Summer Event Guide 2015 Harrogate International Festivals

Harrogate Festival music | literature | film | arts | culture

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Featuring: Alfred Brendel, Jenny Eclair, Edith Bowman Martin James Bartlett, John Wilson Orchestra, Lee Child, Julie Fowlis, Louis de Bernières, Gregory Porter, Noddy Holder, Mahan Esfahani, Julian Lloyd Webber, Eddie Izzard and many, many more...

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Welcome Travel broadens the mind and opens the heart. Take the ultimate journey via the power of arts through Harrogate Festivals’ line-up of international artists.

A Sense of Place 2015’s theme ‘A Sense of Place’ celebrates our long heritage of delivering world-class acts. Explore how music creates identity, and transcends borders.

Live La Bella Vita with the Italian Quartet, Quartetto Di Cremona as they present ‘The Italian Journey’. Indulge in Iranian Mahan Esfahani as he takes you on a ride through time from Bach to the neo-classical music of Martinu, as he reclaims the harpsichord to create a new sense of place in the modern age.

Music can transcend deep divides, including the Arab-Israel conflict, as the Polyphony Foundation demonstrate. Experience how national identity impacts on music from the perspective of growing up in that land of pilgrims, Nazareth, with our Artist in Residence, pianist, Saleem Ashkar.

Closer to home, there’s a chance to celebrate how the son of Tennessee slaves, Thomas Rutling, transcended the legacy of chains, taking his music and soul to Europe – and Harrogate, where he lived for some years.

Finally, look out for musicians from the Harrogate Festival Orchestra who will be popping up with free events in and around our beloved spa town. Music is in the air as My Place, Your Place brings performances to you, without the need for grand concert halls.

Artist in Residence The Festival is proud to present Saleem Ashkar as the 2015 Artist in Residence. Born in 1976 in Nazareth, Saleem Ashkar is truly a man of the world. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in Hanover, before becoming a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Saleem played with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, debuted at the Carnegie Hall, New York, and appeared with the Chicago Symphony and Staatskapelle Berlin, all before he turned 22.

Now, the renowned Palestinian-Israeli pianist is in demand all over the world. Saleem will be performing a special programme exploring national identity in music that crosses cultural boundaries, including personal insight from his youth growing up in Nazareth.

Ashkar will continue his exploration of place and identity with the Polyphony Foundation, whose mission is to bring Arab and Israeli communities together. With the belief young talent can create beauty, find common ground and correct inequalities; this is music with an urgent vitality.

A 50 Year Heritage Revel in a month of music, literature, talks and screenings that celebrates our landmark 50th Festival in style.

We welcome back some of the biggest names in music including living legend Alfred Brendel.

Plus Julian Lloyd Webber returns as Guest Curator to champion our prestigious Young Musicians Series, of which he is an alumnus.

Supporting the next generation of musical talent through his Masterclass and presenting young pianist Jenna Sung, Lloyd Webber points us in the direction of the next 50 years.

Fast becoming a leading authority for attracting iconic jazz artists, Gregory Porter headlines this year’s Festival, following in the footsteps of previous artists such as Wynton Marsalis and Van Morrison.

Continuing to be a Festival that innovates, we present the unique opportunity to see Psycho Live! with the Harrogate Festival Orchestra.

Festival favourites, The John Wilson Orchestra, launch the Festival in style and the grand finale is courtesy of the magnificent Flanders Symphony Orchestra.

Explore what place means to you through our diverse programme throughout the month of July. Explore the world with our series of pre-concert talks, create your own place to hear music with our live broadcast with Martin James-Bartlett and bring the family to our Children’s Concert introducing great music to a new generation as part of the BBC’s Ten Pieces campaign.

This summer, discover your Festival in our world of music, literature, theatre and film.

Sharon Canavar Chief Executive Harrogate International Festivals

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Launching 20 June 2015

Our Town Centre Box Office this year will be bringing the Festivals to life from Harrogate’s Town Centre. Find us outside the Victoria Shopping Centre, opposite the train station, to take advantage of our free giveaways and special offers throughout the Festival.

Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 3.30pm plus Sundays during July.

Under 25s 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.* Group Bookings Parties of 5 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.*

Concessions All tickets are available at 30% discount to unemployed students in full-time education and those under 18 years old. * Young Musicians Book any 3 concerts in the acclaimed Young Musicians Series and enjoy a 20% discount off your purchase.*

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Celebrate Summer

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50

Festival Diary Week One: 29 June – 5 July Thu 2 July 12pm Raworths Literary Lunch with Michelle Mone The Crown Hotel Pg 42 Thu 2 July 3.30pm Emma Bridgewater: Stories from the Kitchen Dresser

The Crown Hotel Pg 42 Thu 2 July 5pm Paul Heiney: One Wild Song The Crown Hotel Pg 43 Thu 2 July 6.30pm Bill Oddie: Unplucked The Crown Hotel Pg 43 Thu 2 July 8pm Noddy Holder: The World According to Noddy The Crown Hotel Pg 43 Fri 3 July 12.30pm Will Hutton: Good For Business The Crown Hotel Pg 43 Fri 3 July 2pm Peter Moore: The Weather Experiment The Crown Hotel Pg 43 Fri 3 July 3.30pm Edith Bowman’s Great British Music Festivals The Crown Hotel Pg 44 Fri 3 July 5pm Dennis Skinner: Sailing Close to the Wind The Crown Hotel Pg 44 Fri 3 July 6.30pm Judy Finnigan in conversation with Richard Madeley The Crown Hotel Pg 44 Fri 3 July 7.30pm A Pianist’s Alphabet: A Lecture with Alfred Brendel Royal Hall Pg 15 Fri 3 July 8pm Dom Joly: Here Comes the Clown The Crown Hotel Pg 44 Sat 4 July 11am Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: The Secret History of Wonderland

The Crown Hotel Pg 44 Sat 4 July 12pm Young Musician 1: Soh-Yon Kim Birstwith Church Pg 26 Sat 4 July 12.30pm Robert Sackville-West: The Disinherited The Crown Hotel Pg 45 Sat 4 July 2pm Matt Haig: Reasons to Stay Alive The Crown Hotel Pg 45 Sat 4 July 3.30pm Alan Johnson: Please, Mr Postman The Crown Hotel Pg 45 Sat 4 July 5pm Gavin Esler: Lessons from the Top The Crown Hotel Pg 45 Sat 4 July 6.30pm Louis de Bernières: The Dust that Falls from Dreams The Crown Hotel Pg 45 Sat 4 July 8pm Jenny Eclair: Moving The Crown Hotel Pg 46 Sat 4 July 8pm John Wilson Orchestra Presents Cole Porter in Hollywood

Royal Hall Pg 16 Sun 5 July 12.30pm Theodore Zeldin: The Hidden Pleasures of Life The Crown Hotel Pg 46 Sun 5 July 2pm Sam Delaney: Mad Men and Bad Men The Crown Hotel Pg 46 Sun 5 July 3.30pm Sadie Jones: From Outcast to Broadcast The Crown Hotel Pg 46 Sun 5 July 5pm Pretty Honest with Sali Hughes The Crown Hotel Pg 47 Sun 5 July 6.30pm Tracey Thorn: Naked at The Albert Hall The Crown Hotel Pg 47 Sun 5 July 8pm Joanne Harris: The Gospel of Loki The Crown Hotel Pg 47 Sun 5 July 8pm Concert by Candlelight: La Serenissima St Wilfrid’s Church Pg 17

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Week Two: 6 – 12 July Thu 9 July 12pm Thu 9 July 8pm Fri 10 July 8pm Sat 11 July 3pm Sat 11 July 8pm Sun 12 July 3pm Sun 12 July 8pm Sat 11 & Sun 12 July

