Week 2 of the Dartington Summer School

 Week 2

Opera and song dominate Week 2. All Sir Michael Tippett's song cycles, and some 

of Tippett's realisations of songs by Henry Purcell, are sung by the tenor Robert

Murray. There's a portrait concert of choral music by the French composer Betsy 

Jolas sung, alongside early French music, by Ex Cathedra. Jeffrey Skidmore also 

leads the Summer School Choir in an all-Bach programme and there's still more Bach

from the Brook Street Band, Carole Cerasi and Jill Kemp. In addition, we present

 a fully-staged production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in the Barn Theatre. Meanwhile,

two  pianists give recitals: Martino Tirimo, and Huw Watkins, who makes his Dartington

debut with a programme of Ravel, Schumann, Helen Grime and his own music. The City

Musick, too, makes its first Dartington appearance.

Sat 30
 7.45pm: Robert Murray & Huw Watkins, Great Hall

Sun 31
5.15pm: The Lives and Times of the Waits, Great Hall
7.45pm: Martino Tirimo, Great Hall
10.00pm: Brook Street Band, Great Hall

Mon 01
5.15pm: The Miraculous Circumstance Barn Theatre
7.45pm: Topping Tooters of the Town, Great Hall
10.00pm: Huw Watkins, Great Hall
10.00pm: Lewis Riley Quartet, Studio 30

Tue 02
11.00am: SHOWCASE CONCERT SERIES (FREE): Early Brass Ensemble*

- Elizabethan Market, Totnes Market Square

5.15pm: In Conversation With Betsy Jolas, Great Hall
7.45pm: Carole Cerasi, Great Hall
10.00pm: Jill Kemp & Jonathan Watts, Great Hall

Wed 03
7.45pm: Ex Cathedra, Great Hall
10.00pm: Dido and Aeneas, Barn Theatre
10.00pm: Keith Tippett & Julie Tippetts, Great Hall

Thu 04
1.10pm: SHOWCASE CONCERT SERIES (FREE): Early Music Ensemble*

- Bogan House, Totnes

5.15pm: Bach Today, Great Hall
7.45pm: Chamber Choir, Great Hall
10.00pm: Dido and Aeneas, Barn Theatre

Fri 05
5.15pm: Student Performance, Great Hall
7.45pm: Summer School Choir, Great Hall
10.00pm: Jazz, Studio 30

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