The 2012 programme will be as follows:

Wednesday 18th April at 7.15 p.m.
New Guesten Hall, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings

A Delius evening featuring Ken Russell's film 'Song of Summer'
about Delius's last years with his amanuensis Eric Fenby
and a recital by the Alexander Sitkovetsky Duo to include sonatas by Delius and Cesar Franck
Tickets £17.50 (concessions £16.50)

Maureen Pryor as Mrs Delius and Max Adrian as Delius

Alexander Sitkovetsky

Friday 27th April 7.45 p.m. Artrix
'Upstairs and Downstairs'
A musical entertainment devised and directed by Gabrielle Byam-Grounds
Celebrity narrators from the Royal Shakespeare Company
and The English Serenata
A lively musical flirtation in 'my lady’s chamber'
Two bloody executions
Jeeves at a classical concert in the Queen’s Hall
Bertie Wooster singing 'Oh by Jingo'
Irish dancers on the Titanic
Lady Catherine de Bourgh recommending piano practice
The West Indian violin virtuoso who fell out with Beethoven over a woman
‘Sublime’ Mozart, thrown down the palace stairs for insubordination.
Telemann, Mozart, Tudor Song, Bach, Beethoven, Swing and Jazz
Tickets £20 (concessions £19)

Gabrielle Byam Grounds

Saturday 7th May 7.15 p.m. Artrix
'In the Bleak Midwinter'
Tony Palmer's new film about the composer Gustav Holst
Tony Palmer will be present to give a short talk about the film
Tickets £8

Gustav Holst

Tony Palmer

Saturday 5th May 7.45 p.m. Artrix
Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, director John Ruddick
with vocalists Katy Gaskin and Tom Sharp
Tickets £17.50 (concessions £16.50)

Wednesday 9th May 7.45 p.m. Grafton Manor Chapel
(Grafton Manor Gardens open at 6.45 p.m.)
The Chilingirian Quartet with Amy Dickson (saxophone)

Quartet in D op 6 no 5 – Haydn
Interlude – Finzi
Cantilena – Turnage
Quartet in F minor – Ravel

Tickets £20 (concessions £19)

Amy Dickson

Levon Chilingirian

Friday 11th May 7.45 p.m. Artrix
Sir Roy Strong
former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum
will give an illustrated talk on
'Twentieth Century Coronations'
Their evolution from Edward VII to Elizabeth II
Tickets £15 (concessions £14)

Saturday 12th May 7.45 Artrix
Orchestral Concert
with the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunt
The Elgar Chorale
Soloist – Tom Poulson (trumpet)

A London Overture – Ireland
Rhapsody: A Shropshire Lad – Butterworth
Trumpet Concerto – Hummel
Ode to Music: Blest Pair of Sirens – Parry
Nursery Suite – Elgar
Te Deum Prelude for trumpet and orchestra – Charpentier
Coronation Anthem: Zadoc the Priest – Handel
Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre – Walton
The National Anthem – arr. Britten

Tickets £20 (concessions £19)

Donald Hunt

Tom Poulson