Young Musician 2: Jenna Sung Quartetto Di Cremona Artist in Residence: Saleem Ashkar A Masterclass with Julian Lloyd Webber Gregory Porter

Polyphony Foundation with Saleem Ashkar An Evening with Julian Lloyd Webber Festival Big Screen FREE EVENT

St Wilfrid’s Church Pg 26 Wesley Chapel Pg 17 Wesley Chapel Pg 22 The Crown Hotel Pg 26 HIC Pg 21 Wesley Chapel Pg 23 Royal Hall Pg 25 Montpellier Hill Pg 19

Week Three: 13 – 19 July Tue 14 July 7.30pm Oddsocks: Much Ado About Nothing RHS Harlow Carr Pg 29 Wed 15 July 7.30pm Oddsocks: Much Ado About Nothing RHS Harlow Carr Pg 29 Thu 16 July 9am Creative Thursday: Creative Writing Workshop Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Thu 16 July 3pm Just Add Readers Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Thu 16 July 8pm Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Thu 16 July 8pm MILOŠ Royal Hall Pg 31 Fri 17 July 9am Sara Paretsky in Conversation with Val McDermid Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 10.30am They Do Things Differently There…

Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 12pm Irish Noir Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 12pm Young Musician 3: Martin James Bartlett Wesley Chapel Pg 27 Fri 17 July 2pm Your Perfect Match Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 3.30pm The Morality of Murder Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 5pm Millennium – She’s Back!

Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 6.30pm Yorkshire Pride Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 7pm Dead Good Reader Awards Old Swan Hotel Pg 48 Fri 17 July 8pm Concert by Candlelight: Armonico Consort St Wilfrid’s Church Pg 32 Fri 17 July 8.30pm Mark Billingham in Conversation with Eddie Izzard Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Fri 17 July 10pm The Black Art of Criticism Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 9am Lisa Gardner in Conversation with Ann Cleeves Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 10.30am M.C. Beaton in Conversation with Fred MacAuley Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 12pm New Blood Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 2pm Strange Lands Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 3.30pm Forensics Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 5pm TV Panel with Sally Wainwright Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 6.15pm Author Dinner: Murder in the Lemon Grove Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 8pm Psycho Live! Live Screening with the Harrogate Festival Orchestra

Royal Hall Pg 33 Sat 18 July 8.30pm Lee Child interviewed by Rory Bremner Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sat 18 July 10pm Late Night Quiz Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sun 19 July 10am Celebrating Patricia Highsmith Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sun 19 July 11.30am Arnaldur Indridason interviewed by Barry Forshaw Old Swan Hotel Pg 49 Sun 19 July 2.30pm Harrogate Symphony Orchestra: Children’s Concert 2015 Royal Hall Pg 35

Week Four: 20 – 26 July Tue 21 July 7.30pm The Road from Harrogate to Britten Wesley Chapel Pg 35 Thu 23 July 12pm Young Musician 4: Chloe Saywell St Wilfrid’s Church Pg 27 Thu 23 July 8pm Mahan Esfahani St Wilfrid’s Church Pg 37 Fri 24 July 8pm Sweet Chariot - Thomas Rutling and the Road to Freedom

Royal Hall Pg 38 Sat 25 July 8pm Julie Fowlis Royal Hall Pg 39 Sun 26 July 8pm Festival Finale: Flanders Symphony Orchestra Royal Hall Pg 41

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Home of Festivals The 50th Harrogate International Festivals is an important landmark in our history. Since the very first event in 1966, it has grown to become Yorkshire’s premier Festival and a firm fixture on the national and international stage. We’re enormously proud of our past achievements, but more excited about the potential for the years ahead.

As we approach this significant milestone, we urge you to take ownership of your Festivals. We are told our passion is contagious, your support is crucial to help us to achieve our ambitious and rewarding goals for the future.

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HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS 1966-2016

Harrogate International Festivals has a strong heritage and an ambitious future.

Our vision is simple – to be the leading portfolio of arts festivals with an evolving and innovative offer.

Our programmes provide distinctive cultural experiences, against a backdrop of audience development and widening engagement in the arts. At the heart of our delivery is the creation of an evolving and innovative programme, changing lives through cultural experience.

As a charity with no core funding, we launch our Future 50 Campaign to raise ÂŁ1m to ensure that the future of the Harrogate International Festivals is vibrant and engaging, allowing us to continue to create access to the arts. Philanthropic investment is now vital to the Festival being a sustainable organisation, with the ability to create life changing opportunities in the arts.

Your support is critical to our efforts: reaching our goals depends on your contributions.

Every gift at every level will play an important part in helping us to achieve our ambition to create a secure future for the Festivals.

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FESTIVAL NUMBER

50 Discover your Festivals Harrogate International Sunday Series (January – April) International chamber music concert series.

Harrogate Festival (July) Yorkshire’s leading arts Festival featuring the best of international talent spanning music, literature, theatre and film.

Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival (July) Celebrating great writing by bringing best-selling authors, influential politicians, comedians and stars of the stage to share their stories with as wide an audience as possible.

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (July) World class, award-winning, literature weekend celebrating the very best in crime fiction.

Harrogate History Festival (October) Celebrating the authors and genre of historical writing, this unique weekend allows readers and writers to meet, discuss and discover historical writing from fact through to fiction.

Salon North (Year round) A movement for the heart and mind.

Three fascinating expert speakers are brought together to present one-off nights of the most stimulating ideas in art, science and psychology.

Reach Out: Year-Round Engagement (January – December) A year-round programme of events and engagement including Salon North and a wide-ranging programme of community engagement, creative learning and advocacy presented for a broad range of audiences: • Musical Mums – Weekly singing project for teenage parents and their babies, using music as a means of encouraging positive activity between mothers and babies, in partnership with NYMAZ. • Musical Villages – Half-term world music delivery across the rural areas of the District, targeted at mono-cultural and rural areas. In partnership with NYMAZ. • Big Read – The Big Read project increases links across the region between libraries and reading groups, creating new readers.

• Reader in Residence – Supports our on-going literacy delivery and the Festivals ‘You’re Booked’ website to create a national hub for aspiring writers and readers.

• Young Musicians Series – This prestigious series of concerts runs throughout the Harrogate Festival featuring the rising stars of music’s next generation.

Big Screen (July) Open-air film screenings featuring Hollywood blockbusters, family movies and live sporting spectaculars.

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Keep an eye on the website for information on all of the Festivals’ outreach programmes.

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Festival Special Guests

Julian Lloyd Webber Guest Curator, Harrogate Festival

“Harrogate holds a special place in my heart and we have a fantastic line-up for the 50th Festival. I am so looking forward to being back!”

Look out for curated events on pages 24-25

Saleem Ashkar

Artist in Residence “Ashkar’s is an art that disguises art and his performances are among the finest in the catalogue” Strad Magazine

See pages 22-23

Ann Cleeves

Programming Chair of Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival “This year we focus on crime fiction’s ability to take us to strange lands.

Come and join us for the trip of a lifetime!”

See pages 48-49

Harrogate Festival Orchestra Orchestra in Residence

Look out for special events featuring musicians from the Harrogate Festival Orchestra bringing you the unexpected and reconnecting Harrogate through a Sense of Place

See pages 13 & 33

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Music is in the air as My Place, Your Place brings live performance to you, free from grand concert halls. Expect the unexpected this Summer with free, impromptu, pop-up performances!

They could be anytime, anywhere, in spaces across Harrogate.

