Bradfield Festival of Music

2012 Ticket update & brochure

bfomtest — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:13:58 +0000

With the line-up confirmed we are pleased to be able to share with you the 2012 Bradfield Festival Brochure. Tickets for the 2012 festival can be purchased from 19th March. For more information on how to buy tickets please click here or visit the “tickets” section.

2012 Programme Complete

bfomtest — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:36:53 +0000

We have now received confirmation of our previously mystery guests for Friday night and as such it gives us great pleasure to announce the appearance of the RAF Regiment 10-piece Brass Ensemble at the 2012 festival. They are a long established ensemble who combine a versatility of repertoire to suit any occasion. The band plays by permission of the Air Force Board of the Defence Council.

The 2012 programme so far

bfomtest — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:57:02 +0000

With Christmas fast approaching the President, Vice-Presidents and Trustees of the Bradfield Festival of Music Association thank you for your ongoing support and would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We thought you may be interested to hear about our plans for next year’s Festival so here is a preview of the performers we have lined up.

Saturday 23^rd June 2012

The first night of the Festival has usually featured local music groups and we welcome the return of Sheffield City Opera. “A Night at the Opera” will include excerpts from opera and operetta presented by the soloists and chorus of this excellent Sheffield based opera company.

Sunday 24^th June 2012

Choral Evensong - Preacher: Rev’d Dr Ian Wallis, Vicar of St Mark’s Church, Broomhill, Sheffield.

Monday 25^th June 2012

Tom Davey, cor anglais player with the Hallé Orchestra, returns to direct the ever-popular Meirion Ensemble.

Tuesday 26^th June 2012

The musicianship and elegance of the four award-winning harpists from 4 Girls 4 Harps has captivated audiences around the world. We look forward to the inaugural visit of these talented young ladies who are joined by Sheffield’s Ella Taylor, the 2010 BBC Chorister of the Year.

Wednesday 27^th June 2012

From the Royal Albert Hall to Bradfield, our guest recitalist for this evening has arrived! He was the youngest ever finalist in the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year competition; he was the youngest ever recitalist to appear at the First Night of the Proms, and our youngest professional recitalist to appear at Bradfield. We welcome Benjamin Grosvenor as our headline artist in 2012.

Thursday 28^th June 2012

John Lenehan returns to Bradfield, not as a soloist but as a member of the London Soloists Ensemble. John is joined by Lorraine McAslan (violin), Karine Georgian (cello) and Anthony Pike (clarinet) and in the concert they will feature two works by John Ireland, who died in 1962 and whose highly individual, consummately crafted and attractive music is at last receiving the attention it deserves.

Friday 29^th June 2012

At the time of writing we know who is booked to appear on this evening but absolute confirmation has not been received. If all goes according to plan you will not be disappointed

Saturday 30^th June 2012

The Festival would not be complete without Bob Traynor and friends in the Gilbert & Sullivan evening. As 2012 is the Queen’s Diamond Jubiliee, and the year in which the UK hosts the Olympic Games, Bob will be conjuring up a patriotic theme for next year’s performance.

As always tickets will be on sale from mid-March 2012 and you should receive more information and the booking form at that time. In the meantime you may direct any enquiries to Keith Hoyland, the Festival Secretary on 0114 286 2511 or e-mail bradfieldmusic@aol.com.

We look forward to welcoming you, your family and your friends to Bradfield in 2012.

New site

bfomtest — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:00:44 +0000

Welcome to the revised Bradfield Festival of Music website. We hope that this fresh appearance will allow you access all the old content from past festivals whilst at the same time giving it a look in keeping with the rest of the literature. If you have any suggestions, comments or feedback then do email us at bradfieldmusic@aol.com

At present the programme for the 2012 festival is being carefully crafted to continue the high standards achieved in 2011.

Re-living the 2011 Festival

bfomtest — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:36:10 +0000

It is now possible to re-live some of the events from the 2011 Festival thanks to Peggy Yuan who documented the whole week. A small selection of photos are available on-line by clicking here.

Peggy also made an excellent broadcast about the festival which is available by clicking here.

An evening in full swing