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CLASSICAL EVENTS:
Classical concerts are held at St James concert Hall, College Street, St Peter Port, except for those marked*
Wednesday 24 September, 8.00pm
The Northern Trust Opening Concert
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor
Romain Guyot, clarinet
Beethoven ‘Egmont’ overture
Mozart clarinet concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’
£20, £14, £6 RV
Students free
St James Concert Hall, St Peter Port
Thursday 25 September, 8.00pm
The Ogier Hugo Recital
Jonathan Lemalu, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
A programme of French and English songs including the premiere of songs specially commissioned from Guillaume Connesson
and based on Hugo’s poetry.
£18, £12, £4 RV
Students free
St James Concert Hall, St Peter Port
Friday 26 September, 8.00pm
The HSBC Chamber Concert
Psophos Quartet
Lisa Schatzman, violin
Bleuenn Le Maitre, violin
Cécile Grassi, viola
Eve-Marie Caravassilis, cello
With
Romain Guyot, clarinet
Richard Watkins, French horn
Jean Owen, bassoon
David Ayre, double bass
Bartok Quartet No 2
Schubert Octet in F D803
£15, £10, £4RV
Students free
St James Concert Hall, St Peter Port
Saturday 27 September, 8.00pm
The State Street Piano Recital
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Bach Partita No 2 in C minor
Schumann Humoresque
Bartok Bagatelles, Op 6
Beethoven piano sonata no 31 in A flat major, Op 110
£18, £12, £4RV
Students free
St James Concert Hall, St Peter Port
Sunday 28 September, 11.30am
Cooper Brouard Coffee Concert
Peter Cropper, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano
Moray Welsh, cello
Beethoven piano trio Op 1, No 2 in G
Beethoven piano trio Op 70, No 1 in
D minor, ‘Ghost’
£12, £8, £4RV
Students free
Free coffee/tea served from 10.30am
St James Concert Hall, St Peter Port
*The BWCI Lunchtime Concerts
Performed by members of the Southbank Sinfonia lasting approx 30 minutes at the Town Church, St Peter Port
Free admission!
Monday 22 September, 1.00pm
Haydn string quartet Op 33 No 2, The ‘Joke’
Tuesday 23 September, 1.00pm
Wind quintets by Gershwin, Bizet & Arnold
The Brian Kay Interview
in the Dorey Room, St James, St Peter Port at 7.15pm each day on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 Friday 26, Saturday 27 and at 10.50am on Sunday 28 September.
The BBC’s Brian Kay will conduct a 15-minute interview of one or more of the musicians involved in that evening’s concert.
As part of a full education programme in which festival artists are engaged in a series of masterclasses and workshops, Brian Kay will conduct an open choir rehearsal on Tuesday 23 September at 7.30pm at St Peter Port School. Open to all Island choirs.
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FOLK EVENTS:
Bank Julius Baer Folk Festival
All folk events held at the Princess Royal
Centre for the Performing Arts near St Peter Port School, Les Ozouets, St Peter Port.
Cash bar in service; seated at tables.
Thursday 18 September, 8.00pm
Portuguese Folk Concert
Performed by the musicians, dancers & singers of
Group Folkloric of Centro Desportivo e Cultural Portugues.
£10 from Tel: 01481 264239 or
01481 238726
Students free
Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts
Friday 19 September, 3.00pm
Latvian Folk Dancing
£7 from Tel: 01481 264239 or 01481 238726
Friday 19 September, 8.00pm
Latvian Folk Concert
Both above events given by musicians Dudalnieki,
dancers Londonas Tautas Dejas Kopa
and the choir eLVé
£10 from Tel: 01481 264239 or
01481 238726
Saturday 20 September, 8.00pm
Simon Mayor & Hilary James in concert
£10 from Tel: 01481 264239 or
01481 238726
Sunday 21 September, 8.00pm
Ceilidh with the
Craigellachie Scottish Country Dance Band
£12 from Tel: 01481 264239 or
01481 238726
GUERNSEY JAZZ FESTIVAL
It is planned to hold the highly regarded annual jazz festival from Friday 31 October to Sunday lunchtime 2 November, 2008 at the Duke of Richmond Hotel, Cambridge Park, St Peter Port, featuring many of today’s top British jazz musicians.
The Duke of Richmond Hotel, Cambridge Park, St Peter Port
Tickets from hotel only
Tel: 01481 726221 (from 1 September)
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