Tuesday 17 July – Saturday 4 August · Steven Isserlis, The King’s Singers, Bernard d’Ascoli, Alistair McGowan, Barbara Dickson, Elin Manahan Thomas, Darius Brubeck, Gyles Brandreth,

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The Leconfield Estates is very pleased to be the principal sponsor again in 2018 and to have sponsored the Petworth Festival for each of its 40 years.

Visit our website for information about activities on the Estates which include let

properties and peaceful fly fishing on the River Rother & the lakes at Petworth, and also on the Derwent, an excellent salmon river in Cumbria.

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Welcome to the 2018

Petworth Festival – the 40th anniversary Festival, and one with a programme to match and salute the major milestone. There are so many reasons to hope you will be able

to join us this year not least our ‘significant’ anniversary, but also because we have put together a programme of immense variety and extraordinary notoriety. The list of top line performers is unprecedented, but just to mention a few, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Steven Isserlis, The King’s Singers, Bernard d’Ascoli, Alistair McGowan, Barbara Dickson, Elin Manahan Thomas, Darius Brubeck, Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton ….

The programme offers four specific strands;special events in celebration of our 40 years (including three that feature former Festival Artistic Directors); concerts by some of the festival’s ‘Best Friends’ - performers who have particularly made waves at previous

festivals; performances that doff the cap tothe major anniversary that is the conclusionof the First World War; and ‘Open Door’- a series of events focusing on youngand emerging performers or which arespecifically aimed at the younger and familyaudience. All four strands reflect the best ofthe last 40 years, but never have we quitepushed the boat out in this way. Please see page 3 of this brochure for the full lists of the events in the four strands.

There are events in ten venues and we cover classical and world music, jazz, comedy, theatre and the visual arts, and with the Bignor Park Alive! event we hope to draw in the widest family audience for what should prove to be a real treat with events of many differing colours and flavours taking place wherever you look around the grounds of the Merseys’ beautiful home.

We are hugely proud of what the Petworth Festival has achieved in the last 40 years, and we thank those who have so loyally supported us. We hope we can continue to rely on that support both this summer and in the longer term and to reward it in the only way we can…

Stewart CollinsArtistic Director

Welcome to the 2018 Petworth Festival

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40TH ANNIVERSARYSPECIAL THEMESFestival 40 EventsSpecial events in celebration of our 40 years, including three featuring former Festival Artistic DirectorsGrand Choral Masterpieces p.5Alistair McGowan p.9Bignor Park Alive! p.15Piano Extravaganza p.16The Elgar Connection 1 p.17The Songs of Arthur Sullivan p.22Evelyn Glennie and the HLK Trio p.26The Elgar Connection 2 p.28The King’s Singers p.30Barbara Dickson p.33The Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert p.35

Best FriendsConcerts by performers who have particularly made waves at previous festivalsJi Liu p.7Steven Isserlis p.12Come and Sing… ABBA with Ben Parry p.13Min Kym p.14Gyles Brandreth p.19Paul Merton p.23Bernard d’Ascoli p.27Darius Brubeck p.31La Serenissima p.32

1918/2018 AnniversaryRuth Dent – War Requiem Print Exhibition p.4Bloomsbury Quartet p.11Between the Crosses p.11Florian Mitrea p.13Duncan Rock & Joseph Middleton p.18Small Forgotten Voices p.34

Open DoorA series of events focusing on young and emerging performers or specifically aimed at the younger and family audienceThe Arts Society ‘Art PopUp’ p.6Palisander p.6Festival Service p.8RAM Lunchtime Concerts pp.11, 19, 23, 29Bignor Park Alive! p.15Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show p.25The Golden Walk p.25

Who’s WhoPresident Lord Egremont

Festival BoardNeil Franks ChairmanAlan BennieLord EgremontClaudia GoldenSir Geoffrey PattieKate WardleGeorgina Willis

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Cover image: Dame Evelyn GlenniePhoto credit: Jim Callaghan


Tuesday 17 July - Saturday 4 AugustTuesdays – Saturdays 10.00am – 4.30pm

Kevis House GalleryRuth Dent ‘War Requiem’ Print ExhibitionIn association with the Petworth Festival and as part of the festival’s 1918/2018 anniversary strand, Kevis House Gallery presents an exhibition by artist Ruth Dent who uses ‘colour and gesture to express her emotional response to music, literature and nature’. Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, itself a biting response to the horrors of the First World War, Dent “endeavours to capture the spirit of the music and words, as this monumental piece moves along its journey, always bearing in mind the cost to humanity”. The eight prints measure 33cm x 50cm, and are printed in an edition of 10 on handmade paper from Moulin de Larroque, Couzes, France. Each is individual due to the nature of the paper and the printing process. This element is important to Dent as “the handmade paper represents human skill and individuality – just as every soldier was an individual, loved by their friends and family for being themselves”. The exhibition will run throughout the festival from Tuesday to Saturday 10am until 4.30pm, and the artist, will talk about her work at brief informal presentations at 11am and 2.30pm on Saturday 21 July and Saturday 4 August. Full details can be found at www.kevishouse.com.

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Tuesday 17 July Petworth House Stable Yard 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.50pm)

Grand Choral MasterpiecesAn absolute one-off and hugely atmospheric opener to the 40th festival – the combined professional choirs of the Armonico Consort (who so memorably performed Rachmaninov’s Vespers by candlelight at the 2015 Festival) and Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, together with 20 members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus combine to perform two of the most remarkable of all choral works, Thomas Tallis’s 40-part motet Spem in Alium and the work that inspired it, Alessandro Striggio’s 60-part Mass. With additional items by Tallis and Hildegard of Bingen the performance will take place as dusk falls in the Stable Yard of Petworth House – configured specially for the occasion.

Please note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed, unreserved seats are provided. There will be a bar selling wine and soft drinks.

By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National Trust

Generously sponsored by the Mersey Charitable Trust, Lady PenelopeGardens, Veronica Henty and Ronagh & Nicholas Wheeler

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Wednesday 18 – Saturday 21 July United Reformed Church2.00pm – 6.00pm on 18 July, 12 noon – 5.30pm on 19, 20, 21 July

The Arts Society Art PopUp Following the enormous success of their PopUp Exhibitions in 2015 & 2017 the Young Arts team from The Arts Society West Sussex (formerly NADFAS) are holding the event again this year. Twenty schools will exhibit a variety of artwork in diverse media, celebrating the wonderful work produced by their pupils during the year. Previously the work was vibrant and exciting, we expect no less in this special 40th Anniversary year.

