Iford arts festival 2017

I F O R D A R T S F E S T I VA L 27 May – 5 August 2017 www.ifordarts.org.uk

Performance Diary The dreamlike atmosphere and overwhelming charm of the Peto Garden at Iford is reason enough for a visit. And people do visit – from all over the world. Add to that exquisite classical opera and concerts, as well as stunning jazz events, enjoyed with a picnic and a party of friends perhaps. It all adds up to an unforgettable evening out. And with opera arias and chamber music concert prices starting at £20 it is a beautiful and affordable and festive experience.

Artistic excellence is a core value at Iford Arts: our aim is to match the perfection of the surroundings with jewel-like performances. The tiny cloister at Iford makes a unique setting in the round for many of those operas which focus intimately on affairs of the heart, or the family, or the inner workings of an individual soul. Truly communicative and nuanced performances as achieved at Iford can be revelatory and certainly seem to be addictive. We are fortunate to enjoy long-standing artistic partnerships, for example with the virtuosic chamber ensemble CHROMA, who, conducted by Oliver Gooch, will play for our new production of La bohème in 2017 and will also deliver their own delectable chamber concert of words and music on 8 June.

Iford Arts is particularly acclaimed for its productions of baroque opera, and this year’s dramatised Jephtha, Handel’s sensational family story based on the Old Testament, offers a rare chance to witness this wonderful work. As one of our returning audience remarked (he comes from Amsterdam), ‘Where else in the world can I see something like this?’ With Christopher Turner, tenor, in the title role; Christopher Bucknall, conducting from the harpsichord; and players led by Boyan Ciccic, this really should not be missed.

Whether it’s a jazz promenade, an opera or an intimate cloister concert, when you come you will find our friendly team of volunteer stewards informal and welcoming and above all keen to ensure you really enjoy your evening.

We all look forward to having you with us.

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Iford Arts New Generation Artists In Concert

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For information on how to book, see page 19, visit ifordarts.org.uk or call the Box Office (Theatre Royal Bath) on 01225 44 88 44

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SUPPORTING IFORD ARTS You may not be aware that we are a registered charity.

We rely heavily on the generosity of our patrons, charitable trusts and foundations and companies to ensure all our work can remain of the highest standard. Without this crucial support, we wouldn’t be able to work with the very best young singers, carry out our valuable participation work with children and young artists or bring you the magical experience of opera at Iford Manor. Heartfelt thanks you to all of you who already contribute. If you haven’t supported us before, please do consider doing so now – there are many exciting ways to get involved and we would welcome your visionary commitment. A gift of any size is most welcomed.

-B ecome a friend for an annual subscription of £80 (£6.66 a month) - Patronage starts from £450 a year with benefits including early booking, an invitation to the patrons' party at Iford Manor and special picnicking privileges - Principal Patronage from £1,000 - Angels from £3,000 For more information on the benefits of supporting Iford Arts please visit our webpages: ifordarts.org.uk/supporting-us or call us on 01225 868124.

Registered charity number 1091312

VOLUNTEER WITH US There are opportunities for stewarding, accommodating artists and musicians, catering, costumes, technical support or administration.

Please contact us at music@ifordarts.org.uk

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LA BOHÈME

BARBER OF SEVILLE

Giacomo Puccini

Gioachino Rossini

Conductor: Oliver Gooch Director: Christopher Cowell Designer: Eleanor Wdowski Rudolfo Anthony Flaum Mimi Màire Flavin Musetta Alison Langer Marcello Nicholas Lester Schaunard Frederick Long Colline James Ioelu Benoît & Alcindoro Charles Johnson

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A NEW IFORD ARTS PRODUCTION

May 27 | 30 | June 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 From the first delicate moments of her shy entry Mimi’s music and her story wring your heartstrings. Against the background of chaotic ‘student’ life in early 20th-century Paris, where a quartet of arty young men sow their wild oats, and the vampish Musetta reigns supreme, Puccini’s ever-youthful characters await the onset of responsibility. It is impossible to remain untouched by the surging moments of rich and dreamy music and the very human love stories of this, his all-time favourite and best-loved work.

Witnessed close up at Iford it becomes more affecting than ever… Bring a hanky.

Conducted by Oliver Gooch with rising young tenor Anthony Flaum as Rudolfo, and Irish soprano Màire Flavin as Mimi; together with Alison Langer as fire-spitting Musetta and Nicholas Lester as her long-suffering lover Marcello. This new production is translated and directed by Christopher Cowell.

