Programme for the third Aldeburgh Festival covering performances held throughout the fortnight at various locations in and around Aldeburgh. It includes articles on Aldeburgh, the Suffolk Music School and Bach's St Matthew Passion, and provides details of exhibitions, lectures and recitals held throughout the festival. Listed at the back are the members of the Aldeburgh Festival Choir, and the Festival Donors and Guarantors. Edited by Griselda Lewis for the Aldeburgh Festival Committee; programme price 5 shillings.
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Articles:
Aldeburgh and 1951 by the Earl of Harewood;
In Praise of Aldeburgh by Robert Gathorne-Hardy;
The Suffolk Rural Music School by Imogen Holst;
The Performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion by Bertus von Lier, and an accompanying message from His Excellency The Netherlands Ambassador Jonkheer E. Michiels Van Verduynen.
Exhibitions:
Drawings, Models and Sculpture by Henry Moore in the Church Hall, Aldeburgh;
Drawings and Paintings by John Sell Cotman at Sand Hill, Aldeburgh.
Lectures:
The Relations between Holland and England given by Professor Gustav Renier, Jubilee Hall;
Henry Moore given by Sir Kenneth Clark, K. C. B., Jubilee Hall;
John Skelton given by E. M. Forster, the Baptist Chapel;
Modern Poetry given by Dr Edith Sitwell, the Baptist Chapel;
The Satisfactions of Bird Watching (with accompanying film 'The Gannet') given by Dr Julian Huxley, Aldeburgh cinema.
Photographs:
Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten photographed by Maria Austria, courtesy of Partivam Pictures, Amsterdam;
Fishing off Aldeburgh photographed by K. Hutton, courtesy of Picture Post;
On the Beach at Aldeburgh;
The Beggar's Opera (1948), Lockit and Mrs Lockit, photographed by Maria Austria, courtesy of Particam Pictures, Amsterdam;
The Beggar's Opera (1948), Polly Peachum, Macheath and Mrs Lockit, photographed by Maria Austria, courtesy of Particam Pictures, Amsterdam;
Let's Make An Opera (1949), Black Bob, Clem and Sammie, photographed by Desmond Tripp;
Let's Make An Opera (1949) - The Finale, photographed by Desmond Tripp;
The Rocking Chair by Henry Moore.
1 volume
Bound into a volume which includes the years 1948-1953; 18.5 x 24.5 cm with pencil annotations.
Master copy (bound volume)
Archive
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