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APRIL 2014
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Welcome to the April edition of The Buzz. As this is the month
of our annual opera project we have decided to take this
opportunity to use this edition as the Opera Special.
Our annual opera project is a highlight of the Benslow Music
calendar. Each year we assemble a team of non-professional baroque
instrumentalists and choral singers, a number of young soloists in
the beginning of their professional careers and an eminent team of
expert tutors and technical professionals with the aim of creating
a performance of a baroque opera in five days and perform it in
front of a paying audience. Recent performances have included
Handels Semele in 2012, Purcells The Fairy Queen in 2013 and this
year we are focussing on a staging of Handels oratorio
Theodora.
In January we held the auditions for the principal parts and
auditioned some truly outstanding young singers. The decision was
harder than ever but we now have a very strong team, which is
evident from their biographies (inside). This year we will be
welcoming Emma Rivlin who is directing the project for the first
time and will be working alongside our usual team which is headed
by the musical duo of Julian Perkins and Judy Tarling, with Henrik
Persson providing the all-important continuo tuition. David Roblou
will be working with soloists before the course begins and with
the
chorus during it and Tom Adby returns as our ever-reliable Stage
Manager. Millie Else is our designer and Val Campion will be taking
care of the wardrobe.
Although the week of the project is 21-26 April preparation is
already underway. The instrumentalists and singers are currently
working on their parts, soloists are due to see David Roblou over
the next few weeks for pre-course tuition and the tutors and
production team are working hard on everything from stage direction
to costumes and set design.
In previous years the opera has been held in various locations,
such as the Queen Mother Theatre and the North Hertfordshire
College Centre for the Arts. However, this year we will be based at
our campus for the first time in recent history. This is both a
challenge as well as a convenience; however we are sure that the
production will be of the same high quality as previous years.
Tickets are now available for the final performance which will be
at 7pm on Saturday 26 April and can be purchased in advance from
our box office by calling 01462 459446. Spaces on this years
project are currently almost full (although we wouldnt say no to
another bass singer for our chorus). However, if you are interested
in getting involved in next years production please look out for
our January-July 2015 brochure which will be released during the
summer.
We hope to see you for the performance on 26 April but if not we
look forward to seeing you at Benslow Music very soon.
Fane Henderson Acting Director of Music
BENSLOW MUSIC NEEDS YOU We are always looking to expand our
welcoming arms to other amateur musicians who are not aware of the
great courses and concerts we have on offer.
Are you able to support Benslow Music by distributing posters or
course brochures in your local area?
Please contact Vicky on 01462 459446 or email
[email protected] as she would be delighted to speak to
you.
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tHEODORA - THE STORyThe 4th century AD. Valens, the governor of
Antioch (occupied by the Romans) issues a decree that in honour of
Diocletians birthday all citizens will offer sacrifice to Roman
goddesses Venus and Flora on pain of punishment, and puts Septimius
in charge of enforcing this.Didymus, a soldier asks that citizens
whose consciences prevent this be spared punishment, which Valens
dismisses. Septimius suspects Didymus is a Christian and affirms
his own loyalty to the rule but would also like to be tolerant of
others.In the Christian community, Theodora (a princess) and her
friend Irene are worshipping when a messenger brings news of Valens
decree. Irene prevents them dispersing and they reaffirm their
faith. Theodora speaks out when Septimius comes to arrest them -
Theodora is not punished by death (an option she would prefer to
her actual punishment of enforced prostitution) and is led away.
Irene informs Didymus who goes in the hope of either rescuing her
or dying with her. The first Act closes with a chorus of Christians
praying for the missions success.At the start of the second Act the
festival is in full swing. Valens sends Septimius to tell Theodora
that if she doesnt join in with the festival by the end of the day,
he will send soldiers to rape her, which excites the soldiers.
Theodora is frightened in the brothel, but her mood changes in
contemplation of the after life. By persuading Septimius of his
Christianity and also love for Theodora, Didymus gets access to her
cell with his helmet concealing his identity, offering an escape.
