Ensemble Meridiana
Saturday 27 July, 7:45pm
Featuring the work of Bodin de Boismortier, Vivaldi, Rameau and Dornel. read more
David Munrow, Dartington & the Early Music Revival
Sunday 28 July, 5:15pm
Lecture by Ed Breen. read more
An Italian Madrigal Book - Exaudi
Sunday 28 July, 7:45pm
Exhaudi perform pieces by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schöllhorn, Morgan Hayes, Gesualdo and Michael Finnissy. read more
Mbira Music of Zimbabwe & Voices of Ancestors Concert
Sunday 28 July, 10:00pm
Chartwell Dutiro and Friends give a concert of traditional Zimbabwean music for mbira and voice. Mbira is an ancient traditional instrument of the Zezuru/Shona people of Zimbabwe. The mbira is made of hand-forged iron keys that are mounted on a piece of hardwood. At the bottom of the wood there is a metal plate with shells, bottle tops or any other material that gives a buzzing effect to the sound of the mbira. read more
Arianna a Naxos
Monday 29 July, 5:15pm
Featuring Nicholas Clapton (countertenor), David Miller (lute), Jonathan Watts (harpsichord) playing works by Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Kapsperger, Nicola Porpora and Haydn. read more
Carnivale 1600 Festive Music of the Italian "Piffari"
Monday 29 July, 7:45pm
A new programme from The City Musick that revels in the music of 16th and 17th century Italy as played by the Piffari, the town bands that provided high-class musical entertainment for all civic events. read more
The Attraction of the Grounde
Monday 29 July, 10:00pm
This programme includes music by Purcell, Blow, Byrd and their contemporaries. read more
Baroque Fusion
Tuesday 30 July, 5:15pm
With Gail Hennessy, Nicolette Moonen, Reiko Ichise and Claire Williams. Featuring the work of Jacquet de la Guerre, Rosenmüller, Telemann, Vivaldi and Dandrieu. read more
Lachrimae - Fretwork
Tuesday 30 July, 7:45pm
With David Miller lute Lawes Consort set in F major, Consort set in C minor, Consort set in C minor Dowland Lachrimae Antiquae, Lachrimae Antiquae Novae, Lachrimae Gementes, Lachrimae Tristes, Lachrimae Coactae, Lachrimae Amantis, Lachrimae Verae read more
Shopping list of a Poisoner
Tuesday 30 July, 10:00pm
With Amy Moore, Nicholas Clapton, and Jonathan Watts. Featuring the work of Stravinsky, John Cage, Louis Andriessen, Priaulx Rainier, and Dominic Muldowney. read more
Johann Rosenmüller
Wednesday 31 July, 5:15pm
Linked to this week’s choral course and concert James Weeks and Dermot Clinch discuss Rosenmüller’s Vespers. read more
The Lost Prince
Wednesday 31 July, 7:45pm
Borrowing its title from the beautiful exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery earlier this year, this concert will commemorate the life, and untimely death four hundred years ago, of Henry Stuart, Crown Prince of Great Britain. read more
The Jazz Tutors
Wednesday 31 July, 10:00pm
Lewis Riley piano, Brigitte Beraha voice, Kevin Figues saxophone Riaan Vosloo double bass, Peter Fairclough drums and percussion read more
Jazz on a Summer Afternoon
Thursday 1 August, 4:00pm
Performances by small ensembles from this week’s Jazz course. read more
Masterclass Concert
Thursday 1 August, 5:15pm
Performances by selected students from this week’s masterclasses. read more
A Night at the Paris Opera Baroque Orchestra
Thursday 1 August, 7:45pm
Directed by Nicolette Moonen. Featuring Lully: Armide, extracts Rebel: Le Chaos and Caractères de la Danse, Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, extracts. read more
Ensemble Meridiana With Emma Kirkby
Thursday 1 August, 10:00pm
A programme of Bach and Telemann. read more
Gamelan and African Drumming
Friday 2 August, 4:00pm
The culmination of this week’s Gamelan and African Drumming courses. read more
The Big Band Theory - Music for Renaissance Band
Friday 2 August, 5:15pm
As part of the courses run by The City Musick and the Cornetts & Sackbuts, the week will culminate with a mass band event combining shawms, dulcians, bagpipes, recorders, racketts, crumhorns, curtals, cornetts and sackbuts. Repertoire will include music by Susato, Praetorius, Schein, Hassler, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Mainerio, Vecchi, Adson, Brade and Holborne. read more
Summer School Choir and Baroque Orchestra
Friday 2 August, 7:45pm
James Weeks conducts the Summer School Choir for Rosenmüller' Vespers. read more
Jazz
Friday 2 August, 10:00pm
