical music, but he’s influenced by jazz, world music and musical theatre. He’s worked with everyone from Lang Lang to Taylor Swift. He also made history winning the first Grammy for a piece of music written for a video game.

Copland

The Promise of Living Randy Newman

Louisiana David Paich & J.Porcaro

Africa Christopher Tin

from “Calling All Dawns”

Baba Yetu (civ 4) Swahili

Mado Kara Mieru. Japanese

Hymn Do Trójcy Swietej. Polish

Hayom Kadosh. Hebrew

Hamsofar. Arabic

Sukla-Krsne. Indian

Kia Hora Te Marino Maori Christopher Tin

The Drop that Contained the Sea

Angel City Chorale was founded by its Artistic Director, Sue Fink. A singersongwriter with dynamic energy, the vocal coach has worked with Stevie Wonder and the Foo Fighters. The Los Angeles vocal ensemble is joined by the York based Prima Vocal Ensemble, directed by Ewa Salecka, and the Mowbray Orchestra to present a musical extravaganza for the whole family, featuring The Drop that Contained the Sea - a special commission

by Christopher Tin - plus a pre-concert talk by the man himself.

“It was everything a performance should be. Polished technically and delivered with uninhibited joy by individuals who truly love what they are doing.”

- New York Concert Review Tickets: FREE, tickets must be booked in advance.

Discover the Music: FREE pre-concert talk, tickets must be booked in advance.

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Concert by Candlelight: I Fagiolini

Wednesday 20 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

Poulenc Poulenc Satie Milhaud Ravel (arr. R. Williams) Fauré Fauré Poulenc Satie Françaix

Hôtel Sept chansons Gnossienne No.4 Deux Poèmes ‘Adagio Assai’ from Piano Concerto in G major Le Secret Clair de Lune Un soir de neige Gnossienne No.6 Ode à la gastronomie

Robert Hollingworth | Director

pieces designed as a series of amuse bouches in between the main courses.

If music be the food of love, play on!

The award-winning vocal group offer a sublime tasting menu of music to celebrate their 30th Anniversary and their new release on Decca Classics, Amuse-Bouche.

Described by Gramaphone as “a bit sexy, a bit silly and absolutely, unmissably superb”, the ensemble present a programme that provides the very best in musical pleasure, from Poulenc’s chilling Un soir de neige to Milhaud’s light yet sensual Deux Poèmes. Don’t miss your chance to hear the world famous ensemble in the magical, candlelit setting of St Wilfrid’s Church

Inspired by the group’s love of French music, the programme features Jean Françaix’s erotic homage to French cuisine, Ode à la Gastronomie – described as, “‘9 1/2 Weeks’ meets Jacques Brel meets Raymond Blanc.” – with smaller

“I Fagiolini have a particular sensibility for French music as heard in the caressing expressiveness and beautifully rounded vowels … an evening of beguiling smooth sounds, intelligence and irreverence” - Sydney Morning Herald Tickets: £21. Unreserved

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Guest Curator: Sir Willard White

Thursday 21 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

In our 50th Anniversary year, we are delighted to welcome Sir Willard White as our Guest Curator.

Schubert

Weill

Ives

Copland

Bock

Rodgers &

Porter

Gershwin

Der Wanderer, Das Fischermädchen, Fährt zum Hades,Der Atlas, Der Tod und das Mädchen, Der Schiffer Four Walt Whitman Songs: Beat! Beat! Drums!, O Captain! My Captain!, Come up from the Fields, Father, Dirge for two Veterans Ich grolle nicht, Ilmenau, The Cage, Slow March, 1-2-3 Four Old American Songs: The Dodger, The Little Horses, Simple Gifts, I bought me a cat If I Were a Rich Man

(“Fiddler on the Roof”) Hammerstein Some Enchanted Evening (“South Pacific”) Blow, Gabriel, Blow (“Anything Goes”) I’ve Got Plenty of Nothin’ (“Porgy and Bess”)

Supported by the Audrey and Stanley Burton Trust

This year’s Guest Curator, Sir Willard White, commands your very soul. Intense, towering, epic, he has described the bass-baritone voice as ‘often seen as the voice of God because it’s so resonant and powerful. But it’s good at being the devil too…’

One of the best-loved opera stars, his illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls throughout the world. A regular at the opera houses of London, New York, Munich, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Madrid, and Paris, this year’s programme includes highlights from his appearances in Opera Houses of the world alongside hit songs from musical theatre.

This is an incredible opportunity to experience the rich bass-baritone powerhouse in Harrogate.

Sir Willard White is accompanied by international pianist, Julius Drake.