Fearing threats to her integrity and wishing to stay true to her
faith, Theodora asks Didymus to kill her but he convinces her that
God will save them. He gives her his uniform, and thus disguised,
Theodora escapes, leaving Didymus in her place.As the third part
opens the Christians celebrate Theodoras safe return. However she
is guilty that she endangered Didymuss life to do this. A messenger
informs them Didymus has been captured and Valens has changed her
punishment to death. Irene protests, but Theodora goes to offer
herself in Didymus place. As Valens sentences Didymus, Theodora
enters demanding that she die and Didymus be saved. Both Didymus
and Theodora argue that they should die in place of the other.
Septimius is moved by this, and pleads for clemency. Valens,
however, condemns both to death and they sing a duet to their
immortality.
PERFORMANCE - HISTORyHandel wrote Theodora during his last
period of composition. He was sixty-four years old when he began
working on it in June 1749. He had written the oratorios Solomon
and Susanna the previous year. Theodora would be his penultimate
oratorio. Theodora differs from the former two oratorios because it
is a tragedy, ending in the death of the heroine and her converted
lover. The music is much more direct than the earlier works,
transcending the mediocrity of the libretto (which was true for
several of Handels works) so that the characters and the drama are
well-defined.Thomas Morell (17031784) had worked with Handel before
on several oratorios. He and Handel were good friends; the composer
left the librettist 200 in his will. Morells source for the
libretto was The Martyrdom of Theodora and of Didymus (1687) by
Robert Boyle, the scientist. He also borrowed from Corneilles
Thodore, Vierge et Martyre. Morell arguably improved on Boyle,
eliminating the moralising messages and creating a better
structure.Handel finished the oratorio on 31 July 1749, and its
premiere was on 16 March 1750. Pityingly, Theodora was a failure
and only played three times. There are at least two explanations
for this. First, the theme of persecution may have been too
progressive for Londoners at the time. Secondly, an earthquake that
transpired about a week before the premiere had prevented some of
the citys nobility from coming. It was the least performed of all
his oratorios, being revived only once in 1755.There are two
surviving quotes of Handel about Theodora. Morell quotes Handel as
saying The Jews will not come to it because it is a Christian
story; and the ladies will not come because it is a virtuous one.
Handels colleague Burney took note when two musicians asked for
free tickets for Messiah and Handel responded Oh your servant,
meine Herren! you are damnable dainty! you would not go to Theodora
- there was room enough to dance there, when that was perform! It
is reported that Theodora was actually Handels favourite of his
oratorios. The composer himself ranked the final chorus of Act II,
He saw the lovely youth, far beyond Hallelujah in Messiah.
last years performance - the fairy queenphotos anthony shin
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EMMA RIVLIN - DIRECTOREmma studied piano at the Liszt Academy of
Music, Budapest, and Music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Opera
has called her a deep-thinking, ingenious young director and Opera
Now a young director of palpable talent. Her recent production of
Cinderella for OperaUpClose was The Times Critics Choice and
described by the independent as fizzing and bubbling with rough
brilliance. Emma has directed for Welsh National Opera, the
National Opera Studio, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the
Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Buxton Opera
Festival, Opera Holland Park, Kings Place and the Chateau de
Berbiguieres, Dordogne. She has developed new work and led
workshops for Opera North,
Welsh National Opera, the Almeida, the young Vic, Aurora
orchestra, English National Ballet and English National Opera. As a
staff director Emma has worked at the Royal Opera, English National
Opera, Welsh National Opera and Opera North, with directors
including John Copley, Christopher Alden, Calixto Bieito, David
McVicar, Phyllida Lloyd, Sally Potter and Anthony Minghella.