Final performance by students on the Jazz course directed by Lewis Riley. Summer School participants only read more
Masters of Europe - Stile Antico
Saturday 3 August, 7:45pm
The remarkable Habsburg dynasty is the inspiration for a fascinating and sumptuous journey through two centuries of continental repertoire from Stile Antico. read more
Featuring Bach: Partita No 1 in Bb, BWV 825, Louis Andriessen: Overture to Orpheus and Bach: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826. read more
Peter Lawson - piano
Sunday 4 August, 7:45pm
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique, Op 4 No 4 Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Gershwin: Songbook Mompou: Jeunes filles au jardin Ginastera: Sonata read more
Join the Askew Sisters for an evening of English folk music on violin, melodeon, concertina and voice. Expect toe-tapping dance tunes alongside ballads telling stories of love and loss, sibling rivalry, drunkenness and pirates! read more
Ghost Trio
Monday 5 August, 7:45pm
Jackie Shave violin, Robert Irvine cello, William Howard piano Leclair: Triosonate in D major, Op 2 No 8 Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op 70 No 1 ‘Ghost’ Ravel: Piano Trio read more
Jill Kemp & Jonathan Watts
Monday 5 August, 10:00pm
Featuring Vivaldi/Chedeville: Sonata in G minor, Op 13 No 6 RV 58, Handel: Sonata in F major, Bach: Partita, BWV 1013, Corelli: Sonata in G minor Op5 no 12 “La Follia”, Carolina Noguera Palau: New Work (DISS commission) and Handel: Sonata in Bb major read more
In Conversation With Yvonne Minton
Tuesday 6 August, 5:15pm
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Yvonne Minton about her life and work. read more
Concert with Matthew Rose and Andrew West.
Tuesday 6 August, 7:45pm
Matthew Rose (bass), Andrew West (piano), Programme to include Brahms and Schubert. read more
Lucy Russell, Richard Tunnicliffe & Maggie Cole
Tuesday 6 August, 10:00pm
Featuring Mozart: Violin Sonata, KV 304, Beethoven: Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder, Weibchen” by Mozart, Op 66 for ,cello and piano and Haydn: Trio Hob XV:28 in E read more
Sound the Flatt Trumpets
Wednesday 7 August, 5:15pm
Steven Devine, Adrian France and Richard Thomas demonstrate and talk about the flatt trumpet and its use in Purcell’s music. These unusual instruments have been hired for this summer so students can learn on them and they can be played in this week’s choir concert. read more
Purcell, Pornography and the Perfect Cadence:
Wednesday 7 August, 5:15pm
Lecture by Richard Langham Smith. read more
A Distant Mirror - Dufay Collective
Wednesday 7 August, 7:45pm
Machaut, Mannerism and the Medieval Mind. This concert places Machaut’s art in its context, complemented by Trecento songs by Landini, mannerist morsels from the Chantilly Codex and virtuosic instrumentals. read more
Linda Hirst and Helen Yorke
Wednesday 7 August, 10:00pm
Featuring Richard Strauss' 'Enoch Arden'. read more
The State of Early Music: 40 Years of Baroque Orchestras
Thursday 8 August, 5:15pm
A talk from Nicholas Kenyon. read more
Baroque Orchestra
Thursday 8 August, 7:45pm
Directed by Lucy Russell. With Maggie Cole and Steven Devine: harpsichords. Featuring Telemann: Conclusion from Tafelmusic, Production II, Biber: Battalia and Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 5 in D minor. read more
Electronic Intervention
Thursday 8 August, 10:00pm
A showing of some of the work created on the Dirty Electronics course, along with Jonathan Harvey’s Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco. read more
Summer School Choir and Baroque Orchestra
Friday 9 August, 7:45pm
Conducted by Stephen Devine. Featuring Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D and Ode for St Cecilia’s Day. read more
A ceilidh and performance by students on the course directed by the Askew Sisters. read more
Paul Crossley (Piano)
Saturday 10 August, 7:45pm
Featuring works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Szymanowski, and Debussy. read more
In Conversation With Sir Neville Marriner
Sunday 11 August, 5:15pm
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Sir Neville Marriner about his life and work and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Dartington. read more
Benyounes Quartet
Sunday 11 August, 7:45pm
