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The Friends of the Harrogate International Festival though their loyalty and continued financial support make an invaluable contribution to the growthof our year-round activities.

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To join the Friends, or for more information call Sian Adams at the Festival Office on 01423 562303 or email friends@harrogate-festival.org.uk

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Barbirolli Quartet 18 January

Nicola Benedetti 1 February

Freddy Kempf 22 February

Boris Giltburg 22 March

Simone Lamsma 5 April

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Subscriptions enable you to enjoy a 10% discount when you subscribe to all five concerts in the Series.

Individual Tickets are £15 and £13.50 for all concerts. £15 seats are situated in Blocks A and B in the Promenade Suite, and £13.50 seats are in Block C.

Payment Methods - Tickets can be purchased by cash, cheque or card payment. Please note there will be a 10% administration fee on all credit/debit card payments. Card payments can only be made by telephone or in person due to data protection laws.

Coffee and tea will be served during the interval and can be purchased for £1.20 at the various distribution points in the foyer.

Gift Vouchers - Why not treat a friend or relative? A subscription to the Sunday Series makes an ideal present. Series vouchers are available from the Box Office.

Discounts - All tickets are available at 30% discount to unemployed and students in full-time education. Appropriate identification must be shown.Subject to availability. Please note that this cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

Booking DatesFriends’ priority postal booking: from 28th NovemberFriends' telephone booking: from 1st DecemberGeneral booking: from 8th DecemberPlease note: in both the Friends’ priority and general postal booking periods, subscriptions will be allocated before individual tickets. There is a 10% booking fee for all credit and debit card transactions.

Postal BookingsBooking forms should be returned to:HISS Box Office,Harrogate International Centre,Kings Road, Harrogate HG1 5LA

Alternatively, booking forms can be faxed to 01423 537378. If you would like your tickets to be sent to you, please enclose 50p for postage or an SAE.

E-mail EnquiriesTicket reservations can be made by e-mail:box@harrogate-festival.org.uk

Ticket HotlineTelephone booking opens on: 8th DecemberBookings are taken from Monday - Saturday, 9.30am - 5.30pm on:0845 130 8840

Concert VenueThe Cairn Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2JD.Ample free parking is available to concert goers at the Hotel

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to the 2009 Harrogate International Sunday Series. Celebrating its 16th year, the Harrogate International Festival presents another distinguished season of classical Sunday morning coffee concerts. Returning to the Cairn Hotel for a 3rd year, we promise an elegant atmosphere to enjoy great music. Our 2009 Series welcomes rising stars and renowned musicians from across the globe. Join us in the attractive setting of the Cairn’s Promenade Suite to relax and hear some of the best classical music talent the world has to offer.

This season is framed by two stars of the 2008 Summer Music Festival, the Barbirolli Quartet and violinist Simone Lamsma. We welcome back Sunday Series favourite, Freddy Kempf, who fi rst delighted audiences here in 2003, and pianist Boris Giltburg, already identifi ed as one of ‘tomorrow’s greats’. We also feature the return to Harrogate of Nicola Benedetti, perhaps the most vibrant and exciting British young musician currently performing. We hope you will enjoy some of the most illustrious young performers in classical music.

welcome Sunday 1 February 11amNICOLA BENEDETTI violinKATYA APEKISHEVA piano

Nicola Benedetti shot to fame as the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 and has continued her meteoric rise ever since. Born in Scotland of Italian heritage, Nicola began violin lessons at the age of fi ve. In 1997, she entered the Yehudi Menuhin School, and now continues her studies in London. This year she was awarded the Classical BRIT Award for Young BritishClassical Performer, proof if proof were neededthat she is a star of the highest calibre.

The programme explores some of the darker works in the violin repertoire, including Ysaÿe’s virtuosic solo sonata based on the sombre ‘Dies Irae’ and Brahms’ intensely powerful Second Sonata. Prokofi ev’s Sonata in F minor was used at the composer’s funeral, andis a wonderfully gothic and lyrical piece. To lighten the mood the programme fi nishes with Ravel’s, Tzigane, a gypsy-inspired piece allowing Nicola’s unaffected charm and elegant style to shine.

“Benedetti has the gift of communication in spades: an ability to make the music seem larger than life by sheer eagerness of musical personality.” The Independent

Sunday 22 February 11amFREDDY KEMPF piano

Freddy Kempf is one of today’s most successful young artists, performing to sell-out audiences all over the world. He has built a unique reputation both as an explosive and physical performer not afraid to take risks as well as a serious, sensitive and profoundly musical artist. He was born in London in 1977 and began piano lessons at theage of four. He came to national prominence in1992 when he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition following a memorable performance of Rachmaninov’s Paganini Variations.

Freddy will be performing two of the greatest sonatas from Beethoven’s ‘middle period’; the heroic Waldstein, and Appassionata, the stormy, passionate work written as Beethoven came to terms with his deafness. Freddy’s superlative interpretation of Russian music brings to life Rachmaninov’s expressive Corelli Variations, and fi nally, the famous Chaconne in D minor bringsthe recital to a virtuosic fi nale.

