Programme accompanying the seventh Aldeburgh Festival covering the performances and events held in and around Aldeburgh. It is introduced by a foreword written by the Earl of Harewood describing the intended new Festival Theatre and includes a number of articles on subjects such as What Makes A Good Organ, the painter Richard Parkes Bonington, German Passion Music and French Opera. It supplies the details of all the musical performances, exhibitions - including one to commemorate the bi-centenary of the birth of George Crabbe, and lectures held throughout the Festival.
Designed by John and Griselda Lewis. Printed by Benham & Company Ltd.
Listed at the back are the members of the Aldeburgh Festival Choir and the Festival Donors and Guarantors.
Programme price 5 shillings.
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Articles:
What Makes a Good Organ by Ralph Downes;
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828) by Stephen Reiss;
German Passion Music by Peter Pears;
French Opera by Winton Dean.
Exhibitions:
Richard Bonington, in the Studio at Sand Hill;
Six Contemporary East Anglian Painters, in the Church Hall;
George Crabbe (1754-1832) Bi-Centenary Celebrations held at the Moot Hall, arranged by the East Suffolk County Library.
Lectures:
George Herbert and Robert Herrick given by Louis Macniece in the Baptist Chapel;
Nature Protection given by James Fisher in the Baptist Chapel.
Photographs:
Kathleen Ferrier as Lucretia (Act One), photograph by Angus McBean (PHPN/17/1/8);
Snape Bridge, near Aldeburgh, by courtesy of Mrs. M. L. Spring Rice;
A View of the Coast of Normandy by Richard Parkes Bonington, lent by the Duke of Bedford;
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, photograph by Atelier Fayer (PH/3/33).
1 volume
Bound into a volume which includes the years 1954-1960; 18.5 x 24.5cm with pencil annotations.
Master copy (bound volume)
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-AF-1954
