Join us this November for four nights in the heart of Bath when the annual Mozartfest celebrates its 35th Anniversary! We stay at the 4* Hampton by Hilton, located just on the edge of the pedestrianised centre of the city. Three of the evening concerts take place at St Mary’s Church, Bathwick and transfers to and from these concerts are included. The other three concerts are at the Guildhall & Bath Abbey - both less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel.
Executive coach travel is included from the usual Northwest pick-up points plus Crewe and Birmingham International Stations (see Booking Form for exact details). If you drive yourself to Bath we can offer parking at the Avon Street for a flat rate of £60 for 5 days (50% reduction).
On Thursday and Saturday morning we visit the Holburne Museum and American Museum in the city. On Friday we will drive east to explore the historic streets of Lacock, a quintessential English village with timber-framed cottages and local shops. With its central grid of four streets, Lacock today looks much as it did 200 years ago and has made appearances in Downton Abbey, the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice and Cranford. The films Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Wolfman were also filmed here. We will also have time to visit the Fox Talbot Museum before returning to Bath late afternoon.
The wonderful concert programme is detailed below:
Wednesday 12th November, 730pm
Tenebrae
The music of tonight’s concert comes from William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, both well known in early English music, but also the lesser-known John Mundy and Robert White. All were brought up as Catholics and witnessed the suffering of many as England veered between Catholicism and the new English Protestantism. The works in this concert represent some of the deeply moving devotional music of the day, gloriously illustrating profound religious conviction.
Nigel Short conductor
English Glories of the Sixteenth Century
Robert White Christe qui lux es III
William Byrd Mass for four voices
Robert White Christe qui lux es IV
Robert White Exaudiat te Dominus
Thomas Tallis Loquebantur; O sacrum convivium; Sancte Deus; Miserere nostri;
William Mundy Vox Patris Caelestis
Thursday 13th November, 1pm
Philip Moore piano & Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
Occupying a unique place amongst piano duos: they are established chamber musicians in their own right, yet since 1995 have devoted several thousands of hours to this most exacting of disciplines, giving them extraordinary musical empathy
Mozart Adagio & Allegro in F minor K 594
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
This concert is sponsored by Maestro!
Thursday 13th November, 730pm
Castalian String Quartet
Young Artist of the Year at the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, and since 2021 the first Hans Keller String Quartet in Residence at the University of Oxford
Sini Simonen violin
Daniel Roberts violin
Natalie Loughran viola
Steffan Morris cello
Haydn String Quartet in F major Op 77 No 2
Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat major Op 44 No 3
Beethoven String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor Op 131
Friday 14th November, 730pm
Henning Kraggerud violin
Adrian Brendel cello
Imogen Cooper piano
Three profoundly thoughtful artists, each well known to Bath audiences, come together in this concert to perform Schubert’s peerless Piano Trios. Chamber music at its finest!
Schubert Piano Trio No 1 in B flat Major D 898
Schubert Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major D 929
Saturday 15th November, 1pm
The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers, and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to audiences and listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.
Kleio Quartet
Juliette Roos violin
Katherine Yoon violin
Yume Fujise viola
Eliza Millett cello
Elizaveta Ivanova flute
Annelien Van Wauwe clarinet
Sally Pryce harp
Mozart Flute Quartet in C major K 285b
Haydn String Quartet in G major Op 33 No 5 How do you do?
Ravel Introduction & Allegro
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola & harp L 145
Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op 34
Saturday 15th November, 730pm
La Nuova Musica
Bath Camerata
La Nuova Musica is firmly established as one of the most distinctive voices in the early music field and tonight they are joined by the fine, award-winning Bath Camerata
David Bates conductor
Elinor Rolfe Johnson soprano
Chiara Skerath soprano
Simon Wall tenor
Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart Se il padre perdei from Idomeneo
Handel arr Mozart Thine be the Glory from Judas Maccabaeus
Mozart Mass in C minor K 427 Great
This evening’s performance will be followed by a Celebration Dinner to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Bath Mozartfest. All proceeds from this dinner will support future Bath Mozartfests, we look forward to a truly special and rewarding evening.
The deposit due is £500 and the final balance will be due 15th September.