“Pity anyone who appears on the same platform as baritone Willard White. He has so much presence he can eclipse an entire symphony orchestra and chorus with a mere twitch of an eyebrow.” - Guardian Tickets: £27, £25, £21, £19, £17 Boxes: £63, £51

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A Masterclass led by Sir Willard White Friday 22 July | Wesley Chapel | 3pm

Harrogate Music Festival’s Guest Curator, Sir Willard White, features in a special event, enriching the Festivals’ commitment to supporting emerging musical talent. Working at the highest level, and with a career spanning 40 years, he has collaborated with Conductors, Directors and Orchestras of the uppermost calibre. Join us to see and hear Sir Willard share his expertise with three singers, in differing stages in their careers, mentoring them through their performance in a musical Masterclass at the Wesley Chapel. This exclusive event promises to be enlightening for participants and audiences alike.

Tickets: ÂŁ12

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The Unthanks Friday 22 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, sisters Rachel and Becky, along with Rachel’s husband Adrian McNally as pianist, composer and producer, make up this Geordie family folk affair. Formed from the traditional music of the North East of England, mixed up with the influences of Miles Davies, Sufjan Stevens and Tom Waits, The Unthanks celebrated their 10th anniversary at the back end of 2015.

With the pair believing that folk music is a lifelong pursuit, 10 years is just a drop in the ocean to them. Their music depicts haunting beauty, with NME hailing their voice as one of the ‘true wonders of 21st century music’. Followed by an army of notable fans, Ade Edmondson captures the magic of their music with ‘it hits you in your soul, rather than your head’.

“… every now and again, you hear music that is so complete, so wonderful, unique and yet familiar that it stops you in your tracks. They have that blue moon magic about them, and they have it in spades” - BBC Music Tickets: £24, £22, £20, £18, £16 Boxes: £60, £48

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Brodsky String Quartet Sunday 24 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm Pre-Concert talk | 7pm

Shostakovich Osvaldo Golijov Howard Skempton Beethoven

String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.122 Tenebrae New commission (World Premiere performance) String Quartet No.13 in B flat major, Op.130

Former Young Musicians the Brodsky String Quartet return to the Festival with a celebratory programme, including the world premiere of a new piece by award-winning composer, Howard Skempton, commissioned especially for the Festivals’ 50th Anniversary.

composition from English composer, Howard Skempton, Beethoven’s final string quartet, unusual among quartets in having six movements, closes this varied programme.

Since its formation in 1972 the Quartet has performed over 2000 concerts on the major stages of the world and released more than 50 recordings. At the very forefront of the international chamber music scene, their energy and craftsmanship have attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide.

The Shostakovich written in the year the Festival was established (1966) is a cryptic but closely knit suite of seven connected miniatures, whilst the Golijov written 26 years ago (2002) is a work written to reflect different perspectives, a beautiful surface but, when looking deeper, music that is full of pain. Following a world premiere

“The Brodsky’s achingly beautiful performance reached deep into the heart…” - Guardian Tickets: £20. Unreserved Discover the Music: FREE pre-concert talk, tickets must be booked in advance

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Berwins Salon North: Music

Thursday 28 July | Crown Hotel | 7.30pm | home of salon

Berwins Salon North is a revolutionary movement for the heart and mind. The Salon events consist of a night of the most stimulating ideas in art, science and psychology, in the form of TED-style talks, designed to change your life for the better.

Three speakers, each with 30 minutes to engage the audience with their subject, interspersed with intervals allowing time for a well-crafted gin and tonic. Expect the remarkable!

Music is the second Salon event in our Memory, Music & Magic Summer series.

Join us for the full series on 30 June and 29 September, with our special ticket offers - 2 for £30 or 3 for £42.

dance floors to life with his own brand of musical magic, he is a hugely influential figure on the music scene. Greg will be at Berwins Salon North to explain the biggest tracks of the last 50 years, putting them in musical context and explaining the stories behind the music that has defined our times.

Dr John Powell will explain the science behind the music we love. As an academic and a composer, he has explored the science behind the beautiful sounds from Beethoven to the Beatles. He’ll be on hand to answer why some music sounds better on vinyl, why ten violins sound only twice as loud as one, and to explain the maths involved in music composition, helping us understand exactly how music works.

Dr Catherine Loveday is a renowned neuroscientist who specialises in musical memory. Catherine’s work has concentrated around the idea of autobiographical memory, particularly in explaining why the music you love is intrinsically bound up with your memories and your sense of identity.

Find out how memories are created, why the music of your teens is particularly important and why your musical memories are the most robust when it comes to ageing.

Greg Wilson is a superstar DJ. Beginning with a mobile disco in Liverpool at 15, now producing and touring the world bringing

Tickets: £18. Unreserved. Cabaret style seating

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Them Two Dance Random Acts of Kindness

Saturday 30 July | Victoria Shopping Centre | Talkshop | 11am Pop-up Performances | from 2pm

Them Two Dance embark on a journey astride their tandem bicycle to encourage the people of Yorkshire to perform more Random Acts of Kindness. In this series of interactive pop-up duets, they ask you to be kind, to be generous and to help them out if they get a puncture!