With Stephen Orton cello. Featuring works by Haydn, Webern, Philip Cashian and Schubert. This concert is dedicated to Gay Cranmer, in recognition of her long service as a Trustee of The Dartington Hall Trust. read more
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Sunday 11 August, 10:00pm
Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton present English dance tunes from early printed sources and from 18th and 19th century fiddlers’ manuscripts including those of John Clare and Thomas Hardy, as well as songs and new compositions inspired by the folk tradition. read more
Rachel Roberts & Marija Grikevicute
Monday 12 August, 5:15pm
Featuring 'Marchenbilder' by Schumann. read more
The Virtuoso Violinist I
Monday 12 August, 7:45pm
With Alexander Janiczek (violin) and John Reid (piano). Featuring Prokofiev: Violin Sonata and Faure: Violin Sonata. read more
Daniel Pioro & Laima Smolskiate
Monday 12 August, 11:00pm
Featuring works by Schnittke, Oliver Knussen, Arvo Part, Gerald Barry, Arvo Part Schnittke.read more
Joan Rodgers & Shelagh Sutherland
Tuesday 13 August, 5:15pm
Featuring works by Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov, Britten and Canteloube. read more
The Virtuoso Violinist II
Tuesday 13 August, 7:45pm
With Markus Däunert (violin) and Anna Tillbrook (piano). Featuring Brahms: Violin Sonata in G major, Strauss :Violin Sonata and Busoni : Violin Sonata No 2. read more
Tango y Música Argentina
Tuesday 13 August, 10:00pm
Laura Hansen & Carlos Morera and special guests. A mixture of popular Argentinean music, from the countryside to the city of Buenos Aires, both traditional and improvised. read more
Gary Ryan (Guitar)
Wednesday 14 August, 5:15pm
Featuring works by Dowland, Britten, De Falla, Walton, Henze, A. C. Jobim, and Gary Ryan.read more
Dartington Festival Orchestra
Wednesday 14 August, 7:45pm
With John Carewe (conductor) and Joan Rodgers (soprano). Featuring Schumann: Overture, Introduction and Finale, Mozart: Symphony No 40, Beethoven: Overture: Coriolan, Mozart: Parto, parto, Schubert: Symphony No 4. read more
The Masterclass Tutors
Wednesday 14 August, 10:00pm
With Daniel Pioro and Markus Daunert (violins), Sue Knight (viola) Stephen Orton (cello), Leon Bosch (bass), Shelagh Sutherland (piano). Featuring Dvorjak: Nocturnes and John Woolrich: A Shadowed Lesson. read more
Chamber Choir
Thursday 15 August, 5:15pm
With John Hancorn (director). Featuring Schumann: from Romances and Ballads Op 67: 'Schön-rohtraut', 'Heidenröslein' and 'John Anderson', Mendelssohn: from Op 88 four part mixed chorus: ‘Neujahrslied', 'Hirtenlied', Dvořák: Four mixed choruses op 29 and Elgar: 'As Torrents in Summer', 'My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land'. read more
Dartington String Orchestra
Thursday 15 August, 7:45pm
With Benyounes Quartet Alexander Janiczek (director/solo violin) and Sir Neville Marriner - (conductor). Featuring works by Wolf/Woolrich, Tippett, Mendelssohn, Walton, Grieg, and Elgar.read more
English Roots Gig
Thursday 15 August, 10:00pm
Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton lead a grand but informal session of music, new and traditional, that participants have been studying on the course this week. read more
Masterclass Concert
Friday 16 August, 5:15pm
Performances by selected students from this week’s masterclasses. read more
Summer School Choir and Dartington Festival Orchestra
Friday 16 August, 7:45pm
Brian Kay leads the Summer SChool Choir and Dartington Festival Orchestra in a special performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah. read more
Tango Ball
Friday 16 August, 10:00pm
The climax of the week-long course directed by Laura Hansen and Carlos Morera. read more
Songwriters Showcase
Friday 16 August, 10:00pm
Students from this week’s songwriting course with Ray Davies and Marion Wells showcase some of their work. Summer School participants only. read more
Andrew Kennedy & Tom Poster
Saturday 17 August, 7:45pm
This programme of predominantly Mahler and Schubert songs, including Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Kindertotenlieder, is also the first of several concerts this week to include works by resident composer Harrison Birtwistle. read more
In Conversation With Harrison Birtwistle
Sunday 18 August, 5:15pm
Philip Cashian talks to Harrison Birtwistle. read more
Stephen Kovacevich & Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Sunday 18 August, 7:45pm
