PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
EVENT ONE
CHLOË HANSLIP: A MASTERCLASS
(in partnership with Future Talent and Queenswood School)
Friday 12 June, 10.00am - 12.30pm
In collaboration with Future Talent, who support gifted young musicians from low income backgrounds, distinguished international violinist Chloë Hanslip gives a masterclass for violin/viola players.
Queenswood School Chapel, Shepherd's Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield AL9 6N
TICKETED BUT FREE EVENT
EVENT TWO
HERTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Friday, 12 June, 3.00pm – c.4.00pm
Composer, pianist and animateur Adam Saunders leads an uplifting performance by children from Hertford primary schools, accompanied by Hertford’s own jazz star Chris Eldred, with his trio.
Early Booking Advised.
All Saints’ Church, Queens Road, Hertford SG13 8AY
FREE EVENT - donations welcome
EVENT THREE
ALBION STRING QUARTET
Friday 12 June, 7.30pm – 9.00pm
“The playing, by the excellent Albion, is masterly in its vividness, freedom and sensitivity” David Cairns, Sunday Times
Beethoven’s youthfully brilliant quartet opens a concert which includes Featured Living Composer Judith Weir’s fascinating quartet from 1990 and one of William Walton’s most vibrant and exciting works.
St. Andrew's Church, St Andrew Street, Hertford SG14 1HS
Tickets: £21/£10
L v Beethoven
J Weir
W Walton
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18
String Quartet
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
EVENT FOUR
RELAXED REHEARSAL WITH HERTFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Saturday 13 June, 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Families with very young children, and people who may ordinarily not be able to observe the traditional ‘silence’ when attending live music events, are welcomed to watch and hear a professional orchestra at work. Noise may be made!
All Saints’ Church, Queens Road, Hertford SG13 8AY
FREE EVENT - no tickets required
Chloë Hanslip - violin
Tom Hammond - conductor
EVENT FIVE
TOMMY FOGGO, SUPERHERO
Saturday 13 June, 2.00pm – 3.30pm
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music, for children 7+ and their guardians, brought to you by award-winning composer Stephen Deazley, writer Martin Riley and ‘extraordinary cellist, virile baritone & compelling actor’ (Daily Telegraph), Matthew Sharp.
venue tbc
The Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Nertford SG14 1AL
Tickets £11/£5
Matthew Sharp - cello, voice
EVENT SIX
JUDITH WEIR IN CONVERSATION
Saturday 13 June, 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Master of the Queen’s Music and HFoM’s Featured Living Composer 2020, Judith Weir CBE talks to Artistic Directors James Francis Brown and Tom Hammond about her creative life, with opportunity for audience questions and participation.
Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA
FREE EVENT
EVENT SEVEN
HERTFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA WITH CHLOË HANSLIP & TOM HAMMOND
Saturday 13 June, 6.00pm - 7.30pm
An early evening performance of sunny and fascinating music, including one of Beethoven’s most popular works in celebration of his 250th year.
All Saints’ Church, Queens Road, Hertford SG13 8AY
Hertfordshire Festival Orchestra
Chloë Hanslip - violin
Tom Hammond - conductor
Tickets: £31/£21/£16
Concessions: £20/£15/£5
Béla Bartók
J Weir
F J Haydn
L v Beethoven
Romanian Folk Dances
I give you the end of a golden string
Symphony No. 99
Violin Concerto in D maj, op. 61
EVENT EIGHT
ZRI - THE CELLAR SESSIONS
Saturday 13 June, 9.30pm - 10.45pm
With tunes from JS Bach to Taylor Swift, ZRI give their special Gypsy-Jazz-Klezmer treatment to music from Vienna’s Red Hedgehog tavern, that will make you want to leap to your feet and dance.
Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford SG14 1AL
Tickets £20/£10
EVENT NINE
1670 – THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE: 350TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN MUSIC
FONTANELLA RECORDER QUINTET
Sunday 14 June, 2.00pm - 3.30pm
As a celebration of the 350th anniversary of the creation of Hertford Friends' Meeting House in 1670, Fontanella present a charming programme of consort music on their magnificent collection of renaissance and baroque recorders.
The programme includes settings of popular English folk tunes of the day (including Greensleeves to a Ground), as well as some of the greatest art music calling on nature and birdsong by Purcell, Couperin, Williams and Van Eyck.
Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA
Tickets £21
EVENT TEN
DEMENTIA PROJECT
Monday 15 June, 1.00pm - c.2.00pm
EVENT ELEVEN
SOUNDBITES: FLORIAN MITREA IN RECITAL
Wednesday 17 June, 12.00pm - c. 1.00pm
Hertfordshire pianist Florian Mitrea makes a welcome return to the Festival this year in a programme that balances Mozart’s charm with Schubert’s restless masterpiece by way of a world premiere by Alan Mills.
All Saints’ Church, Queens Road, Hertford SG13 8AY
FREE EVENT - Lunch available at venue
W A Mozart
W A Mozart
A Mills
F Schubert
Sonata in C maj KV 309
Fantasy in D min KV 397 and Rondo in D maj KV 485
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Wanderer-Fantasy in C maj
EVENT TWELVE
FLORIAN MITREA IN RECITAL
Wednesday 17 June, 8.00pm – c.9.15pm
With two titans of the piano repertoire by Beethoven and Liszt, Florian Mitrea’s second appearance at HFoM 2020 includes a repeat performance of a new work by Alan Mills alongside these ever-popular short works by Debussy.
Peter Morrison Hall, Benslow Music Trust, Ibberson Way,
Hitchin SG4 9RB
Tickets £15/£35 (with pre-concert dining), free for under 27's
Contact Benslow Box Office for this event
L v Beethoven
C Debussy
A Mills
F Liszt
EVENT THIRTEEN
CHLOË HANSLIP AND DANNY DRIVER IN RECITAL
Thursday 18 June, 7.30am -9.00pm
In her final appearance at HFoM 2020, Principal Artist Chloë Hanslip (“…wholly infectious conviction, spontaneity and panache… superbly accomplished performances…” Gramophone) is joined by pianist Danny Driver to perform Beethoven and music by HFoM Artistic Director James Francis Brown and Judith Weir CBE.
Queenswood School Chapel, Shepherd's Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield AL9 6N
Concert Tickets £26/£10
Chloë Hanslip - violin
Danny Driver - piano
J F Brown
L v Beethoven
J Weir
L v Beethoven
The Hart's Grace
Sonata in G major, op. 96
Music for 247 Strings
Violin Sonata No 9 op. 47 Kreutzer
EVENT FOURTEEN
FESTIVAL FINALE: MUSIC FOR WIND ENSEMBLE
Saturday 20 June, 10.15pm – 11.15pm
Professors and students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in association with
Ensemble DeNote
Dangnall Street Baptist Church, 1 Cross Street, St Albans AL3 5EE
Tickets £21/£10