Featuring musicians from the Festival’s Orchestra in Residence – the Harrogate Festival Orchestra – My Place, Your Place aims to inspire audiences and reconnect A beautiful Victorian town centre A beautiful Victorian hotel modernised town centre hotel offering… the people of Harrogate with its offering…

24 hour room service • free wi-fi • Lounge bar serving an extensive all day menu and afternoonmusical tea past. Featuring music by Free wi-fi Six fabulous conferencing and banqueting rooms catering for up to 350 guests Harrogate composer Gerald Finzi, 24 hour servicemenus • Large free car park for up to 250 cars The Windsor Restaurant offering traditional carvery androom a la carte Lounge bar serving an extensive all day menu and afternoon tea each intimate performance will help Ripon Road •conferencing Harrogate and • North Yorkshire HG1 2JD •for Tel:up01423 Six fabulous banqueting rooms catering to 350504005 guests create a unique sense of place in Email: salescairn@strathmorehotels.com www.strathmorehotels.com The Windsor Restaurant offering traditional• carvery and a la carte menus keeping with the theme of this Large free car park for up to 250 cars year’s Festival.

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Friday 3 July | Royal Hall | 7.30pm

A Pianist’s Alphabet:

A Lecture with Alfred Brendel It is an honour to welcome back to Harrogate the world-renowned pianist Alfred Brendel, whose place among the great pianists of the 20th and 21st centuries is assured. In this unique lecture Brendel distils a lifetime of musical knowledge, from how to tackle the extremes of the repertoire to how best to stifle a cough during a recital.

“Looking back at sixty years of giving concerts, making records, and writing, I realised that I should put some order into my thoughts and collect concepts, from A to Z. My lecture will try to convey some of a thinking pianist’s concerns: music, composers, instruments and the public, balance, cohesion, and even love and humour.” Alfred Brendel

Tickets: £22, £20, £18, £15, £12 Boxes: £54, £36 Please note this event is a lecture.

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Saturday 4 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

John Wilson Orchestra presents:

Cole Porter in Hollywood

With guest singers: Annalene Beechey, Anna-Jane Casey, Matthew Ford & Richard Morrison

One of the fastest selling acts of the Festival, John Wilson swings back into town with a sumptuous, sensational celebration of Cole Porter’s irresistible tunes from classic Hollywood movies.

Be swept into the romance with lush arrangements originally written for Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Peggy Lee. Featuring ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’, ‘Night & Day’, ‘Let’s Do It’ and numbers from movies including Anything Goes, High Society and Can-Can. This event is certain to sell-out fast so get your skates on to secure your seat for this sensational show!

Tickets: £45*, £42, £38, £32, £25 Boxes: £114, £76 “Wilson’s concerts are the American musical as you have never heard it before…they could surely see the sparks fly all the way from Hollywood.”

The Financial Times *Meet the stars! Tickets priced £45 include entrance to a post-show reception with the special guests of the show & John Wilson.

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Sunday 5 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm

Concert by Candlelight:

La Serenissima

Vivaldi Vivaldi

Vivaldi

Vivaldi

Vivaldi

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons Concerto per violino in tromba marina, in D, RV 221 Concerto per Maestro dè Morzin in G, RV 496 Concerto per violino in tromba marina, in G, RV 313 Concerto La Notte in B flat, RV 501 Concertos for violin, strings & continuo, Op.8, 1– 4

Adrian Chandler - Violin/Director

Experience a classic afresh. The Four Seasons is one of the most popular pieces of music of all time, beloved by film-makers and a staple at weddings. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was one of the greatest Baroque composers, second perhaps only to Johann Sebastian Bach, who himself was deeply influenced by Vivaldi’s work.

Award-winning ensemble and leading exponents of Vivaldi’s music, La Serenissima presents the celebrated Four Seasons using a new edition from manuscripts in the hand of Vivaldi’s father, Giovanni Battista. Plus the medieval violino in tromba marina has been recreated from evidence surviving in the archives of the Ospedale della Pietà (a convent, orphanage and school in Venice where Vivaldi worked during his lifetime) to present several of Vivaldi’s Concertos for this unique instrument. This will be a truly rare, and beautiful, concert experience.

“These are musicians who quite simply love their Vivaldi and their spirit is contagious.” BBC Music Magazine Tickets: £20

Thursday 9 July | Wesley Chapel | 8pm Pre-Concert talk | 7pm

Quartetto di Cremona An Italian Journey Boccherini String Quartet No. 6 in C, Op.2 Respighi String Quartet No.3 in D, P.53 Puccini “I Crisantemi” for String

Quartet Verdi String Quartet in E minor Cristiano Gualco - Violin Paolo Andreoli - Violin Simone Gramaglie - Viola Giovanni Scaglione - Cello

Quartetto di Cremona brings the essence of Italy to Harrogate with their programme, An Italian Journey. Creating a Sense of Place through the exploration of bel canto (the famous singing style of the classics of Italian Opera) the quartet will show how this can apply to instrumental music.

Join the musicians in a pre-concert talk to find out the secrets behind how to make each characterful instrument find its voice and ‘sing’.

“Dynamic contouring was as sleek and elegant as an Armani suit, and it tailored the music to perfection.” The STRAD Magazine Tickets: £18

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Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July | Montpellier Hill

Festival Big Screen 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 as it’s set to be even bigger and better than last year!

For full programme details please visit www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

This is a free event.

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Saturday 11 July | HIC Main Auditorium | 8pm Supported by

Gregory Porter Man of the moment Gregory Porter headlines the 50th Harrogate Festival. The charismatic Californian, who cites Nat King Cole as his biggest inspiration, has been hailed as a modern great with his gospel-infused jazz. Described as one of the most emotional and easily identifiable performers to have emerged in recent years, his Grammy award-winning album Liquid Spirit out sold Michael Jackson.

A voice of velvet, his meteoric rise has seen Porter headline major UK festivals, wowing audiences on shows such as Jools Holland, Strictly Come Dancing, and at the BBC Music Awards, where he was nominated alongside Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, and Pharrell Williams. Guaranteed to put the soul into your summer!

“Porter sounds great, engages with audiences, and sings songs you can go away humming” The Guardian Tickets: £35, £30, £25, £20

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Friday 10 July | Wesley Chapel | 8pm | Pre-Concert talk | 7pm

Artist in Residence -

Saleem Ashkar Sense of Place: National Identity in Music Beethoven Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101 Beethoven Sonata No.31 in Ab, Op.110 Chopin Ballade No.4, Op.52 Medtner Theme and Variations for piano, Op.55 Bartok Piano Sonata, Sz.80 The 2015 Harrogate Festival is proud to present the Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Ashkar as its Artist in Residence. Protégé of Daniel Barenboim, Ashkar performs a special programme exploring national identity in music that crosses cultural boundaries.

Ashkar started to learn the piano at the age of 6 and found composers such as Chopin to be strange and unfamiliar, however, it was that same cultural difference he found fascinating. Ashkar discovered that music could enable a search for local identity and form a Sense of Place and a sense of self.

In this programme Ashkar explores how composers throughout history have used folklore as a way of finding social and national identity.

Join our artist in residence in a pre-concert talk to hear his personal insight from his youth growing up in Nazareth.

“Ashkar’s is an art that disguises art and his performances are among the finest in the catalogue” Gramaphone Magazine Tickets: £18

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Sunday 12 July | Wesley Chapel | 3pm | Pre-Concert talk | 2pm

Polyphony Foundation with Saleem Ashkar

Dvorˇák Wisam Gibran Shostakovich

Piano Quintet No.2, Op.81 Piano Quintet Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

The Festival’s Artist in Residence, Saleem Ashkar, continues his exploration of place and identity through music with young musicians from the Polyphony Foundation, who are travelling to Harrogate from their base in Nazareth.