We are honoured to have the internationally renowned sculptor Philip Jackson to open the Exhibition at 4.30pm on Wednesday 18 July at the United Reformed Church, Petworth. We hope you will join us for the opening of this celebratory event which seeks to encourage young artists of the future.

Wednesday 18 JulyUnited Reformed Church12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Palisander with Louise Anna Duggan (percussion)Journey to the New WorldFollowing a morning workshop session for local schools at Petworth Primary School, recorder quartet Palisander’s performance of Journey to the New World is inspired by the travels of Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, focusing on themes of exploration and discovery and their respective journeys to the New World. Repertoire includes music from the explorers’ native courts, pieces inspired by the sea, explorations of the music of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and works inspired by the conflicts that arose as Anglo-Spanish relations soured – music that spans over 500 years: Thomas Tallis to Vivaldi to Vaughan Williams.

Performing on a large range of Renaissance and Baroque recorders, Palisander present imaginative, historical programmes performing largely from memory on instruments ranging from a few inches to 6 feet tall.

Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family and Kristina Byng

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Wednesday 18 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.25pm)

Ji Liu (piano) Petworth Festival has been privileged to witness many fine concerts by leading international pianists but few have been more exciting and as intense as Ji Liu’s in 2016. The Festival welcomes the young Chinese pianist back for a sequel with tickets expected to be hot property. His programme celebrates the music of Debussy, whose centenary is celebrated in 2018 and follows the worldwide release earlier this year of his Classic FM album, Fire and Water.

Rameau Gavotte et Six DoubleDebussy Images Book 1 Refletsdansl’Eau Hommage à Rameau Mouvement Two Preludes La Cathédrale Engloutie Feuxd’ArtificeScriabin Piano Sonata in G minor No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 10 Ravel 2 Poèmes Jeuxd’Eau UneBarquesurl’OcéanStravinsky arr Agosti The Firebird Danse Infernale Berceuse Finale

Generously sponsored by John & Corinne Older, Tina & Gordon Owenand Members of Petworth House Real Tennis Club

Tickets: Band A £26, £16, £7.50 (18 and under £5 or FREE in adult £7.50 seats)

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Thursday 19 July St Mary’s Church6.30pm (Ends approx 7.30pm)

Festival Service

The centrepiece of this year’s Festival Service sees founder member Lord Egremont reminiscing about 40 years of our great Petworth Festival. Always a sure sign that the festival is under way, St Mary’s ecumenical Festival Service will witness a special “Songs of Praise”: an hour of music, readings and prayer, with interludes from XinRu Chen from the Royal Academy of Music playing the beautiful piano music of Mussorgsky. As ever we finish outside with a glass of wine and canapés on what will surely be a lovely summer evening!

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Thursday 19 JulyLeconfield Hall5.00pm (Ends approx 6.10pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.10pm)

Alistair McGowanIntroductions to Classical Piano A Petworth first for the 40th anniversary festival: after the success of his recent piano album released through Sony Classical, the popular comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan premieres a brand new show which brings together all his talents. He will play tracks from the album and some other short classic piano pieces from Gershwin to Grieg, Mompou to Mendelssohn, Satie to Schubert. In between the pieces, he will talk a little about history of each piece, the composer and his own connection to the music. Expect a lot of beautiful music (with the odd mistake!), some interesting stories and a sprinkling of his trademark impressions.

Generously sponsored by Sir Geoffrey & Lady Pattie

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Thursday 19 July Champs Hill7.30pm (Ends approx 9.25pm)

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) with Catrin Finch (harp)Secret Places of the SoulTwo fine artists, soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and harpist Catrin Finch, come together to present an intimate programme ideal for Champs Hill’s Music Room. Entitled Secret Places of the Soul, it is a beautifully created sequence of music by Dowland, Handel, Schubert, Fauré and Rodrigo and including the affecting traditional music from their native Wales.

Possessing a voice with an extraordinary range, Elin is one of the foremost sopranos of her generation. Since releasing her début album Eternal Light in 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment she has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. Her recordings range from the renaissance to Handel to Elgar and beyond, most recently Karl Jenkins’ Cantata Aberfan alongside Bryn Terfel. Harpist Catrin Finch studied at The Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music, in 2000 – 2004 having the honour of reviving the ancient tradition of Royal Harpist to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, last held in 1873. She has recorded for most of the major international recording companies both solo and with notable artists such as Bryn Terfel, Sir James Galway and Julian Lloyd-Webber.

Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pmGardens open from 5.00pm for picnics.

Generously sponsored by David and Mary Bowerman

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Friday 20 July Leconfield Hall12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes:The Bloomsbury Quartet - Wartime: Before, During and AfterIn the first of several Festival events reflecting on the end of the First World War, the Royal Academy of Music’s Bloomsbury String Quartet present a programme featuring music inextricably linked with times of war. During a trip to Switzerland and just before the outbreak of The Great War, Stravinsky wrote Three Pieces for String Quartet. A century earlier Beethoven was living in Vienna when the city was invaded by Napoleon - characteristically he complained bitterly about how loud the bombing was. His String Quartet No.11 was composed shortly after. And in 1945, Benjamin Britten and Yehudi Menuhin went to Germany to perform to concentration camp survivors. On their return Britten composed his String Quartet No.2.

Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914) Ludwig van Beethoven StringQuartetNo.11inFminorOp.95 Benjamin Britten StringQuartetNo.2inCmajorOp.36

Generously sponsored by The Anstruther FamilyTickets: £7 (18 and under £4) There is no interval at this event

Friday 20 JulyPetworth House Chapel6.00pm (Ends approx 7.00pm) & 8.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

Between the Crosses (theatre)Acclaimed Flying Bridge Theatre present two performances in Petworth House’s hugely atmospheric Chapel. Between the Crosses is a story of survival, loss and hope. An uplifting yarn, written around the life, and featuring the real interview of Edgar Huggins, a World War One veteran and the last surviving member of the Durham Light Infantry. His stories of the battles at Ypres and the Somme are not extraordinary or spectacular, they are honest, shocking and direct; unlike so many of his generation who, in the interest of national security and sparing loved ones at home, held their tongues. The play focuses on the difficulties of being a survivor and on our need to create heroes. What is a hero? The survivor who left his pals in the field? The man who spares

his family the trauma of what he has seen? If the experiences are not dealt with, will we ever learn? And what lessons will be learned and what is lost when a significant, historic event passes from living memory? By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National TrustGenerously sponsored by Sir Geoffrey & Lady PattieTickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval in these events. Unreserved seating. No wheelchair access.

