| Fressingfield Presents Feast Of Musical Excellence |
  Wednesday 24 September The Paul Eshelby Band will open the festival with performances of jazz standards and a selection of numbers from The Great American Songbook. Paul Eshelby is one of the country’s leading jazz musicians and has performed extensively worldwide both as a solo trumpeter and band leader. His most recent and critically acclaimed album Moonlight Valentine was recorded with the legendary pianist James Pearson. Paul has gained renown through his work with the BBC Concert Orchestra and his position as Director and Principal Conductor of the National Jazz Youth Orchestra. Thursday 25 September The Choir of Christ’s College Cambridge will perform Vivaldi’s ever popular Gloria and his Magnificat. The Choir has established itself as one of the foremost university chapel choirs and it tours worldwide annually. With an extensive catalogue of recordings the choir has an enviable reputation in the choral world. The choir’s conductor, Director of Music at Christ’s College, Professor David Rowland, is also Dean of the Arts Faculty of The Open University. Friday 26 September The festival has been fortunate in securing the emerging opera super-star Siphiwo Ntshebe, who will give the world premiere of the song cycle Delicate Sparks, settings of poems by the South African poet Lindiwe Mabuza, composed by Paul Carroll. Siphiwo’s performance will include Robert Schumann’s beautiful song cycle Dichterliebe and opera arias by Donnizetti and Puccini including Nessun Dorma. South African concert pianist Tessa Uys accompanies. Saturday 27 September The final concert is expected to close the festival in spectacular style with a display of virtuosity by the period instrument ensemble Badinage. The concert will include sonatas by Vivaldi, Handel, Bach and Corelli, the highlight being an eighteenth century arrangement of one of Corelli’s violin sonatas for the flute, formerly thought to be unplayable. There will also be a performance of one of Bach’s organ pieces on the church’s historic organ. School children are encouraged to attend afternoon rehearsals. Prior arrangement must be made with the Festival Secretary. Enquiries and ticket details, tel: 01379 586 269 |
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