Programme for 2006
 Saturday 20 May 10 am
Ashwell Primary School
Crickcrack Productions
Story telling for children aged 6 years to 11 years ... and the young at heart ... with music.
Saturday 20 May 7.30 pm
Songs of Slavery and Freedom.
A thrilling evening of spirituals and famous opera choruses - Steal Away, Go down Moses, Hebrew Slave Chorus, Easter Hymn and many other favourites from this superb London Choir.
Sunday 21 May 7.30 pm
Conductor: Michael Nebe.
Leaders: Peter Fisher Martin Smith
- Mozart's Divertimento,
- Vivaldi's Concerto for two celli in G Minor,
- Bach's Suite No 2 in B for flute and strings,
- Elgar's Serenade for Strings,
- Barber's Adagio,
- Britten's Simple Symphony.
"... stunning playing ... great virtuosity ..." Semana Musical, Alicante, Spain.
"the Fine Arts Sinfonia must now belong among London's finest ensembles" Croydon Advertiser
Tuesday 23 May 7.30 pm
The Young Musicians
Pupils from Ashwell Primary School and Knights Templar School, together with St Mary's Church Junior Choir
Followed by COMPLINE sung by the gentlemen of St Mary's Choir
Thursday 25 May 7.30 pm
An evening with Emily Rowley Jones and David Stout accompanied by Isabelle Thwaite; three of our most talented young musicians singing solos and duets by Bizet, Mozart, Handel, Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein and others.
This will be a musical treat!
Followed by COMPLINE sung by the gentlemen of St Mary's Church Choir.
Saturday 27 May 7.30 pm
Terry Lightfoot and His Jazz Band
The Special Magic of Louis Armstrong Terry, one of the great trad jazz men, has played with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and James Last.
Sunday 28 May 6.30 pm
Festival Evensong sung by Ashwell Parish Church Choir
Music by Monteverdi, Howells, Ireland, Bairstow
Guest Preacher: The Revd Kāren Sayers. Vicar of St. Nicholas Elstree.
Conductor: Christopher Bucknall BA(Hons) ARCO St John and St Andrew Church, Chelsea
Organist: Paul Bryan FRCO, GRSM, ARCM
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