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Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch
Cost: FREE EVENT
Please note: This walk is suitable for children aged 10 and above.
Dates: 4th May, 11th May, 15th June, 20th June, 27th June - All 2021
Time: All 14:30
We take you beyond and behind the High Street and recall the quirky facts and forgotten stories that deserve to be remembered.
COVID 19 Precautions: Booking is essential. Group will not exceed 5 people plus the guide. Although the tour will be out of doors, wearing a face covering or face mask is recommended. As far as possible the guide and individuals should keep at a 2 metre social distance (except for people from the same household).
About the walk: Please note that the walk is about a half a mile long with regular stops. It will take about 90 minutes and will finish as close to Tunsgate Arch as possible in the time. You should wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions at the time of your tour. Please show your ticket or confirmation email when you meet.
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch
Cost: FREE EVENT
Please note: These walks are suitable for children aged 10 and over.
Dates: 2nd June, 6th June, 9th June, 12th June, 16th June, 19th June, 26th June, 30th June - All 2021
Time: All 14:30
On this tour, you will walk in the footsteps of the famous (and infamous) people who made Guildford what it is today.
COVID 19 Precautions: Booking is essential. Group will not exceed 5 people plus the guide. Although the tour will be out of doors, wearing a face covering or face mask is recommended. As far as possible the guide and individuals should keep at a 2 metre social distance (except for people from the same household).
About the walk: Please note that the walk is about a half a mile long with regular stops. It will take about 90 minutes and will finish as close to Tunsgate Arch as possible in the time. You should wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions at the time of your tour. Please show your ticket or confirmation email when you meet.
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch
Cost: FREE EVENT
Please note: This walk is suitable for children aged 10 and above.
Dates: 18th May, 1st June, 22nd June 2021
Time: All 14:30
Not only is the age of elegance to be discovered on this walk featuring Jane Austen and other notables, but also an age of scandal and intrigue.
COVID 19 Precautions: Booking is essential. Group will not exceed 5 people plus the guide. Although the tour will be out of doors, wearing a face covering or face mask is recommended. As far as possible the guide and individuals should keep at a 2 metre social distance (except for people from the same household).
About the walk: Please note that the walk is about a half a mile long with regular stops. It will take about 90 minutes and will finish as close to Tunsgate Arch as possible in the time. You should wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions at the time of your tour. Please show your ticket or confirmation email when you meet.
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch
Cost: FREE EVENT
Please note: This walk is suitable for children aged 10 and above.
Date: 23rd June
Time: 14:30
How did a shy mathematics tutor interest Queen Victoria and become a global phenomenon?
COVID 19 Precautions: Booking is essential. Group will not exceed 5 people plus the guide. Although the tour will be out of doors, wearing a face covering or face mask is recommended. As far as possible the guide and individuals should keep at a 2 metre social distance (except for people from the same household).
About the walk: Please note that the walk is about a half a mile long with regular stops. It will take about 90 minutes and will finish as close to Tunsgate Arch as possible in the time. You should wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions at the time of your tour. Please show your ticket or confirmation email when you meet.
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch
Cost: FREE EVENT
Please note: This walk is suitable for children aged 10 and above.
Dates: 25th May, 29th June
Time: 14:30
The town's coaching inns and pubs were the heart of town life, as well as providing a welcome break for famous visitors
COVID 19 Precautions: Booking is essential. Group will not exceed 5 people plus the guide. Although the tour will be out of doors, wearing a face covering or face mask is recommended. As far as possible the guide and individuals should keep at a 2 metre social distance (except for people from the same household).
About the walk: Please note that the walk is about a half a mile long with regular stops. It will take about 90 minutes and will finish as close to Tunsgate Arch as possible in the time. You should wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions at the time of your tour. Please show your ticket or confirmation email when you meet.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, High Street Guildford, GU1 3RR
Date: Saturday July 3rd
Time: 19.00 (Doors open at 18.30)
Prices: Full Price £18, Students/Job Seekers £10, Children Aged 6-18 £8, Disabled £5
Recommended age for this event is 6+, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Peter Donohoe is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique. He has performed with all the major London orchestras, as well as orchestras from across the world, and is in high demand as a juror at international competitions. Peter was awarded a CBE for services to classical music in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.
