Programme for the thirty-fourth Aldeburgh Festival providing complete details of all the events held throughout the Festival period. The contents page and diary of events are followed by details of the Festival Administration and The Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies at Snape Maltings. In addition there are a number of articles by contributors including Aaron Copland and Norman Scarfe, full production details and information relating to the lectures, exhibitions and other events.
Provisional dates for the Thirty-fifth Aldeburgh Festival: 11-27 June 1982.
Printer: The Ancient House Press, Ipswich.
Cover: Sunshine and Storm by Joseph Southall.
Illustrations: drawings by Joseph Southall and reproductions from the Great Western Railway Official guide.
Listed at the back are the details of the fifth Benson and Hedges Festival, the Festival Services, the sponsorship and bursaries available at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, and the names of the performers and staff involved in the Festival. This year they included Chetham's Chamber Orchestra, English Music Theatre Company, English Chamber Orchestra, the Fires of London, the Northern Sinfonia, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Snape Maltings Training Orchestra and the Aldeburgh Festival Singers. There are two indexes of Artists' names and Music performed (with first performances marked with an asterisk) plus other more general information. Also included here are the names of Members and Subscribers of the Aldeburgh Festival Association, a map of Aldeburgh with significant locations marked, a site plan of Snape Maltings and local information for visitors.
At the back is the provisional programme for Summer 1981 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, the programme for Summer and Autumn 1981 at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies and numerous advertisements.
Programme price: Unspecified
Advertisements:
Hutchinson, Remembering Britten - a collection of memories...;
BBC Transcription Services/Fund-Raising Committee of the Aldeburgh Festival, A Unique Record...to mark Sir Peter Pears' 70th birthday;
Benson and Hedges, Music Festival, Snape Maltings, 26 September-4 October 1981;
Eulenburg Book: Titles available from book and music shops;
Musicians' Benevolent Fund, Janet Baker writes about the Fund;
CBS, CBS and ..., for a complete list of recordings;
Performance magazine, Enjoy a Command Performance, Subscription details;
RCA Red Seal - German Pressing, The Bream Collection;
East Anglian Securities Trust Limited, Locations of Banks;
Dent, Britten by Michael Kennedy;
Jersey Artists Ltd, Books from;
National Art-Collections Fund, Promotion for membership;
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publisher Ltd, B & H at Aldeburgh 1981;
Pauls & Whites Ltd, Part of Suffolk since the 1830s;
EMI, His Master's Voice, Great Names on HMV;
Adnams Bitter, Recipe, Britain's finest traditional beer;
Steinway, The working piano of the playing class;
Mercury Theatre Colchester, A Complete Evening's Entertainment;
Capital Radio/Radio Orwell, London Orchestras at Snape Maltings;
Eyre Methuen, Britten - The Composer as Contemporary by Christopher Headington;
M. R. King, Volvo Sales and Service;
CBS Masterworks, CBS Artists at the Aldeburgh Festival;
EMI, His Master's Voice, Great Names on HMV;
John & Arthur Beare, Dealers and repairers of fine violins, violas and cellos since 1892;
Arnott & Calver, Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Surveyors and Valuers;
Christie's, Fine Art Auctioneers since 1766;
Notcutts Nurseries, Chance to win a voucher by identifying a song;
ASV, Robert Tear & Philip Ledger - Three Cheers for Pooh;
BBC Records & Tapes, From BBC Records...unique BBC recordings;
Aldeburgh Music Centre, Specialists in records and music of Benjamin Britten and works performed in the Festival;
O. W. Loeb & Company Ltd, For those wonderful German Wines;
Aldeburgh Bookshop, Books, Maps and Guides, Stationery...;
Spink & Son Ltd, Where you buy fine art is as important as what fine art you buy;
The Simon Carter Gallery, Exhibition - Suffolk: the land and its life as seen by Harry Becker;
Olivia Fashions, Clothes for pleasure and leisure;
Anglia Television, Proud to Serve the East of England;
Chelsea Rare Books, Will be at Aldeburgh from 12-28 June at the Fry Gallery;
The Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools, IAPS schools concert on 27 July in the Maltings;
East Anglian Fund Raising Committee, A Country Fair at Snape Maltings Concert Hall;
The Scottish Mutual Assurance Society, Big Insurance Savings for Non-Smokers;
Sotheby's, Contact details;