Programme to include Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor and Beethoven Piano Sonata no 30 in E major Op.109. read more
Maraija Grikeviciute & Laima Smolskaite
Sunday 18 August, 10:00pm
Programme includess Stravinsky's Fragment from the Symphonies of Wind, Three Pieces for String Quartet, Five Easy Pieces, Valse des Fleurs, 3 Easy Pieces Sonata and Scherzo a la Russe. read more
In Conversation With Johannes Maria Staud
Monday 19 August, 5:15pm
Philip Cashian talks to Johannes Maria Staud about his life and work. read more
Programme includes Bach/Birtwistle's Three Fugues from The Art of Fugue, Webern's 6 Bagatelles, Kurtag's Microludes and Janáček's Quartet No 2. read more
Aisling Casey & Katherine Tinker
Monday 19 August, 10:00pm
Programme includes Schumann's Adagio and Allegro Op 70, Britten's Temporal Variations, Lutoslawski's Epitaph, Carter's Inner Song, Koechlin's Le Repos de Tityre (solo oboe d'amore) and Poulenc's Sonata. read more
John Flinders & Juliet Edwards
Tuesday 20 August, 5:15pm
Programme includes Mozart's Sonata for two pianos, K 448, Schönberg's 6 Stücke für Klavier (1896), Schubert's Fantasie in F minor. read more
Thomas Gould, Adrian Brendel & Nicolas Hodges
Tuesday 20 August, 7:45pm
Programme includes Haydn's Piano Trio in E major, Hob XV:28, Birtwistle's Piano Trio and Bogenstrich for cello and piano, and Ravel's Piano Trio. read more
Andrew Watts & Jonathan Watts
Tuesday 20 August, 10:00pm
Programme inclues Handel: Arias, Olga Neuwirth: Tintarella di luna H. K. Gruber: 3 Single Songs.read more
Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms
Wednesday 21 August, 5:15pm
A lecture by Stravinsky expert Stephen Walsh on Stravinsky and the choral work being performed this week. read more
Dartington Festival Orchestra
Wednesday 21 August, 7:45pm
John Carewe conducts the festival orchestra for Haydn's Symphony No 104, De Falla's El Amor Brujo and Beethoven's Symphony No 5. read more
Composers Ensemble
Wednesday 21 August, 10:00pm
With David Campbell clarinet / Marcus Marcham Stevens violin / Adrian Bradbury cello / Tom Poster piano. Programme to include repertoire by Francesco Antonioni, this year's advanced composition tutor. read more
Tea Dance
Thursday 22 August, 4:00pm
Take off your shoes and come and dance on the lawn to the Tea Dance Band, performing waltzes, tangos and quicksteps. read more
Chamber Choir
Thursday 22 August, 5:15pm
Leigh O’Hara directs the Chamber Choir for Haydn's 13 Part Songs and Schubert's An die Sonne, Chor der Engel and Psalm. read more
Nicolas Hodges piano
Thursday 22 August, 7:45pm
Programme includes Debussy: Etudes book 1, Harrison Birtwistle: Harrison's Clocks Nos 4 & 5 and Gigue Machine, Busoni: Gigue, Bolero e Variazione and Debussy: Etudes book 2. read more
Orchestral Workshop
Thursday 22 August, 10:00pm
Richard Heason conducts Bruckner's Symphony No 5. read more
Voices in the Garden
Friday 23 August, 3:50pm
This is a promenade performance; the audience will move through the gardens to hear different choirs perform in different locations. All the pieces performed will be new site-specific works written especially for this performance. read more
Advanced Composition Composers Ensemble
Friday 23 August, 5:15pm
Performance of works by students on the Advanced Composition Course. read more
Summer School Choir and Dartington Festival Orchestra
Friday 23 August, 7:45pm
Brad Cohen & Jonathan Watts conduct the Choir and Festival Orchestra for a programme featuring the works of Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov. read more
Gospel Choir
Friday 23 August, 10:00pm
Final performance of this week’s course, directed by Carol Pemberton. read more
Heath Quartet
Saturday 24 August, 7:45pm
Featuring Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546, Tippett: String Quartet No.5 (1990/91), Mendelssohn: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Op 44 No 3. read more
Bagatelles and Etudes
Sunday 25 August, 7:45pm
Tamara Stefanovich plays Bagatelles and Etudes from Ligeti, Beethoven, Bartók, Woolrich, and Rachmaninov. read more
Holly Randall, Tim Watts & Shelly Organ
Monday 26 August, 5:15pm
Featuring Couperin: Les goûts réunis, Britten: Metamorphoses and Hindemith: Oboe Sonata.read more
Swan Song
Monday 26 August, 7:45pm
