I FORD FEST IVAL 20156 June – 8 August 2015www.ifordarts.org.uk

“ Pure Magic, as though each performance is being enacted entirely for your personal benefit” RUPERT CHR IST IANSEN, THE TE LEGR APH

For information on how to book, see page 17, visit ifordarts.org.uk or call the Box Office (Theatre Royal Bath) on 01225 448 844

Performance Diary

Un Ballo in Maschera

Sat 6 JuneTues 9 JuneFri 12 JuneSat 13 June

Tues 16 JuneFri 19 JuneSat 20 June

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Orpheus in the Underworld

Sat 27 JuneWed 1 JulyFri 3 JulySat 4 July

Tues 7 JulyWed 8 JulyFri 10 July

p.07 AgrippinaSat 25 July

Wed 29 JulyFri 31 July

Sat 1 AugustTues 4 AugustWed 5 August

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P R O M SMidsummer Jazz

Sat 11 July

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The Peto PromSat 18 July

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If you haven’t visited Iford now is the time to organise it. It’s about six miles south east of Bath at BA15 2BA. People come from all over the world to be captivated by the famous Peto garden, and some very lucky ones get to be there on a summer evening.

The Iford Festival is all about the secret setting and the otherworldly atmosphere of the Peto garden at Iford Manor and its enchanting buildings. With its recreated rose garden and the breathtaking newly planted long border, it’s particularly magical in the slanting light of a summer evening. Bring a picnic and, maybe, some friends and share the jewel-like experience of a concert, or our core activity: one or more of three unique, site specific new opera productions in-the-round in the intimate Italianate cloister. Or if you fancy something less highbrow come here for a party. Spread yourselves on the lawns at one of our three Proms, and visit informal performances of jazz, swing and fusion music alternating at either end of the garden.

You will enjoy our welcoming and informal atmosphere, which combined with national and international musicians of the very highest calibre in every genre, creates a magical experience. Artists love performing at Iford, and their shows, together with the sheer beauty of the venue will probably blow your mind. You may become addicted. People do.

Read on! We look forward to welcoming you.

J U D Y E G L I N G T O NCreative Director, Iford Arts

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CHROMA: Folk Tales Sun 14 June

Iford Young Artist ConcertSun 7 June

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“ the most enchanting of summer festivals, Iford Arts” — Anna Picard, The Independent

In this captivating setting, opera performances in English are staged in-the-round for an audience of 90 in the miniature Italianate cloister.

Popular and informal free flowing promenades, together with seated cloister concerts, complete the festival programme. All events offer a chance to relax over a pre-show picnic, whilst enjoying the peaceful tranquility of the Peto garden as the river Frome gently meanders through the Iford valley.

Visit ifordarts.org.uk for information about 3-to-Tea and other amateur performances, free with garden entry.

AT I F O R D M A N O RThe internationally renowned Iford Arts Festival takes place in the exquisite Peto garden of Iford Manor, near Bath in the South West of England. The award-winning garden and its intimate and unique performance spaces combine to create a magical experience.

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UN BAL LO IN M ASCHER AThe Masked Ball

Giuseppe Verdi

ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLDOrphée aux Enfers

Jacques OffenbachOriginal libretto by Eugène Scribe adapted by Antonio Somma

Sung in English in translation by Graham Billing

Orchestration by Francis Griffin Conductor: Oliver Gooch

Director/Designer: Timothy Nelson

Original libretto by Ludovic Halévy, revised by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux

Sung in EnglishEnglish version by Jeff Clarke

Orchestra of Opera della Luna Conductor: Toby Purser

Director: Jeff Clarke

Designer: Nigel Howard

CHROMA Chamber Ensemble June 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20

An ominous love triangle sits at the heart of this marvellous opera. Riccardo is a popular ‘people’s premier’; Amelia is helplessly in love with him; Renato is Riccardo’s loyal right-hand man – and also Amelia’s husband. We are in the intense world of power politics, swirling with compelling counter currents. As we follow the dramatic storyline from conspiracy to clairvoyance and from love to loathing, intriguing themes and secondary characters emerge before the final sensational Masked Ball scene.