Talkshop: Join Them Two Dance for a chat and cup of tea at 11am – venue to be confirmed, check our website for further details.. Tell them about the random acts of kindness you’d like to see in your community and they will do their best to make them happen.

This work has been co-commissioned

by Yorkshire Dance Amplified, The Civic Barnsley & Yorkshire Festival with a commitment to working and developing audiences for outdoor work in Yorkshire and the North of England.

Pop-up performances: Look out for the tandem bicycle around Victoria Shopping Centre Piazza from 2pm for a chance to experience the #RandomTandem.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and part of the 50th Harrogate International Festivals.

FREE EVENT

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Spiegeltent & Children’s Festival September | Crescent Gardens | Harrogate

home of engagement

Experience the magic of the Spiegeltent this September. Full programme including the Children’s Festival to be announced shortly.

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Festival Finale

Czech National Symphony Orchestra Sunday 31 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Supported by the Audrey and Stanley Burton Trust

Mozart Tchaikovsky Dvorˇák

The Marriage of Figaro Overture Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88

Libor Pesek - Conductor Alexander Sitkovetsky - Violin

The Music Festival Finale opens with Mozart’s ever popular overture, before welcoming Sitkovestsky to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, one of the greatest works ever written for the instrument.

The inspirational power of a live orchestra is something everyone should experience in their lifetime.

The final work truly demonstrates that Dvorˇák’s musical energy didn’t just inject new life into his own music; it shone a way for the late 19th century symphony to be profound in its musical implications as well as brilliant and immediate in its communicative power. Dvorˇák’s eighth symphony does just that, offering a rousing end to the Harrogate Music Festival in our 50th Anniversary year.

Celebrating its 23rd birthday in 2016, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra has gained a position among both Czech and Europe’s top symphonic ensembles. Moscow-born violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky joins the orchestra, conducted by renowned conductor Libor Pesek. Hailed for his fiery, energetic playing, The Strad called Sitkovetsky the ‘star of the New Century’.

Tickets: £39, £36, £32, £28, £24 Boxes: £96, £72

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Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival 7-10 July | Crown Hotel | Harrogate

We invite you to Discover, Explore and Experiment with this eclectic programme designed to inspire and entertain.

New for 2016 - Weekend and Day Rover tickets available from just £60.

THURSDAY 7 JULY

5pm Mary Portas – Shop Girl’s

Tickets £12 From aspirational working class beginnings to Sunday Times Bestseller, Shop Girl’s narrative travels through a childhood in sixties Watford where money was scarce, encompassing family, love, loss and shop jobs. Be inspired by the Queen of Retail’s charm, depth and humour, as she talks of her journey from hand-me-downs to the riches of Harrods, discovering her craft – the art of selling dreams. Literary journalist Danuta Kean interviews.

12pm Raworths Literary Lunch – Know Your Neighbour?

Tickets £35 Raworths Literary Lunch in association with Yorkshire Life includes 2 course lunch, glass of wine and tea/coffee.

Jamie Bartlett, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media and author of The Dark Net, explains how tech is changing political and social movements. He explores the big unanswered questions about how governments and security agencies deal with the threats the internet poses.

6.30pm John Rowlinson - The Boys of 66: The Unseen Story Behind England’s World Cup Glory Tickets £9 Football, like religion, inspires devotion.

Wembley, 30 July 1966, is a date to worship as Geoff Hurst completes his hat trick. “They think it’s all over….it is now”.

England are the World Cup champions.

Marking the 50th anniversary of England’s historic 4-2 victory against West Germany, former BBC TV Sports producer John Rowlinson takes you on the triumphant journey of sporting glory.

Author of Is There A Psycho In Your Life? forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes discusses how most of us sit on the scale of psychopathy. Some of us are borderline, and some hide in the corporate world, where greed, risk-taking and egotistical avarice can be necessary to success.

3.30pm Dickie Arbiter - On Duty with The Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Secretary Tickets £12 Dickie shares the incredible stories from his memoir. Prepare to be royally entertained by his warm memories of the Queen, and be moved as he touches on one of the defining moments in our nation’s history: the death of Princess Diana. A remarkable glimpse into what life is really like behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace.

8pm Charles MacLean – Whiskypedia

Tickets £12 Scotch whisky is the Holy Grail, steeped in history, craft and tradition. Charles MacLean, Keeper of the Quaich, has the spirit with 30 years researching its curiosities and character, resulting in Whiskypedia. Experience a wee dram as

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never before in our tasting event, with one of the world’s leading experts.

out Britain, WW2 saw a war for wellbeing, fought by pioneers – nurses, Nobel Prize winners, housewives. Laura shares the extraordinary story of the men and women who kept Britain well in wartime and paved the way for the NHS.