Harriet Mackenzie is an internationally renowned concerto soloist and has performed across five continents. Her recordings include concertos with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Nova and the English Symphony Orchestra and these have received international acclaim, including Five Stars in The Times (Richard Morrison); ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone Magazine and a nomination for 'Recording of The Year' in Music Web International 2017: "There is a completeness, a confidence, an honesty and a consistent lyrical beauty that has moved me again and again. These qualities all emerge in Harriet Mackenzie’s utterly magisterial performance.....Harriet Mackenzie’s commitment to these composers and these works is obvious, her performances are riveting." - Richard Hanlon.
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Venue: Guildford Castle Grounds, Castle Street, GU1 3UW
Date: Friday 9 - 17th July 2021 (except Sunday) Matinee performance Saturday 17th July at 15.00
Time: 20.00 - 21.45
Tickets: £15.00, Children and Students £12.00
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
This is a general admission event. If social distancing measures are still in place at the time of the event, you will be allocated a pitch for the number of people in your booking. You shall receive an email closer to the time of the event if this is the case along with any other Covid safety regulations you need to be aware of.
About the event: An Intergalactic Comedy of Errors will blast off from the Bandstand in Guildford Castle Grounds on Friday 9th July for a nine day voyage to the Planet Ephesus.
You are invited to join a motley crew of 1950s space adventurers for an out-of-this-world evening.
Why not bring a picnic to sustain you on your journey!
Date: 17th & 18th July 2021
Time: 10am-7pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
Venue: Shalford Park
Price: Adults £6.50 Advance, Seniors £4.50 advance, Children Ages 0-15 Free
Various flexi tickets [Sat or Sun] and weekend tickets [Sat and Sun] are available. Click on 'Order Tickets' for details
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
The Cheese & Chilli Festival offers a fantastic family friendly, fun-filled event.
Spicing things up with all things cheese and chilli, the event will see a whole host of tasty treats, amazing entertainment and food competitions for those that can handle the heat.
What’s more the festival will be supporting worthwhile charities, with a team raising funds throughout the two-day show.
Entertainments include;
Amazing Cheese & Chilli (obviously), Chilli Eating Competitions, Hot Food Challenges, Chilli Sauce Competitions, Live Music, Cooking Demonstrations, Punch & Judy, Circus Skills, Karaoke, Crazy Golf, Human Stunt Show, Animal HQ (hold some strange and exotic creatures), Treasure Hunts, Real Ales, Authentic Ciders, children’s rides plus loads more.
Venue: Guildford Cricket Club, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP
Date: Friday 23rd July 2021
Time: 18.00 - 22.00
Tickets: £10.00
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Please note: No person under the age of 18 will be admitted
Admission tickets for Session 1 are SOLD OUT. We hope to be able to release further tickets for this Session in a few weeks’ time when more COVID restrictions are lifted.
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford Town Centre.
The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of
ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gins and Spirits bar. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Admission to each timed session is strictly by ticket purchased in advance. A token payment system for food and drinks will be in operation at all sessions. Tokens may be purchased in advance at www.guildfordbeerfestival.co.uk or from the cashiers at the entry desk upon arrival or during the event
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, High Street Guildford, GU1 3RR
Date: Friday July 23rd
Time: 19.00 (Doors open at 18.30)
Prices: Full Price £16, Students/Job Seekers £10, Children Aged 6-18 £8, Disabled £5
Recommended age for this event is 6+, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
A relaxing evening of beautiful jazz performed by the internationally-acclaimed husband-and-wife duo Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (vocalist, formerly with The Swingle Singers) and Alexander L’Estrange (jazz multi-instrumentalist) AKA L’Estranges in the Night. The couple, who celebrate their silver wedding anniversary days before this recital, will present “A Celebration of 30 years of Music & Love” in which they tell their own story through the lyrics of the songs. Alongside Gershwin, Kern, Porter and Legrand will be a selection of their original songs and, in homage to Joanna’s Swingle heritage, some swung Bach. Book early to avoid disappointment!
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Venue: Guildford Cricket Club, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP
Date: Saturday 24 July 2021
Time: 12.00 - 16.00
Tickets: £10.00
Please note: No person under the age of 18 will be admitted
Admission tickets for Session 2 are SOLD OUT. We hope to be able to release further tickets for this Session in a few weeks’ time when more COVID restrictions are lifted.
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford Town Centre.