Featuring Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) and Richard Shaw (piano). Programme includes Schubert: Schwanengesang (Part One and Part Two), Wolf: Songs from Italienisches, and Berg: Sieben Frühe Lieder. read more
The Saxophone Music of Richard Rodney Bennett
Monday 26 August, 10:00pm
Featuring John Harle (saxophone). A programme to include: Three Sondheim Waltzes and Three Piece Suite Theme from ‘Tender is the Night’. read more
Gallimaufry Ensemble
Tuesday 27 August, 5:15pm
Featuring Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Gerhard: Capriccio for solo flute, John Woolrich: The Iron Cockerel Sings and Janáček: Mladi. read more
Martino Tirimo Trio
Tuesday 27 August, 7:45pm
Featuring Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat Op 61, 3 Mazurkas Op 59, Ballade No.4 in F minor Op 54, John Woolrich: Pianobook IV and Chopin: 24 Preludes Op 28. read more
Brass Masterclass Tutors
Tuesday 27 August, 10:00pm
Featuring Paul Archibald (trumpet), Graham Lee (trombone), Richard Shaw (piano). With works by Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Georges Enescu: Légende for trumpet and piano, Peter Maxwell Davies: Sonatina for trumpet, Dukas: Villanelle and Dutilleux: Prelude, Cadence et Fugato.read more
A programme of music by one of this week’s Advanced Brass students. read more
Dartington Festival Orchestra
Wednesday 28 August, 7:45pm
Pierre-Andre Valade conducts the festival orchestra for a programme featuring Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Ivan Fedele: Syntax 0.1 and Stravinsky: The Firebird (1919). read more
Louise Hopkins & Tamara Stefanovich
Wednesday 28 August, 10:00pm
Featuring Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes, Lutoslawski: Grave, Janáček: Pohadka, Beethoven: Cello Sonata No 4 in C. read more
Chamber Choir
Thursday 29 August, 5:15pm
Jeremy Walker directs the Chamber Choir for a programme of Bruckner: 2 Aequali for 3 trombones, Psalm 114 for 5-part choir and 3, trombones, A selection of motets and Brahms: Fest und Gedenksprüche Op 109. read more
Brass Ensemble and Wind Band Concert
Thursday 29 August, 7:45pm
Steve Dummer and Paul Archibald conduct the Brass Ensemble and Wind Band for a programme featuring the work of Janáček, Haydn, Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Mussorgsky. read more
Orchestral Workshop
Friday 30 August, 5:15pm
Stephen Dummer conducts a selection of the works studied in this week’s Orchestral Workshop course. read more
Summer School Choir and Dartington Festival Orchestra
Friday 30 August, 7:45pm
Garry Walker conduct the choir and festival orchestra for a programme featuring Haydn: Symphony No 70, Bartók: Divertimento for strings and Beethoven: Mass in C. read more
Salsa ball
Friday 30 August, 10:00pm
The culmination of this week’s Salsa music and dance courses, everyone welcome to dance or just to listen! (Summer School participants only) read more
Schubertiade - Imogen Cooper
Tuesday 1 October, 7:30pm
A Schuberiade is an event held to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert. Each of the concerts in this series of four individual performances will explore a particular element of Schubert’s work and will welcome leading international artists to Dartington to perform in the Great Hall. read more
Schubertiade - Gould Piano Trio
Friday 29 November, 7:30pm
A Schuberiade is an event held to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert. Each of the concerts in this series of four individual performances will explore a particular element of Schubert’s work and will welcome leading international artists to Dartington to perform in the Great Hall. read more
Schubertiade - Henk Neven & Hans Eijsackers
Friday 7 February, 7:30pm
A Schuberiade is an event held to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert. Each of the concerts in this series of four individual performances will explore a particular element of Schubert’s work and will welcome leading international artists to Dartington to perform in the Great Hall. read more
Schubertiade - Doric String Quartet
Friday 7 March, 7:30pm
A Schuberiade is an event held to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert. Each of the concerts in this series of four individual performances will explore a particular element of Schubert’s work and will welcome leading international artists to Dartington to perform in the Great Hall. read more
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