14th North Norfolk Music Festival
13-24 August 2018
All concerts will be at St Mary’s Church, South Creake except where alternative venues are indicated
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FESTIVAL SUPPERS
A different vegetarian alternative is available at each dinner; pre-ordering is essential
A cheese selction is avaiable as an alternative dessert; pre-ordering is essential
Monday 13th
6.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 1
Smoked fillet and pâté of rainbow trout, 3 beetroot salad, horseradish dressing and mini Yorkshire puddings
Elderflower cheesecake with gooseberry compote
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
8pm MELVYN TAN Beethoven Sonatas Op.110 and 111, Schubert Sonata in G D.894 - Tickets £25
Tuesday 14th at The Marble Hall, Holkham Hall
7.30pm CARDUCCI QUARTET Mendelssohn Op.80, Rowland-Jones ‘Flock of Knot’, Beethoven Razumovsky No.2 - Tickets £28 (ticket includes interval drinks)
Wednesday 15th
4.30pm Icelandic cellist HJÖRTUR PÁLL EGGERTSSON cello and Slovakian pianist FILIP STRAUCH piano (replacing Bjarni Bjarnason, who is indisposed) play Beethoven Sonata in G minor Op.5 No.2, Jón Nordal 'Pictures on a Panel Wall', Rachmaninov Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op.19 - Tickets £16
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 2
Roasted Mediterranean vegetable and black olive galette with pesto and mozzarella served with a green bean and tomato salad
Classic summer pudding, strawberry coulis and crushed meringue pieces
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm FLOREAT SONUS 'FOR MUSICK'S ART' This programme features cunningly crafted and sumptuous works by Tallis, Tye and Taverner and is built around Tye's six voice masterpiece 'Missa Euge Bone' - Tickets £25
Thursday 16th
4.30pm ARIEL LANYI piano - the young Israeli pianist plays Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20, Liszt Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, Schumann Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.11 - Tickets £16
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 3
Dressed half a poached Wells lobster, caper and dill crushed new potatoes, garlic aioli and a mixed leaf salad
Tarte au citron with raspberries and basil
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm LISA MILNE soprano and TIM HORTON piano - Songs by Purcell (arr. Britten and Tippett), Schumann, Strauss, Debussy, Poulenc, MacMillan and Quilter Tickets £20
Friday 17th
5.15pm TALK Simon Rowland-Jones looks at the two great Viennese composers Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, both featured in this year's Festival, and who left Vienna in 1934 for the US pursuing very different musical directions - Tickets £3
Schoenberg's Second String Quartet is tonight, 'Verklärte nacht' with the Gould Piano Trio on 21st August and Korngold's Piano Quintet with the Doric String Quartet and Alasdair Beatson on 24th August.
6.15pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 4
Lamb and beetroot Koftas, tzatziki, pickled red cabbage and house flatbread
Lemon and blueberry trifle
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7.30pm MARMEN QUARTET Haydn Op.74 No.1, Beethoven Op.18 No.3 and Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet, which includes settings of poems by Stefan George sung by LISA MILNE soprano Tickets £20
Saturday 18th
4.30pm SEAN SHIBE guitar at St Margaret’s Church, Burnham Norton – the brilliant young Scottish guitarist makes his début at NNMF - Early Scottish Lute music, JS Bach Lute Suite No.2 in A minor, Villa-Lobos Etudes and Preludes - Tickets £16
6.15pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 5
Pulled Cajun Salmon, Mexican sweetcorn salad and quinoa
Raspberry mille-feuille and a fresh raspberry salad
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7.30pm 'In Nomine' The well-known viol consort FRETWORK offers a treasure trove of 'In Nomine' settings by 16th century composers Tavener, Tye, Parsons, Byrd, Picforth, Gibbons, Lawes and Purcell to contemporary composers Gavin Bryars and Nico Muhly - Tickets £25
Sunday 19th
4.30pm TALK Katy Hamilton, music researcher, writer and presenter, who has for the last few years written many of the NNMF programme notes will give an introduction to 'Das Lied von der Erde' - Tickets £3
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 6
Chargrilled lemon and thyme chicken breast, Mediterranean tabbouleh, feta and a mixed leaf salad
Tropical fruit pavlova served with coconut chantilly
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ with HILARY SUMMERS contralto JOSHUA ELLICOTT tenor TIM HORTON piano Schubert Piano Sonata in D D.850 and Das Lied von der Erde in Mahler’s own version with piano - Tickets £22
Monday 20th
4.30pm HILARY SUMMERS contralto ANDREW WEST piano Pleasures on a Summer Afternoon
Hilary Summers and Andrew West have created a most original programme in which they explore addictions and sensuous pleasures – of all kinds! Songs by ROGER QUILTER, PURCELL, FINZI a wry look at PUCCINI’s heroines (from a contralto’s point of view!), Leonard BERNSTEIN (whose centenary it is this year) and a tour-de-force in which Hilary will tackle all the roles from Die Zauberflote by MOZART. Songs by DEBUSSY and MAHLER complete this most varied and original recital - Tickets £16
6pm Friends of NNMF summer party (Free for Friends of NNMF)
Tuesday 21st
4.30pm ALASDAIR BEATSON piano Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.33, Schumann Kinderszenen Op.15, Bartok – five pieces from Mikrokosmos, Fauré Nocturne No.9 in B minor Op.97, Satie Embryons Desséchés - Tickets £16
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 7
Cold poached salmon caesar salad with gem lettuce and sourdough croutons
Creake Abbey dark chocolate and salted caramel fudge brownie served with clotted cream
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm GOULD PIANO TRIO Haydn Piano Trio in A flat, Hob.XV:14, Schoenberg Verklärte nacht (transcribed for piano trio), Brahms Piano Trio in B Op.8 - Tickets £20
Wednesday 22nd
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 8
Thai style roast beef and noodle salad served with Asian slaw and a soy dressing
Classic summer berry Eton mess
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm TIM HORTON and ALASDAIR BEATSON piano – Mozart Sonata for two pianos in D K.448, Debussy En blanc et noir, Schumann (arr. Debussy) 6 Studien in kanonischer Form Op.56 and Rachmaninov Suite No.2 Op.17 - Tickets £20
Thursday 23rd
4.30pm FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET return to NNMF, and will be joined by TIMOTHY END piano - Tchaikovsky A selection from the Nutcracker Suite, Guillermo Lago's The Wordsworth Poems, Simon Rowland-Jones Close Shave, Reinhart Quartet, Shostakovich Jazz Suite and Iturralde Memorias - Tickets £16
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 9
Smoked Norfolk dapple cheese, mixed pepper and spring onion frittata served with an Israeli couscous salad
Raspberry creme brulee served with lemon and thyme shortbread
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm DORIC STRING QUARTET Purcell Five Fantasies, Britten String Quartet No.1 in D Op.25, Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Op.130 with Grosse Fuge - Tickets £25
Friday 24th
5.45pm FESTIVAL SUPPER 10
Cromer Crab, Norfolk dapple cheese and tarragon tart served with celeriac remoulade and a sun blushed tomato mayonnaise
Rosewater panna cotta, poached rhubarb and pistachios
£23 (includes mineral water, bread and olives, tea or coffee)
7pm DORIC STRING QUARTET with ALASDAIR BEATSON piano – Thomas Adès Piano Quintet, Haydn String Quartet in G Op.33 No.5 and Korngold Piano Quintet - Tickets £25