The Foundation – established by Saleem and his brother Nabeel Abboud Ashkar - aims to bring Arab and Israeli communities together through music eductation.

With on-going tensions between Israel and Gaza, young Arabs and Jews work and play together in this ground-breaking programme. With the belief that young talent can create beauty, help to find common ground and correct inequalities; this is music with heart, soul and an urgent vitality.

Performing an eclectic programme including music by Nazarene composer Wisam Gibran, experience the uniting power of music first hand.

“The most moving performance of the year for me was the coming together of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis in their teens, at a time of the highest tension in the land they’d just left behind…superb by any standards, thanks to pianist Saleem Ashkar’s peerless lead.”

The Arts Desk Tickets: £15

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“I am so glad that I am bringing our new programme to Harrogate – the beautiful town which holds so many happy memories for me!”

Julian Lloyd Webber

Saturday 11 July | Crown Hotel | 3pm

A Masterclass with

Julian Lloyd Webber Nikola Avramovic - Piano Sam Gillespie - Clarinet Aaron Billson – Cello Festival Guest Curator, Julian Lloyd Webber, brings his wealth of experience as a performer to inspire young musicians in a Masterclass which promises to be enlightening for participants and audience alike.

Through his work as an Ambassador for music charity Live Music Now and as the recently appointed new Principal of Birmingham Conservatoire, Julian champions young musical talent. In this exclusive Masterclass he will mentor 3 young classical musicians: Serbian-born pianist Nikola Avramovic, Aaron Bilson – currently a student at Birmingham Conservatoire – and locally born clarinettist Sam Gillespie.

Tickets: £12

Sunday 12 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

An Evening with

Julian Lloyd Webber

He’s from one of the most influential musical dynasties of our time. This unforgettable night promises a musical journey into the extraordinary life of Julian Lloyd Webber.

In Julian’s words: “The show is a celebration of my life as a musician and some of the wonderful artists I was privileged to make music with. The evening is underpinned by live music from my fellow cellist wife, Jiaxin and our pianist, Pam Chowhan, who will play music from Bach and Fauré to Rachmaninov and my father William Lloyd Webber.

There are readings, video clips of my live performances - with such legendary musicians as Yehudi Menuhin (with the Royal Philharmonic and filmed in Harrogate!), Joaquin Rodrigo, Dame Cleo Laine, Stephane Grappelli, Nigel Kennedy, Katherine Jenkins and MANY others – I even found one clip with Kenny Everett! There is also a Q&A with the audience - so you have plenty of time to prepare awkward questions!

– and further surprises on the night. All in all it’s an interactive ‘fun’ evening which would make a good introduction to classical music for young people.”

Tickets: £25, £22, £20, £18, £16 Boxes: £60, £40

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Saturday 4 July | Birstwith Church | 12pm

Young musician 1:

Soh-Yon Kim

Schubert Rondo in B minor David Matthews Aria Chausson Poème Debussy Clair de lune - (arr. Alexandre Roelens) Kreisler Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta Maksim Štšura – Piano South Korean violinist Soh-Yon Kim is already a multi-award-winning artist and was chosen as one of the Rising Stars of the Royal College of Music where she currently studies under the guidance of Itzhak Rashkovsky.

Performing with Estonian pianist Maksim Štšura, Soh-Yon Kim champions new music for the violin such as David Matthews’ Aria and the relatively unknown Schuberts’s Rondo ‘Brillante’, alongside violin standards including Chausson’s Poème. The programme pushes both technical and emotional boundaries, reaching ecstatic heights in the harmonically rich Poème before gently bringing us back to earth with Debussy’s serene Clair de Lune.

Tickets: £10

Thursday 9 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm

Young musician 2:

Jenna Sung

Curated by Julian Lloyd Webber Mozart Chopin Chopin Ravel Liszt

Sonata in C minor K475 Barcarolle Op. 60 Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39 Gaspard de la nuit Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10

In his role as Guest Curator, Julian Lloyd Webber has selected the phenomenal young pianist Jenna Sung to take part in this year’s Young Musicians Series, described by Gramophone as ‘the talent of tomorrow – today’.

Sung performs a dramatic programme that showcases her unique style and technical prowess including Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit which is famous for its difficulty. As a result, the Scarbo movement is considered one of the most difficult solo piano pieces ever written. Performed alongside Mozart’s dramatic Sonata in C minor and Chopin’s terse Scherzo No. 3, this performance will have you on the edge of your seat.

“Out of many young musicians I have heard over the past year I think Jenna has that extra-special ‘something’” Julian Lloyd Webber, Guest Curator

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Friday 17 July | Wesley Chapel | 12pm

Young musician 3:

Martin James Bartlett Mozart Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No.12 in F, K.332 Prelude in B minor Op.32 No.10 Prelude in G, Op.32 No.5 Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12 Sonata No.7 in Bb, Op.83

Martin James Bartlett began studying piano aged 8 at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. In 2014 aged 17, he won the BBC Young Musician Competition - the year he also made his debut at the BBC Proms. Bartlett presents a selection of Rachmaninov’s 13 Preludes, from the dark and brooding No.10 and the surprisingly upbeat No.5, to the most popular of the Preludes, No. 12, which features the well-known Dies Irae theme. The programme closes in emotional turmoil with one of Prokofiev’s War Sonatas including some of his most dissonant music. Join us for what promises to be a captivating performance.

Tickets: £10 This event will also be broadcast live over the internet, thanks to our partnership with music and technology education project, Connect; Resound. For more information visit: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

Thursday 23 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 12pm

Chloe

Young musician 4: Saywell - soprano

Britten Folk Songs The Salley Gardens, O can ye

sew cushions? Sweet Polly Oliver,

The trees they grow so high,

O Waly, Waly, Oliver Cromwell,

The last rose of summer Vaughan Williams Silent Noon, Linden Lea, Love’s Last Gift Peter Warlock Sleep, Pretty Ring Time Haydn Wood Bird of Love Divine, Love’s Garden of Roses,

Roses of Picardy Ivor Novello We’ll Gather Lilacs Stefenie Leung - Piano British soprano Chloe Saywell is a passionate recitalist. Born in Lincoln, she read music at Sheffield University before going on to the Royal Northern College of Music.

Saywell presents a showcase of some of Britain’s finest composers, with songs from around the UK. From the Welsh composer Ivor Novello to Yorkshire-born Haydn Wood – a composer who was deeply inspired by the Isle of Man - this programme truly explores a Sense of Place and a sense of home.

Tickets: £10 Supported by The Dorothy Parkinson Memorial Award | Presented in partnership with Live Music Now

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25 April — 29 November 2015

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

Discover Georgian follies transformed by some of the country's most inventive artists and designers.

nationaltrust.org.uk /fountainsabbey

Tues 14 & Weds 15 July | RHS Harlow Carr Gardens | 7.30pm

Sponsored by

Oddsocks Productions:

Much Ado About Nothing They’re musical head to summer

back! The Festival’s thespian favourites present a high octane with mayhem of Shakespearean proportions! Pack a picnic and the glorious setting of RHS Harlow Carr Gardens for a truly uplifting night’s entertainment.

The Bard’s witty battle of the sexes is peppered with pop classics as the story of a smitten soldier, true love, and romantic deception play out to a soundtrack featuring White Wedding, Tainted Love, Things Can Only get Better, and Holding Out for a Hero. A dramatic and hilarious finale sees the true villains confronted, the deception revealed, and the lovers reunited in a musical climax that will blow your (odd) socks off!

