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SUMMARY:Sound Beginnings
DESCRIPTION:The Firebird\nA special family-friendly performance of Stravinsky’s The Firebird\, arranged for two pianos and narrator. \nOriginally a ballet and based on a Russian folk tale\, The Firebird is about a magical glowing bird that Prince Ivan is searching for. The firebird is imprisoned in a castle with a beautiful princess. Ivan rescues the bird and the princess but then his own sister poisons him and the princess. Luckily\, the firebird flies to the fountain of youth and with magic water brings Prince Ivan and his beloved princess back to life. \nSound Beginnings concerts are designed as an accessible way to experience classical music\, with the environment\, programme\, length of recital and more tailored to be welcoming to all so that young and old (and everyone in between) can enjoy high quality live music together. \nAfter each performance there’s the chance for guests to bring their own picnics to enjoy in the gardens and grounds at Sheepdrove. \nSheepdrove is a disability-inclusive venue. \nPerformers\nMikhail Kazakevich piano\nElena Zozina piano\nRichard Morris narrator \nSponsored by The Sheepdrove Trust \nBooking Dates\nTuesday 27 January – Platinum Friends\nWednesday 28 January – Gold Friends\nFriday 30 January – Friends\nTuesday 10 February – Public Booking\nFind out how to become a friend and access priority booking.\n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/sound-beginnings-the-firebird-2026/
LOCATION:Sheepdrove\, Sheepdrove\, Sheepdrove Road\, Lambourn\, Berkshire\, RG17 7UU*\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family
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SUMMARY:Sound Beginnings
DESCRIPTION:The Firebird\nA special family-friendly performance of Stravinsky’s The Firebird\, arranged for two pianos and narrator. \nOriginally a ballet and based on a Russian folk tale\, The Firebird is about a magical glowing bird that Prince Ivan is searching for. The firebird is imprisoned in a castle with a beautiful princess. Ivan rescues the bird and the princess but then his own sister poisons him and the princess. Luckily\, the firebird flies to the fountain of youth and with magic water brings Prince Ivan and his beloved princess back to life. \nSound Beginnings concerts are designed as an accessible way to experience classical music\, with the environment\, programme\, length of recital and more tailored to be welcoming to all so that young and old (and everyone in between) can enjoy high quality live music together. \nAfter each performance there’s the chance for guests to bring their own picnics to enjoy in the gardens and grounds at Sheepdrove. \nSheepdrove is a disability-inclusive venue. \nPerformers\nMikhail Kazakevich piano\nElena Zozina piano\nRichard Morris narrator \nSponsored by The Sheepdrove Trust \nBooking Dates\nTuesday 27 January – Platinum Friends\nWednesday 28 January – Gold Friends\nFriday 30 January – Friends\nTuesday 10 February – Public Booking\nFind out how to become a friend and access priority booking.\n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/sound-beginnings-the-firebird-202602/
LOCATION:Sheepdrove\, Sheepdrove\, Sheepdrove Road\, Lambourn\, Berkshire\, RG17 7UU*\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family
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SUMMARY:Flowers Band
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 National Champions of Great Britain\, Flowers Band returns to Newbury Spring Festival with a programme that really does have something for everyone\, including Orbital by Ivor Novello award-winning composer\, Richard Blackford. This exciting work is Richard’s first work for Brass Band and Flowers Band are delighted to be part of the consortium that have commissioned this major piece\, with support from BBC Radio 3 and The Radcliffe Trust. \nOther programme highlights include a world premiere of a new major work for euphonium from the pen of Lucy Pankhurst. The piece will be performed by Dan Thomas\, the band’s Solo Euphonium player\, one of the world’s most in demand euphonium soloists. \nThe band will also perform a world premiere of a new concert opener by Kelly-Marie Murphy\, a renowned Canada-based composer who has written for ensembles such as the Vancouver\, Winnipeg\, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. \nThe rest of the programme will feature the band’s stellar soloists\, and will include music from well-known film\, and more original music for brass band. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince announcing this concert\, Flowers Band have been crowned as the 2026 Champion Band of Europe following a historic victory in Linz\, Austria!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers\nPaul Holland conductor\nDan Thomas euphonium\nFlowers Band \nProgramme to include:\nThomas Doss Fanfare for the Best\nJohn Golland Meiso (Tenor Horn Soloist Emily Evans and Baritone Soloist Elliot Harrington)\nR. Alexander arr. Roy Newsome Belford’s Carnival March\nDaniel Hall Beneath the Mask (Cornet Soloist Luke Barker)\nStijn Aertgeerts Cuba Libre\nRichard Blackford Orbital\nKelly-Marie Murphy Heliosphere (World Premiere)\nJohn Barry arr. Darrol Barry Out of Africa\nLucy Pankhurst Electric (Euphonium Soloist Dan Thomas)\nJonathan Bates Pall Mall\nGavin Higgins Ar Lan y Mor\nOwn Choice Testpiece from 2026 European Brass Band Championships \nSponsored by Greenham Trust \nThis concert will be dedicated to the memory of Chris Boulton. \n\n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/flowers-band-2026/
LOCATION:Corn Exchange\, The Corn Exchange\, Market Place\, Newbury\, Berkshire\, RG14 5BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber Music & Recitals
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SUMMARY:Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten in 1976\, we open with arguably his best-loved orchestral work\, the “Four Sea Interludes” from his opera Peter Grimes. This will be followed by Richard Strauss’s finest and final vocal composition\, his Four Last Songs\, performed tonight by one of the world’s greatest Strauss interpreters\, British soprano Elizabeth Watts. Elizabeth is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and is much in demand across the world; we are delighted to welcome her back to the Festival. \nAfter the interval we will hear Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6\, the Pathétique. A deeply emotional work that famously ends in a slow\, sorrowful fade to silence\, subverting the typical triumphant finale\, it was described by Tchaikovsky in letters as “the best thing I ever composed or shall compose”. He died nine days after its premier performance\, which he conducted himself. Tonight’s conductor\, Tom Fetherstonhaugh has already appeared at the Festival with his own orchestra\, Fantasia\, and we look forward to welcoming him with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra\, a much-loved Festival favourite. \nPerformers\nElizabeth Watts soprano\nTom Fetherstonhaugh conductor\nBournemouth Symphony Orchestra \nProgramme to include:\nBritten “Four Sea Interludes”\nStrauss Four Last Songs\nTchaikovsky Symphony No. 6\, Pathétique \nPLEASE NOTE this concert should be booked via the Festival website only \nSponsored by Greenham Trust \n\n
URL:https://www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk/event/bournemouth-symphony-orchestra-2026/
LOCATION:St Nicolas Church\, Newbury\, St Nicolas Church\, West Mills\, Newbury\, Berkshire\, RG14 5HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Choral & Vocal,Orchestral
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