TICKETS

£ 1 2 1 (Mon–Fri) £ 1 2 5 (Sat)

Gates open at 6pm for picnics Performance starts at 7.30pm Box Office: 01225 44 88 44

Conductor: David Eaton

A CHARLES COURT OPERA PRODUCTION COMMISSIONED BY IFORD ARTS

Director: John Savournin

June 21 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 30 | July 1

Designer: Sean Turner Rosina Samantha Price Figaro Philip Smith Count Almaviva John Colyn Gyeantey Don Bartolo Richard Suart Don Basillo Matthew Kellett Berta Andrea Tweedale Fiorello Matthew Palmer

A resourceful young girl is imprisoned by her lecherous older guardian. Outside the window her noble suitor (incognito, of course) woos her in song. Enter Figaro, the inventive barber, who tirelessly manipulates his betters from the moment of his impressive entrance aria – which everyone knows. It’s a classic Italian commedia del arte and, many would say, never bettered. Here, it is given a wickedly inventive Charles Court Opera twist, sung in English, in a new sparkling translation.

Rossini’s incomparable score and witty musical illustration of every character and turn of the story cannot fail to exhilarate.

Whether furtive or frenzied, restrained or reckless The Barber of Seville truly is comedy in music with every nuance exploited.

It is created for Iford Arts by Charles Court Opera, who brought us their spellbinding production of The Magic Flute in 2016. Youthful energy never flags in this new bright and breezy production from the company’s Artistic Director, John Savournin, conducted by David Eaton.

TICKETS

£ 1 2 1 (Mon–Fri) £ 1 2 5 (Sat)

Gates open at 6pm for picnics Performance starts at 7.30pm Box Office: 01225 44 88 44

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JEPHTHA George Frederick Handel Conductor: Christopher Bucknall Director: Timothy Nelson Designer: Rachel Szmukler Jephtha Christopher Turner Iphis Lucy Page Storge Marianne Vidal Hamor Benjamin Williamson

AN IFORD ARTS PRODUCTION

July 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | Aug 1 | 2 Jephtha’s bold deal with God leads to unimaginable consequences for his innocent daughter Iphis and his outraged wife, Storge. As Jephtha’s faith is challenged and his doubts grow Handel lays bare this extraordinary family drama with stunning arias which reveal him still at the very height of his powers. From Jephtha’s ‘How dark O Lord are thy decrees’ to his achingly beautiful ‘Waft her, Angels, through the skies’; from Storge’s nightmarish ‘Scenes of Horror’ to the great quartet ‘O spare your daughter’ the old testament story surges forward framed with dramatic choruses from an ensemble of young Handelians.

Conducted by Christopher Bucknall (Agrippina in 2015) and directed by Tim Nelson, this great work, with its surprising conclusion, still raises questions for today.

TICKETS

£ 1 2 1 (Mon–Fri) £ 1 2 5 (Sat)

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Gates open at 6pm for picnics Performance starts at 7.30pm Box Office: 01225 44 88 44

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I F O R D A R T S N E W G E N E R AT I O N ARTISTS IN CONCERT WITH OLIVER GOOCH

CHROMA: DREAMTIME

Popular operatic arias and ensembles

Sunday June 11

Sunday June 4

Tickets £25 Picnics from 6pm

Tickets £20 6.15pm and 8.30pm Garden open for picnics at 5.30pm (for both performances) Johane Ansell Soprano Alex Bevan Tenor Raphaela Papadakis Soprano Ashley Mercer Baritone

Oliver Gooch introduces four of the Iford Arts New Generation Artists 2017.

This delightful cloister concert sees the Iford Arts New Generation Artists perform popular operatic arias, duets and ensembles accompanied and introduced by the Director of the scheme, Oliver Gooch. This wonderful intimate evening offers you the opportunity to hear these exciting young professionals at the outset of their careers as they step into the limelight: a thrilling foretaste of their future in principal roles. With music from Handel to Puccini to include the ever popular Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel, Delibes’ Flower Duet, and Gounod's glittering Jewel Song.

The concert of one hour’s duration will be repeated twice to allow you the opportunity to picnic in the magical gardens before or after it.

Iford Arts New Generation Artists Scheme is the nursery for our current cluster of singing starlets. For more information on the Iford Arts New Generation Scheme and how you can be involved, please turn to page 17.