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Friday 20 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

Steven Isserlis(cello)

Connie Shih(piano)Composers and their MusesOne of our finest solo instrumentalists, cellist Steven Isserlis, together with pianist Connie Shih, returns to Petworth following the rapturous response to his 2015 appearance. Together they present an imaginative and thoroughly attractive programme entitled Composers and their Muses: paired works by male composers and the female composers with whom they had close relationships.

Clara Schumann (arr. Isserlis) ThreeRomances,Op.22 Fauré RomanceOp.69Fauré ElegyOp.24Robert Schumann FantasiestückeOp.73Robert Schumann Fünf Stücke im VolkstonAugusta Holmès (arr. Isserlis) Recitatif et Chante from the cantata La Vision de la Reine) Franck Sonata in A major

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Saturday 21 JulySt Mary’s Church1.00pm for 1.30pm start – 4.30pm

Come and Sing... ABBA!with Ben Parry Anyone who came within a few hundred yards of St Mary’s Church for Ben Parry’s Come and Sing… The Sound of Music last summer will have heard a church full of extremely happy people and will also have seen a wonderful parade of Nun’s habits, lederhosen and dirndls as many of the happy crowd of singers turned up in full costume. There is no particular dress code for this year’s version – although outrageous flares are of course welcome - but we fully anticipate a similarly fun experience at the 2018 equivalent, when the charismatic director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Ben Parry, takes us through our paces in versions of Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Knowing Me Knowing You, and numerous other numbers from the incredible ABBA songbook. Including full band…! The workshop will culminate in a mini-concert at 3.45pm. Friends and family are welcome to come to St Mary’s at 3.30pm for this.

Generously sponsored by Vintage TV

Tickets £10 (18 and under £5) Concert tickets: £3 on the door. Unreserved Seating

Saturday 21 July Leconfield Hall 12 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Florian Mitrea (piano) A member of the Royal Academy’s Piano Faculty, the Romanian/British pianist Florian Mitrea was described by the legendary Martha Argerich as an “outstanding young pianist” with an ability to play Mozart “extremely beautifully”. He was a double-laureate in the 2017 Scottish, 2015 Hamamatsu and 2014 ARD Munich International Piano Competitions and in 2016 was the joint winner of the Verona International Piano Competition.

In its 40th anniversary year Florian’s Petworth Festival performance embraces music from two years with significant relationships to our own time; music by Haydn and Mozart from the classical era and written 200 years before the festival’s appearance on the cultural scene – 1778 – and Prokofiev’s intense A Minor Sonata first performed 100 years ago just before the conclusion of the Great War.Haydn PianoSonataNo.53inEminor,Hob.XVI:34(1778) Mozart PianoSonataNo.8inAminor,K.310(1778)Mozart RondoinAminor,K.511(1778)Prokofiev SonataNo3inAminor,Op.28(1918) Generously sponsored by Joan & Christopher HampsonTickets: £14 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at this event. Unreserved seating

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Saturday 21 July Champs Hill7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

Min Kym (violin)withIan Brown (piano)Following Min Kym’s fascinating and revealing talk at November’s Literary Festival at which she discussed the shocking experience of having her Stradivarius violin stolen, we hear the international Korean/British violinist in her more natural environment as she performs a recital featuring three works central to the solo violin repertoire and including Bartok’s brilliant rhapsody based on Hungarian folk melodies. As at her Literary Festival event, Min will be accompanied by the Nash Ensemble’s Ian Brown.

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Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pmGardens open from 5pm for picnics.

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Sunday 22 July Bignor Park2.30pm – 5.00pm

Bignor Park Alive! Petworth Festival presents the musical equivalent of a musical and theatrical treasure hunt in the beautiful grounds, gardens and woods of Bignor Park. By kind permission on Lord & Lady Mersey audiences of all ages will be encouraged to go in search of over 25 different ‘happenings’ taking place in glades, gazebos, follies and clearings around the park. The performing company includes Travelling Light Circus’s Playground of Illusions, Handmade Theatre’s Too Many Cooks, This Is My Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland, Nearly There Yet’s Memory Man, and groups of top achieving young musicians from the Petworth based West Sussex Music Trust, and the choral forces of tip-top local choir, the Leconfield Singers.

For an entire afternoon the woods, gardens and lawns will be alive to the sound of music, laughter, surprise…. and applause.

Refreshments will be available from Badgers of Coultershaw.

Generously sponsored by the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation, Canice and Kate Hogan and Seaford College

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Sunday 22 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm)

Piano Extravaganza withHarry the Piano, James Pearson, Joe Stilgoe and Ben Waters

One of the great celebratory events of the 40th anniversary festival, we welcome the combined talents of four remarkable and versatile pianists. All firm Petworth favourites, Ben Waters, Harry the Piano, James Pearson and Joe Stilgoe - together with two fine Steinway instruments - come together to create everything from pure musical joy to the nearest any Petworth concert will ever come to mayhem. Jazz, classical, requests, duets, trios, quartets, solos… anything that can be played will be. Genuinely for one night only!

Ben Waters - one of the UK’s supreme boogie piano players who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Ray Davies, Chuck Berry, Jools Holland, Jerry Lee Lewis…. in fact it’s a very long list!

Harry the Piano – Harry’s extraordinary talent and breath-taking creativity have earned him a reputation as one of the most gifted improvising pianists in the world.

James Pearson - Musical Director at Ronnie Scott’s and the owner of a ferocious piano technique coupled with a sense of musicality rarely heard – not to mention a wicked sense of fun.

Joe Stilgoe - a mixture of virtuosic musicianship, seasoned theatricality and witty interaction with the audience, combining on the spot improvisation and the quickest of wits.

Generously sponsored by Hiscox, Andrew & Judy Howard, Nicholas & Pat Moore and Tudor Rose Antiques.


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Monday 23 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

The Elgar Connection 1 with

The Fibonacci Sequence The first of two concerts in which the Petworth Festival celebrates the music of Elgar and founding Festival Director, Robert Walker, both of whom lived and composed at Brinkwells near Fittleworth.