JULIAN PERkINS - MUSICAL DIRECTOR Julian performs widely as a
soloist, conductor and chamber musician. As director of Sounds
Baroque, he has launched a series of acclaimed cantata recordings
and performed at Londons Southbank Centre and festivals such as
Ryedale, york and Tel Aviv. He has performed concertos with the
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Orchestra of the
Sixteen, regularly performs as a continuo player with many of the
UKs leading period instrument ensembles, and has performed and
recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. For Benslow
Baroque Opera, Julian has conducted Purcells Dido and Aeneas,
Handels Semele and Theodora. Other conducting engagements have
included appearances at the Anghiari Festival and staged
productions of Telemanns Pimpinone (Buxton Festival), Mozarts La
finta giardiniera (Dutch National Opera Academy), Arnes Artaxerxes
(New Chamber Opera), Platts King Fred who never was (New Kent
Opera) and Cunninghams The Okavango Macbeth (Cambridge Summer Music
Festival). Based in London, Julian teaches harpsichord and vocal
studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, is a tutor for the
Southbank Sinfonia and has taught at the National Opera Studio. In
2010, Julian was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in
recognition of his contribution to the music profession.
www.julianperkins.com
JANE WILkINSON - THEODORAJane trained as a soprano at the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and gained a Bachelor of Music
with Honours. As a post graduate, she trained at the Royal College
of Music, London. Competition successes include winner of the
International Godfrey Van Someran Prize for English Song (RCM),
Semi Finalist in the BBC Radio2 Kiri Te Kanawa Competition and
runner up in the RSAMD Lieder Competition. She performs recitals
across the country and has toured South Africa and Europe. She is
currently Head of Singing at Chelsea Academy and singing tutor at
Imperial College. She trained in the teaching of young voices at
the Voices Foundation on a scholarship from the RCM. She founded
and
conducted the Flora Gardens youth Choir (Hammersmith) until 2010
after herself being in the National youth Choir of Great Britain.
Jane frequently gives master classes in the UK and abroad. Jane has
performed many oratorios and concerts at the Edinburgh Festival and
in venues across the country. Recently she has been specialising in
contemporary opera and has premiered 3 productions in London last
year These Things Happen by Jonathon Pease, The Clown of God and
The Mariner both by Louis Mander. Recordings last year included 5
oclock Sun (a folk album with Andrew Keeling) and A Garland of Folk
Songs for Soprano, Harp and Violin by Louis Mander. This year, Jane
will premier a new song cycle by Robin Walker called Five Songs of
Emily Bronte. Jane is also an adjudicator for the British and
International Federation of Festivals.
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MEILI LI - DIDyMUSAs one of the first countertenors from China,
Meili started to study countertenor singing in 2008, while
completing a BA in Film Directing at Peking University. From 2011
to 2013. He studied singing under the tuition of Michael Chance in
Royal Academy of Music. He was awarded MA and DipRAM in voice with
distinction and 100% mark for his final recital. He is currently
studying Artist Diploma in opera course of Guildhall School of
Music and Drama, under the tuition of yvonne Kenny. Meili works
with Baroque ensemble regularly. Recently, he is invited to perform
in London, Hamburg, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Somerset and High
Wycombe. He also performs frequently with piano for art songs.
His repertoire covers from Renaissance lute songs, Baroque
operas, oratorios and Cantatas, to Romantic German Lieder, French
songs and contemporary English operas and art songs. His opera
roles include Title roles Rinaldo, Riccardo Primo,Tancredi, and
Bertarido, Rodelinda, Royal Academy of Music; Marco Fabio Lucio
Papirio Dittatore Hasse, Ensemble Serse/LHF, Title role The Little
Green Swallow Dove, Olga The Three Sisters Eotvos, Medoro Orlando,
Guildhall School. His future plans include Fox/Coachman The
Adventure of Pinocchio, title role San Giovanni Battista Stradella,
Guildhall School. Didymus, Theodora Handel, Benslow Music. Nireno,
Giulio Cesare, Concertgebouw.He is grateful to the Salters Company,
the Leverhulme Trust, the Kohn Foundation and the Josephine Baker
Trust for their generous support.