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J S Bach Goldberg Variations Daniel Pioro Violin Liam Byrne Viola da Gamba Clare O’Connell Cello Trevor Allan Davies Narrator / Actor

This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it.

I dreamt that my hair was kempt.

Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.

Ogden Nash

Music has the power to lift our spirits and this particular music appeals to everyone from musicologists to babies.

This unique intimate cloister performance of JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations arranged for the sublime combination of violin, viola da gamba and cello promises a life-changing perception-altering experience. Bach’s ‘music for the soul’s delight’ is a breathtaking and virtuoso array of diverse movements from the humorous to the heavenly, in which a single theme is taken on a dancing musical journey.

As with other great works it has become encrusted with myth and legend. Whether or not the Variations were really written to soothe an insomniac Russian with music of ‘a smooth and somewhat lively character that he might be a little cheered up by them in his sleepless nights’ (as Bach’s first biographer claims), CHROMA musicians Daniel Pioro and Clare O’Connell, joined by Liam Byrne and Trevor Allan Davies, will explore the theme of sleep, and, possibly, sleeplessness, in a deeply meditative dream sequence interspersed with a selection of readings on the nature of sleep.

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THE PETO PROM Friday July 7 Tickets £34

Garden open for picnics from 6pm Please support the festival. Leave your bottles at home and buy delicious cocktails and fizz from the Festival Bar sponsored and hosted by The Abbey Hotel, Bath

Cloister LEEDS CITY STOMPERS New to Iford, Leeds City Stompers are a vintage style trio that play blues, jazz, ragtime and swing as it was played in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. The band uses 1930s drum kits, vintage resonator guitars and double basses combined with three voices to make a big sound that has graced stages at major festivals, jazz clubs and vintage events in the UK and beyond. This has included headline sets at The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival and Beauvais Blues Festival near Paris.

Artists that inspire the band include; Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Louis Prima, Billie Holiday, Gene Kruppa, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller and Hank Williams.

'Complete ability as musicians and entertainers' B L U E S I N B R I TA I N

Casita CLARE TEAL AND HER TRIO As much as she loves fronting her Big Band or her Hollywood Orchestra, award-winning singer and Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal still revels in performing in more intimate venues accompanied by piano, bass and drums.

From swing to sublime ballads, Clare’s concerts with her Trio are renowned across the country for their fabulous arrangements interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty storytelling, guaranteeing the audience something personal and very special.

The rich, jazz-infused repertoire explores timeless classics penned by the legendary musical storytellers of the last 100 years, and celebrates giants of the Great American and British Songbooks through to the work of more contemporary writers crafting the standards of today, plus Clare’s own original compositions.

The eclectic song list, with music from Cole Porter, Billy Strayhorn, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tim Rice to Sting, and honouring the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson and Peggy Lee, will include a selection of material from her latest album, Twelve O’Clock Tales.

As one of the UK’s greatest interpreters of song and much loved performers, Clare and her Trio promise a sparkling night of inspired music and unbridled entertainment, performed by the very best.

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MIDSUMMER PROM

FINAL FLING

Saturday July 8

Saturday August 5

Tickets £34

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Garden open for picnics from 6pm Please support the festival. Leave your bottles at home and buy delicious cocktails and fizz from the Festival Bar sponsored and hosted by The Abbey Hotel, Bath

HAILEY TUCK Touted by Marie Claire as 'the Millennial’s Louise Brooks', native Austinite Hailey Tuck is a jazz singer from the most unlikely of backgrounds. Raised on a diet of black and white movies, 1930s jazz vintage dresses – before being sent to a Baptist military boarding school – the 25-year-old and has already reimagined the work of an eclectic line-up of artists including Fats Waller, The Zombies and Maroon 5.

With a uniquely captivating voice that sits somewhere between Billie Holiday, Regina Spektor and Ella Fitzgerald, Hailey has been enchanting bigger and bigger audiences at venues and festivals across Europe, where she now spends most of her time.

Since her debut EP release in April 2014 Hailey has performed over 40 shows around Europe and Asia including sell-outs at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Juu Jaab Festival and Umea Jazz Festival. Her sold-out four shows at the legendary Duc Des Lombards in Paris was featured live on national radio station TSF in the UK; she has had airplay on BBC Radio 2 and on BBC 6 Music, primarily by tastemaker Cerys Matthews. She also supported Jamie Cullum at his Parisian album launch performance at the legendary theatre La Cigale.