Of his 1984 Piano Quintet - first performed at the 1984 Petworth Festival - Walker says “the fugue came out of a performance I heard of Stephane Grapelli and Nigel Kennedy having a jam-session. The second movement is a set of variations on a fascinating chord relationship which is helped along by a folk-song.”

Walker’s work is paired with Elgar’s Piano Quintet said to have been “influenced by the quiet and peaceful surroundings [of Brinkwells] during a wonderful summer”. The opening John McCabe piece makes reference to John Donne’s poem ANocturnaluponStLucie’s Day - the mood of which is reflected in the quintet.

The Fibonacci Sequence celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 and is considered one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber ensembles with a wide-ranging discography and impressive reviews.

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John McCabe Nocturnal(1986)Robert Walker PianoQuintet(1984)Elgar PianoQuintetinAminor(Op.84)

Generously sponsored by the Mersey Charitable Trust

Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7(18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)

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Tuesday 24 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

Duncan Rock (baritone) with

Joseph Middleton (piano) Echoes of War The rapidly rising Australian baritone Duncan Rock presents a programme that reflects on times of war, including songs written by a composer who both fought and died in the Great War, George Butterworth. The centrepiece is Butterworth’s setting of A E Houseman’s A Shropshire Lad with other repertoire by Gerald Finzi and Ned Rorem. Duncan Rock is accompanied by Joseph Middleton recently described by Gramophone magazine as “outstanding - his reputation as a rising star among accompanists is richly deserved”. Duncan Rock studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently at the National Opera Studio. Amongst a long list of awards he was the winner of the 2012 Chilcott Award - made to support a ‘major young artist with the potential to make an international impact’; he was a Jerwood Young Artist at the Glyndebourne Festival, and the recipient of 2010 John Christie Award, given by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. The 2017/18 season includes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, his return to Covent Garden, a new production for the Teatro Réal in Madrid and concert performances of Wonderful Town with the LSO under Sir Simon Rattle.

Generously sponsored by Gay Bradley and John Rank

Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)

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Tuesday 24 July Leconfield Hall 5.00pm (Ends approx 6.00pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.00pm)

Gyles Brandreth – Break a Leg! They say all political careers end in tears. In Gyles Brandreth’s case it’s tears of laughter as the actor, author, BBC’s OneShow reporter, former MP and government whip returns to West Sussex with his new one-man show Break a Leg! - a celebration of all things theatrical. Last seen at the festival in 2011, this is Brandreth unleashed on the stars he’s known and the theatre stories that have made him laugh – and, occasionally, cry. Without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation), Just a Minute regular Gyles delivers a dazzling evening of wit, wisdom, high drama, low comedy, and hilarious name-dropping. And he’ll do it twice!

“Incredibly funny, wildly indiscreet.” Daily Mail

Generously sponsored by Guilt Lingerie (5pm performance), Meghdoots Mystique Masala, Middleton Advisors and Sarah & Robert Jeans (8pm performance)

Tickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at these events

Wednesday 25 JulyLeconfield Hall12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Meera Maharaj (flute) & Dominic Degavino (piano)Tchaikovsky Lensky’sAriafromEugeneOnegin Dutilleux Sonatine for Flute and Piano Gade Tango Fantasia Jongen SonataforFluteandPianoOp.77

Two fine young students from the Royal Academy perform a wide ranging programme that includes the charming sonata by the Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), and one of the early works of Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), the French composer who followed in the paths of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family

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Wednesday 25 JulySt Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

Trio Martinů Petr Jiříkovský pianoPavel Šafařík violinJaroslav Matějka cello

The Petworth Festival welcomes acclaimed international visitors, The Trio Martinů. The trio was formed at the Prague Conservatory in 1990 and its current line-up has remained unchanged since 1993. Their programme includes Martinů’s lesser known but immense in scope Third Piano Trio, full of broad romantic themes and a clear stylistic relation of the earlier Brahms and Dvořák works.

Brahms PianoTrioNo.3inCminorOp.101Martinů PianoTrioNo.3inCmajorH332Dvořák PianoTrioinFminorOp.65

Generously sponsored byAndrea Frears and John & Belinda Horley

Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7(18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)

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Wednesday 25 July Easebourne Church8.00pm (Ends approx 10.00pm)

Merope Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė (Lithuania) voice and kanklės Jean Christophe Bonnafous (France) bansuri Bert Cools (Belgium) guitar and effects

The festival returns to Easbourne Parish Church where it has established a reputation for a series of stunning ‘world music’ performances in recent years. The first of two concerts in the 40th anniversary festival features Merope, a mesmerising combination of Lithuanian, French and Belgian musicians. Together they share a unique chemistry as they combine traditional Lithuanian melodies with their own compositions - elegant textures, harmonies and polyrhythms creating an ethereal atmosphere. Music for a calm spirit…

“The mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds is perfect in balance. The beauty and virtuosity embrace each other gently. The songs consistoflayeredmelodies,whichmakeawarmfloodwhosedirection can change any moment.”Bar kindly provided by The Halfway Bridge

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Thursday 26 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

The Songs of Sir Arthur Sullivan - with David Owen Norris and friendsA second 40th anniversary event featuring a former Petworth Festival Artistic Director – pianist and broadcaster extraordinaire, David Owen Norris. David is joined by two exceptional singers, tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Ashley Riches, in a celebration of one of Britain’s most loved musical sons, Sir Arthur Sullivan. Although best known for his collaborations with the great W S Gilbert, Sullivan’s range went way beyond the so-called ‘Savoy’ operettas. In addition to many larger-scale works he composed dozens of song settings with texts ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Tennyson. The Petworth performance includes Sullivan and Tennyson’s so-called Liederkreis, The Window.

David Owen Norris is a pianist, composer and broadcaster. He has performed all over the world since his appointment as the first Gilmore Artist in 1991. His compositions include a Symphony, a Piano Concerto, the oratorios Prayerbook and Turning Points, and the multi-media tribute to the passing seasons, Henge Music. His Chord of the Week programmes on BBC2 television are a popular feature of the Proms.