HOLLY BINGHAM - IRENEHolly Marie Bingham BMus (hons) DipABRSM is
a Lancashire born Soprano studying on a full tuition fee
scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Susan
Waters. She is kindly sponsored by the Henry Osborne Award of the
Worshipful Company of Carpenters, City of London, the Guildhall
Trust, the Neil Vint Award 2013, the Musicians Benevolent Fund
Postgraduate Award and the Tracey Chadwell Award 2013.Opera and
Theatre credits include: Dido, Dido & Aeneas (GSMD opera
scenes, dir., Dinah Stabb); Rose and Radio Girl, A Soldier And A
Maker (Iain Burnside, broadcast for Radio 3 InTune); Chorus in The
Adventures of Pinocchio (Jonathan Dove, GSMD); Hermia, Midsummer
Nights Dream (Britten); Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Mozart);
Alcina, Alcina (Handel); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
(all GSMD Opera Scenes), Poppea and Virt, Lincoronazione di Poppea
(Monteverdi, GSMD), Ethel Gurney and Enid in the premiere of Iain
Burnsides ASAAM, (Barbican Pit Theatre and Cheltenham Arts Festival
2012) and cover of Esmeralda and Chorus member in Smetanas The
Bartered Bride for British youth Opera (Peacock Theatre, Summer
2012). She has performed the semi-chorus from Berliozs Romeo and
Juliette with the LSO and Valery Gergiev, Barbican Hall and Salle
Pleyel Paris.As a recitalist Holly Marie has performed at The
Purcell Room, LSO St Lukes, Holywell Music Room (Oxford Lieder
Festival) and at Wigmore Hall. Holly Marie took part in
masterclasses with Stephan Loges, Graham Johnson, Eugene Asti, Iain
Burnside, Roger Vignoles, Sarah Walker and Rudolf Piernay.
WILLIAM BOUVEL - SEPTIMIUSTenor William Bouvel performs
regularly across the United States and Europe with groups like
Opera Lafayette of Washington DC, Haymarket Opera Chicago, Madison
Early Music Festival, and Baroque Band. His most recent roles were
Reverend Parris in Robert Wards The Crucible and The Sailor in
Purcells Dido and Aeneas. He is also a regular Oratorio and Cantata
soloist.A current student of Philip Doghan, William is in his final
year of Masters of Music study at the Royal Academy of Music in
London, where he recently received a commendation in the Major van
Someron-Godfrey English Song Prize.William has particular interest
in innovative concert programming. He
has created several productions such as The Heart of King David
in London and Skeleton Elegies in Chicago. Heralded as an
intriguing re-imagining of the song recital idea these Song reCycle
performances have added contemporary context to English Song and
Baroque Song repertoires respectively. He is also working on a new
project using Handels Oratorio repertoire. As a choral singer
William has been fortunate to perform with some of the worlds top
choirs including The Chicago Symphony Chorus, Apollos Fire, and
Oregon Bach Festival.
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ALL TICKETS 15 (5 for all full time students)Tickets available
from our Box Office (9am - 5pm Mon to Fri)
or from Hitchin Town Centre Initiative, Hitchin.
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THEODORADirector Emma Rivlin
Music Directors Julian Perkins and Judy TarlingVocal Coach David
Roblou
Theodora Jane Wilkinson Didymus Meili Li
Irene Holly BinghamSeptimius William Bouvel
Valens Simon Grange
SATuRDAy 26 ApRIL, 7pM
by George Frideric Handel
Morrison Hall, Benslow Music, Hitchin SG4 9RB
Benslow Baroque Opera presents
SIMON GRANGE - VALENSSimon began singing in choirs at the age of
11 when he joined The Manchester Grammar School Choir. Since then
he has sung in a variety of choirs and other ensembles including
close harmony groups (both at school and in The Alternotives and
Oxchord since coming to university), and his singing has taken him
on tour to France, Germany, Spain (twice), Milan, the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival and America. Other notable performances include
singing as part of the chorus for Brittens War Requiem in the
Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, conducted by Marcus Farnsworth, and
as a member of the RNCM opera chorus in their most recent
production of Bernsteins Candide. He began formal vocal studies
during his gap year with the tenor Jeffrey Lawton at the
RNCM and subsequently with David Crown at Oxford. Currently he
holds a choral scholarship at Somerville College, and is a member
of Keble College where he is in his second year studying English
Literature and Language. His other musical activities include
playing as a member of the Oxford University Philharmonia
Orchestra, and he can be heard as a violinist on the new Naxos
release of Wallaces opera Lurline, which was conducted by Richard
Bonynge. As well as this he is a keen composer, winning the
Manchester Grammar School composition prize which resulted in a
performance in St Johns Smith Square, London, and has had a piece
performed and recorded by the contemporary music ensemble, Psappha
(in residence at Manchester University), in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall
in Manchester, as well as being commissioned to write a piece for
Stockport Town Halls centenary. Recent commissions include a solo
recorder piece for John Turner and a string quartet for the Danel
String Quartet, both to be performed within the coming year.
