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OUNDLE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
16th – 25th JULY 2010

Booking opens on 10th April for Oundle International Festival, offering a packed programme of over 30 events intended to stimulate and inspire.  With its origins grounded in classical music, the Festival, which runs from 16th – 25th July, offers an impressive mix of other musical genres, plus children’s events, open-air theatre, exhibitions, lectures and celebrity organ recitals. 

Highlights so far include Aurora Orchestra, one of the most dynamic and innovative emerging forces on the British classical music scene; the Orlando Consort with Mantra, a fusion of renaissance church music with that of 16th-century India; and Salsa Celtica, a sensational blend of Scottish and Irish music with Latin American elements of Salsa.

Also featuring will be Stile Antico, a ground-breaking and award-winning early music vocal ensemble; Faure’s Requiem sung by the Festival Chorus and conducted by David Hill; and a series of recitals by eminent organists including Thierry Mechler, and sub-organist of Westminister Abbey, Robert Quinney, the latter giving the world premier of a piece commissioned by the Festival from the brilliant young British composer, Tarik O’Regan.

The Exhibition, which runs throughout the Festival, is entitled ‘Harmony, Ratio and the Cosmos’ and explores two ideals that have since the Renaissance influenced form in art, The Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence.  It features the work of regional artists incorporating these theories today.

Children’s events include a performance of ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by specialist children’s theatre company, Illyria; the Classic Buskers with ‘We’re all going to the Zoo’, and music workshops by Aurora Orchestra and Mantra.

And the Festival’s biggest event, the open-air fireworks concert, Picnic in the Park, on 17th July, sees two great bands headline, Showaddywaddy and The Counterfeit Stones.

Tickets for all events are available from 10th April, from Oundle International Festival Box Office,

4 New Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire, PE8 4ED. 

Tel:  01832 274734 or online at www.oundlefestival.org.uk. 

For a Free Brochure call 01832 274919.