Generously sponsored by Jo & Peter Lavender

Tickets: Band B £21, £13, £7 (18 and under £5, FREE in adult £7 seats)

Thursday 26 JulyEasebourne Church8.00pm (Ends approx 10.00pm)

She’Koyokh The festival’s second visit to Easebourne sees the joyously infectious Klezmer-inspired band She’Koyokh take to the platform. After sixteen years spent absorbing and performing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans, the seven members of She’Koyokh bring together the stunning melodies and rhythms of Bulgaria, treasured tunes from Serbian villages and exhilarating Gypsy dances from Romania as well as soulful Sephardic songs and klezmer music from the Jewish diaspora. She’Koyokh is a Yiddish word meaning “nice one!”

Generously sponsored by Jonathan & Claudia Golden

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Friday 27 July Petworth House Stable Yard 7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

Comedy in the Stables:

Paul Merton’sImpro ChumsThey’re back! Neither Paul Merton nor his fabulous troupe of ‘Impro Chums’ need much introduction as they are already amongst the festival’s most loved performers, but to celebrate the festival’s 40th anniversary, and the 3rd Comedy

in The Stables session, Paul Merton, Suki Webster, Lee Simpson, Mike McShane and ‘Richard Vranch at the Piano’ return to run with any idea thrown at them and – almost miraculously – turn them into 24 carat comedy sketches.

There will be a bar selling wine, Langhams cask ale and soft drinks, and hot drinks provided by the Vintage Coffee Company.

By kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont and the National Trust

Generously sponsored by Sara & Alan Bennie, Robert Evansand English Woodlands Timber

Tickets: £26 (18 and under £5) Please note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed unreserved seats are provided.

Saturday 28 July Leconfield Hall12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: London Metropolitan BrassLondon Metropolitan Brass was formed in 2016 by Mark David and Bob Hughes. Group members have performed with orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, the quintet won the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Brass Ensembles Prize and have since given recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields and as part of the Royal Academy of Music’s Tuesday Lunchtime series.

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Generously sponsored by The Anstruther Family

Tickets: £7 (18 and under £4) There is no interval at this event

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Saturday 28 JulyPetworth House Stable Yard Doors open 5.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)Jazz in The Stables with

Swing Zazou and The Dixie TicklersOne of the Festival’s most popular events… This year we hit the ground running in the company of Swing Zazou and The Dixie Ticklers; a complete evening of great jazz, and an opportunity to dance away one of the summer’s most enjoyable nights.

Swing Zazou are a hugely popular seven-piece band that mixes gypsy swing with big band sounds – a foot stomping recipe of hot licks, driving beats, swing-scat vocals and vintage swing. They come to Petworth following a string of festival appearances up from the length and breadth of the country, including Wilderness, Larmer Tree and WOMAD.

The evening begins in the hands of traditional ‘jazzers’ The Dixie Ticklers. Led by clarinettist and composer Dom James, the ‘Dixies’ formed in 2005 since which time they have built a fierce live reputation within the jazz, blues and acoustic scenes.

Hot food will be provided by Badgers of Coultershaw and hot drinks by the Vintage Coffee Company. There will be a bar selling wine, beer and soft drinks. The audience is kindly requested to consume only food and drink purchased on the premises.

By kind permission of Lord & Lady Egremont and the National Trust

Generously sponsored by Savills

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Quintet: John Bird Antiques, The Corn Store, The Oakapple Trading Co, Sorella Clothing and the Toni Arden Gallery

Tickets: £26 (18 and under £5) This event includes two intervalsPlease note that the auditorium is outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Fixed, unreserved seats are provided.

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Sunday 29 July Leconfield Hall11.00am (Ends approx 12 noon)

Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show A comedy-fuelled theatrical explosion charting the recovery of the world’s foremost daredevil… Mr Danger - stuntman extraordinaire - has finished recover-ing from his recent catastrophic stunt effort and is ready to wow the crowds once again! The man the doctors struggled to save after his epic effort to jump a motorcycle across 20 double decker buses with a brown paper bag over his head is back, and he’s thirsty for your amazement! There’s just one problem. He’s now absolutely terrified of everything.

Generously sponsored by Alan & Sara Bennie

Tickets: £9 (18 and under £7, four and under FREE, but ticket must be booked)There is no interval at this event

Sunday 29 July Meet at The Village Hall, Tillington (GU28 9AF) 1.30pm – 5.00pm

Festival 40th Anniversary Walk This year’s Festival Walk led by Jonathan Golden will start in Tillington at the edge of Petworth Park. The walk takes us into the Park and, by kind permission of the Leconfield Estates, on through the Estate towards Lurgashall, and back down to Tillington through River Common with beautiful views of the surrounding area and the South Downs towards Midhurst. The terrain is gentle with some hills over this rewarding seven-mile walk.

There is free parking outside the Village Hall. Tea and cake donated by Tiffins Tearoom can also be purchased at the Village Hall at the end of the walk with all proceeds going to local charities.

The walk itself is free, and will be on wet or fine! Boots recommended. Dogs who don’t wander off are welcome.

FREE – no booking required

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Sunday 29 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

Evelyn Glennie with Trio HLK

Another of the 40th anniversary festival’s headline events, we welcome one of the country’s most remarkable and respected musicians, percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie in a unique collaboration with the Scottish HLK jazz trio. Playing vibraphone and marimba, Dame Evelyn and the trio are additionally joined by alto sax virtuoso Steve Lehman. Part of a major national

tour that takes them across the length and breadth of the country, expect an evening of classic tunes reworked the two special guest artists draw together the languages of their musical worlds.

“HLK - one of the most exciting young ensembles to have emerged in the last year” BBC Jazz on 3

“Collaborating with Trio HLK has been a wonderful journey of exploration, a challenge that I have thoroughly enjoyed. It has allowed me to venture out of my comfort zone, explore new rhythms and marvel at the Trio’s compositional prowess” Evelyn Glennie

Generously sponsored by Lady Barbara Bossom, Beth & Tim Dugan and Ian & Caroline McNeil

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Monday 30 July St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.20pm)

Bernard d’Ascoli (piano) Bernard d’Ascoli will need little introduction to regular supporters of Petworth Festival where he has performed regularly – most recently in 2013. For his welcome return he pays homage to Claude Debussy and his contemporaries. D’Ascoli’s programme will include works by Chopin (Debussy’s teacher’s teacher), Franck (whom he eventually rejected although he benefitted from his positive influence on French music), Ravel (to whom he was often compared) and of course Debussy himself.

“The very acme of pianistic graceandpoeticrefinement” Daily Telegraph

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Bernard d’Ascoli was born in the South of France and began learning piano and organ at the age of eleven. In 1978 he won the First Prize in the Barcelona International Piano Competition but first came to major public attention in 1981 when, following his Third Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition, he made his London debut both in recital and with orchestra and recorded the Liszt sonata and other works for EMI.