box office 01462 459446
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PLACES AVAILABLEWe still have places available on the following
March and April courses.
Introduction to Wind Chamber Music(Code 14/231, 11 - 13
April)
Classical Orchestra (Code 14/315, 14 - 17 April)
Easter Composing Course(Code 14/316, 14 - 17 April)
Free up your Playing(Code 14/234, 28 - 30 April)
Gregorian Chant for Everyone(Code 14/235, 28 - 30 April)
Nic Fallowfields String Orchestra(Code 14/317, 5 - 8 May)
String Quartets with the Wihan(Code 14/238, 9 - 11 May)
Exploring the Saxophone and its Repertoire (Code 14/318, 12 - 15
May)
Quintessential Clarinets(Code 14/319, 12 - 15 May)
On most courses we can usually squeeze in a few more so even if
the course youre attracted to isnt on this list why not ask in any
case?
[email protected] or t: 01462 459446
LAtESt NEWS
I hope you have enjoyed reading about this years opera project
and hope to see you for the final performance.
Although focus has been on preparations for the opera, we have
had plenty going on a Benslow over the past month, with a series of
very well attended courses, as well as two outstanding concerts
given by the Coull Quartet and the Maggini Quartet. As we finish
the first quarter of 2014 course figures have never been better and
we have met all targets we have set for ourselves. As a team we are
very optimistic about the future of Benslow Music.Aside from the
opera we have plenty to look forward to at Benslow during April. A
particular highlight is the LuteFest which we wll be running in
association with the Lute Society. During the first weekend of
April we will be opening our doors to 40+ lutenists, singers,
renaissance flautists, recorder players and viols to explore the
lute and lute ensemble repertoire, as well as lute song, broken
consorts and four-voice ayres with lute. This is always a very
special weekend in the calendar and the course will kick-off with a
public recital from world renowned lutenist David Miller on Friday
4 April. Another highlight in April is the Classical Orchestra
course, which this year will be lead by Tony Halstead, who is
joined by Miles Golding and Martin Lawrence to give a course based
on Mozarts Haffner Symphony and Beethovens First Symphony. Whilst
spaces for wind instruments are currently full we would love to
hear from string players who are interested in getting involved
with this years course.Another course which we are looking forward
to, and is sadly not included in this years brochure, is a course
with the Fidelio Trio 28 April 1 May. We are still looking for a
few more groups to join us for a few days of intensive work with
these world class performers and teachers. Their courses regularly
attract non-professional musicians from far afield and those who
have benefitted from their tuition on past courses have felt truly
privileged. So, if you are a member of a group or know a group who
may be interested, please get in touch.
