Tag Archives: Bath International Music Festival

Brahms in Doynton

Posted on November 28, 2021 by vhk10

Sadly two supporters of the music at our church died recently and were commemorated with appropriately musical services. Dawn, a gifted pianist who had given up playing professionally when she married, had lived in Doynton and her well-attended memorial service … Continue reading →

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The Bath Festival Orchestra revives

Posted on March 26, 2021 by vhk10

Against all probability the scaled-down Bath Festival 2021 will feature for the first time in many years (I’d guess 40 years at least) an ensemble called the Bath Festival Orchestra. This has been refounded with a new remit for the … Continue reading →

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The Bath Festival 2018 – 2

Posted on June 6, 2018 by vhk10

My husband went to a couple of concerts in the Bath Festival, both given by performers who clearly enjoyed what they were doing. Roman Rabinovich did a cycle of Haydn sonatas at St Michael’s Church. These were good performances given … Continue reading →

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The Bath Festival 2018 – 1

Posted on June 5, 2018 by vhk10

It really is just the Bath Festival now, having amalgamated music and literature. I retain an open mind about this, though I know many people felt that either the literature side or the musical one would suffer. For me it … Continue reading →

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Not for dancing

Posted on June 19, 2017 by vhk10

We didn’t get to very much in this year’s Bath Festival, though the programme was good. In fact apart from ‘Party in the City’ and the Kingswood gig in Green Park Station, it amounted to me going to a couple … Continue reading →

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Two festivals merge

Posted on November 12, 2016 by vhk10

The Bath International Music Festival is to merge with the Bath Literature Festival into a single festival that will run for 10 days in May 2017 and 17 days in subsequent years, with a greater rôle for jazz. This can … Continue reading →

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Bach cello suites at the Festival

Posted on June 16, 2016 by vhk10

Philip Higham played all six Bach cello suites in three lunchtime concerts and between us we got to all of them. The venues were scattered around the city centre: Argyle St URC church, St Swithin’s and the Masonic Hall. This … Continue reading →

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The Bath Festival Chorus redux

Posted on June 26, 2015 by vhk10

Long-term readers of this blog will know that I long for the Bath Festival Chorus to be revived. I was asked for my thoughts by another interested party and here they are, edited slightly in the interests of diplomacy: The … Continue reading →

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The Bath International Festival 2015

Posted on June 11, 2015 by vhk10

There was more of it this year than last, but in the end we didn’t get to much. As last year, my youngest was involved in a Festival concert, this time ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’, a piece inspired by Alice … Continue reading →

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New programmers for the Bath Festival

Posted on January 16, 2015 by vhk10

An announcement has been made about the appointment of two ‘programmers’ for the Bath International Music Festival this year. The only place I can find it is at ‘Listomania Bath’ here; rather surprisingly there is nothing in the Bath Chronicle … Continue reading →

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