FRIDAY 8 JULY Join us for a full day of events focusing on science, health and nature.

Day Rover Ticket £60, including lunch

3.30pm Mail Obsession: A Journey Round Britain by Postcode with Mark Mason

Tickets £9 Mark Mason is truly the god of small things. Mail Obsession is his quirky trail around Britain unearthing ‘the facts that slip down the back of life’s sofa’ from each postcode area in the UK. From how Jimi Hendrix got confused by the M1 to what the Queen keeps in her handbag, his adventures result in a charming homage to Britain’s past and curious present.

10.30am Mark Thompson: A Space Traveller’s Guide to the Solar System

Tickets £9 Prepare to be blasted out of this world with the co-presenter of BBC Stargazing Live and Royal Astronomical Society fellow. Let stardust enter your soul as Mark takes you on a tour of the Solar System. What would you feel? Would you cope? How would you go to the loo?

Find out here!

12pm Einstein’s Universe Tickets £12 Einstein, the world’s foremost physicist who developed general relativity - the most beautiful theory ever formulated - turned to another virtuoso for solace and inspiration: Mozart. A violin player and devotee, Einstein saw his life ‘in terms of music.’ Professor Brian Foster will be joined by violinist Jack Liebeck to present a musical lecture, exploring how Einstein’s ideas have shaped our concepts of space, time and the evolution of the Universe.

5pm Lucie Green - 15 Million Degrees, A Journey to the Centre of the Sun

Tickets £9 Light takes eight minutes to reach Earth but its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years.

What is going on in there? In this astonishing and enlightening adventure, you’ll travel millions of miles from inside the Sun to Earth, where the light at the end of its journey is now (right now!) allowing you to read this. Matthew Stadlen interviews.

2pm Laura Dawes - Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain’s Health

Tickets £9 It’s a battlefield when it comes to diets, disease and mental health. So how on earth did the nation’s health not only survive, but triumph in real war? Against all the odds of rationing and a bombed

6.30pm - MindFOLDness workshop: Learning the art of Mindful Origami

Tickets £9 Don’t miss the new trend for crafty calmness: MindFOLDness. Samuel Tsang, author of The Book of Mindful Origami, in this interactive workshop shows you

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how to fold your way to a quiet mind.

Origami has been dubbed Ori-calmme, as it’s been shown to reduce stress, aid relaxation, concentration, hand-eye co-ordination and memory.

fashion and pop. 1966 is a monument to the year everything changed, and the Harrogate Festival launched, as the decade exploded to the soundtrack of The Beatles, The Byrds and Velvet Underground. Music journalist Ben Thompson interviews.

8pm Jack Liebeck St Wilfrid’s Church | Tickets £18 Unravel the complexities of the universe with this companion recital to our earlier lecture, Einstein’s Universe. Violinist Jack Liebeck and pianist Katya Apekisheva perform a programme of violin music that was loved by Einstein and truly inspired his work.

3pm John Suchet – A Tale of Two Composers Tickets £18 One is the greatest composer who ever lived, the other the undisputed Waltz King. They could not be more different.

Their music is a world apart. Their lives never touched. Yet there is one thing that they share. The city of Vienna.

Suchet will bring Beethoven and Strauss. alive — their life, their loves, and of course their music. He will take you to the city of Vienna, then, as now the musical capital of Europe, and home to both men.

SATURDAY 9 JULY Join us for a full day of events focusing on some of the biggest musical and literary greats of all time.

Day Rover Ticket £65, including lunch.

10am On Shakespeare’s Sonnets in association with the Royal Literary Fund

Tickets £9 Love is a theme that can encompass all others: death, sex, politics, time and space.

Award-winning poets Jo Shapcott and Ruth Padel along with Hannah Crawforth, editor of the volume, explore how our greatest poet still, on the 400th anniversary since his death, speaks closely to today’s foremost contemporary poets. Prepare to be moved in Shakespearean proportions.

Please note this event lasts 90 minutes.

5pm Roald Dahl – A Life in Letters with Donald Sturrock Tickets £9 Sturrock - Dahl’s official biographer – had exclusive access to the weekly letters Dahl wrote to his mother. From the excitement of flying as a WW2 fighter pilot, and the thrill of meeting presidents and movie stars during his time as a spy in Washington, in the 100th anniversary of his birth, experience Dahl in a light never seen before: in his own words.

