{"id":3080,"date":"2011-10-06T09:18:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T08:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2011-10-06T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T08:24:42","slug":"canterbury-festival-begins-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/10\/06\/canterbury-festival-begins-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury Festival begins next week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rich plethora of artistry that is the annual Canterbury Festival<\/a> kicks off on Saturday 15 October, bringing a feast of music, theatre, dance, comedy, talks and more to Canterbury.<\/p>\n

\"Violins\"Of particular note are: a concert with Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble<\/a>; the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra<\/a> with an all-Russian programme; Tchaikovsky’s delightful Souvenir de Florence<\/em> from the Trondheim Soloists<\/a>, and a lunchtime concert by some of our very own University Music Scholars at the Festival Club on Friday October 25th<\/a>, accompanied by yours truly.<\/p>\n

Ian Swatman, conductor of the University Concert and Big Bands, is appearing with the KD Jazz and Dance Orchestra<\/a> on October 21st.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Theatre Royal Bath Productions bring Alan Bennett’s classic ‘The Madness of George II<\/a>I’ to Margate, comedienne Shappi Korsandi<\/a> and barman Al Murray<\/a> gurantee laughter, and there are talks from art-critic and television presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon<\/a> and the fabulous poet, Wendy Cope.<\/a><\/p>\n

Full details of all the festival events here:<\/a> something for everyone.\"Festibval<\/p>\n