Citylife in Lichfield June 2021

39th Lichfield Festival to
Take Place!
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Eleven days of ballet, cabaret, symphony orchestras, steel pans,
family fun, chamber music, live cooking, story-telling, drama,
laugh-out-loud comedy can only mean one thing – Lichfield
Festival is back! Taking place between 8th-18th July, the annual
event brings thousands of visitors to the beautiful cathedral city
and is a cornerstone in the region’s cultural calendar.
Headline performers include vocalists Mica Paris, Eddi Reader, Liza
Pulman, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, vocal group I Fagiolini,
impressionist turned pianist Alistair McGowan, Grimethorpe Colliery
Band, comedian Justin Moorhouse, Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda
Owen.
This year will see a range of diverse events include cabaret, flamenco,
steel pans, chamber music, live cooking, literary talks, family fun, comedy,
jazz and Young Artists series. There will also be music by Artists in
Residence Chloë Hanslip (violin), Danny Driver (piano), Jessica Walker
(writer/singer) and Joseph Atkins (composer/piano), as well as an Aspire!
Family Day outdoors.
Lichfield Festival 2021 runs from 8th-18th July. Tickets and details from
www.lichfieldfestival.org. Festival Box Office 01543 306271 (call-back
service).
Mica Paris
Win Tickets
to Chloë Hanslip & Danny
Driver Performance
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This year’s Artists in Residence, Chloë Hanslip and Danny
Driver, play the first of three duo concerts, each featuring a
major violin and piano sonata by Beethoven. The programme
also includes César Franck’s Sonata in A major, one of the finest
violin and piano works ever written.
Chloë Hanslip made her Proms debut at 14 and has performed at
major venues in the UK (Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe
(Musikverein, Paris Louvre, St Petersburg Hermitage), as well as the
Carnegie Hall, and Metropolitan Arts Space, Tokyo. She last played at the
Festival in 2016 as soloist in The Lark Ascending with BBCNOW.
Danny Driver is recognised internationally as an artist of
sophistication, insight and musical depth, with an enviably broad
repertoire encompassing works from Bach and Handel to Ligeti and
Adès. He was a Festival Artist in Residence in 2018, appearing with
BBCNOW as soloist in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2.
We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to this event, courtesy of The
Lichfield Festival, which is taking place on Sunday 11th July at 8pm at St
Michael’s Church. To be in with a chance of winning this prize, simply
send us your details and correctly answer the following question.
How old was Chloë Hanslip when she
made her Proms debut?
a) 13
b) 14
c) 15
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Metronomes Steel Orchestra
To enter, just send your name, contact details and answer to Festival
Competition at competitioncitylife@gmail.com or post your entry to
Citylife in Lichfield Ltd, PO Box 7126, Lichfield WS14 4JS by the closing
date of 23rd June 2021. One entry per household. Multiple entries will
be disqualified. No cash equivalent. Please note you must be 18 or over
to enter. All entrants’ information is processed in line with GDPR Data
Protection Regulations and our Privacy Policy (available at
citylifeinlichfieldltd.co.uk). Full t&cs on page 61.
Chloe Hanslip and Danny Driver