World-class classical music in Glossop
Our Summer 2016 Festival features international pianist Viv McLean, Grammy award-winning bass-baritone, Jonathan Lemalu, and remarkable cellist and animateur, Matthew Sharp.
This exciting six-day Summer Festival from 20-25 June comprises:
20th - 22nd June | Education Workshops & Schools' Concerts
Matthew Sharp (critically acclaimed animateur, cellist and singer) leads the Glossop Festival String Orchestra alongside over 200 local primary school violins and clarinets, to audiences of over 1000 local children.
Glossop Music Festival is very grateful to the Derby and Derbyshire Music Partnership for their support.
22nd June - 19:30 | Chamber Music: Angell Piano Trio with Katherine Broderick (Soprano)
Angell Piano Trio with Katherine Broderick (Soprano)
19.30 The Parish Church, Old Glossop
“It would be hard to imagine a more powerful performance” New York Times, Carnegie/Weill Hall
Frances Angell (piano), Jan Peter Schmolck (violin), Sally Pendlebury (cello) and Katherine Broderick perform a new commission for trio and voice by Jordan Hunt, Shostakovich Blok Romances and Brahms B major piano trio Op. 8
The Angell Piano Trio
The Angell Piano Trio appear thanks to the generosity of the Michael Cuddigan Trust and Bates Solicitors
23rd June - 19:30 | Evening Concert: Glossop Festival Orchestra conducted by Christopher George with Matthew Sharp (Cello)
19.30 The Parish Church, Old Glossop
Glossop Festival Orchestra, conducted by Christopher George, perform Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 with Matthew Sharp, and Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
24th June - 11:00 | Coffee Concert: Viv McLean (Piano)
Viv McLean (Piano)
11.00 The Parish Church, Old Glossop
“The listener was struck by the sustained level of technical mastery. Viv McLean performed with his mind as well as his hands”
The Sunday Times
Viv plays a Shostakovich prelude and the Diabelli Variations in this wonderful, intimate setting
24th June - 18:30 | Evening Concert: Glossop Festival Orchestra conducted by Christopher George with Viv McLean (Piano)
Glossop Music Festival Orchestra with Viv McLean (Piano) conducted by Christopher George
18.30 Pre-concert talk given by Fr. Ian Stubbs
19.30 The Parish Church, Old Glossop
Mozart Don Giovanni Overture, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 and Beethoven Symphony No. 5
25th June - 19:30 | Mozart Opera Gala: Claire Surman is joined by Jonathan Lemalu and other friends with the Glossop Festival Orchestra
19.30 St James’ Church, Glossop
As a wonderful finale to the Summer Festival 2016, Claire Surman is joined by international singers Miriam Ryen (soprano), Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano), Eamonn Mulhall (tenor), Robert Davies (baritone) and Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) together with the Glossop Festival Orchestra conducted by Christopher George
“Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note. The New Zealand born Samoan Jonathan Lemalu is one such.”
Gramophone Magazine
Tickets
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