Lake District Summer Music Festival 2007 Programme

With Ian Buckle (piano)

Winner of the 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Mark Simpson gives a dazzling performance with the fine pianist Ian Buckle. His technically demanding programme demonstrates the remarkable talent of this young man who is both performer and composer.

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke
BRAHMS Sonata in E flat, Op.120 No.2
MARK SIMPSON Love Escape
IRELAND Fantasy
DEBUSSY Première Rhapsodie

Supported by Ida Carroll Trust

With Garfield Jackson (viola) & Alasdair Tait (cello)

The Chilingirian Quartet has been LDSM's resident quartet since 1985. As a leading British quartet in demand world-wide they hold a special place with LDSM audiences. They are joined by Garfield Jackson and Alasdair Tait in Dvořák's wonderful sextet. The richness of the programme will be equalled by the richness of the performance.

BEETHOVEN Quartet in G, Op.18 No.2
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde, D804
DVOŘK Sextet in A, Op.48

A welcome return for this outstanding wind ensemble

Following membership of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme, the Galliard Ensemble has been firmly placed as one of Britain's leading chamber ensembles. Its energetic, entertaining and communicative performance style has captivated audiences in Britain and abroad. Founded in 1993 when its members were students at the Royal Academy of Music, The Galliard Ensemble has won many awards and appeared at festivals throughout Europe.

"The performances are simply breath-taking in their co-ordination and tonal lustre. The performance is all one could wish for." (GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE)

MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
LIGETI Six Bagatelles 1953, Op.43
NIELSEN Wind Quartet, Op.43
BARBER Summer Music, Op.31
GRAINGER Walking Tune
ARNOLD Three Shanties
PATTERSON Comedy for Five Winds

Supported by Sir John Manduell CBE

"Music from the Sistine Chapel"
Directed by Eamonn Dougan

The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles with a reputation for 'clarity and beauty with dramatic intensity' in their performance of Early Music. Music from the Sistine Chapel gives a rare insight into the musical world of Papal chapels. Programme includes Allegri's Miserere, a work which had never reached beyond the Vatican until Mozart famously transcribed it after only one hearing. The programme also includes works by Palestrina, Anerio, Merenzio and Mediaeval plainsong.

"Sixteen, Sistine it's a match made in heaven" (THE TIMES)

Stanley Henig

During his talk about the great voices of the twentieth century, Professor Stanley Henig gives us a rare opportunity to hear early recordings of these legendary performers. He gives us an insight into their world careers before TV screens captured the close-ups.

Nadine Livingston (soprano)
Christopher Turner (tenor)
Duncan Glenday (piano)

22-year-old soprano Nadine Livingston has won numerous prizes including the Eva Turner award and has appeared in opera, oratorio and recital in the UK. She was invited to perform in China in 2006.

Christopher Turner, tenor, also 22 is the recipient of a Peter Moores Foundation Award. He has played lead roles in operas by Purcell and Stravinsky and has appeared at Cheltenham Festival under the conductor Martyn Brabbins. As a recitalist he has won the prestigious Joyce and Michael Kennedy Strauss Prize.

Both Nadine and Christopher are postgraduate students at the RNCM and study with the renowned teacher Barbara Robotham. They are accompanied this evening by Duncan Glenday, who will be a familiar face to LDSM audiences. Soloist and chamber musician, Duncan is now a regular staff accompanist at LDSM.

Programme includes songs by Debussy, Wolf, Strauss and Britten and operatic arias and duets by Purcell, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Puccini.

Supported by Mrs Joan Whitfield and Mrs Elizabeth Gifford