“Kempf has the maturity and musicality with which to harness his gifts to artistic ends. He has the fearless exuberance of youth.” The Telegraph

Sunday 22 March 11amBORIS GILTBURG piano

Boris Giltburg is one of the rising stars of hisgeneration and at the age of 24 has already performed with such international names asZubin Mehta, Christoph von Dohnanyi and Vassily Petrenko. Boris began his piano studies with his mother at the age of fi ve in Moscow. He has lived in Tel Aviv since early childhood, where he continues his studieswith Arie Vardi. He has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, notably the Sony Audience Prize for his interpretationof Bartok’s Concerto No.3 with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Liszt’s Sonata in B minor is rightly regarded asone of the pinnacles of piano writing in the nineteenth century and the Intermezzi are among the best loved and most popular of Brahms’ late piano works, ranging from lullaby intimacy to characteristic fi eriness. Prokofi ev’s early piano sonata completes the programme from thisexciting and mesmerising performer.

“Sensitive and technically mature, this Russo-Israeli pianist has already been compared with the great Sviatoslav Richter.” BBC Music Magazine

Sunday 5 April 11amSIMONE LAMSMA violinYURIE MIURA piano

Since her debut as a soloist at the age of14, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma has electrifi ed the classical music world. A student of theacclaimed Yehudi Menuhin School and the youngest person to ever graduate from the Royal Academy of Music, she is rightly heralded as “the most exciting violinist ofthe youngest generation.”

Bach’s energetic Sonata combines contrapuntal textures with lyrical style, and we return once more to Prokofi ev for the charming Second Sonata in D, containing some of the Russian master’s most beautiful melodies.Saint-Saëns’ sensuous and passionate Sonata provides a triumphant fi nish to this year’s Sunday Series.

“Lamsma carried it all off with a big, confi dent sound, lovely intonation and stylistic nuance.”

Indianapolis Star

Alan RawsthorneString Quartet No.1,‘Theme and Variations’

BeethovenQuartet No.11 in F minor,Op. 95 ‘Serioso’

RavelQuartet in F

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 53‘Waldstein’

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 57‘Appassionata’

Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42

Bach/BusoniChaconne in D minor

Brahms Sonata No.2 in A, Op. 100

Ysaÿe Sonata No.5 in G,Op. 27

Prokofi ev Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op. 80

Ravel Tzigane

The 2008 Harrogate International Festival was one of the most successful in its 43-year history. Boasting performances by international musicians including Sir Neville Marriner, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Pinchas Zuckerman and Clare Teal, the Festival attracted enthusiastic audiences from across Yorkshire and the UK to experience the renovated Royal Hall, our historic home. We are already planning our prestigious international concerts for summer 2009. Visit our website for the latest news and details of early booking, www.harrogate-festival.org.uk.

Celebrating a record-breaking year, last year’s Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival saw sales of 7,000 tickets to events over the 4 day literary weekend.

Still fi rmly holding its position as Europe’s biggest and most prestigious crime writing event, the programme of bestselling authors for 2009 is in itsfi nal stages, with special guests such as Lee Child, Mark Billingham, and Val McDermid.

Join us from Thurs 23 July – Sun 26 July 2009Details on how to purchase tickets for individual events and weekend packages are available online at www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime or you can call the Festival offi ce on 01423 562303. Join the mailing list to make sure you receive your copy of the 2009 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival event guide.

CAIRN HOTEL The Cairn is a beautiful Victorian property having recently completed major refurbishment of the public areas, however still retaining the grandeur and elegance of the Victorian era.The hotel is situated only minutes walk from both the town and international conference centres

Sunday LunchFollowing each Harrogate International Festival Sunday Series, enjoy traditional Sunday luncheon here at the Cairn with main courses from only £7.95 per person. With fabulous surroundings, delicious cuisine and the most perfect ambience, avoid disappointment and book your tableas quickly as possible on: tel 01423 504005.

The Cairn Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2JDwww.strathmorehotels.com cairnevents@strathmorehotels.com

Strathmore Hotels Ltd, 116 Strathmore house, East Kilbride,Scotland G74 1LFRegistered in Scotland No. 128215

LisztSonata in B minor S.178

Brahms 3 intermezzi:Op. 117 No.2 in B fl at minor, Op. 118 No.2 in A,Op. 119 No.2 in E minor

Prokofi ev Sonata No.2 Op. 14

J.S.BachSonata No.4 in C minorBWV 1017

Prokofi evSonata No.2 in D Op. 94a

Saint-SaënsSonata No.1 in D minor Op. 75

Ticket Hotline: 0845 130 8840 Ticket Hotline: 0845 130 8840www.harrogate-festival.org.uk

Sunday 18 January 11amBARBIROLLI QUARTET

Formed in 2003 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Barbirolli Quartet brings together a wealth of experience, its members each having performed widely in their native countries of Canada, Wales, Australia and New Zealandbefore coming to England to continue their studies. The Quartet has recently been selected by the European Concert Halls Organisation for inclusion in their prestigious ‘Rising Stars’ series andthey will embark on an exciting internationaltour in 2009.

Beginning with British composer, Alan Rawsthorne, this early work for string quartet displays a range of emotions and characters through the variations. Beethoven’s tempestuous ‘Serioso’ Quartet is full of drama and fury, and provides a contrast to the delicate, evocative Quartet by Ravel.

“Forthright, full-blooded musicians, afraid of nothing.”The Times

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