Tickets: Adults £17, 7-17 year olds £10, under 7’s £3

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William& Victoria

HARROGATE’S ORIGINAL WINE BAR 6 Cold Bath Road, Harrogate HG2 0NA Tel: 01423 521510 /506883 Lunch 12pm-2.30pm / Dinner 5.30pm-10pm Sunday lunch 12pm-5pm Early Bird/Pre-theatre menu (2 courses £12.95) Open all afternoon for drinks and bar tapas

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HARROGATE FILM SOCIETY (www.harrogatefilmsociety.co.uk)

The Harrogate Film Society has recently completed its 59th season showing, thought provoking, entertaining and critically acclaimed films from all over the world. This season of 13 films included: You Will Be My Son (France); The Rocket (Australia/Laos); “The Lunchbox” (India); Tokyo Sonata (Japan);”The Taste of Money” (South Korea); and Wadjda (Saudi Arabia). Our next season 2015/2016 is our 60th and will comprise of 14 films and a number of special attractions.

The society is run by a group of enthusiasts in an informal, welcoming atmosphere based in the Forum complex at Harrogate Grammar School.

All films are presented using the latest digital technology. Harrogate Film Society is a member of the British Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) and The British Film Institute.

In addition to the normal programme of films, the Society offers special film day events of film presentations and discussion. In association with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival we are presenting two films based on crime novels showcased at this

The Rocket

year’s festival: ‘Sleepyhead’, from the Thorne novel of the same name by Mark Billingham; and ‘Jar City’, based on the novel Mýrin by Icelandic writer, Arnaldur Indriðason.

The presentation is on Sunday the 12th July 2015 starting at 1.00pm at Harrogate Grammar School.

Admission tickets at £10 are available from: Bookings Administrator (HFS) 10 Sovereign Park, Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 2SJ – cheques payable to: Harrogate Film Society; via the website; and at the door of the event.

Jar City

Thursday 16 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Miloš

Sor Regondi Granados J.S. Bach De Falla

Jobim Valazquez Benjor Ginastera

Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op.9 Rêverie Op.19 Danza Espanola No.2 Oriental Chaconne in D minor BWV1004 (arr. for guitar) Danza del Molinero (arr. Michael Lewin) Homenaje Danza Española No.1 (arr. Michael Lewin) Girl from Ipanema Besame mucho Mas que nada Sonata for solo guitar Op.47

Since he topped the classical music charts in 2011, the Montenegrin guitarist Miloš Karadaglic´ – hailed as ‘the biggest classical-guitar phenomenon since John Williams’ by The Times – has risen to stardom.

Born in 1983, Miloš was 8 when Yugoslavia began to break up. At that time he found a dusty guitar with broken strings on top of a wardrobe.

When the war ended and the country opened up, Miloš played in Paris, aged thirteen, and ‘finally saw the world in full colour’.

One of today’s strongest advocates of classical guitar for a new generation, Miloš effortlessly combines traditional pieces with pop classics from the 60s and 70s in a dazzling programme that champions the classical guitar in the 21st century.

“The guitar itself was the breakout star here – a sleight of hand that makes Karadaglic´ not only a magician, but a serious and accomplished musician.”

The Independent Tickets: £22, £20, £18, £15, £12 Boxes: £54, £36

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Friday 17 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm | Pre-Concert talk | 7pm

Concert by Candlelight

Armonico Consort

Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil “Vespers”, Op.37 Christopher Monks - Conductor Sung in Church Slavonic with translations Attracting five-star reviews from The Times to The Independent, Armonico Consort is one of the UK’s most acclaimed choirs. Following their sell-out performance at Harrogate Festival in 2013, the Consort returns in 2015 to present a performance of Rachmaninov’s deeply moving All-Night Vigil, marking 100 years since it was written. Performed in the enchanting glow of candlelight in the stunning surroundings of St Wilfrid’s Church, be transported to heavenly heights with this spine-tingling performance.

The All-Night Vigil is considered to be one of Rachmaninov’s finest achievements, reflecting the deep religious spirit of his countrymen. Set to texts taken from the Russian Orthodox liturgy including several from the canonical hour of Vespers, sung in its original Church Slavonic language.

Although not religious himself, Rachmaninov found the music of the Russian Orthodox Church deeply moving and this piece became one of his favourite works, requesting one of its movements to be sung at his funeral. Profoundly stirring, this promises to be a mesmerising evening featuring the extraordinarily sublime music that has made the Vespers so timelessly moving.

“The listener can marvel at the singers’ superb breath control and rock steady intonation.” Gramaphone Magazine Tickets: £20

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Saturday 18 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Psycho Live!

Live Film Screening with the

Harrogate Festival Orchestra Anthony Gabriele - Conductor A film screening with a difference. For one night only, Harrogate’s Royal Hall becomes a grand cinema, showing one of the greatest thrillers of all time, and with Bernard Herrmann’s iconic score played live by one of the UK’s finest orchestras. Herrmann created one of the most memorable soundtracks in cinema history – music of such nagging, edge-of-seat intensity that it lifted Hitchcock’s film to a higher level of impact altogether.

The film Psycho has been given a ‘15’ classification. Ticket holders may be asked for proof of age if they appear to be under the age of 15.

This event is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

Tickets: £30, £26, £22. Boxes: £75, £50

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Sunday 19 July | Royal Hall | 2.30pm

Harrogate Symphony Orchestra: Childrens Concert 2015 Bryan Western - Conductor Harrogate International Festivals, in partnership with Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, presents the 2015 Children’s Concert.

A matinée performance inspired by the BBC’s Ten Pieces project, this event is designed to bring our community together to explore and celebrate some of the most incredible classical music ever written in ad interactive, fun concert for children and adults.

For information on how to take part please visit: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com Tickets: £8, Children £4

Tuesday 21 July | Wesley Chapel | 7.30pm Vaughan Williams

The Turtle Dove,

The Sky Above the Roof Farrar Vagabond Songs Finzi To a Poet Finzi I Said to Love Britten Sally in our Alley,

Come you not from Newcastle?

Ben Crick - Speaker Philip Wilcox - Baritone Jonathan Fisher - Piano

The Road from Harrogate to Britten A lecture with musical illustrations performed by voice and piano

Gerald Finzi was an influential and well regarded British composer who lived in Harrogate from the age of 7. Here, he studied composition with another celebrated British composer – Ernest Farrar. In this illustrated lecture, Ben Crick, conductor of the Harrogate Festival Orchestra, will chart a path that shows how these two men played a significant part in transforming British music - particularly British Song - into a genre with the depth, integrity and sophistication to compare favourably with that long established heavyweight of the song world, the German Lied.

Tickets: £10

Ben Crick

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Outstanding boarding in the heart of York 01904 527 300 www.stpetersyork.org.uk Clifton St Olave’s St Peter’s 3–8 8–13 13–18 Registered Charity Number: 1141329

Thursday 23 July | St Wilfrid’s Church | 8pm Pre-Concert talk | 7pm

Mahan Esfahani Iranian harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is hailed as the leading champion of his instrument and was the first harpsichordist to be selected as a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 – 2010). Mahan takes us on a journey through time with music by François Couperin and J.S. Bach to the 20th-Century work of ° and Elizabeth Maconchy, exploring how the harpsichord repertoire has Martinu developed to create a new Sense of Place in the modern age.

“The solo harpsichord recital is itself a completely modern construct and it is interesting that much of the great music for the harpsichord is written indeed ‘out of place’ and ‘out of time’. Whether by Bach’s eldest son, the mysterious Wilhelm Friedemann, who was writing for the instrument as it was being superseded by the newfangled piano, or by Domenico Scarlatti, writing as an exile living in Iberia for over thirty years. New life was breathed into this great instrument by modern °, who used it to composers, like Martinu express neo-Classicism - itself an aesthetic completely out of place and out of time!”