The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of
ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gins and Spirits bar. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Admission to each timed session is strictly by ticket purchased in advance. A token payment system for food and drinks will be in operation at all sessions. Tokens may be purchased in advance at www.guildfordbeerfestival.co.uk or from the cashiers at the entry desk upon arrival or during the event
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Guildford Cricket Club, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP
Date: Saturday 24 July 2021
Time: 18.00 - 22.00
Tickets: £10.00
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Please note: No person under the age of 18 will be admitted
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford Town Centre.
The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of
ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gins and Spirits bar. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Admission to each timed session is strictly by ticket purchased in advance. A token payment system for food and drinks will be in operation at all sessions. Tokens may be purchased in advance at www.guildfordbeerfestival.co.uk or from the cashiers at the entry desk upon arrival or during the event
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 18.00 - 20.00 with 15 mins interval.
Prices: Full price - £12.00
Child (5-17) - £8.00 Recommended age: 8+
Family of 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children - £32.00
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Immersion Theatre invite you on a swashbuckling adventure of epic proportions as they proudly present an action-packed adaptation of The Three Musketeers!
Follow the young D’Artagnan as he travels to Paris to join the legendary Musketeers in a thrilling production brimming with excitement, danger, comedy, and in true Immersion style, bags of audience interaction. Will our heroes thwart the scheming Cardinal Richelieu and the deadly Milady de Winter? Will they retrieve the Queen’s jewels and restore her honour before it’s too late? Find out in this gripping tale guaranteed to have families on the edge of their seats. All for one – and one for all!
Gates open at 5.30pm. Please bring seats or a rug. You are welcome to bring your own picnic. Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Date: 1st August 2021 Time: 12.00am to 8.00pm
Tickets: £25.00
'Jazz, Gin and Blues' will take place in the tranquil glade at Loxwood Meadow, site of the popular medieval jousting festival, Loxwood Joust.
From 12 noon until 8pm, an intimate crowd of just 500 people will enjoy a stellar line-up of jazz and blue artists in a sheltered woodland setting.
This year Jazz, Gin & Blues is curated by Simon Bates the founder and organizer of the legendary Loxwood Jazz Club and promises another year of great eclectic Jazz and blues with a little helping of Gin.
Artists performing this year are: John Etheridge, Derek Nash's Sax Appeal, Harry Greene/ Ashton Jones, Simply Swing and Tim Staffell/ Paul Stewart.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Sunday 1 August 2021
Time: 19.00 - 21.15 with 15 mins interval.
Price: Full price - £17.00
Child (8-17) - £8.00
Family of 2 adults & 2 children - £42.00
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
A play of supernatural magic, vaulting ambition and an examination of the dreadful consequences of the insatiable lust for power. With Shakespeare’s most chilling power couple and truly stirring poetry, this stunning play will keep you gripped.
Bring seats or a rug and a picnic and prepare to be entertained and transported watching Shakespeare as he first saw it performed; in the open air, by an all-male cast with Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. Gates open at 18.00, refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Wednesday 18 August 2021
Time: 18.00 - 20.00 with 15 mins interval.
Prices: Full price - £12.00
Child (5 -17) - £8.00 Recommended age: 4+
Family of 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children - £32
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to bring their trademark energy to their wildest show yet, a brand-new musical adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling family favourite, THE JUNGLE BOOK!
Filled with original music, audience interaction, and the chance to meet the characters after the show, you are invited to join Mowgli and his friends, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, on a madcap jungle adventure as they meet and attempt to outwit a slithering snake, some cheeky monkeys, and the fierce tiger, Shere Khan!
Funny, exciting and wildly entertaining, this larger-than-life musical will have you howling with laughter; The perfect treat for the whole family!
Gates open at 5.30pm. Please bring seats or a rug. You are welcome to bring your own picnic. Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Venue: Rural Life Centre, Reeds Road, Tilford GU10 2DL.
Date: Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd August 2021
Times: Friday 20th 12pm - 11pm : Saturday 21st 10am - 11pm : Sunday 22nd 10am - 10.30pm
Tickets: Adult - 3 day weekend: £135.00
Adult - 2 day weekend [Sat & Sun] : £110.00
Friday Adult Day Ticket - £50.00
Saturday Adult Day Ticket - £60.00
Sunday Adult Day Ticket - £60.00
Under 10's are free. You can simply ask for Under 10 tickets on arrival.
Please note: These are the only tickets available at this time. Other tickets will become available in due course.