Generously sponsored by Ann Bayne, Rosemary Harris, Kees van der Klugt


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Tuesday 31 July Champs Hill7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

The Elgar Connection 2 with Daniel Pioro (violin) and Kathron Sturrock (piano)

A second celebration of the music of Edward Elgar and Petworth Festival’s founding Artistic Director Robert Walker, both of whom lived and worked at Brinkwells in Fittleworth. The programme includes the world premiere of Walker’s Violin Sonata, which, in the composer’s words he “feels it to be one of his major works”, promising “a highly attractive and immediate work.” The programme also includes three contrasting works, the simplistic beauty of Arvo Pärt’s Frâtres, the elegance of Mozart’s E minor Violin Sonata, and one of the classics of the repertoire, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. We once again welcome the exciting young violinist Daniel Pioro, who is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most innovative young violinists of his generation. He is joined by pianist Kathron Sturrock.

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Wine included in the ticket price and served from 6.45pmGardens open from 5.00pm for picnics


Tickets: £23 (18 and under £5). Unreserved seating

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Petworth FestivalSouvenir Programme

Don’t forget to pick up your 40th Anniversary Souvenir Programme, must-have reading to accompany and enhance your enjoyment of all Festival events.

It’s a comprehensive guide to what’s on and when, packed with artist biographies, photos, programme notes and more.

On sale at all Festival events or available to pre-order when booking tickets at the box office by phone, post or online for collection at your first event.

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Tuesday 31 July Leconfield Hall7.45pm (Ends approx 9.05pm)

Buster plays Buster (film event)The first ‘Buster’ of the title is jazz percussionist Buster Birch, the second is the one-and-only Buster Keaton, the legend of the silent movie era. Together the two Busters magic up a brilliant evening combining an iconic film together with live jazz played by the Buster Birch Quartet synchronising perfectly to the film

The film? The Keaton classic ‘SteamboatBillJnr.’Keaton plays Willie Canfield, the namby-pamby son of rough-and-tumble steamboat captain “Steamboat Bill” Canfield. When he’s not trying to make a man out of his boy, the captain is carrying on a feud with Tom Carter, the wealthy owner of a fancy new ferryboat. Carter has a pretty daughter, Mary King, with whom Willie falls in love… You can imagine of course the chaos that ensues, the film including many of Buster Keaton’s most memorable visual gags.


Wednesday 1 August Leconfield Hall12.00 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes:Duo Pressenda - From Darkness to Light Johanna Roehrig violinAleksandra Myslek piano

Born in 1993 in Hamburg, Germany, Johanna started learning the violin at the age of six. As a prizewinner of the Ethel Kennedy Jacobs Award she is currently studying for a Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music with Rodney Friend, and receiving further support from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation Hamburg. She performs on a violin by Joannes Francesco Pressenda from 1833, Turin, kindly loaned to her by the Royal Academy of Music.

Aleksandra Myslek is a Polish pianist born in Warsaw. She gained her higher education degrees at the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Christopher Elton and later Hamish Milne supported by Royal Academy scholarships. She has also received lessons and inspirational advice from musicians including Leon Fleisher, Ferenc Rados, Michel Beroff and Fou Ts’ong.

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Wednesday 1 August St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

The King’s Singers - Gold As the Petworth Festival celebrates its ‘significant’ anniversary, one of the UK’s top vocal ensembles ascends to even greater heights. A major musical export and a shining tribute to the British choral tradition, the King’s Singers, reach their half century in 2018 and the Festival is privileged to stage one of the ensemble’s special, celebratory concerts.

The King’s Singers are in global demand. Every season this double-Grammy winning six-man vocal ensemble performs their diverse repertoire with unique charm and British wit to all kinds of music lovers worldwide, but rarely in their anniversary year will there be an opportunity to hear them in such intimate surroundings as in Petworth. Their Gold programme includes the vast range of music that has given the ensemble its reputation, music from Palestrina, through Poulenc to the groups’ famous Party Bag: classic audience favourites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style.

“…they are still unmatched for their sheer musicality and ability to entertain.” The Times

Generously sponsored by The Angel Inn, Augustus Brandt, The Hungry Guest, New Street Bar & Grill and Petworth Antiques Market


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Thursday 2 August Leconfield Hall5.00pm (Ends approx 6.00pm) & 8.00pm (Ends approx 9.00pm)

The Darius Brubeck Quartet Another artist returns to the festival having made a major impact on his debut in 2014 – to the extent that an additional show had to be laid on. This time no risks are being taken with two performances being scheduled from the outset.The name Brubeck will be familiar to most, the legendary Dave Brubeck being one of the most significant names in 20th century jazz. The gene has clearly come through to his pianist son Darius, who brings to Petworth some of Brubeck-père’s classics as well as his own terrific compositions. Once again, Brubeck is joined by his stellar quartet of musical confederates including the magnificent sax player that is Dave O’Higgins.Generously sponsored by Accurist LondonTickets: £15 (18 and under £5) There is no interval at these events

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Thursday 2 August St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.30pm)

La Serenissima Adrian Chandler violin/directorVladimir Waltham cello

Few who were at the closing concert of the 2015 Festival will forget the thrilling performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons given by Adrian Chandler and his colleagues from La Serenissima. For their return visit to Petworth they concentrate on further extraordinary riches produced by Italian composers from the late baroque period – Vivaldi, Caldara, Tartini and Brescianello.

Vivaldi and Tartini were at the top of the league producing copious amounts of virtuosic violin repertoire for both themselves and their pupils; Vivaldi taught at the prestigious OspedaledellaPietà in Venice, Tartini at his Scuola delle Nazioni in Padua. Caldara by contrast was more of a vocal music specialist, whilst Brescianello spent much of his musical life in the princely courts of Germany.

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Friday 3 August St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm)

Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland plus supportA very special Petworth evening in the company of Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland. The duo let the words and melodies take centre stage as they perform material drawing on Barbara’s folk roots, contemporary greats, and some of her classic hits.