6.30pm Julia Bradbury’s Unforgettable Walks Tickets £12 Bradbury, much inspired by fell walker Alfred Wainwright, takes us on eight of the UK’s best-loved walks, showcasing the beauty of Britain. As she navigates the reader through the sights and sounds, the flora and fauna and the past and present of some fascinating and relaxing paths, Julia reveals there are still discoveries to be made, even on some of on the more well-trodden paths.

Both a practical guide and a love letter to walking and walkers everywhere.

11.30am Rock and Roll Confidential

Tickets £9 Four of our finest music writers and broadcasters - Paul Du Noyer, David Hepworth, Zoë Howe and Mark Ellen – with outrageous tales of some of rock’s biggest egos. Combining expertise from the worlds of Smash Hits, Q, MOJO and The Word, they’ll discuss overrated superstars, nightmare interviews and life at the NME, as well as giving their views on the greatest records ever made.

1.30pm Jon Savage – 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded

Tickets £9 The Sixties – an era of ideas, freedom, and perception-enhancing substances, revolutionary literature, radical politics,

8pm Fretwork: The World Encompassed St Wilfrid’s Church | Tickets £21 Narrated by English actor, Simon Callow, The World Encompassed tells the tale of Sir Frances Drake’s perilous

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3.30pm Ian Fraser in conversation with Hugh Pym - Inside The Banking Crisis

Tickets £9 In a world where money talks, Ian Fraser talks about his book Shredded as he lifts the lid on the seismic mistakes that led the Royal Bank of Scotland, the world’s biggest bank with $3 trillion assets, employing 200,000 people, to the brink.

Who better to recount the catastrophic proceedings than one of the leading broadcasters on the banking crisis, former BBC chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym.

circumnavigation of the globe with a through-composed piece of music, featuring original 16th century compositions melded with contemporary offerings by Orlando Gough.

SUNDAY 10 JULY Join us for a full day of events focusing on politics, business and economics.

Day Rover Ticket £65, including lunch.

10.30am Tim Marshall - Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics Tickets £9 Former Diplomatic Editor and Foreign Correspondent for Sky News, with 30 years’ experience in reporting, presenting and writing about current affairs and international news, Tim explains how the land lies. His awardwinning New York Times bestseller uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-politics of world powers.

Matthew Stadlen interviews.

5pm Liam Byrne - Dragons: 10 Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain

Tickets £9 Dragons tells the story of British business endeavour through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Liam Byrne MP traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas Pitt, saviour of the East India Company to John Spedan Lewis, founder of the employeeowned John Lewis Partnership. Expect a rousing celebration of British business genius from the Fulbright Scholar and Shadow Minister for Universities, Science and Skills.

12pm James Naughtie - Paris Spring

Tickets £12 James, one of the most recognisable voices in the land, knows a thing or two about political shenanigans. The BBC Radio 4 broadcaster’s decades of insider knowledge make the pages ping in his cerebral spy series, featuring Will Flemyng. His latest book, Paris Spring is set in 1968, a time of revolutionary zeal, featuring the young spy in the thick of the action that claims blood and tests loyalties.

6.30pm Erwin James - Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope

Tickets £9 Aged 7, Erwin lost his mother. His father was a violent alcoholic. As a teen, petty crime turned violent. He was jailed for life aged 27 for murder. With the help of a prison psychologist, he confronted his painful past. The Guardian columnist, author and trustee of the Prison Reform Trust, speaks to the very heart of the human condition. No matter how far a person may fall, redemption is possible.

2pm Vince Cable - After The Storm: The World’s Economy and Britain’s Economic Future Tickets £12 The former Coalition government’s Business Secretary has the inside view on the state of the British economy.

In this acclaimed sequel to The Storm, published after the 2008 financial crisis, Vince offers a global context, exploring inequality and politics. Though the storm may be over, he navigates us through those dark clouds on the horizon.

8pm Jeremy Bowen – War Stories

Tickets £15 The bravery and naivety of believing a bullet doesn’t have your name on it and the compulsion of a story that must be told. Jeremy had the fearlessness of youth covering his first war in El Salvador.

After 11 years in warzones, a close friend was killed. Join the circumspect veteran he is today, offering a fascinating insight into the world of war reporting, from Afghanistan to Rwanda.

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Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 21-24 July | Old Swan Hotel | Harrogate

Creative Thursday

Thursday 21 July | 9am – 5.30pm | £99 per person A day-long series of crime fiction creative writing workshops focusing on how to get published. The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival’s creative writing course for aspiring writers. Creative Thursday gives you the chance to hone your writing skills with industry professionals and real-life crime experts.

2016 programme includes: - Intensive Writing Workshop: How To Write a WhyDunnit The psychological thriller is nothing new, although its popularity is soaring. But what elements distinguish a “WhyDunnit” within the broad and varied world of crime fiction? And how do you go about writing a successful thriller where the focus is on drama rather than punishment, and where the culprits and victims take centre stage? Award-winning writers Sarah Hilary and Alex Marwood talk you through the basics from their very different perspectives. Expect insider secrets, and tips on getting published.