Mahan Esfahani.

Join the charismatic Mahan Esfahani in a pre-concert talk and meet a persuasive advocate for the harpsichord.

Out of Place, Out of Couperin W.F. Bach Scarlatti ° Martinu Maconchy J.S. Bach

Time Pieces in G minor Sonata in Eb, Fk.3 5 sonatas Sonata (1935) Notebook for Harpsichord Chromatische Fantasie & Fugue, BWV 90

”It would be hard not to be impressed by Iranian harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani. Young, suave, eloquent…he’s an inquisitive mind…a phenomenally accomplished performance.” The Guardian Tickets: £16

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Friday 24 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Sweet Chariot

Thomas Rutling and the road to Freedom Ronald Samm - Tenor An evening to celebrate two journeys: the extraordinary life of Thomas Rutling, who was born a slave in Tennessee and died in Harrogate a hundred years ago; and the journey from the music he sang - negro spirituals with the Fisk Jubilee Singers in the 1870s - to the electrifying sounds of gospel music today.

Featuring the celebrated tenor Ronald Samm, extracts from Rutling’s autobiography and some of Yorkshire’s finest gospel voices, this an evening for anyone who loves music and history and the link between the two.

Tickets: £16

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Saturday 25 July | Royal Hall | 8pm Her albums and multiple awards, along with an appearance on Later… with Jools Holland, have gained Julie Fowlis a legion of famous fans such as Björk, Ricky Gervais and Radiohead drummer Phil Selway.

The Gaelic singer, who is deeply influenced by her early upbringing in the Outer Hebrides, has performed with artists as varied as Aled Jones and James Taylor. Her most recent studio album of traditional songs in Gaelic, ‘Every Story’, received five-star glowing reviews.

Forever recognised for singing the theme song to ‘Brave’, Disney Pixar’s Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning animated film, set in the ancient highlands of Scotland, the song became a worldwide smash hit. Nominated as ‘Folk Singer of the Year’ at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and ‘Best Artist’ at the Songlines World Music Awards 2015, Julie is the glorious Gaelic singer who has intoxicated audiences around the world.

Julie Fowlis Tickets: £20, £18, £16, £14, £12 Boxes: £50, £75

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HARROGATEINTERNATIONALFESTIVALS

HARROGATE

HISTORY FESTIVAL OCTOBER

22 - 25, 2015

The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate

Join us for the third year of our innovative new Festival to meet, discuss and celebrate the authors and genre of historical writing, both fiction and non-fiction.

2015 Programme Featuring:

Tracy Borman, Lord Melvyn Bragg Ken Follett, Michael Morpurgo Kate Mosse, Neil Oliver More names and events to be announced soon‌

Join our mailing list at www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/history to stay up to date with the latest Harrogate History Festival news!

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Celebrating Historical Writing

In Association with the Historical Writers’ Association

Sunday 26 July | Royal Hall | 8pm

Festival Finale: Flanders Symphony Orchestra Schubert Franck Chopin Brahms

Overture to “Rosamunde”, D.644 Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22 Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68

Jan Latham-Koenig - Conductor Freddy Kempf - Piano For over fifty years, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra has been a beacon of the Flemish orchestral landscape, now led by the renowned conductor Jan Latham-Koenig. Performing with one of today’s most successful British pianists, Freddy Kempf, the 50th Harrogate Festival Finale concert closes with a programme featuring a wealth of great symphonic music.

Reflecting this year’s theme, a Sense of Place, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra takes us to their home land with Franck’s Symphonic Variations, bringing a truly Flemish feel to the heart of Harrogate. Closing the concert is Brahms’ Symphony No.1, a piece which first placed Brahms at the forefront of the successors to Beethoven. The symphony itself closes with a great affirmative and triumphant Finale, a fitting end to the 50th Harrogate Festival.

Tickets: £34, £30, £28, £22, £18. Boxes: £84, £56

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THURSDAY 2 – SUNDAY 5 JULY THE CROWN HOTEL, HARROGATE Picked by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the UK’s Best Literary Festivals Follow the conversation online @HarrogateLitLec The Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival, launched in 2012, has become the hot ticket on the national Festival circuit thanks to its stellar line-up of literary names in beautifully intimate settings.

Hosted over a long weekend in the Victorian grandeur of Harrogate’s Crown Hotel, you’ll experience inspiring talks and stimulating debate – all in a convivial atmosphere.

Socialise with fellow book lovers, relax in style, and soak up our eclectic programme designed to entertain and inspire.

Come for a day-long experience, dip into one off events, or indulge in the whole weekend!

Raworths Literary Lunch Thu 2 July 12pm

In association with

Tickets: £35 Including Lunch Join us for a delicious three course lunch and hear from our guest speaker, Ultimo lingerie founder Michelle Mone, one of the most successful businesswomen of her generation. Her new book My Fight to the Top is a riveting tale of how an enterprising spirit, determination and savvy knowhow combined to create the UK’s most successful intimates brand.

Emma Bridgewater - Stories from the Kitchen Dresser Thu 2 July 3.30pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Emma Bridgewater’s cheerfully distinctive kitchen pottery has found its way onto the dresser shelves and kitchen tables of homes all over Britain and beyond. Toast & Marmalade: Stories from the Kitchen Dresser, gives a very personal insight into the creation of Emma’s unique Bridgewater designs, the challenges faced in starting her own business, and how it all stemmed from a failed attempt to find a birthday present for her mother…

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Thursday 2 July - Sunday 5 July Paul Heiney – One Wild Song Thu 2 July 5pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Countrywise presenter Paul Heiney was rocked to the core when his son Nicholas, a keen sailor, committed suicide aged 23. A grieving Heiney decided to set out – alone – on a voyage he would have liked them to have embarked upon together, around the sailor’s Everest, Cape Horn.

This is the story of Paul’s journey, both physical and emotional, as he navigated one of the most dangerous stretches of water on Earth to reconnect with happier memories of his son.

Bill Oddie Unplucked Thu 2 July 6.30pm

Tickets: £12 | Unreserved Needing no introduction, Bill Oddie is a British television institution.

Join the Springwatch superstar as he muses on his career in natural history, from encounters with orca in Argentina and Iceland, to an invisible tiger in India. He’s even rowed with the neighbours in London over a noisy flock of parakeets. Witty and wise, this is Bill Oddie as you know and love him!

Noddy Holder – The World According to Noddy Thu 2 July 8pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved Noddy Holder, MBE, is coming to Harrogate with observations on marriage, techno-mo-wotsits, music, fashion, Christmas and travel – all the subjects dearest to his heart. The former Slade frontman (and roadie for Robert Plant) is the consummate host, having MCed quiz shows, acted on television, presented radio programmes and even starred as a puppet named Banger on Bob the Builder. Enter Noddy’s world, and enjoy the ride!

Will Hutton – Good for Business Fri 3 July 12.30pm

Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Will Hutton, bestselling author of The State We’re In, Executive Vice Chair of the Work Foundation and columnist for the Observer, talks about ‘ending the mercenary society and building a great country’ in new book How Good We Can Be. A compelling and sharply insightful talk that will examine the state of Britain today and looks forward to the Britain of tomorrow.

Peter Moore – The Weather Experiment Fri 3 July 2pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved In 1854, when a politician suggested to the Commons that Londoners might soon know the weather 24 hours in advance, the House roared with laughter. Peter Moore tells the surprising and rather swashbuckling story of a group of mavericks who pioneered the modern science of weather forecasting, from James Glaisher, who explored the upper atmosphere in a hot-air balloon, to Admiral Robert FitzRoy, master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office.

