Highlights ahead at Thaxted Festival 2017 (Friday 23 June to Sunday 16 July)
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19 February
The (accreting) #UCFF choice of highlights ahead at Thaxted Festival 2017 - Four Friday-to-Sunday weekends (from Friday 23 June to Sunday 16 July)
No, it is not primarily an excuse to provide links to reviews from performances at previous Thaxted Festivals (though they will duly appear below), but part of the blog's wish to celebrate very rewarding opportunities to hear live music in quality venues, in and around Cambridgeshire...
Weekend 1 (23 to 25 June) :
Saturday 24 June at 7.00 p.m.
Noticing Prokofiev Sonata No. 6, Op. 82, on the programme (plus Brahms Opus 117 Intermezzi) has already sold John Lill at @ThaxtedFestival !— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2017
Saturday 24 June at 7.00 p.m. is going on the calendar, and reminds of another titanic recital - the Liszt B Minor and a major Schubert... ? https://t.co/blnuaSDczx— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2017
Now Playing Sergei Prokofiev, Boris Berman - Piano Sonata no.5 in C major, Op.135 ... #sergeiprokofiev, #borisberman https://t.co/TikuNwpjsM— BBC Radio3 Music Bot (@BBCR3MusicBot) June 14, 2017
Good to hear it again !— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 14, 2017
John Lill pays Sonata No. 6, at @ThaxtedFestival, in a full programme on Saturday 24 Junehttps://t.co/eRsNP15Xaq https://t.co/lQymmJUSjO
A review, by Tweet and in other text, of John Lill's recital at Thaxted Festival, on Saturday 24 June 2017 at 7.00 p.m., is now accreting here...
Sunday 25 June at 7.30 p.m.
Plus, at 7.30 p.m. the next day (Sunday 25 June), @escherquartet play - as well as 'Death and the Maiden' - Debussy and Haydn Opus 6, No. 6. https://t.co/blnuaSDczx— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2017
Weekend 2 (30 June to 2 July) :
Sunday 2 July at 7.30 p.m.
Really must make it there, some time...— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 23, 2017
Possible other that Sunday is @LHandelPlayers at @ThaxtedFestival...
Links to :— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 23, 2017
* That concert - https://t.co/KBlNbi7Rtx
* That weekend - https://t.co/pUBeFt0EOE
* Other highlights - https://t.co/eRsNP15Xaq
Weekend 3 (7 to 9 July) :
Friday 7 July at 8.00 p.m.
It's only @CMartinjazz for #UCFF (*not* Clare T.), so the attraction of weekend 3 of @ThaxtedFestival is The Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) April 28, 2017
More to come, but meanwhile Report from Thaxted Festival : The Gould Piano Trio on fine form [reviewing recital on 26 June 2015]...
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
