Saturday 13 June

12.15 onwards          Arrival at the White Lion Hotel, Market Cross Place, Aldeburgh IP15 5BJ (01728 452720)

1.30-2.15                   (Brief ) study session at the White Lion

2.20                            Exodus to Blythburgh (20 mins by car)

3.00                           Concert in Blythburgh Church: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Tamar Halperin   Songs by Dowland, P   Purcell, Campion etc; keyboard works by Purcell and Byrd (some may like to eat in the hotel restaurant before the Snape concert)

6.50                           Exodus to Snape (7-8 mins by car)

7.30                           Concert in Snape Maltings: Mahler Chamber Orch/George    Benjamin; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Claire Booth    soprano

Wagner                 Siegfried Idyll

Boulez                   Mémoriale

Tom Coult            Mini-song cycle (commissioned for this year’s festival)

Benjamin              A Mind of Winter

Ravel                   Piano Concerto in G major

Soup and sandwiches will be available in the hotel after the concert

Sunday 14 June

10.30-12.30                Study session in hotel, with coffee break

2.30  (optional)          Britten Studio, Snape. Two one-act operas by Birtwistle

The Corridor; The Cure (world premiere)  Cast includes

Elizabeth Atherton and Mark Padmore   (ends 4.40)

5.30                            Dinner in the hotel (3 courses with coffee)

6.50                            Exodus to Snape

7.30                            Concert in Snape Maltings: Mahler Chamber Orch/François-Xavier Roth

Mozart                 Marriage of Figaro overture

Luke Bedford      Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale

Ravel                    Le tombeau de Couperin

Benjamin             Three Inventions

Schubert              Symphony No 5 in B flat

Monday 15 June

10.30-12.30             Study session, with coffee break

2.30                    Visit to the Red House, Britten and Pears’s home, now a Britten museum

5.45                   Dinner in the hotel (3 courses, with coffee)

8.00                   Concert in Snape Maltings: Mosaiques Quartet

Haydn                Quartet in D major Op.33 No.6 

Baillot                 Quartet in B minor Op.34 No.1 

Schubert             Piano Quintet in A major, ‘The Trout’

Tuesday 16 June

10.30-12.30              Study session, with coffee break

12.45 (optional)       Lunch in a pre-booked Aldeburgh restaurant

3.00   (optional)       Recital in Aldeburgh church: Andreas Scholl’s masterclass students   Songs by Purcell, Handel, Dowland and Scarlatti

7.30                          Concert in Snape Maltings: Mahler CO Soloists

Ravel                   Introduction and Allegro 

Edward Nesbit   Concert

Mozart                Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds, K452 

Schubert             Octet in F major