Barbara emerged from the Scottish folk scene of the late 1960s and has enjoyed mainstream chart success with hits including Answer Me, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Caravan and the million-selling number one single, I Know Him So Well. As Scotland’s best-selling female album artist she has earned 6 platinum, 11 gold and 7 silver albums and cemented her status as one of the UK’s best-loved performers. Her stage career has included the roles of the original Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s long-running musical, Blood Brothers and as Viv Nicholson in Spend Spend Spend, both of which have won her an Olivier award for Best Actress. Barbara was awarded an O.B.E. in the 2002 New Year’s Honours for her services to music and drama.

With support from Edwina Hayes, the Yorkshire-based singer songwriter described by the country music legend Nanci Griffith as “the sweetest voice in England.”

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Friday 3 August Leconfield Hall7.45pm (Ends approx 9.00pm)

Small Forgotten Voices Composer Tom Smail has always been gripped by the events of the First World War and the thought of the young men who left Britain – and of course many other countries – with notions in their heads of honour and glory, cavalry charges, colours and swords flying, only to be met by the mud and squalor of the front, disease, barbed wire, endless shelling and the dreadful onslaughts as they trudged into the teeth of massed machine guns from the opposing trenches. His song cycle Small Forgotten Voices is his response to these images and these all too real experiences, taking verbatim texts from Max Arthur’s book of the same name. Tragic British, German, and non-combatant experiences from the period performed by a quartet of singers with cello and piano accompaniment and special introductions from Max Arthur.

“I never dreamed that even borrowed time could go so slowly”….

Generously sponsored by The Sosland Family in recognition of the contribution Morton & Estelle Sosland have made to the Petworth Festival for many years


Saturday 4 August Sacred Heart Church12 noon (Ends approx 1.00pm)

Julian Perkins (clavichord)Described by the Sunday Times as “exuberantly stylish”, Julian Perkins enjoys a demanding career as a conductor and keyboard player. He is the Artistic Director of Cambridge Handel Opera and Founder Director of Sounds Baroque. For this highly intimate lunchtime event in Petworth’s Catholic Church, Julian will introduce us to the clavichord, the elegant stringed keyboard instrument that was used largely in the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. Historically, it was mostly used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances.

Julian treats us to repertoire by J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and more recently composed music by Herbert Howells and Stephen Dodgson.


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Saturday 4 August St Mary’s Church7.30pm (Ends approx 9.45pm)

Pete Long’s All StarGoodman OrchestraBenny Goodman at Carnegie HallA suitably memorable finale to the 40th anniversary festival, the Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 is widely regarded as the finest jazz spectacle ever. It was thanks to Benny in general, and this concert in particular, that jazz was elevated from the dance halls, clubs and dives to the concert platform. The repertoire is as refreshing today as it was in 1938, and Pete Long and the All-Star Goodman Orchestra bring it to life with their outstanding musicianship. In keeping with the original concert, Pete uses Benny Goodman’s favoured ensemble of clarinet, reeds and drummer, with Petworth favourite Richard Pite playing an exact replica of Gene Krupa’s drum kit and using Gene’s actual cymbals and brushes. The entire repertoire from the 1938 concert is featured, including Don’tBe That Way, Sing Sing Sing, I Got Rhythm, If Dreams Come True and Springtime in the Rockies. The charismatic and ever-entertaining Pete Long leads this recreation of a landmark concert from the front, anecdotes and all...

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WE ALL NEED FRIENDS!It is always difficult to finance a Festival of this nature, due in part to the diversity of the events and the

high standard of our artists, combined with the delightful, but often small, venues. The Petworth Festival, aRegistered Charity, relies on support from businesses and individuals as well as the box office to finance the

programme.

“Festival Friends”, who give £25 or more each year (per household), are entitled to a priority booking period and a 10% discount on tickets bought by post during that priority period. They receive exclusive preview information early each year and there are also Friends’ parties from time to time. Friends who give £100 or more – our much-valued Patrons – receive a slightly longer priority booking period. With many Festival events selling out before they go on

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FestivalSponsorsPetworth Festival would like to thank the largenumber of individuals and corporate organsations who support the Festival, both financially and in kind. Without their continued support the Festival would not be possible and we remain extremely grateful.

Principal SponsorThe Leconfield Estates

Individual DonorsThe Anstruther FamilyMrs Ann BayneMr & Mrs Alan BennieLady Barbara BossomMr & Mrs David BowermanMrs Gay BradleyMrs Tishie BurrMrs Kristina ByngMr & Mrs Peter DrummondMr Rodney H DownesMr & Mrs Tim DuganMr Robert EvansMrs Anne Ford-RobertsonThe Franks FamilyMrs Andrea FrearsMrs Deborah GodfrayMr & Mrs Jonathan GoldenMr & Mrs Robin GourlayMr & Mrs Josceline GroveMrs Rosemary HarrisMr & Mrs Christopher HampsonMr Martin HaslamMr Neil HartMr Michael HartingMrs Veronica HentyMr & Mrs Canice HoganMr & Mrs J HorleyMr & Mrs Andrew HowardMr & Mrs David HunterMr Stuart Jeffery Mr & Mrs Robert JeansProf & Mrs Peter LavenderMr & Mrs Ken Lintill Mr & Mrs Ian McNeilMembers of Petworth House Real Tennis ClubMr & Mrs Nicholas MooreMr & Mrs John OlderMr & Mrs Gordon OwenMrs Jennifer ParsonsSir Geoffrey & Lady PattieMr & Mrs Mark PowellMr & Mrs C PurchasMr John RankMr & Mrs Peter Rhys-Evans

Mr Bryan ScholeyThe Sosland FamilyMr Kees van der KlugtMr & Mrs Ed WarnerMr & Mrs Nicholas WheelerSir Michael & Lady Wright

The Festival would also like to thank all the generous individuals who have made donations and have asked to remain anonymous.

Community & Education PartnersThe Anstruther FamilyThe Arts Society The Bennie Family TrustPetworth Town CouncilRoyal Academy of Music West Sussex Music Trust

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Steinway Concert Grand PianoBoth Steinway concertgrand pianos chosenand hired by thePetworth Festival forconcerts in St. Mary’sChurch are suppliedand maintained by Steinway & Sons, London.Our thanks to Bryan Scholey and an anonymous donor who have contributed towards the cost.