Fisk's Clematis Nursery, Clematis Nursery opening hours and colour catalogue available;
The Embroiderers' Guild, Membership promotion;
Hurren of Aldeburgh, Clothing Store;
Aldeburgh Interiors, for something special;
Faber & Faber and Faber Music, Faber Books on Music available at the Aldeburgh Bookshop and Faber Music available at the Aldeburgh Music Centre;
Snape Maltings Snape Craft Centre, Handwoven Quilts;
Snape Common Fair, Event promotion;
Streaks Ahead, Hair Salon;
Amadeus House, Musical instrument craftsman workshop;
Adnams International Travel, For Aldeburgh Fly-Aways;
Aldringham Craft Market, Exhibitions of Pottery by John Leach and Wood by Richard Gravestock;
Swiss Cottage Crabbe Street, Exhibition of paintings by Chris and Wendy Sinclair;
Aldeburgh Cinema Galleries, Paintings and drawings by members of the New English Art Club...;
Deben Frames, Complete Picture Framing Service;
Barclays Bank, We'll Keep a Score of Your Notes;
Yoxford Gallery, Exhibitions by Eight East Anglian Potters;
45 Park Road Aldeburgh, Exhibition of Paintings by Shirley Claridge;
The Potters Wheel, Potters gallery, artists gallery, print room, garden room and tea room;
Ellingham Mill Art Society, Exhibition of Watercolours, Prints and Sculpture by a variety of artists;
Decca Records (UK), Radu Lupu Exclusively on Decca and Britten conducts Britten;
Old Festival Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Jonathan Fookes;
Claude Cox, Old and Rare books;
Suffolk Craft Society, 11th Annual Exhibition;
Aldeburgh Parish Church, Exhibition and Sale of Persian and Oriental Rugs;
Benson & Hedges, B & H Special Filter Middle Tar.
Articles:
A Nest of Mayors, by Celia Jennings;
A Visit to Snape, by Aaron Copland;
Southwold, by Norman Scarfe.
Exhibitions:
Aldeburgh:
Joseph Southall (1861-1944) - Sketches in Suffolk - paintings in watercolour and tempera, and drawings, in the Festival Gallery, The Suffolk, arranger unspecified;
Warps, Wefts and Strings - An exhibition of Suffolk Crafts, in the Royal British Legion Hall, designed under the supervision of Ricahrd Taylor.
Snape:
Arthur Boyd, Recent Paintings, in the Recital Room, the Maltings, arranger unspecified;
Nigel Luckhurst, Photographs taken during the 1980 Aldeburgh Festival, in Marland Gallery (North Side), the Maltings, arranger Nigel Luckhurst (?);
Oliver Heywood, Paintings in acrylic, in Marland Gallery (North Side), the Maltings, arranger unspecified.
Lectures:
Church Tours in Suffolk 1823-1844, the Journal of David Elisha Davy, gentleman antiquary given by John Blatchly in the Jubilee Hall.
Photographs:
Peter Pears, Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten, photographed in the USA in the early 1940s (PH/5/78), photographer unspecified;
Aaron Copland rehearsing the London Symphony Orchestra, Dec 1980, photographed by The Times;
Lord Inverforth, the new chairman of AF-SMF, photographer unspecified;
Jack Phipps, the Festival's new General Administrator, photographer unspecified;
HRH Princess Margaret of Hesse and Rhine, Honorary Member of the Festival, photographer unspecified;
Arthur Harrison, Friend of the Festival, photographer unspecified;
Sir Peter Pears, Pen and ink drawing by David Hockney, reproduced by courtesy of Petersburg Press;
David Hockney sketching Peter Pears, photographed by Nigel Luckhurst;
Arthur Boyd in his studio, photographed by J. S. Lewinski
The Agate, Portrait of the artist and his wife by Joseph Edward Southall; photographed by The Fine Art Society Ltd;
A Midummer Night's Dream: Order restored, the Fairy Court assembled at the end of Act III, photographer unspecified;
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Tytania's infatuation with the translated Bottom (Marie McLaughlin and Roderick Kennedy), photographer unspecified;
A Midsummer Night's Dream: The rude mechanicals prepare to entertain the Duke of Athens, Hippolyta and the lovers, photographer unspecified;
Sir Peter Pears' 70 birthday celebrations: Guests assemble for the Fancy Dress Ball; Homo Snapiens takes a rest from being hunted on the Snape Safari; Gala Concert rehearsal, Giraffes on the Sailors' path; A song for Top Table at the Birthday Banquet; The arrival of the Snape Navy, SS Neljan; Peter Pears' bithday cake; Birthday fireworks, photographer unspecified;
John Shirley-Quirk and Roger Vignoles at a class during the English song course at the Britten-Pears School, Summer 1980, photographer unspecified;
A rehearsal for Albert Herring, an opera-workshop course at the Britten-Pears School, directed by Eric Crozier, photographer unspecified.
1 volume
Bound into a volume which includes the years 1979-1982; 18.5 x 24.5cm with pencil annotations.
Master copy (bound volume)
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-AF-1981