Verdi’s music for Ballo in Maschera, with the incandescent love duet at its core, is beautiful beyond description, expressing profound emotion yet always tuneful. As relevant today as the day it was written, the opera is Shakespearian in its scope and, though ultimately tragic, is also somehow shot through with humour and pervaded by a mysterious aura of gaiety.

The talented young stage director Tim Nelson, an awardee in the Opera Europa International Directing Prize, makes his Iford debut, joining Iford’s renowned Music Director, Oliver Gooch and the ever-more-acclaimed CHROMA Ensemble.

T I C K E T S £113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)

Performances start at 7.30pm Garden opens at 6pm for picnics

June 27July 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10

“A profanation of holy and glorious antiquity. A desecration of the gods!” That’s how one outraged critic greeted the first performance of Orphée aux Enfers in 1858. But Offenbach and his librettists were not so much desecrating ancient Greece as their own bourgeois society. All Paris flocked to the tiny Bouffes-Parisiens to see it. Its waltzes and galops were played constantly from the Tuileries to the smallest taverns; the infantry even marched to its tunes. And of course the Galop Infernal or Cancan became one of the most famous dance tunes ever-written.

For the last in its operas comiques for Iford, Opera della Luna will assemble a company of multi-talented singers, comedians and dancers to stage Offenbach’s most celebrated work. Jeff Clarke’s new translation casts a satirical eye on our own society in much the same way that Offenbach’s original lambasted second Empire Paris.

T I C K E T S£113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)

Performances start at 7.30pmGarden opens at 6pm for picnics

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AGRIPP INAGeorge Frideric Handel

Libretto by Vincenzo Grimani

Sung in English in translation by Christopher Cowell

Conductor: Led from the Harpsichord by Christopher Bucknall

Director: Bruno Ravella

Designer: Kimm Kovac

Iford Baroque Period Orchestra

July 25, 29, 31 Aug 1, 4, 5

The setting is Rome around 43 AD – or maybe any seat of despotic power – where the prizes are huge and ripe for the picking. Agrippina is the mother of Nero. She believes that she can persuade her husband, the Emperor Claudius, to nominate Nero, his young stepson as his successor on the imperial throne. She will stop at nothing, including murder, to safeguard her son’s future reign. We lift the lid on life inside the Palace and take a sly look at Agrippina’s masterly manoeuvres as she works out how to do it. One of the best libretti Handel ever set, this is a wonderful comedy based on historical events. Cocking a snoop at establishment authority, Agrippina deftly satirises the vanities and greed of those who lust for dominance, revels in the power struggle between husband and wife; and in particular the machinations between Agrippina and her rival, the delicious sex kitten, Poppea. With an array of well-developed, famous and funny characters, it descends into something approaching bedroom farce in the climactic scene when Poppea conceals her three would-be lovers separately around her bedroom. The infectious music is typical of Handel’s Italian period: endlessly inventive and full of melting melody in an easy, relaxed style. A strong new creative team of Christopher Bucknall (his Iford debut), Bruno Ravella (whose Traviata all will remember) and designer Kimm Kovac (Ulysses in 2014) makes it imperative as Hugh Canning from The Sunday Times has famously recommended, to be there like a shot.

T I C K E T S £113 (Mon-Fri) £117 (Sat)

Performances start at 7.30pm Garden opens at 6pm for picnics

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G E T T H E B L E S S I N GFormed in the year 2000, Bristol-based four-piece Get The Blessing boast a truly international fan base and the last three years have seen them take their cellophane masks half way round the world and back. Made up of Portishead rhythm masters Jim Barr and Clive Deamer, on bass and drums respectively, Pete Judge on trumpet and Jake McMurchie on saxophone, 2014 saw the much-anticipated release and tour of their new album Lope & Antilope. Get The Blessing have forged a unique signature sound that defies easy classification, yet never loses sight of thumping tunes, monstrously infectious beats, or joyous collective spontaneity. Prepare to be teased, beguiled, soothed, spooked, jolted and ultimately uplifted.