- Intensive Writing Workshop: Psyche your Character This session with Danuta Kean will enable you to get deep under the skin of your characters. You will experiment with your own characters, creating full, plausible people with deep back-story and related character traits. You will examine the pit-falls of over-writing a character’s quirks and issues, while finding creative ways to show and not tell the array of possibilities that an understanding of human psychology can generate.

- Intensive Writing Workshop: Turning Good Ideas into Commercial Crime Novels William Ryan and M.R. Hall will deliver a workshop aimed at writers who have completed or are working on a first draft and want to take it to the next level and for beginners aiming to turn promising ideas into great novels. Focusing on how to construct and test a solid crime fiction plot, how to make sure your characters are working together to push your story forward, how to ensure each chapter develops the story while delivering drama and tension and how to sell your book with a great opening scene.

- The Dragons’ Pen Four brilliant publishing professionals. Two minutes to convince them your synopsis and first chapter are worth reading. One audience full of your fellow would-be writers. Our literary version of the popular TV show, the Dragons’ Den, is not for the faint-hearted.

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Thursday 21 July 2016 Helen Fitzgerald, Paula Hawkins, Clare Mackintosh and Alex Marwood, for a focus on grip lit.

12pm | Tickets: £10

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and Festival Opening Party The six authors shortlisted for the prestigious prize battle it out for supremacy. Broadcaster Mark Lawson hosts as the 2016 award is presented to the lucky winner.

8.00pm | Tickets: £16

Is the Legacy Of The Golden Age Still Alive?

Ah, those were the days. Weren’t they?

Reminisce with our ‘cosy crime’ panel featuring Simon Brett, Frances Brody, Ann Granger, Catriona McPherson and Ruth Ware.

2pm | Tickets: £10

Friday 22 July 2016 Special Guest: Linwood Barclay interviewed by Mark Billingham The American-born Canadian Linwood Barclay, a former journalist and columnist, is the bestselling author of 13 detective novels including Trust Your Eyes, A Tap on the Window and No Time for Goodbye. He’ll be put under the forensic spotlight by bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham.

9am | Tickets: £13

Set A Scientist To Catch A Killer Forensics has transformed detecting crimes. Taking the genre from the puzzle in the library to the minutia under the microscope will be Dave Gaylor, Elly Griffiths, Peter James, Haydn Kelly, Brooke Magnanti and Kate Medina.

3.30pm | Tickets: £10 From Book to Stage and Screen How do bestsellers translate to different mediums? Find out with playwright Shaun McKenna and actors Robert Daws and Jamie Lomas.

5pm | Tickets: £13

You Couldn’t Make It Up. Or Could You?…

Does life imitate art far more than art imitates life? Peter James discusses the role of real life cases with former Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett and authors Sharon Bolton, Mari Hannah and Ysra Sigurdardottir.

10.30am | Tickets: £10

Dead Good Reader Awards Join Dead Good for drinks as they present the Reader Awards as voted for by you. Best Series, Favourite Classic and Tantalising Twist are up for grabs with all attendees walking away with a goody bag full of this season’s best crime novels 6.30pm | Tickets £12

Domestic Suspense – The Killer Behind The Front Door Home is where the heart is… and where the bread knives live! Join Julia Crouch,

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Special Guest: Val McDermid In Conversation with Susan Calman Continuing the success of injecting comedians into the mix, ‘Queen of Crime’ and co-founder of the Festival Val McDermid will be In Conversation with comedian Susan Calman, a familiar face on shows such as Have I Got News for You, 8 out of 10 Cats and Would I Lie to You. 8.30pm | Tickets: £13

(Tenacity), Beth Lewis (The Wolf Road), and Abir Mukherjee (A Rising Man).

12pm | Tickets: £10 Murder Out of Africa Homicide figures in South Africa are akin to a country at war. NJ Cooper, Paul Mendelson, Deon Meyer, Margie Orford, Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip navigate the heart of South Africa’s darkness.

2pm | Tickets: £10

The Hard Yards How many years does it take to become an overnight success? Talking about their journey up, and staying on top of, that greasy pole, join Sophie Hannah, Simon Kernick, Laura Lippman, Martyn Waites and Laura Wilson.

10pm | Tickets: £10

France Noir - Le Roman Policier The French have a certain je ne sais quoi, when it comes to the crime genre.

Authors Pierre Lemaitre, Bernard Minier and SJ Parris will transport France to Harrogate with chair Barry Forshaw.

