2012 Brochure - Calne Music and Arts Festival

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alne Music & Arts Festival 2012
Saturday 6th October
03 - A Harvest Of Cherished Things
9.30am - 5.00pm - Calne Baptist Church
Admission Free
A Harvest Of Cherished Things is an exciting collaboration
between Calne Artists and the congregation of Calne Baptist
Church; an art installation of found objects of significance to
members of both organisations - with explanations why!
04 - Organ Recital: The Iron Voice
12.15pm - St Mary’s Church
Admission £3 (Friends Free)
Gareth Bennett has been playing the organ since he was five
years old and has held positions at many parish churches.
His recital will be a tour of St Mary’s famous four-manual
Conacher organ with music from Bach to the present day.
05 - Afternoon Talk: Master of Glass
2.00pm - St Peter’s Church, Blackland
Admission Free, with refreshments afterwards.
Mac McHugh from Great Panes, Chippenham, discusses the
work of Charles Kempe (1837-1907) whose windows can still
be seen in many Parish Churches across the country and in
Gloucester and York Cathedrals.
06 - Calne Choral Society
7.30pm - The John Bentley School Hall
Admission £10 (£8 Friends)
Calne Choral perform works from the 19th & 20th century
which truly represent the great British choral society
tradition. Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise is partnered with
the wonderful Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams. The
Serenade, not heard in Calne since 1982, is rarely performed
by local choirs due to its full and rich scoring. The choir has
a growing reputation for joyous and lively performances
which will guarantee excitement and bring a real sense of
occasion to this major Festival event.
07 - Boogie and Blues
8.00pm - Marden House
Admission £8 (£6 Friends)
A lively and entertaining evening of piano and singing from
Julian “Fingers” Phillips and entourage of the UK Boogie
Woogie Club. Originating from Texas, with its fast rolling
bass, Boogie Woogie gives the music an undercurrent of
tremendous power. Power piano playing at its best! In this
concert, two pianos will really rock. Julian Phillips is one
of the leading champions of this type of music, and is well
known throughout the south of England.
Sponsored by: Rupert Bolt Electrical Contractors
www.cmaf.org.uk
Sunday 7th October
08 - Festival Service
10.45am - Calne Baptist Church, Castle Street
The theme of this service will be ‘A Harvest of…’ thanking
God for our memories, gifts and talents and concluding
with communion. It will be attended by the Mayor and
Councillors. All are welcome.
The service will relate to the Art Installation, 6th Oct, ‘A
Harvest of cherished things’ (Event 3).
09 - Film: ‘The Priest of Love’
Director Christopher Miles
3.00pm - Marden House
Admission £8 (£6 Friends)
Introduced by Christopher
Miles, the feature film on
the life of D.H.Lawrence
who eloped to Italy with Mrs
Frieda Weekley exactly 100
years ago. From this moment,
the film demonstrates the
extraordinary lives this brave
writer and remarkable woman
shared together. Filmed in the
locations where the Lawrence’s
lived; Mexico, Italy, France,
Cornwall and Nottingham.
Please note this is a Cert 15 film.
Starring Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope
Keith, John Gielgud. Screenplay: Alan Plater - from the
biography ‘Priest of Love’ by Harry T. Moore. Producers:
Christopher Miles & Andrew Donally. Director Christopher
Miles
10 - The Lindsay Howard Academy of
Dance
4.00pm - The John Bentley School Hall
Admission £4 (£2 Friends)
Tea will be served during the interval
A number of students from The Lindsay Howard Academy of
Dance will have attended a Summer School with the theme
‘Dancing Around The World’. The Summer School will result
in a mini show featuring several different dance styles to be
performed alongside a showcase of all Calne Class Students
and Academy Teams. If you would like more information on
any of the classes, please contact LHAD on 01225 790200,
lhad@hotmail.com