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| Subject: Hampstead and Highgate Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:30 pm | |
| Hampstead and Highgate
The 2007 Hampstead and Highgate Festival (9-19 May, London UK) promises a dazzling array of world-class classical artists together with exciting soloists from the younger generation and a wide variety of arts and community events taking place in and around two of North London's most popular and picturesque village centres. The Festival also celebrates two important composer anniversaries - those of Hugh Wood (75th birthday) and Paul Patterson (60th birthday).The artist roster includes John Lill, the Wihan Quartet from the Czech Republic and pianist Imogen Cooper. Soprano Elizabeth Watts, winner of this year's Kathleen Ferrier Prize, joins Hungarian violinist Tamás András and the Festival Orchestra for the final concert. Other artists appearing include violinist Madeleine Mitchell accompanied by Andrew Ball, a chamber group comprising clarinettist Catriona Scott, violinist Katharine Gowers, cellist Gemma Rosefield and pianist Gretel Dowdeswell in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, and oboe and harpsichord team Althea Ifeka and Katharine May.Highgate Choral Society and the New London Orchestra under Ronald Corp perform Haydn and Patterson, while the Hampstead and Highgate Festival Orchestra under artistic director George Vass open and close the festival with programmes including three works by living composers: a specially commissioned Divertimento for string orchestra by Hugh Wood, Cecilia McDowall's deeply moving Ave maris stella and Paul Patterson's striking Violin Concerto.On the lighter side, Kit and the Widow appear in cabaret at Lauderdale House. A Focus on Youth concert features choirs from four Highgate Primary schools at which the winning pieces in the Hampstead and Highgate Festival's own nationwide Competition for Young Composers will be performed professionally. Cleveland Watkiss, the brilliant young jazz singer, writer, actor and poet will workshop and perform together with students from WAC Performing Arts and Media College based at Hampstead Town Hall.Added to this is a particularly wide and varied literary element with Authors in Conversation events hosted by Piers Plowright, an evening celebrating W H Auden's centenary together with poetry events, jazz, neighbourhood walks, events on Hampstead Heath and children's concerts.
Information: www.hamandhighfest.co.uk
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