Music festival 2023
Welcome to a week crammed with amazing music from great performers
At a glance
Sunday 13 August
3pm Rectory Gardens
Tea Party and live music
6.30pm St Mary’s
Festival Evensong
Monday 14 August
11.30am St Mary’s
Castaway with Sandy Burnett
7pm St Mary’s
Flats & Sharps
9.45pm St Mary’s
Late Night Recital
Tuesday 15 August
12.30am St Mary’s
Lunchtime Concert
7pm St Mary’s
Jazz Concert
9.45pm St Mary’s
Late Night Recital
Wednesday 16 August
7pm St Mary’s
Chamber Concert
9.45pm St Mary’s
Late Night Recital
Thursday 17 August
12.30am St Mary’s
Lunchtime Concert
7pm St Mary’s
Film and TV music
9.45pm St Mary’s
Late Night Recital
Friday 18 August
7pm St Mary’s
Gala Concert
Sunday 13 August
3pm Rectory Gardens
Tea Party
Tea is served! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the lovely Rectory Gardens accompanied by live music. Free Entry. Cream teas available.
Sponsored by Alan, Maureen, Bernie & Edita
6.30pm St Mary's Church
Festival Evensong
Festival Evensong. The service will be led by Cannon John Wood with the choir from Litton Cheney. Paul Cheater organist.
Monday 14 August
11.30am St Mary's Church
Castaway with Sandy Burnett
Sandy Burnett, broadcaster and musician talks to Monique Pasche about her favourite music and what it means to her. Monique moved to Burton Bradstock in 1964, joined the WI and became fully involved in village life and the early days of the Festival.
Sponsored by Sladers Yard, Seafood Restaurant, West Bay
7pm St Mary's Church
Flats & Sharps
Penzance-based four piece, Flats & Sharps have taken their unique bluegrass on multiple tours in Europe, Australia and the USA. They have a fresh and modern outlook on foot-stomping bluegrass material through to their powerful, original songs. Their dazzling solos and incredible stage presence and energy create an evening that will have you laughing and singing along in no time.
Sponsored by Vicary and Co. Estate Agents and Valuers and a Friend of the Festival
Josh Vocals, acoustic guitar, Mikey Vocals, mandolin, Liam Vocals, double bass, Danny Vocals, fiddle, banjo
9.45pm St Mary's Church
Late Night Recital
After a wild bluegrass evening, tranquility is restored with Nigel Westlake’s Jovian Moons for guitar and piano, Valentyn Silvestrov’s Homage à J.S.B. and Bach’s divine first Cello Suite.
Soup and roll supper in the Village Hall at 9.15pm
Festival soup and rolls sponsored
by Adrian and Alison Neil
Sponsored by Carpet World, Bridport
Craig Ogden guitar
David Juritz violin
Miloš Milivojević accordion
David Gordon piano
Adrian Bradbury cello
TUESDAY 15 AUGUST
12.30pm St Mary's Church
Lunchtime Concert
Craig Ogden takes us to a remote corner of his native Australia in Nigel Westlake’s Mosstrooper Peak. David Gordon shares the piano keys with Jack Gonzalez-Harding in music by a youthful Poulenc, with dances by Rachmaninov and Brahms.
To include a picnic platter and a glass of wine in the Rectory Gardens.
Sponsored by Dream Cottages and Wessex Surveyors
David Gordon piano
Jack Gonzalez-Harding piano
Craig Ogden guitar
7pm St Mary's Church
Jazz Concert
Remembering Wes
Godfather of British jazz guitar and a world renowned musician, Jim Mullen joins Sandy Burnett, Paul Cavaciuti and David Gordon in paying a centenary homage to the legendary Wes Montgomery with special guest singer, Zoe Francis.
Sponsored by C G Fry and Son and a Supporter of the Festival
Jim Mullen guitar Zoe Francis vocals David Gordon piano Sandy Burnett bass Paul Cavaciuti drums
9.45pm St Mary's Church
Late Night Recital
Members of the London Tango Quintet are joined by Sandy Burnett, bass, for an exciting set of tangos by Piazzolla, Pugliese and Salgan.
Miloš Milivojević accordion
David Juritz violin
Craig Ogden guitar
David Gordon piano
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this concert replaces the event advertised in the brochure.
Soup and roll supper in the Village Hall at 9.15pm
Concert sponsored by Top Sparks UK Ltd
WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST
7pm St Mary's Church
Chamber Concert
Can a composer ever be jealous of one of his own creations? After his Septet’s popularity began to eclipse his new compositions, Beethoven railed that he wish it could be destroyed! Thankfully it survived his wrath and we can enjoy it with the quintet Mozart wrote for his friend, the horn player, Joseph Leutgeb. Vaclav Trojan was best known as a composer of film music. The folk song arrangements he made for three virtuoso friends exude colour and playfulness.