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Thursday 2 July - Sunday 5 July Edith Bowman’s Great British Music Festivals Fri 3 July 3.30pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved After a lifetime of attending festivals, former Radio 1 and BBC broadcaster Edith Bowman packs her wellies and braves the unpredictable British weather to explore the country’s best, and sometimes lesser known, music festivals. From the muddy fields of Glastonbury, to the sunny hills of Portmeirion and Festival No 6, join Edith on an immersive journey as she travels the length of the UK in search of the ultimate festival experience.

Dennis Skinner – Sailing Close to the Wind Fri 3 July 5pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved Enjoy a close encounter with the Beast of Bolsover, who – as his memoir suggests – has sailed close to the wind many a time. Labour stalwart Dennis Skinner has been an MP since 1970, and has seen it all in politics, surviving entry to the EEC, miners’ strikes (something very close to Skinner’s own heart), struggles with the IRA and parliamentary disapproval of his fiery wit. Co-author Kevin Maguire of the Mirror will be interviewing, in what promises to be an evening of revelation.

Judy Finnigan In Conversation with Richard Madeley Fri 3 July 6.30pm Tickets: £15 | Unreserved Audience favourites Judy Finnigan and Richard Madeley return to Harrogate to talk about Judy’s second novel. I Do Not Sleep explores the power of a mother’s love and the loss of a son. Five years ago, Molly Gabriel’s 20-year-old son, Joey, disappeared while sailing. His empty boat was found washed ashore on the rocks – but his body was never found. Still grieving, Molly has returned to the sands of Cornwall to find out the truth about what happened. Not your average book club night!

Dom Joly – Here Comes the Clown Fri 3 July 8pm Tickets: £15 | Unreserved Comedian Dom Joly has come a long way since his primary school days.

Hard to believe, but he worked as a diplomat and a journalist before hitting the big time with Trigger Happy TV. Suddenly he was famous, the money was rolling in, he bought a biplane (Joly doesn’t fly) and things got a little weird. This is showbiz as only Joly can tell it – hilarious, irreverent, and yep, just a bit weird. Expect – well, frankly anything!

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst – The Secret History of Wonderland Sat 4 July 11am Tickets: £10 | Unreserved To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the peculiar friendship between Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. An English fellow at Carroll’s old alma mater, Oxford University,

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Thursday 2 July - Sunday 5 July Douglas-Fairhurst analyses how the pair’s relationship influenced the creation of Wonderland, how the two Alice books took on an unstoppable cultural momentum in the Victorian era, and why 150 years later they continue to enthral and delight us.

Robert Sackville West – The Disinherited Sat 4 July 12.30pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved The Disinherited by Robert Sackville West is the kind of country-house scandal his family does so well – the stuff of costume drama, and also totally true. It’s the story of Henry Sackville-West, claimant to the wealthy Knole estate and family title, and his older sister, Victoria, who on becoming Lady Sackville and mistress of Knole by marriage, consigned her brothers and sisters to lives of poverty and disappointment. With insider access to all the skeletons, Robert Sackville West reveals the secrets and machinations behind the scenes as no one else can.

Matt Haig and Cathy Rentzenbrink: Reasons To Stay Alive Sat 4 July 2pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved What does it mean to feel truly alive? Aged 24, Matt Haig’s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again, opening the lid on mental health. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.

Matt will be In Conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink, Books Editor at the Bookseller magazine, whose memoir The Last Act of Love is released this summer. Introduced as ‘The Story of My Brother and His Sister’, this is a powerful, moving and ultimately - and miraculously - uplifting story of loss, grief, survival and hope.

Alan Johnson – Please, Mr Postman Sat 4 July 3.30pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved MP Alan Johnson is one of Britain’s best-known politicians. However, this won’t be your average political debate, focusing on Johnson’s personal history. Please, Mr Postman paints a vivid picture of England in the 1970s. But as young Alan’s life appears to be settling down and his career in the Union of Postal Workers begins to take off, his family is visited by tragedy. Gerry Foley, former political editor for ITV Tyne Tees and Border Television, will be leading the expedition back to the 70s – bring your Watneys Red Barrel, and a tissue.

Gavin Esler – Lessons from the Top Sat 4 July 5pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved Why do some people get ahead, while others are stuck in everyday mediocrity? Former Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler has a host of fascinating insights into what makes a leader tick, and the key ingredients that can help anyone make it.

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Thursday 2 July - Sunday 5 July Louis de Bernières – The Dust that Falls from Dreams Sat 4 July 6.30pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved In the tradition of his super-hit Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières has written a both a romance of the Great War and a chronicle of a changing world. It tells the story of the McCosh sisters and their neighbours, the Pendennises and the Pitts. Can happiness be salvaged from the wreckage of war? Acclaimed broadcaster Mark Lawson interviews.

Jenny Eclair: Moving Sat 4 July 8pm Tickets: £15 | Unreserved Jenny Eclair is one of the UK’s most successful and popular comedians and actors, and a regular on BBC Radio. She is the author of three previous, critically acclaimed novels and was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Award. Moving is the gripping and heart-breaking new novel by Jenny. It is a brilliantly observed take on family and secrets from a writer at the height of her powers. Jenny will be interviewed by writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian, Viv Groskop.

Theodore Zeldin – The Hidden Pleasures of Life Sun 5 July 12.30pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Leading academic Theodore Zeldin is known for his innovative studies into how humans live and what constitutes happiness. His focus is how to make meaningful connections with others in an increasingly chaotic world.

Find out some surprising new sources for interaction, and enrich your life in the process.

Sam Delaney – Mad Men and Bad Men Sun 5 July 2pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved We all know the stereotypes about politicians – as soon as they get a whiff of power, it’s goodbye to principle and hello “image management”.

Sam Delaney has literally written the book. Come on a darkly funny tour through 40 years of fist-fights in Downing Street, all-day champagne binges, Kinnock: The Movie and Tony Blair’s ‘Demon Eyes’.

Sadie Jones – From Outcast to Broadcast Sun 5 July 3.30pm Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Sadie Jones is the award-winning author of four bestselling novels, including The Outcast, which is being adapted for the BBC this year.

Her latest novel is the acclaimed Fallout, set during the birth of radical theatre in 1970s London. She comes to Harrogate to discuss the ups and downs of her life in writing, and the experience of adapting her work for screen.

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Thursday 2 July - Sunday 5 July Pretty Honest with Sali Hughes Sun 5 July 5pm

Tickets: £10 | Unreserved Guardian Beauty Editor Sali Hughes is founder of the award-winning salihughesbeauty.com, renowned for her down-to-earth style. She is full of tips for the ordinary woman on how to harness the transformative power of makeup while celebrating what they already are. The same in person as she is on the page, Sali is the perfect mix of beauty editor, feminist and comedian.

Tracey Thorn – Naked at the Albert Hall Sun 5July 6.30pm Tickets: £15 | Unreserved Anyone who’s ever been on stage knows the thrill and fear of performing - Tracey Thorn better than anyone. Hence the title of her new book, Naked at the Albert Hall. Best-known as half of the duo Everything But the Girl, Thorn is appearing to talk about her experience of singing, backed up by interviews with many of her fellow performers.

Interviewer Tracey MacLeod is a respected broadcaster with a long pedigree in music journalism.

Joanne Harris – The Gospel of Loki Sun 5 July 8pm Tickets: £12 | Unreserved Bestselling author Joanne Harris is well known for her French novels, notably Chocolat. However, she has long held a passion for Norse myth, and she brings this vividly to life in her latest book. The Gospel of Loki tells the story of the rise and fall of Asgard, the Norse home of the gods, from the perspective of the witty trickster, Loki. A Yorkshire local, Harris is always a crowd favourite.