this outfit will surely recharge the jazz world” BBC Music

GTB harness rock and jazz with uncompromising power” Time Out

cool…stylish…irresistible” The Telegraph

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Casita

T H E O R I G I N A L R A B B I T F O O T S PA S M B A N DA lively evening’s entertainment with The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, a seven piece Jump Blues and vintage Jazz band who’ve delighted audiences in venues as diverse as Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott’s. Led by irrepressible singer/pianist Stuart Macbeth they’ll be celebrating musical heroes including Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Sidney Bechet and Billie Holiday alongside their own brand of upbeat, “Jump Steady” Jazz. The band were formed as a real “spasm” band in 2006, paying homage to the likes of Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey (from whose Rabbit Foot Minstrels they take their name) and have now swelled to a dynamic seven piece which also includes Martin Martello (trumpet and trombone), Red Wilkins (clarinet and tenor sax), Chuck Lloyd (alto and baritone sax) and Carlo Matassa (guitar) alongside a rhythm section of Buzz Booker (bass) and “Skippy” Gannon on drums.

Probably the most exciting live band on the circuit today” The Oxford Times

This band is so good for you they should be prescribed on the NHS” BBC Oxford

The authentic sound of New Orleans. Possibly during a hurricane” Nightshift

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Casita

T H E C L A R E T E A L B A N D W I T H J A S O N R E B E L L OHeadlining this year’s Peto Prom we are thrilled to have Clare Teal and jazz pianist, Jason Rebello in the Casita at Iford.

In a new show our very own Queen of Swing celebrates more of the music of her heroines, the leading lights of the jazz and big band world, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Doris Day and many of their illustrious contemporaries.

Celebrated British jazz pianist Jason Rebello has joined forces with the multi-award winning singer and BBC Radio 2 broadcaster and together they demonstrate the influence these characters have had on their musical careers.

Known for her knowledge and love of the Great American Songbook and more recently The Great British Songbook, with wit and warmth, Clare tells outrageous anecdotes of their extraordinary lives and points to the future of Diva-dom with a few relevant originals and more modern day covers.

A not to be missed evening of Feel Good music, inspired by the greats and played by the best.

In terms of sheer ability and potential, Jason is probably the finest young jazz musician this country has produced. His playing has great poise and maturity, which is unusual in somebody so young.” Stuart Nicholson, author Jazz: The Modern Resurgence

Clare has a timeless sound to her voice and classic touch and sound to her own songwriting. Now how modern is that? Music to melt to I’d say.” Jamie Cullum

The new first lady of Jazz” Independent

clareteal.co.uk jasonrebello.co.uk

MIDSUM MER JA Z Z Saturday 11 July 2015

Tickets £34Picnics and music from 6pm

THE PE TO PROM Saturday 18 July 2015

Tickets £34Picnics and music from 6pm Cocktails and live music in the Cloister bar

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Music, entertainment and cocktails in the beautiful Italianate cloister add a new element to our middle prom this year. Come and join us for surprise musical guests and Iford summer inspired cocktails. Bring friends and a picnic for what’s going to be the party of the summer!

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Tickets £34Picnics and music from 6pm

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C A B L E S T R E E T C O L L E C T I V ECable Street Collective combine catchy tunes with dance-inspired beats that’ll make you dance your socks off. Their music mixes African influences (two of the group grew up in Swaziland and Malawi) with UK funky house and a whole host of other sounds from in and around their home bases in East London and Brixton.

They’ve just released their debut EP, The Best of Times and enjoyed airtime on XFM. They've also played at a series of high profile festivals including Bestival, the Isle of Wight Festival, Secret Garden Party and Boomtown Fair.

Their music is guaranteed to bring the sunshine, whatever the weather.” XFM’s new music guru John Kennedy

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Cloister

L U C I N D A B E L L EWe are pleased to announce the return of Lucinda Belle to the Cloister. It’s been an incredible journey for the London-based artist, from falling in love with the harp aged six to a school music scholarship and becoming the first harpist in the National Children’s Orchestra. She’s also done stints performing at hotels, she became a session harpist and backing singer in-demand for stars including Rufus Wainwright, Annie Lennox and Robbie Williams. All this led to a £1m record deal in 2010 with Universal and a spot on the Radio 2 playlist with the Lucinda Belle Orchestra’s acclaimed album My Harp & 45 Strings. It’s all been essential in leading to where Lucinda is today.