You will receive an immediate email confirmation of your booking however, due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, your tickets will be posted to you as soon as we are back in our usual work environment. Due to the high value of some of the tickets, we have included an option to post your tickets 1st Class requiring a signature on delivery. If you would like to take advantage of this, please select 'Royal Mail signed for Ist Class' at checkout.
A fabulous boutique family festival in the country with incredible music, mouth-watering food, real ale, champagne, wine and cocktail bars & plenty of attractions for young and old.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Thursday 16th September 2021
Performance(s): 6.30pm and 8.30pm (doors open 20 mins before the performance)
Venue: Place Farm Barn, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley KT24 6AN
Prices:
Full Price - £26.00
Young Person (8-30] - £10.00
Disabled: £26.00 (Carer free with disabled ticket) Please email tic@guildford.gov.uk to confirm seating arrangements.
Limited tickets currently on sale due to Covid restrictions on venue capacities - more seats may be released in due course so if your event is currently showing as sold out, please check back nearer the time, or check availability for the alternative time slot for this event.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Duration approx. 1 hr with NO interval.
Please select your preferred seating area (Front/Middle/Back) from the 'See more areas' box when choosing your tickets- exact seats within your chosen area will be allocated by the festival to comply with any Covid regulations still in place in September.
Ticket holders will be advised of any required Covid safety procedures by email in advance of the concert date.
About the event:
Festival Director Wu Qian and Finnish virtuoso Juho Pohjonen perform a sparkling programme of piano duets for 4 hands/1 piano including Mendelssohn’s elegant Andante & Allegro brillante, serene Bach transcriptions by Kurtág, Barber’s dance-inspired Souvenirs, and a selection of Dvořák’s irresistibly spirited Slavonic Dances. Their performance takes place in the newly refurbished Place Farm Barn within the beautiful grounds of historic West Horsley Place.
Full programme (NB approx. 1 hr with no interval):
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Andante & Allegro brillante Op 92
JS BACH transcr KURTAG Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 687
Trio Sonata for Organ No 1 in Eflat major BWV 525
GottesZeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106
SAMUEL BARBER Souvenirs Op 28
ANTONIN DVORAK Slavonic Dances (selections)
Date: Saturday 18 September 2021
Performance(s): 6.00pm and 8.30pm (doors open 20 minutes before the performance)
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford GU1 3RR
Prices:
Full Price - £30.00
Young person [8-30] - £10.00
Disabled: £30.00 (Carer free with disabled ticket) Please email tic@guildford.gov.uk to confirm seating arrangements
Limited tickets currently on sale due to Covid restrictions on venue capacities - more seats may be released in due course so if your event is currently showing as sold out, please check back nearer the time, or check availability for the alternative time slot for this event.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Duration approx. 1 hr with NO interval.
Please select your preferred seating area (Front Nave, Middle Nave, Back Nave) from the 'See more areas' box when choosing your tickets - exact seats within your chosen area will be allocated by the festival to comply with any Covid regulations still in place in September.
Ticket holders will be advised of any required Covid safety procedures by email in advance of the concert date.
The Tallis Scholars return to Guildford for the first time in a decade with a glorious selection of highlights from their touring programmes chosen especially for us by founder and conductor Peter Phillips –including Allegri’s exquisite and much-loved Miserere, alongside relative newcomers by Arvo Pärt and Nico Muhly, and sacred works by those touchstones of the ensemble’s identity, Tallis and Byrd – ‘indescribable masterpieces which never pall’ (Peter Phillips).
Full programme (NB approx. 1 hr with no interval):
THOMAS TALLIS Loquebantur
THOMAS TALLIS Suscipe quaeso
GREGORIO ALLEGRI Miserere
ARVO PÄRT Virgencita
NICO MUHLY Marrow
WILLIAM BYRD Tribuedomine
Date: Wednesday 22nd September
Time: 10.30 meet in Halfpenny Lane car park, 1 hour walk, then concert in church at 12pm ending approx. 12.30pm
or
13.30 concert in church, followed by 1 hour walk ending back in car park approx. 3.30pm
Venue: Church of St Martha's, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth GU4 8PZ
Prices: All tickets £12.00.
Limited tickets currently on sale due to Covid restrictions on venue capacities - more seats may be released in due course so if your event is currently showing as sold out, please check back nearer the time, or check availability for the alternative time slot for this event.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Price includes walk and concert, but ticket-holders can opt to attend just the concert if preferred (duration approx. 30 mins) – please select the appropriate ticket option when booking.
