{"id":8319,"date":"2017-07-10T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2017-07-10T10:37:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:37:25","slug":"brewing-up-a-storm-canterbury-international-festival-to-set-city-ringing-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2017\/07\/10\/brewing-up-a-storm-canterbury-international-festival-to-set-city-ringing-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewing up a storm: Canterbury International Festival to set city ringing in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Canterbury International Festival<\/strong><\/a> launched this year\u2019s programme a few days ago, and there\u2019s much to which to look forward.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> presents an all-Russian programme including Shostakovich\u2019s Cello Concerto no.2 with cellist Tim Hugh<\/strong> on Saturday 21 October. Violinist Tasmin Little<\/strong> joins Canterbury Choral Society and the English Chamber Orchestra for Vaughan Williams\u2019 popular The Lark Ascending<\/em> and Dona Nobis Pacem<\/em> in the Cathedral on Saturday 4 November. Elsewhere, soul singer Ruby Turner<\/strong> will fill the Spiegeltent on Saturday 21 October, and there\u2019s a day-long celebration of progressive rock and the \u2018Canterbury Sound\u2019 on Saturday 28 October.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Renowned choir Tenebrae<\/strong> celebrates its fifteenth anniversary with the newly-commissioned Path of Miracles<\/em> by Joby Talbot (best-known for his addition of ‘Pluto’ to Holst\u2019s Planets Suite<\/em> and the ballet-score to the Royal Ballet\u2019s Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland)<\/em>\u00a0filling the Cathedral Nave on Saturday 28 October.<\/p>\n

Among the literary events is a one-man celebration of poets Philip Larkin and John Betjeman, alongside essays by Alan Bennett, A Meeting of Minds<\/em> on Sunday 29 October. The festival’s comedy programme includes the laconic\u00a0Rich Hall<\/strong> on Friday 3 November, and a series of talks welcomes travel writer Nicholas Crane<\/strong> and radio presenter Jenni Murray.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are also plenty of activities for families, including a \u2018Canterbury Throwdown\u2019 pottery project and Baby Loves Disco<\/em>, adventurous puppetry in Curious Creatures<\/em> on Thursday 26 October and free events in Whitefriars including live music and dance throughout the day on Sunday 14 October.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The University again has a presence as part of the Festival this year; Your Loyal Correspondent teams up with Dr Dan Lloyd from the School of Biosciences for Cellular Dynamics<\/strong><\/a>,<\/em> exploring the links between music and science in a combination of music for one and two pianos with image-projection from cutting-edge research. The School of Biosciences also sponsors the Festival\u2019s Science Strand again this year, which builds on the success of last year\u2019s Cocktail Laboratory<\/em> with The Beer Lab<\/em><\/strong><\/a> exploring science and the art of brewing.<\/p>\n

\"Festival<\/a>The full programme is now online here,<\/strong><\/a> with brochures now popping up all around Canterbury; October will see the historic city abuzz with events and visitors as the Festival bursts into life once more.<\/p>\n