Fwd: Programme announced for "Fantasia on a British theme"

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Subject:	Programme announced for "Fantasia on a British theme"
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:37:17 +0000
From:	Whittington Music Festival Trust <mail@whittingtonmusicfestival.org.uk>
Reply-To:	Whittington Music Festival Trust <mail@whittingtonmusicfestival.org.uk>
To:	brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk

Now is the time to plan next May! View this email in your browser May 2018 - all-British Festival programme announced! Whittington's sixth International Chamber Music Festival runs from Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 May 2018. Making a change from our single-composer celebrations, this festival, "Fantasia on a British Theme", will feature the music of seventeen British composers. Elgar and Vaughan Williams will head the bill, together with a rich selection of works that should, and will soon, be much better known. There will also be half an hour of folk music to remind us where so much of our musical heritage comes from. You can find the full programme here, and soon it will feature on the appropriate page of the website as well.   Our musicians include again the celebrated Elias Quartet, as well as Principals of the London Symphony Orchestra and other international artists.   Tickets go on general sale from January 1, and for the first time you will be able to book individual seats online. About two-thirds of the seating will remain unreserved, best though to be booked in advance. Members of our Friends Scheme will have preferential priority booking during the whole of December, so if you aren't already a member, do join now! The Benefactors, Patrons and Friends of the Festival ("The Friends Scheme") make an enormously valuable contribution to the success of our concerts every year. Please join.   Finally may I introduce myself as the Festival's new chairman. I and two other new trustees have been appointed to take some weight off Lawrence's and Rosie's shoulders, and I look forward to seeing you in May.   The festival office contact details are unchanged.   Rob Greaves   Go to Festival Website If you want to experience again our amazing Beethoven in the Borders festival, the CD and the DVD are now available at £10 each. They will make a very good Christmas present! You can find out what's on each disc on the videos page of the website, where you can buy them online – or else ring 01691 657986. Copyright © 2017 Whittington Music Festival, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter as someone who has attended concerts or is believed to be generally interested in the annual programme devised by Whittington Music Festival (Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1168989). Our mailing address is: Whittington Music Festival 3 Top Street Whittington Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 4DR United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list