Programme for the twenty-ninth Aldeburgh Festival providing complete details of all the events held throughout the Festival period. The contents page and programme summary are followed by details of the Festival Association and a number of photographs including one of the Patron of the Festival, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Britten and Pears. In addition there are a number of articles, full production details and information relating to the lectures, exhibitions and other events.
Provisional dates for the Thirtieth Aldeburgh Festival: 10-26 June 1977.
Designed and Printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd.
Cover: Aldeburgh Beach 1952 by Mary Potter.
Listed at the back are the details of the Festival Services and the names of the performers and staff of the Aldeburgh Festival Singers, the English Music Theatre, the English Music Theatre Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra and The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra. There are two indexes of Artists' names and Music performed (with first performances marked with an asterix) plus other more general information. Included here are a map of Aldeburgh with significant locations marked and useful information for visitors.
At the back are a number of advertisements as well as the programme for Summer and Autumn at Snape Maltings 1976.
Programme price: Unspecified
Advertisements:
Benson and Hedges, Festival of Music, The Maltings, 28 September-2 October 1977;
Fry Gallery, Bicentenary Exhibition: John Constable, RA;
Aldringham Craft Market, Exhibition of work by Russell Collins, Chris and Pam Burrowes and Dennis Hunt;
St John's Hall (Aldeburgh), Art and the Source of Creativity, lecture by Robert Meredith;
Hereford 249th Three Choirs Festival, 22-27 August 1976;
Dark Lane House, Exhibition of recent paintings and watercolours by John Burman;
Grove Park, Exhibition and sale of Eastern carpets and rugs;
Amadeus House, Woodwind Instruments;
Aldeburgh Bookshop, Books, Maps and Guides, Stationery...;
EMI Records Ltd, The Great Names are on HMV;
Snape Craft Shop, Wide selection of local crafts...;
Jersey Artists Ltd, Anniversary: Books from;
Adnams Bitter, Recipe, Britain's finest traditional beer;
Decca Record Company, Festival Artists on Decca Group Records;
Richard Kihl Ltd, Wine Shippers and Brokers;
Bassett's Restaurant and Bar, The best of English Seasonal Dishes;
The Boydell Press, Books available at the Aldeburgh Bookshop during the Festival;
Steinway & Sons, Steinway the Piano of International Fame;
Faber Music and Faber & Faber, Faber Music available at the Aldeburgh Music Centre, and Faber Books on Music available at the Aldeburgh Book Shop, plus Impressions of a Publishing House commemorative booklet;
Mercury Theatre Colchester, Programme available and other amenities;
Musicians Benevolent Fund, Request for donations by André Previn;
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited, Benjamin Britten Stage Works;
Fisk's Clematis Nursery, Clematis Nursery opening hours and colour catalogue available;
Gainsborough House, Constable's Country Exhibition;
Peter Dominic, Very Special Wine Shop;
Deutsche Grammophon, Rafael Kubelik and Mstislav Rostropovitxh record for Deutsche Grammophon;
Yoxford Village, Visit Milestone House Pottery Workshop and Shop, Reydon Fine Arts, Old Bakery, Morning coffee, lunches and teas, Yoxford Bookshop, Yoxford Gallery;
East Anglian Securities Trust Limited, Locations of Banks;
Marks & Spencer, Part of tonight's enjoyment...Part of tomorrow's enjoyment;
Anglia Television, Anglia - The Regional Television Service with the International Reputation;
Hurren of Aldeburgh, Clothing Store;
Benson & Hedges, Gold always seems to strike the right note;
Sotheby's, The international fine art auctioneers;
Hutchinson (Publishers), Some new tunes from;
C. T. Bowring & Co. Ltd, In sweet music is such art;
Olivia Fashions, Clothes for pleasure and leisure;
O. W. Loeb & Company Ltd, For those wonderful German Wines;
Arnott & Calver, Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Surveyors and Valuers;
Eastern Daily Press/East Anglian Daily Times, A polished performance...Everyday;
Shell UK Oil, The Shell Guide to Suffolk by Norman Scarfe;
Notcutts Nurseries, Plants available;
W S Cowell Ltd, Book, Leisure, security printing;
The Pauls & Whites Group, We too have some maltings!;
Britannia Building Society, Ipswich Head Office;
Barclays Bank, Our job is to make it simpler;
Norwich Organ Manufacturers, Electronic organs;
The Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools, IAPS schools concert on 22 July in the Maltings;
Reades Gallery, Robert Sadler Paintings Exhibition;
Viditorium, Modern works of art;
Adam Paul, Violin maker;
Hansom Books, Monthly publications;
E. L. Hunt Limited (Home Improvement Centre), Selection from the New Look Symphony;
Wm C Reade Of Aldeburgh Limited, Contractors for the building of Snape Concert Hall;
English Music Theatre Company, Programme of events including first London performance of Britten's Paul Bunyan;
Decca Record Company Limited, A new record of music by Benjamin Britten;
Old Slaughter House Gallery, Paintings and drawings by Burfoot and Armour-Chelu;
Gross Cash Registers Ltd, Best wishes for a successful Twenty-ninth Festival.
Articles:
Handel's Favourite Tenor, by Peter Pears;
Not Too Educational, by Imogen Holst;
The Badger and its Allies, by The Earl of Cranbrook;
Happy Birthday, America, by Caroline Seebohm;
Paul Bunyan, by W. H. Auden
Exhibitions:
Aldeburgh:
Mary Potter: Recent Paintings, in the British Legion Hall, arranger unspecified;
Faber: Impressions of a publishing House, in the Festival Gallery, arranger unspecified;
Snape:
Nigel Luckhurst: A Photographer at the Festival, in Marland Gallery the Maltings, arranger unspecified;
Constant Permeke: Drawings by Belgium's modern Master, in the New Gallery the Maltings, arranged by the Ministry of Culture Belgium;
Suffolk Craft Society, in the Craft Gallery the Maltings, designed by Donald Simpson.
Lectures:
One Man in the American War of Independence given by The Hon. David Geddes in the Jubilee Hall;
Editing Other People's Music given by Imogen Holst in the Jubilee Hall;
Africa and the Unicorn (a talk) given by Laurens Van Der Post in Aldeburgh Cinema;
Modern, Primitive and Ancient Images and Idols: a personal choice (illustrated talk) given by Sir Robert Sainsbury in the Jubilee Hall.
Photographs:
Britten and Pears with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at the Red House, 13 Jun 1975 (PH/5/337), photographed by Nigel Luckhurst;
Shostakovich with his wife Irina, photographer unspecified;
South Archway and Ruined Tower, East Bergholt Church by John Constable, courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum;
A drawing by John Constable of William Crotch playing Mozart, with the subscription in Crotch's own hand, courtesy of the Norfolk Record Office;
Britten and W. H. Auden in New York 1941 whilst they were working on Paul Bunyan, photographer unspecified;
The Spirit of '76 (Yankee Doodle) by A. M. Willard;
George Malcolm with the Goble Harpsichord, photographer unspecified;
The Battle Symphony at Framlingham Castle, photographer unspecified;
Rehearsal for Jane Austen at Home, photographer unspecified;
Faber Poets at 24 Russell Square in 1963, photographed by Mark Gerson;
Geoffrey Faber at Russell Square 1947, photographed by John Gay;
Zulma - Constant Permeke, Charcoal and crayon on paper 1946, from the Constant Permeke Museum, Holland.
1 volume
Bound into a volume which includes the years 1975-1978; 18.5 x 24.5cm with pencil annotations.
Master copy (bound volume)
Archive
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