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Garden open for picnics from 6pm Please support the festival. Leave your bottles at home and buy delicious cocktails and fizz from the Festival Bar sponsored and hosted by The Abbey Hotel, Bath

Casita TIPITINA Tipitina deliver their own unique take on the blues, barrelhouse, boogie and gospel of New Orleans, in the footsteps of Professor Longhair, Dr John, James Booker, Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint. Following on from their acclaimed debut album ‘I Wish I Was In New Orleans’, Tipitina are now on a roll with ‘Taking Care of Business’, recorded at 2011’s Birmingham International Jazz & Blues Festival supported by Colmore BID. Already the House Full signs are going up at Ronnie Scotts and elsewhere, encouraged by uniformly enthusiastic album reviews:

'A joyous ride through up-tempo feel-good rockers, gospel-tinged ballads and crowd-pleasing sing-alongs. They’re a barnstorming live act, few do this with . such conviction.'

ROCK ‘N’ REEL

BARTOUNE 12 years of experience and showmanship leaves this professional trio well versed at taking the audience on a journey. The hot-club style outfit travels through desert caravans, Mediterranean vibes and 40s swing-dance halls, depending on where the crowd, and the band, want to go!

Their fresh sound and variety of instruments and rhythms keeps any audience interested.

Gypsy Jazz, classic songs, mellow clarinet tones and driving Bari sax, all underpinned by the tight swing of vibrant guitar and Bass.

Casita PEE WEE ELLIS’ F U N K A N O VA Q U A R T E T In Pee Wee Ellis’ latest incarnation ‘Funka Nova’ he pairs up with his old friend and colleague Peter Fessler, with German rhythm section Guido May on drums and Joel Locher on acoustic bass creating a quartet where Funk meets Bossa Nova in a new and enchanting sound.

Pee Wee Ellis’ remarkable story spans six decades, and throughout his 55 years as a saxophonist, band-leader, composer and arranger he has been considered a musician’s musician. From his time as Music Director for the James Brown Revue in the 1960s, where he co-wrote ‘Cold Sweat’ which created a new sound Funk to his latest CD release, ‘The Spirit of Christmas’, he has never ceased to be an innovator.

'...a unique and compelling Hot Club style outfit, both live and on record. The group displays how top-drawer musicians moving away from standard line-ups can often present a delightful and fresh alternative. 12 tracks of upbeat, Mediterranean-tinged fun stream by in no time and encourage repeated listening, not just for the innovative mix of instruments but especially the individual playing, ensemble work and soloing spread right across this invigorating album.'

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E D U C AT I O N & O U T R E A C H B U T T E R F L Y D AY Sunday June 25 From 12pm onwards Free A wonderful family day out in the Iford Manor orchard with guided butterfly walks through the beautiful Iford river valley, moth trap displays and bat roost viewing by infra-red camera, arts and crafts, face-painting and story-telling. Delicious Iford Manor cream teas and refreshments are available from the Iford Manor tea rooms or bring a picnic to enjoy on the river bank.

Children from three urban primary schools in Bristol, Bath and Trowbridge will participate together in this year’s exciting educational project – following the successful 2016 McQuest project based on Verdi’s Macbeth. It will culminate in a visit to Iford Manor for an ‘adventure day’ during the production of The Barber of Seville. The project (Go Figaro!) aims to encourage creative thinking by stimulating the children to create their own mini ‘operas’, or pieces of music theatre. The project will be kicked off by a performance to all the children of Figaro’s wonderful opening aria in Barber. As Figaro's 'apprentice hairdressers' they will consider gossip, secrets and other sensational aspects of life as revealed in Figaro's, 'Snip and Snoop Salon' with a specially composed Hairdressing Song as a chorus. Led by the team of experienced animateurs from Opera Sonic, each school will then create their own mini-scenes in three workshops. They will perform to each other at Iford before watching in the cloister selected scenes from the new production by Charles Court opera.

For more on our outstanding work with local schools and how to support us, please visit the website www.ifordarts.org.uk

3-TO-TEA Sundays May – September 3pm – 4pm Live music, free with garden entry On selected Sundays between May and September an eclectic programme of local performers entertains visitors to the Peto gardens at Iford Manor.

Concerts take place between 3pm and 4pm in the Italianate cloister and are free with entry to the garden.