A sultry tone, seducing the audience with a gently brazen charm” The Times

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CHROM A: FOLK TALES Sunday 14 June 2015

Tickets £307.30pm picnics from 6pm

David Le Page (violin), Clare O'Connell (cello), Ian Watson (accordion)

CloisterA journey through Transylvania through the ears of Kodály, Bartók and Brahms. Folk Tales was inspired by William Blacker’s mesmerising book Along the Enchanted Way which describes his journey into the depths of Romania. Here he encountered the people of the Maramures,

a village of Transylvanian Saxons and a family of gypsies, the father of whom was a Hungarian named Attila…

Violin, cello and accordion combine to play works inspired by the indigenous music of Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Performed with exhilarating virtuosity and a gutsy, soulful sound, Folk Tales interlaces folk tunes with stories from Transylvania taken from William Blacker’s book; transporting the audience with

words and music to a place where the Middle Ages integrate with the modern world.

superb, stylish playing from CHROMA” Opera Today

the ever-admirable CHROMA” The Observer

CHROMA played excellently, injecting life and rhythmic vitality, along with a masterful sense of ensemble” Bachtrack

Although our core activity at Iford Arts is the creation of new opera productions to be performed in the cloister, we are equally committed to our programme of community education projects. Iford Arts receives no public subsidy and we rely on the vital contributions made by private individuals, companies and volunteers. We have varying levels of private patronage and corporate sponsorship each allowing priority booking and a range of privileges.

B E C O M E A N I F O R D S U P P O R T E RBecome a Friend for an annual subscription of £80 and immediately receive priority booking for up to four people per performance. Patronage starts from £450 and benefits include early booking, an invite to the Patrons party at the Manor house, early entry into the gardens and special picnicking privileges.

B E C O M E A V O L U N T E E RAt Iford Arts we highly value our Volunteers. There are opportunities for stewarding, accommodating artists and musicians, catering, costumes, technical support or administration. Please contact Mary Anne Baxter on 01225 868124 or email maryannebaxter@ifordarts.org.uk

For more information and to join our mailing list please visit our website ifordarts.org.uk

We are proud to present our Young Artists in a concert of well-loved operatic arias and ensembles, curated and accompanied on piano by Oliver Gooch, Iford Arts Music Director. The performers, a clutch of starry young singers, are selected by audition from the exciting new generation of performers to join our Young Artists Scheme. The scheme, designed as a first-stage career move, gives the opportunity to take part in a new production as a member of the performing company, and to receive mentoring, coaching

and encouragement from more experienced artists. The popular Young Artists Concert, in the cloister at Iford, gives them the opportunity to step into the limelight, select from their repertoire of operatic favourites, and show us what they can do. One day you may say ‘I heard him first at Iford’...

The concert, lasting approximately 1 hour, will be performed twice, for two successive audiences with staggered start times offering you the chance to picnic before or after the performance.

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E D U C AT I O N O U T R E A C HIford Arts is committed to ongoing community education projects involving local school children in 2015.

I F O R D Y O U N G A R T I S T SFor further information about supporting an Iford Young Artist please visit ifordarts.org.uk or telephone 01225 868124

B U T T E R F L Y D AYFREE at Iford Manor orchard Sunday 5 July. Storytelling, face painting and butterfly walks.

I FORD YOUN G ART IS TS CO NCERTwith Oliver GoochSunday 7 June 2015

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We would love to hear from you.

Tickets £30Popular operatic arias and ensembles

6.15pm and 8.30pmGarden opens for picnics at 5.30pm (for both performances)

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BOOKING INFORMATION

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Thermae Bath Spa, Bath www.ThermaeBathSpa.com Tel: 0844 888 0844

Send your postal booking application NOW to secure the best seats available.all applications are dated and will be processed in order of receipt.

To secure the best available seats please return the tear-off booking form attached as soon as possible. Please note there is a booking fee of £2.50 for ALL transactions, whether made in person at the Theatre Royal Bath, by post, telephone or online for ALL payment types, regardless of how many tickets are booked. Should you wish your tickets posted out please include an SAE or £1.00 postage charge. We regret events are not suitable for children under 12.

Please ensure that cheques are payable to ‘Theatre Royal Bath Ltd.’ and Post to:BOX OFFICE, THEATRE ROYAL, SAWCLOSE, BATH BA1 1ET. Please note: for opera performances, ensure that you mark on the booking form your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of dates in case your first choice is unavailable. Please leave cheques open with a maximum limit, allowing us to amend your payment if your preferred choice is not available. Tickets will be issued from Monday 2 March.

