Fleur Barron & Nicholas Mulroy Star in the 2024 Ryedale Festival
By Afton Wooten(Photo credit: Victoria Cadisch)
The Ryedale Festival has announced its programming for the 2024 season.
This article features classical vocal works only.
Mezzo-soprano Victoria Simmonds, the RSMF Ryedale Primary Choir, Ryedale Voices, Harmonia, The RyeLarks, and the Kirkbymoorside Town Junior Brass Band present the first “Community Song Cycle” by John Barber and Hazel Gould. The concert also features storyteller Rosie Barrett. Caius Lee conducts the pre-festival event.
Performance Date: June 8, 2024
As part of her festival residency, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron performs with pianist Christopher Glynn and cellist Bruno Philippe. The trio will give the UK premiere of “Kian Ravaei” by Gulistan.
Performance Date: July 13, 2024
BBC New Generation Artists tenor Nicholas Mulroy and accordion player Ryan Corbett present “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” The concert features works by Gardel, Fauré, Schubert, Piazzolla, Bach, Lennon, and McCartney.
Performance Date: July 14, 2024
Fleur Barron conducts a masterclass for young performers.
Performance Date: July 15, 2024
Barron and pianist Julius Drake join Hibiki Ichikawa on the shamisen, and actor/dancer Suleiman Suleiman in a meditation featuring the narratives of the 1818 Kabuki play, “Yasuna.” Also on the program is Schubert’s “Winterreise,” and the world premiere of “Spring Snow.”
Performance Date: July 16, 2024
Nigel Short conducts Tenebrae in “A Prayer for Deliverance.”
Performance Date: July 17, 2024
Katy Hamilton talks to Nigel Short about Herbert Howells’ “Requiem.”
Performance Date: July 17, 2024
Tenebrae presents “Come and Sing Fauré’s “Requiem.” Nigel Short conducts.
Performance Date: July 18, 2024
Soprano Caroline Blair, baritone Thomas Butler, pianist Christopher Glynn, along with horn player Felix Klieser, and violinist Stella Chen present Brahms’ “Forest Solitude.”
Performance Date: July 19, 2024
The Papagena ensemble performs a concert of old English folk tunes to Imogen Heap and Monteverdi to Sandy Denny.
Performance Date: July 21, 2024
The Marian Consort gives the work premiere of a new work by Sarah Frances Jenkins. The program is completed with works by Weelkes, Laurence Osborn, and Dowland.
Performance Date: July 24, 2024
“My music – an afternoon with Dame Sheila Hancock” features soprano Caroline Blair, the Carducci Quartet, and interviewer Katy Hamilton.
Performance Date: July 25, 2024
The Marian Consort presents “In Sorrow’s Footsteps.” The program includes Allegri’s “Miserere,” and James MacMillan”Miserere,” with works by Vicente Lusitano, Palestrina, and Victoria.
Performance Date: July 25, 2024
Rev. Canon Dr. Vicky Johnson talks about her new book “One Voice,”with Caroline Blair and Thomas Butler. The talk will be followed by a book signing, with copies available for purchase.
Performance Date: July 27, 2024
The Orchestra of Opera North gives the “Final Gala Concert.”
Performance Date: July 28, 2024
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