3.30pm | Tickets : £10

Saturday 23 July 2016

Special Guests – Martina Cole In Conversation with Peter James Programming chair Peter James, CWA Diamond Dagger Award winner and ‘King of the police procedural’ best known for his Roy Grace detective series, will be In Conversation with hard-hitting author Martina Cole, the first British female novelist for adult audiences to surpass the £50 million sales mark.

5pm | Tickets: £13

Special Guest: Jeffery Deaver interviewed by Mark Lawson Jeffery Deaver, the award winning author of 33 internationally bestselling novels, will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Mark Lawson.

One of the world’s most successful thriller writers, Deaver is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers.

9am | Tickets: £13 Special Guest: Gerald Seymour interviewed by Joe Haddow Gerald Seymour was a high-profile reporter and foreign correspondent at ITN before becoming an acclaimed novelist.

His ground-breaking thriller Harry’s Game was an instant hit in 1975; he recently published his 32nd book, No Mortal Thing.

Producer of the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, Joe Haddow, interviews.

10.30am | Tickets: £13

Kill me Quick: Author Dinner* Roll-up your trousers, pop on some sun cream…* No.1 bestselling author Peter James is bringing the dark side of Brighton to Harrogate. Creator of the unstoppable Detective Roy Grace will host an evening of seaside themed food and fun. Includes 2 course murder mystery dinner and a glass of wine 6.15pm | Tickets: £30 Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen, a physician turned author dubbed the ‘medical suspense queen’, is published in 40 countries with more than 30 million copies of her books sold worldwide.

8.30pm | Tickets: £13

New Blood Val McDermid introduces her pick of the four sparkling new talents of 2016 – Martin Holmen (Clinch), JS Law

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Late Night Quiz Test your criminal knowledge with quiz masters Val McDermid and Mark Billingham and vie to get your hands on the coveted quiz cup!

10pm | Tickets: £10

Weekend Rover Ticket Indulge your criminal tendencies and get great value for money with a Festival Rover ticket.

Weekend Rovers include: Access to all Festival events* from 8pm on Thursday 21 July to 12.30pm on Sunday 24 July.

Delicious lunches at the Old Swan Hotel on Friday and Saturday A complimentary Festival goody bag Price: £220 per person

Sunday 24 July 2016 Political Corruption Everyone loves a scandal - except the victims! Charles Cumming, Frank Gardner, Mark Lawson, Kate Rhodes and Gillian Slovo explore how the world of politicians has become rich fodder for the crime genre.

10am | Tickets: £10

Weekend Rover Packages including 3 nights’ accommodation and a Weekend Rover ticket start from only £350.

Contact the Festivals Office for more information.

Special Guest: Neil Cross on Luther Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Neil Cross is best known as the creator of the international hit BBC series, Luther, starring Idris Elba, as well as a writer on Spooks and Doctor Who. 11.30am | Tickets: £13

Day Rover Tickets include: Access to all Festival events* throughout the day A delicious lunch at the Old Swan Hotel A complimentary Festival goody bag Friday Rover (22 July) - £94 per person Saturday Rover (23 July) - £88 per person

*Kill me Quick Author Dinner not included in Rover Tickets

DON’T MISS OUR FREE EVENTS! Friday 22 July Join the Thin Blue Spine team and experts from Think Forensic for a Forensics Experience. Visit a crime scene, gather the evidence and examine it using real techniques such as fingerprint lifting, shoeprints and hair and fibre analysis.

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Friends of the Festival Support the Festivals, book ahead, gain exclusive access and discover something special.

From ÂŁ30 per year you can become a Friend of the Festivals, meet likeminded people and help safeguard the future of our charity.

Becoming a Friend of the Festivals is one of the best ways to enjoy all that Harrogate International Festivals has to offer, from big name stars, to intimate concerts and hidden gems.

Your support comes with benefits, including priority booking, early access to unreserved seats at events, access to exclusive Friends lounges and much more.

As a registered charity with no core funding, when you join you’ll also enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you helped support our on-going effort to bring world-class music, literature, education work and performing arts to Yorkshire.

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Extraordinary visual magic at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal 23 April — 30 October

Fountains Relief Mat Collishaw nationaltrust.org.uk/folly

Harrogate History Festival

20-23 October | Old Swan Hotel | Harrogate

Take a step back in time to meet, discuss and celebrate the authors and genre of historical writing, from fact through to fiction.

Programme Featuring Joe Abercrombie

Paddy Ashdown

Antony Beevor

Tracy Borman

Tracy Chevalier

Jonathan Dimbleby

Philippa Gregory

Tom Holland

Janina Ramirez More names and events to be announced soon. Keep an eye on the website!