W.A. Mozart 1756-1791 Horn Quintet K. 407
Vaclav Trojan 1907-1983 Folk songs
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 Septet
Sponsored by Nantes Solicitors, Bridport
Anna Hashimoto clarinet Ashley Myall bassoon Chris Beagles horn Craig Ogden guitar Miloš Milivojević accordion David Juritz, Fiona McCapra violins Yuri Zhislin viola Adrian Bradbury cello Sandy Burnett bass
9.45pm St Mary's Church
Late Night Recital
Alena Walentin flute
David Gordon piano
Sandy Burnett bass
Paul Cavaciuti drums
Late Night Jazz
Alena Walentin joins David Gordon, Paul Cavaciuti and Sandy Burnett to perform French jazz legend Claude Bolling’s Suite for flute and jazz trio.
Soup and roll supper in the Village Hall at 9.15pm
Concert sponsored by A J Wakeley and Sons Funeral Directors
THURSDAY 17 AUGUST
12.30pm St Mary's Church
Lunchtime Concert
Summer celebration
The Atea quintet play Samuel Barber’s Summer Music (crowd-funded by an audience collection at its 1956 premiere), two quintet’s overflowing with melody by Hedwige Chrétien and Antoine Reicha, Glinka’s Trio Pathétique with a virtuoso piano part featuring Veronica Shoot, and Valerie Coleman’s brilliantly witty Tzigane.
Samuel Barber 1910-1981 Summer Music Op. 31
Hedwige Chrétien 1859-1944 Quintette; Andante, Allegro con molto
Antoine Reicha 1770-1836 Quintet
Mikhail Glinka 1804-1857 Trio Pathétique in D minor
Valerie Colman Tzigane
Sponsored by The Anchor Inn, Burton Bradstock
Veronica Shoot piano Anna Hashimoto clarinet Philip Haworth oboe Alena Walentin flute Ashley Myall bassoon Chris Beagles horn
7pm St Mary's Church
Film and TV Classics
The sounds of film and television Film and television have inspired much of the most memorable music of the last century. Emmy award winning composer, John Lunn, leads the Festival Orchestra in his scores for Downton Abbey, Shetland and Grantchester and other screen classics including music from Schindler’s List, The Deer Hunter and The English Patient.
Sponsored by The Seaside Boarding House, Burton Bradstock
John Lunn conductor
Festival Orchestra
9.45pm St Mary's Church
Late Night Recital
David Gordon piano David Juritz, Fiona McCapra violins Yuri Zhislin viola Adrian Bradbury cello Miloš Milivojević accordion Sandy Burnett bass
The Baroque Planets
The night sky has been an eternal source of inspiration for musicians. David Gordon takes the band on a18th- century tour of the solar system with music by Lully, Rameau, Biber and the Astronomer Royal, William Herschel.
Soup and roll supper in the Village Hall at 9.15pm
Concert sponsored by The New Inn, Shipton Gorge
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747) Le Cahos from Les Élémens
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Descente de Mercure from Platée
Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) Der Mars from Battalia
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699-1782) Jupiter from Pièces de Clavecin, after Antoine Forqueray
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87) Air and Bourrée pour les Suivants de Saturne from Phaëton
William Herschel (1738-1822) III. Vivace Allegro from Concerto
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87) Danse et Air pour les Suivants de Neptune from Le Divertissements Royal de Versailles
John Blow (1649-1708) Aria and chorus ‘In These Sweet Groves’ from Venus and Adonis
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) ‘Pluton commande’ from Hippolyte et Aricie
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST
7pm St Mary's Church
Gala Concert
The Festival draws to a joyous close with a rarely heard gem by Haydn; Yuri Zhislin in Telemann’s brilliant viola concerto; Vivaldi’s concerto for violin and organ with Miloś and Anja Milivojević and Claire Bradshaw singing Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 Concerto per due lire organizzati
Astor Piazzolla 1921-1992 Oblivion
Feliciano Brunelli 1903-1981 Iliusión de mi Vida
Georg Philipp Telemann 1681-1767 Viola concerto in G major TWV51:G9
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 Concerto for Violin and Organ in D minor RV541
Béla Kovács 1937-2021 Flamenco
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sponsored by Alan Williams
Festival Orchestra including:
Claire Bradshaw mezzo-soprano
Alena Walentin flute
Philip Haworth oboe
Anna Hashimoto clarinet
Ashley Myall bassoon
Craig Ogden guitar
Miloš Milivojević accordion
David Juritz, Tom Kemp, Fiona McCapra, Bridget Pearse, Anja Milivojević violin
Yuri Zhislin, Rachel Byrt viola
Adrian Bradbury, Lionel Handy cello
Sandy Burnett bass
David Gordon piano
Paul Cavaciuti percussion
41st FESTIVAL
12-20 AUGUST 2023
Six days of brilliant classical, jazz and world music with internationally acclaimed performers and a nine-day exhibition featuring some of the finest art and ceramics in the South West.