Parking available in St Martha’s car park on Halfpenny Lane – church is a 10 mins uphill walk via a relatively steep footpath unsuitable for wheelchairs. Limited access by car can be arranged for disabled ticket-holders attending concert only – please advise festival at hello@iimf.co.uk on booking.
Exact seats in the church will be allocated by the festival closer to the event to comply with any Covid guidelines still in place in September.
Ticket-holders will be advised of any required Covid safety procedures by email in advance of the concert date.
About the event:
Enjoy an exhilarating 1 hr guided walk in the glorious Surrey Hills countryside and some exquisite music performed in the tiny hilltop church of St Martha’s, on the ancient Pilgrim’s Way just outside Guildford, by gifted young bassoonists Amy Thompson and Julia Flint. Their 30 mins programme will include works by Rossini, Bozza, Telemann and Hindemith.
Ticket includes both walk and concert, but you are welcome just to join us for the concert if you prefer – please select the appropriate ticket option when booking.
Date: Thursday 23 September 2021
Performance(s): 6.00pm and 8.30pm (doors open 20 minutes before each performance)
Venue: Stone Hall, West Horsley Place, Epsom Rd, West Horsley KT24 6AN
Prices:
Full Price - £26.00
Young Person[8-30] - £10.00
Disabled: £26.00 (Carer free with disabled ticket) Please email tic@guildford.gov.uk to confirm seating arrangements.
Limited ticketscurrently on sale due to Covid restrictions on venue capacities - more seatsmay be released in due course so if your event is currently showing as soldout, please check back nearer the time, or check availability for thealternative time slot for this event.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Duration approx. 70 mins with NO interval.
Please select your preferred seating area (Front/Middle/Back) from the 'See more areas' box when choosing your tickets – exact seats within your chosen area will be allocated by the festival to comply with any Covid regulations still in place in September.
Ticket holders will be advised of any Covid safety procedures by email in advance of the concert date.
About the event:
Virtuoso lutenist Paula Chateauneuf brings West Horsley Place’s past to life performing exquisite works from the Golden Age of lute music and flamboyant works for theorbo, in a programme inspired by some of the great historical figures connected to the house including Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. Learn more from Paula herself about her beautiful instruments and revel in colourful English dances by John Dowland and others, vivacious Italian works and lyrical transcriptions from Lully operas, all in the elegant setting of the Stone Hall in which Henry VIII himself once dined. You might recognise it from the BBC’s ‘Ghosts’!
NB programme is approx. 70 mins with no interval
Date: Saturday 25 September 2021
Time: 7.30pm (Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7.30pm start – please allow minimum 10 mins to walk from garden entrance to Hilltop and follow sign-posted route.)
Venue: Hilltop Garden Room, RHS Garden Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB
Prices:
Full Price £35
Young Person (8-30) £10
Disabled £35 (Carer free with disabled ticket) Please email tic@guildford.gov.uk to confirm seating arrangements.
Limited tickets currently on sale due to Covid restrictions on venue capacities - more seats may be released in due course so if your event is currently showing as sold out, please check back nearer the time.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket. (capped at £5 per transaction)
Duration approx. 70 mins with NO interval.
Please select your preferred seating area (Front/Middle/Back) from the 'See more areas' box when choosing your tickets - exact seats within your chosen area will be allocated by the festival to comply with any Covid regulations still in place in September.
Ticket holders will be advised of any required Covid safety procedures by email in advance of the concert date.
About the event:
The 2021 Investec International Music Festival comes to a spectacular close in the brand new Hilltop Garden Room at RHS Wisley, with superstar saxophonist Jess Gillam, including works from her best-selling album Time, and a performance led by renowned international violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth – featuring tango specialist and BBC Strictly Come Dancing regular Julian Rowlands on bandoneon, Tom Ellis, electric guitar, James Bailleu, piano and Sam Becker, double bass.
Full programme (NB approx. 70 mins with no interval):
Jess Gillam, saxophone, with Sam Becker, double bass, & James Bailleu, piano
MONK Early Morning Melody
HOWARD Dappled Light
YORKE Suspirium
WEILL Je ne t’aime pas
PIAZZOLLA Night Club 1960
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin with James Bailleu, piano, Sam Becker, double bass, Tom Ellis, electric guitar, Julian Rowlands, bandoneon –
PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos Aires