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Book at the Theatre Royal Box Office or by TelephoneFROM MONDAY 2 MARCHAt the Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET, from 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, and12pm to 8pm on Bank Holidays. Theatre Royal Bath: 01225 448844

ONLINEFROM WEDNESDAY 4 MARCHPlease visit the ‘How to book’ pages at ifordarts.org.uk

ENJOY PRIORITY BOOKINGBECOME A FRIEND NOWFor a subscription of £80 you immediately receive priority booking for up to four people perperformance. For more information please contact the Iford Arts office, or visit the ‘Support’ pages at ifordarts.org.uk

EARLYBIRD BOOKINGFROM 16 FEBRUARYFor a fee of £20 you can enjoy Earlybird booking rights by returning your completed form to the Box Office by 16 February 2015. All applications are limited to four tickets per booking and will be processed in order of receipt from 16 February.

JOIN OUR MAIL ING L ISTFor more information about the work of Iford Arts, and all our events, please visit our ‘Mailing List’page at ifordarts.org.uk, email music@ifordarts.org.uk or telephone 01225 868124

REDUCED PRICE SEATSAdjacent to the orchestra there are a limited number of seats at reduced rates. Please contact the Box Office direct regarding availability.

PLEASE NOTEReservations will be held for a maximum of 4 days. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded through the Theatre Royal Bath. Theatre Royal Bath accepts no liability for the cancellation of any event in the Iford Festival.

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JuneSAT 6 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £117 SUN 7 IFORD YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT 6.15pm £30 SUN 7 IFORD YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT 8.30pm £30 TUE 9 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £113 FRI 12 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £113 SAT 13 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £117 SUN 14 CHROMA – FOLK TALES £30 TUE 16 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £113 FRI 19 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £113 SAT 20 UN BALLO IN MASCHER A £117 SAT 27 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £117

JulyWED 1 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £113 FRI 3 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £113 SAT 4 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £117 TUE 7 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £113 WED 8 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £113 FRI 10 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD £113 SAT 11 MIDSUMMER JAZZ PROM £34 SAT 18 THE PETO PROM £34 SAT 25 AGRIPPINA £117 WED 29 AGRIPPINA £113 FRI 31 AGRIPPINA £113

AugustSAT 1 AGRIPPINA £117 TUE 4 AGRIPPINA £113 WED 5 AGRIPPINA £113 SAT 8 ANOTHER WORLD PROM £34

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Adjacent to the orchestra there are a limited number of seats at the following rates: Un Ballo In Maschera, Orpheus in the Underworld £65 (Sat), £61 (Mon-Fri), Agrippina £94 (Sat), £90 (Sun-Fri). Please contact the Box Office direct regarding availability.

Fee for earlybird booking (£20) £

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5 star AA rated, this self-contained accommodation offers a large bedroom with balcony over-looking

ornamental gardens,an extensive open-plan reception room with fully-fitted kitchen and a power shower room. There is also a single bed for an extra guest and a double sofa bed for children, if required.

Dogs are welcome.Friary Coach House is offered on a self-catering basis, although we stock your fridge for the first

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THE KIRKER CHOPIN FESTIVAL IN MALLORCASIX NIGHT ESCORTED HOLIDAYS | 24 & 30 SEPTEMBER 2015

The works of Frédéric Chopin are still central to our Festival in Mallorca and for our third visit we have extended the programme to include Spanish and Latin American composers.

Based in the village of Banyalbufar, our holiday will introduce you to the glorious unspoilt north coast of Mallorca. We are delighted to welcome back three of the musicians who so impressed our clients at the first Festival in 2013 – pianist Melvyn Tan, organist Oliver Condy and Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski. This time they are joined by the young Spanish soprano Amaia Azcona Cildoz.

Price from £1,769 for six nights including flights, transfers, accommodation with breakfast, six dinners, two lunches, five concerts, a full programme of sightseeing and the services of Barry Cheeseman, the

Kirker Tour Leader.

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Speak to an expert or request a brochure:

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We offer an extensive range of holidays for music lovers. These include our own exclusive opera and chamber music festivals on land and at sea and tours to leading festivals in Europe.

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“ Iford is a gem” HUGH CANNING, THE SUNDAY T IMES