Full 3-To-Tea listings are announced on our website.

www.ifordarts.org.uk

IFORD ARTS NEW G E N E R AT I O N A R T I S T S Under the leadership of Oliver Gooch, Iford Arts is committed to supporting emerging talent and continues to develop its young artists programme, which has this year attracted a significantly increased number of applicants. The 2017 scheme aims to deliver even more creative opportunities for young conductors, directors and designers, as well as for future singing stars, to work with the highest calibre opera practitioners. The scheme is growing in scope and reach as we undertake to broker more opportunities for our New Generation artists to learn skills, and also get more opportunities to perform in our area. By working with other local promoters we are beginning to arrange appearances for them as soloists in recitals, workshops and performances.

In this way we can offer the artistry of our young performers to our surrounding communities. This year we plan to offer at least twelve places on the scheme.

For further news and information on how you can support the Iford Arts New Generation Scheme please visit www.ifordarts.org.uk.

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B O O K I N G I N F O R M AT I O N All applications are dated and will be processed in order of receipt.

To secure the best available seats please return the tear-off booking form attached as soon as possible.

Please note there is a booking fee of £2.50 for ALL transactions, whether made in person at the Theatre Royal Bath, by post, telephone or online for ALL payment types regardless of how many tickets are booked. Should you wish your tickets to be posted out please include an SAE or £1 postage charge.

We regret the events are not suitable for children under 12.

Please ensure that cheques are payable to Theatre Royal Bath Ltd and posted to: Box Office, Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET. Please note: for opera performances, ensure that you mark on the booking form your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of dates in case your first choice is unavailable. Please leave cheques open with a maximum limit, allowing us to amend your payment if your preferred choice is not available. Tickets will be issued from Thursday 23 February.

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B E C O M E A PAT R O N Patronage starts from £450 and benefits include early booking, an invitation to the patrons' party at Iford Manor and special picnicking privileges. For more information please visit our website.

VISIT THE BOX OFFICE From Thursday 23 February

BECOME A FRIEND For a subscription of £80 you immediately receive priority booking for up to four people per performance. For more information please contact the Iford Arts office, or visit the ‘Support’ pages at www.ifordarts.org.uk

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BY TELEPHONE From Monday 27 February Box Office (Theatre Royal Bath) 01225 448844 from 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, and 12pm to 8pm on Bank Holidays.

R E D U C E D P R I C E S E AT S Adjacent to the orchestra there are a limited number of seats at reduced rates. Please contact the Box Office direct regarding availability.

PLEASE NOTE Reservations will be held for a maximum of four days. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded through the Theatre Royal Bath. Theatre Royal Bath accepts no liability for the cancellation of any event in the Iford Festival.

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I F O R D A RTS 2017 – B O O K I N G F O R M

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L A BOHÈME

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T U ES 3 0

L A BOHÈME

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FR I 2

L A BOHÈME

£121

SAT 3

LA BOHÈME

£125

SUN 4

IFOR D NEW GENER ATION CONCERT

£20

T U ES 6

LA BOHÈME

£121

FR I 9

L A BOHÈME

£121

SAT 10

LA BOHÈME

£125

S U N 11

CHROMA

£25

T U ES 13

L A BOHÈME

£121

W E D 21

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£121

FR I 23

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£121

SAT 2 4

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£125

T U ES 27

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£121

W E D 28

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£121

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BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£121

SAT 1

BA R BER OF SEV ILLE

£125

FR I 7

THE PETO PROM

£34

SAT 8

MIDSUMMER PROM

£34

SAT 22

JEPHTH A

£125

T U ES 25

JEPHTH A

£121

FR I 28

JEPHTH A

£121

SAT 29

JEPHTH A

£125

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Let the kids play in our 10 acres of gardens, enjoy some croquet or giant garden games. Mums can unwind in our intimate Spa (memberships available), or enjoy award winning food in our two AA rosette restaurant; under £25 for a three course lunch. Of course picnics and afternoon teas are a must, and with a ‘Friends of Homewood Park’ card you can find a reason to join us every day.

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11 March, 19 April, 4 June, 29 June, 4 July, 3 October & 1 November 2017 Since its opening in 1778, many of the greatest Italian operas have received their first performance on La Scala’s hallowed stage. During 2017 our holidays will include performances of Don Carlo and La traviata by Verdi, Puccini’s La Bohème, Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, and Handel’s Tamerlano. Also included in our tour to Milan are visits to the city’s Duomo, Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’ at Santa Maria delle Grazie, and the wonderful La Scala Museum.

Price from £1,698 per person for four nights including return flights, accommodation with breakfast, two dinners, one opera ticket, timed entry ticket to ‘The Last Supper’, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader.

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