Sun 14th
Songs My Father Taught Me
The Sheepdrove Piano Mon 15th Competition Winner
Young Artists Lunchtime Recital 4
From The Great American Songbook Susan Bullock Richard Sisson Petroc Trelawny
soprano piano compere
Internationally renowned soprano Susan Bullock explores the Great American Songbook – Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers, Arlen and Sondheim. Susan calls her programme Songs My Father Taught Me, having known these glorious standards all her life. During the evening BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny will talk to her about what these great 20th-century classics meant to her growing up in England. At the piano is one of the country’s most admired cabaret pianists, Richard Sisson, adding to a magical evening of sophisticated elegance. To add to the occasion, you can pre-order a delicious picnic from Honesty Group to enjoy in the grounds of Combe Manor prior to the show – details on the Festival website.
Sponsored by Mrs Katalin Landon By kind permission of Jason and Sybille Russell
“Susan Bullock, always profoundly musical, brings tears to one’s eyes with a tenderness of phrasing that seems second nature to her.” Opera Magazine
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Combe Manor Barn, Combe RG17 9EJ 6.00pm grounds open for picnics 7.30pm performance (ends approx 9.40pm) £45 Honesty Group picnic £25 for 2 people
Ludwig van Beethoven (c.1770–1827) Newbury Spring Festival is delighted to welcome the winner of the ninth Sheepdrove Piano Competition to the Corn Exchange to perform a recital as part of the Festival’s Young Artists Lunchtime Series. The competition, open to students from all the major UK conservatoires, was founded in 2009 by the Sheepdrove Trust, under the patronage of Sir Roger Norrington. The winning pianist’s programme will feature works by Beethoven. Today’s recital is an opportunity to hear more of the winning pianist following the competition held at Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre, Lambourn on Sunday 14th May (see page 27). Corn Exchange, Newbury RG14 5BD 12.30pm (ends approx 1.30pm) £9 (series ticket for all 6 lunchtime recitals £42) Sponsored by The Headley Trust
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