Our thanks also toGraphic Design & PrintingJohn Good Ltd www.johngood.comWebsitewww.giraffedesign.co.uk

Special ThanksTo David & Mary Bowerman for allowing the useof the Music Room at Champs Hill, the Merseyfamily for the use of Bignor Park, the NationalTrust and Lord & Lady Egremont for the use ofthe Petworth House Stable Yard, the PetworthHouse Chapel and the Gallery and Chapel at StMary’s Church, everyone at St Mary’s Church,the Leconfield Hall, the United Reformed Church, The Church of the Sacred Heart, Petworth, and at St Mary Church, Easebourne.

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JULYTue 17 July 8.00pm Stable Yard Grand Choral MasterpiecesWed 18 July 12 noon URC Palisander - Journey to the New World 7.30pm St Mary’s Ji Liu (piano)Thur 19 July 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall Alistair McGowan - Introductions to Classical Piano 6.30pm St Mary’s Festival Service – speaker Lord Egremont 7.30pm Champs Hill Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) & Catrin Finch (harp)Fri 20 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Bloomsbury Quartet 6.00/8.30pm Petworth House Chapel Between the Crosses (theatre) 7.30pm St Mary’s Steven Isserlis (cello) & Connie Shih (piano)Sat 21 July 1.00pm St Mary’s Come and Sing … ABBA with Ben Parry 12 noon Leconfield Hall Florian Mitrea (piano) 7.30pm Champs Hill Min Kym (violin) & Ian Brown (piano)Sun 22 July 2.30-5.00pm Bignor Park Bignor Park Alive! (family) 7.30pm St Mary’s Piano Extravaganza - with Harry the Piano, James Pearson, Joe Stilgoe and Ben WatersMon 23 July 7.30pm St Mary’s The Elgar Connection 1 with the Fibonacci SequenceTues 24 July 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall Gyles Brandreth - Break a Leg! 7.30pm St Mary’s Duncan Rock (baritone) & Joseph Middleton (piano)Wed 25 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Meera Maharaj (flute) & Dominic Degavino (piano) 7.30pm St Mary’s Trio Martinů 8.00pm Easebourne Merope (world/traditional music)Thur 26 July 7.30pm St Mary’s The Songs of Sir Arthur Sullivan with David Owen Norris and friends 8.00pm Easebourne She’Koyokh (world/traditional music)Fri 27 July 7.30pm Stable Yard Comedy in the Stables – Paul Merton’s Impro ChumsSat 28 July 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: London Metropolitan Brass Doors 5.30pm Stable Yard Jazz in The Stables – with Swing Zazou and The Dixie TicklersSun 29 July 11.00am Leconfield Hall Mr Danger’s Really Safe Show (family) 1.30pm Tillington Village Hall The Golden Walk 7.30pm St Mary’s Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion) with the HLK TrioMon 30 July 7.30pm St Mary’s Bernard d’Ascoli (piano)Tues 31 July 7.30pm Champs Hill The Elgar Connection 2 with Daniel Pioro (violin) / Kathron Sturrock (piano) 7.45pm Leconfield Hall Buster Plays Buster (film)AUGUSTWed 1 Aug 12 noon Leconfield Hall Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Johanna Röhrig (violin) and Alexsandra Myslek (piano) 7.30pm St Mary’s The King’s SingersThur 2 Aug 5.00/8.00pm Leconfield Hall The Darius Brubeck Quartet 7.30pm St Mary’s La SerenissimaFri 3 Aug 7.30pm St Mary’s Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland plus support 7.45pm Leconfield Hall Small Forgotten VoicesSat 4 Aug 12 noon Sacred Heart Julian Perkins (clavichord) 7.30pm St Mary’s Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall – The Pete Long Big BandOther Events Throughout Festival Kevis House Gallery Art ExhibitionWed 18 July Educational workshop with Palisander and percussionist Louise Anna DugganWed 18 – Sat 21 July URC Schools Art PopUp Exhibition with The Young Arts Society West Sussex

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BookingInformationPriority Booking12 April - 9 MayPriority bookings for Sponsors, Patrons and Friends can only be made by post on theappropriate form (see page 2 of this brochure).Priority bookings for Sponsors, Patrons and Friends can only be made by post on theappropriate form (see page 2 of this brochure), and should be addressed to: Petworth Festival Box Office, 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth GU28 9BD

General Booking opens10 May 2018

How to bookOnline 24 hours a day:www.petworthfestival.org.ukBy phone: 01798 344576Telephone opening times: 10am - 1pm Closed Sundays and Mondays

By post: Using the form on page 2

Wheelchair users are requested to notify theBox Office at the time of booking.

Most credit and debit cards are accepted

Tickets Ticket price bands are shown on ticket priceboxes for St. Mary’s Church Petworth wherethey apply throughout the brochure.Seating plans for St. Mary’s Church Petworthand the Leconfield Hall can be found on pages38 and 39 of this brochure.

For more brochures please telephone01798 867643 or 01403 701861

Festival VenuesBignor Park Near Pulborough RH20 1HGChamps Hill Coldwaltham, Pulborough RH20 1LYChurch of Sacred HeartPetworthGU280BGKevis House GalleryLombardStreetGU280AGLeconfield Hall MarketSquareGU280AHPetworth House PetworthGU280AESt Mary’s ChurchPetworthGU280ADSt Mary Church Easebourne GU29 0AHUnited Reformed Church PetworthGU280AWThere are licensed bars at St. Mary’s Church Petworth, the Stable Yard at Petworth House, Leconfield Hall and Easebourne Church.All venues have accessible toilet facilities.All venues have wheelchair access except Petworth House Chapel where Between the Crosses is staged.

ParkingLimited disabled parking at Church Lodge (adjacent to St. Mary’s Petworth). Please leave entrance to the church free for emergency vehicles. Outside the church, please do not park half on the pavement – this is an offence. No parking in Lombard Street opposite. There is a large car park in Petworth (GU28 0AP) and additional free parking by the Sylvia Beaufoy Centre (GU28 0ET) off the mini roundabout on the A272.

ConcessionsFor all ticketed events children aged 18 andunder may purchase tickets for £5 or free wherestated – please refer to each concert listing fordetails. The lowest priced seats in St. Mary’sChurch are available to children aged 18 andunder free of charge, but must be pre-booked.

Terms & ConditionsOnce purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged.Refunds are not given unless the event is soldout and your tickets can be re-sold, or if theevent is cancelled. The information contained inthis brochure was correct at the time of printing,but may be subject to subsequent alteration.By purchasing a ticket permission is deemedto be given to use photographs takenat events for Petworth Festival publicity only.Please inform Petworth Festival if you do notaccept this condition.

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