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Everyone who comes to the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is a reader. The Festival proves that reading is creative, inspiring and wonderfully social. Throughout the weekend we’ll be sharing our passion for the best crime writing around. There’ll be intense debate during the panels and special guest conversations, arguments late into the night in the bar and fascinating discussions at a new innovation for 2015: our Thursday afternoon Readers’ Tea. This year we focus on crime fiction’s ability to take us to strange lands and to see familiar places in a new and unsettling way. From our comfortable base in North Yorkshire we’ll be travelling the globe. Come and join us for the trip of a lifetime!

THURSDAY 16 JULY 2015 Creative Thursday A day-long crime fiction creative writing workshop that gives you the chance to hone your script writing skills with a day-long programme of workshops and seminars led by Television & Radio industry professionals. £99.00 per person – limited spaces available Just Add Readers* From Ann Cleeves – a personal invitation to all festival-goers to join instant conversations about books.

Some of our most memorable reading experiences spark the liveliest conversations - as surprising, fun and individual as readers themselves. Talk books, talk crime, talk writers in this fun and friendly Festival curtain-raiser. Afternoon tea and cake included in the ticket price.

Please bring a book you’re happy to give away.

3.00pm | Tickets: £10 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year & Festival Opening Party The six authors shortlisted for the prestigious prize battle it out for supremacy. Acclaimed broadcaster Mark Lawson hosts as the 2015 award is presented to the lucky winner.

8.00pm | Tickets: £16

FRIDAY 17 JULY 2015 Special Guests: Sara Paretsky In Conversation with Val McDermid Sara Paretsky, an American author credited with transforming the mystery through the creation of her female private eye, V I Warshawski, will be In Conversation with Val McDermid, best known for her successful series of suspense novels featuring her most famous creation, Dr. Tony Hill.

9.00am | Tickets: £13 They Do Things Differently There…

But is the past really a foreign country? Was the psychology of murder different in the past or is it only the technology of investigation and conviction that has changed? With Lindsey

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Davis, Christopher Fowler, Elly Griffiths, William Ryan and Manda Scott.

10.30am | Tickets: £10 Irish Noir Showcasing the best of Irish Noir including Steve Cavanagh, Brian McGilloway, Adrian McKinty, Eoin McNamee and Stuart Neville.

12.00pm | Tickets: £10 Your Perfect Match At a time when we’re bombarded with suggestions for new reading and when Amazon reviews and star-ratings have become devalued, how do we come across that very special book that will stay with us for a lifetime? With Stewart Bain, Isabelle Grey, Anya Lipska, David Mark and James Oswald.

2.00pm | Tickets: £10 The Morality of Murder Is the crime novel essentially an up-dated morality tale? With Belinda Bauer, Wiley Cash, Jonathan Freedland, Nicci French and Cath Staincliffe.

3.30pm | Tickets: £10 Millennium - She’s Back!

Exactly 10 years after publication of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’, this Summer will see a new story (the fourth in the phenomenally successful series) based on Stieg Larsson’s universe and characters. Find out more exclusively in Harrogate.

5.00pm | Tickets: £11 Yorkshire Pride Best of local authors and those who love Yorkshire including Frances Brody, Lee Child, Steve Mosby, Peter Robinson and Nick Quantrill.

6.30pm | Tickets: £10 Dead Good Reader Awards* The Reader awards ask you to vote for your winners including Best Hero, Best Villain and Best Twist.

7.00pm | Tickets £12 *Not included in Rover Tickets

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Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate #TOPCRIME2015 Special Guests: Mark Billingham In Conversation with Eddie Izzard In this very special event, Mark and Eddie, who first met more than twenty-five years ago as struggling stand-up to mics, will discuss the overlap between crime and comedy, and the art of storytelling.

8.30pm | Tickets: £13 The Black Art of Criticism We might pretend to ignore reviews, but we all seek a good quote to put on the jacket of the paperback, and some comments can be genuinely hurtful. Should authors ever review the books of their friends? Including Jake Kerridge, S.J Parris, Stav Sherez, Ann Widdecombe and NJ Cooper.

10.00pm | Tickets: £10

SATURDAY 18 JULY 2015 Special Guests: Lisa Gardner In Conversation with Ann Cleeves This year’s Programming Chair Ann Cleeves, creator of the phenomenally successful Vera Stanhope novels dramatized on ITV, interviews New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner.

9.00am | Tickets: £13 Special Guests: M.C. Beaton In Conversation with Fred MacAuley This Scottish pair will be discussing M. C. Beaton’s extensive career.

10.30am | Tickets: £13 New Blood Val McDermid introduces four sparkling new talents, Renee Knight, Clare Mackintosh, Ben McPherson and Lucy Ribchester.

12.00pm | Tickets: £10 Strange Lands A writer’s imagination can be triggered by extreme environments. Find out what influences Mark Lawson, MJ McGrath, Hakan Nesser, Craig Robertson, Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh.

2.00pm | Tickets: £10

Forensics Find out how real crime forensics effect the crime genre with Lin Anderson, Lorna Dawson, Prof. Niamh Nic Daeid, James Grieve and Martin Hall.

3.30pm | Tickets : £10 TV Panel Featuring Yorkshire born Sally Wainwright, the British BAFTA winning television writer and playwright, well known for her creation of the hugely popular Happy Valley and Scott & Bailey TV series’. Full panel line up TBA soon.

5.00pm | Tickets: £13 Author Dinner: Murder in the Lemon Grove* When Sicilian businessman Paolo Brusconi is found murdered in a lemon grove adjoining an archaeological site, four people come under suspicion.

6.15pm | Tickets: £30 Lee Child Interviewed by Rory Bremner Festival favourite Lee Child returns to discuss his new book, Make Me, the twentieth instalment in the Jack Reacher series.

8.30pm | Tickets: £13 Late Night Quiz Test your criminal knowledge with quiz masters Mark Billingham and Val McDermid and vie to get your hands on the coveted quiz cup!

10.00pm | Tickets: £10

SUNDAY 19 JULY 2015 Celebrating Patricia Highsmith 2015 marks Tom Ripley’s 60th birthday and we’re delighted to celebrate the author and her work with Martin Edwards, Sarah Hilary, Peter James, Peter Swanson and Andrew Taylor.

10.00am | Tickets: £10 Special Guest: Arnaldur Indridason interviewed by Barry Forshaw Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indridason speaks to writer and journalist Barry Forshaw.

11.30am | Tickets: £13

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

For five decades Harrogate International Festivals has brought international musicians, authors and the wider arts to the region. Acclaimed for its top class performances Harrogate International Festivals continues to develop its vibrant portfolio, which contains some of the country’s most prestigious arts events, featuring the biggest names in the arts world and dramatically increasing the cultural and tourism offer for Harrogate and the North of England.

By becoming a Friend of the Festival you can help by providing financial support which underpins the festival’s continuing development.

Harrogate International Festivals is a registered charity. As an organisation with no regular funding we must actively raise 98% of our funding every year to bring the very best of the live arts to audiences, support young emerging talent and deliver educational programmes.

Your donation will support the production of our internationally acclaimed year round portfolio of activity, including the very best in music and literature as well as the incredible work of our learning and participation programme.

Silver Friend £30 (£55 joint membership) Benefits Include: • Advance details of Festival Programmes • Priority Booking for the Sunday Series and Harrogate Festival • Festival Newsletter • Membership card • Priority Entrance with membership card to unreserved seats at the Festivals • Access to the Friends lounge at the Sunday Series with complimentary tea and coffee • Access to the Friends lounge at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

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