Fane Henderson Acting Director of Music
COMMENtS ON RECENt COURSES
BRENDA STEWARTS GROUP QUARTETS
I am always happy to re-visit Benslow where I feel at home,
greatly because of the nice atmosphere maintained by the staff
EARLy STAGES PIANO FOR ADULTS
Benslow Music is such a friendly, homely place with fantastic
tutors and courses
CLASSICAL PIANO
This has been a fabulous course from every point of view. Tims
insight and coaching style, the general welcome, the food in fact
the whole experience
JAZZ ENSEMBLES
The accommodation, Benslow staff and the food were excellent
CONDUCTING FOR TEACHERS
Justin Fung is a fantastic tutor. He was very precise in
stripping away the bad technique whilst allowing us to add a
conductors expression into the music. He helped loads. Thank
you
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he is excellent both as a partner to the voice and as a soloist
- The Gramophone... enchanting, highly polished and most
entertaining ... I fail to recall an audience so entranced and
focused on listening to music - Kent Guitar ClassicsDavid Miller is
a long established soloist and well known as an accompanist and
continuo player on lute, theorbo and early guitars, flourishing in
both the early music world and the mainstream musical scene. He
performs and records with all the principal English period
instrument orchestras and with many of the finest ensembles,
appearing at numerous prestigious European music festivals. Davids
musical focus is as a soloist and accompanist. He maintains a busy
recital schedule, enjoying collaborations with other solo artists,
including singers Paul Agnew, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Charles
Daniels, Grace Davidson, Emma Kirkby, Elin Manahan Thomas and
Stephen Varcoe, harpist Frances Kelly, violinists Elizabeth
Wallfisch and Rachel Podger, fellow lutenist Jacob Heringman, and
Arab singer and oud player Abdul Salam Kheir.
Among numerous recordings are several CDs of English songs and
lute music, including John Dowland discs with both James Bowman and
Charles Daniels, as well as the complete works of John Danyel with
Nigel Short. He has recorded a CD of consort music by Dowland with
Concordia and the Kings Singers, and lute works by Francesco da
Milano on Concordias Titian disc. As a member of I Fagiolini he
included solo lute works by Holborne and Byrd on their acclaimed
Triumphs of Orianna disc, as well as Pacoloni trios and other
plucked consort music on Carnevale Veneziano. His Wigmore Hall
recital with Iestyn Davies was released in the Wigmore Hall Live CD
series. Davids disc with Elin Manahan Thomas - Ravishd with Sacred
Extasies features devotional songs by Dowland, Campian, Humfrey and
Purcell, as well as rarely heard lute and theorbo music by John
Lawrence and John Wilson. The recording has been highly acclaimed
and, within weeks of its release in August 2010, received the
coveted Supersonic Award by Pizzicato Magazine in Luxembourg.
In addition, David has over 160 recordings as an accompanist and
continuo player, and he can be heard on the soundtracks of
Francesco da Mostos Venice, The Canterbury Tales, Bob the Builder,
the Samuel Pepys Diaries serialised on Womans Hour, and - much to
the delight of his family - Dr Who and Harry Potter! As professor
of early plucked instruments at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of
Music and Dance, David has regularly directed performance projects
for the Historical Performance Department, including several large
scale productions for the Royal Greenwich International Early Music
Festival. David is also professor of lute at the Guildhall School,
and tutor for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Since
the mid-1990s he has performed at Dartington International Summer
School, where his highly regarded lute class continues to inspire
the younger generation of lutenists.
Forthcoming highlights include duo recitals with soprano Elin
Manahan Thomas - at Beverley Early Music Festival in May and
Cambridge Early Music Festival in September - and a weekend course
with Emma Kirkby at Hawkwood College in June. Following a sell-out
solo concert for Music at Oxford in 2011, he returns to the
Holywell Music Room in February 2015, to perform music by Dowland
and Weiss. This summer David plans to record a CD featuring the
music of Weiss - a cross-section from his early and late periods -
which will be available from the early autumn. For more information
and enquiries, please visit
http://ShirleyScottMusicManagement.co.uk
OUR NExt CONCERt - FRIDAY 4 APRIL, 8PMDAVID MILLER - LUtEa
programme of works by sylvius leopold weiss
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who loves Sudoku, then Musidoku will definitely be your forte. Last
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INtERNAtIONAL RECItAL SERIESAn enticing series of concerts of
music given by world class artists. Programme details are available
on our website.
29 april, 8pm
programme includes works by schumann, birtwistle and
korngold
9 may, 8pm
programme includes works by myslivecek, mendelssohn and dvok
20 may, 8pm
bassist viktor obsust and friends bring to benslow music their
stylish brand of vituoso improvisations
tickets 12 i box office: 01462 459446free entry to most concerts
for full time students and those under 25.concerts take place in
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