Tickets on sale from June

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Town Centre Box Office 25 June-24 July | Victoria Shopping Centre | Harrogate

Concessions All tickets are available at 30% discount to unemployed students in full-time education and those under 18 years old. Appropriate identification must be shown.*

Harrogate International Festivals’ Town Centre Box Office returns this year from 25th June. Find us outside the Victoria Shopping Centre, opposite the train station, to take advantage of free giveaways and special ticket offers throughout the Festivals.

Young Musicians Book four or more concerts in the acclaimed Young Musicians Series and enjoy a 20% discount off your purchase.*

Launching 25 June 2016 Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 3.30pm, plus Sundays during July.

Under 25s Membership For the Festivals’ classical music events, a limited number of tickets will be available to under-25s for just £5.

Tickets must be booked in advance and proof of age will be requested at the performance.*

Our Festival Souvenir Programme will be on sale throughout the Festival. Buy your essential Festival Programme at any event for full programme notes, artist biographies and featured articles on the programmes and performers

Group Bookings Parties of five or more booking their tickets in one transaction receive a 10% discount on their tickets. Groups of ten or more booking their tickets in one transaction receive a 20% discount on their tickets.*

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In Person: Harrogate International Festivals, 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB Payment: Returned Tickets:

Harrogate International Festivals accept all major credit/debit cards (except American Express), cash or cheques. Cheques should be made payable to ‘HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS’.

In order to cover the cost of postage there is an additional £1 charge for postal orders, however, you can choose to collect your tickets on the door or at the Festival office prior to the event.

The Box Office cannot refund money or exchange tickets, except in the case of a cancelled performance. We are happy to try and re-sell returned tickets for sold-out events for a small charge.

Latecomers: Out of courtesy to both performers and audiences, latecomers to performances will not be admitted until a suitable break, which may not be until the first interval.

Booking Fee: Harrogate International Festivals charges a £1.75 transaction fee per booking. Ticket sales alone do not cover the costs of our Box Office and booking fees are vital to the development, maintenance and running of our in-house Box Office. For more information and for full Terms and Conditions please visit our website: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

Festival Souvenir Programme: The essential full colour souvenir programme with details, biographies and programme notes of all Festival events will be available at concerts for £5.

Reserve your copy in advance for only £4 when you book your tickets at the Box Office.

Visitors with Disabilities:

Gift Vouchers

All Festival venues have wheelchair access and we offer free tickets for carers. For more information and to book wheelchair seating please call our Box Office.

Why not treat a Friend or relative to an event at the Festival? Gift vouchers are available from the Festival Box Office for all Festival events.

Tickets on the door: Tickets will be sold at the venue 30 minutes prior to the performance, subject to availability and a £1.75 transaction fee.

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About Us

Harrogate International Festivals is the flagship arts Festival for the North of England.

A charitable organisation, our passion and ambition maintains our position as an arts organisation delivering Festivals of national importance and dramatically increasing the cultural opportunities for Harrogate and the wider region.

Patron HRH The Prince of Wales

Thanks With special thanks to all our volunteers without whom the Festival could not happen.

Honorary President Dame Fanny Waterman DBE

Board of Trustees Fiona Movley Chairman Matthew Osbourne Honorary Treasurer Peter Blackburn CBE Clive Goldstein David Haxby Justin Kitson Howard Marshall Craig Ratcliffe David Salter Kate Spencer Christine Woods

Vice Presidents Lady Solti Malcolm Neesam Frainy Ardeshir Lesley Garrett CBE Festival Staff Team Sharon Canavar Chief Executive Gemma Rowland Operations Manager Marc Dunleavy Music Festivals Manager Helen Donkin Literature Festivals

Co-ordinator Charlotte Woods Music & Education

Co-ordinator Lizzie Brewster Future 50 Appeal Co-ordinator Beth Walker Administration Assistant Ruth Moody Financial Controller Angela Thompson Financial Assistant

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Company Registration: 858029

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Sponsors & Supporters 2016 Harrogate International Festivals would like to thank the following organisations for their support and commitment

Event Sponsors and Supporters

Premier Partners

Regular Funders

Associate Sponsors

Corporate patrons

Cultural partners

Special Projects

Community Partners

Media Partners

Crime Novel of the Year Partners

Honorary Solicitors

Trusts and Foundations The Audrey and Stanley Burton Charitable Trust The Charles and Elsie Sykes Charitable Trust

The Dorothy Parkinson Memorial Award The Lady Bomanji and Mrs Mehroo Jehangir Memorial Concert

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50th Anniversary Ball 24 September | The Royal Hall | Harrogate Join us at our exclusive Anniversary Ball as we Celebrate 50 years of

Harrogate International Festivals.

Ticket: ÂŁ100 per person / Table of 10 for ÂŁ1000 Dress: Black Tie For more information contact Lizzie on 01423 562 303 or email lizzie@harrogate-festival.org.uk

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