Wed 24th June

OPENING CONCERT
Church of St Mary,
Callington, 7.30pm

Dante Quartet with Dante Festival Orchestra, conducted by Tim Boulton

Saint-Saens (arr. Osostowicz) – Fantasia on a Breton Folk Song, for strings              
Ravel – Quartet in F
Haydn – Quartet op 20 no 2 in C
Andrew Wilson – Concerto on Breton themes

The Dante Festival Orchestra features the best young string players from 14 local schools, generously organised by Callington Community College.  Andrew Wilson's new Concerto brings together the Quartet and Orchestra, while Ravel's string quartet, one of the most popular quartets ever written, uses just four instruments to create otherworldly sounds and expressions.

This concert supports
Precious Lives Appeal

Bach / Mozart - Prelude and Fugue 
Mendelssohn - 
Capriccio and Allegro Fugato 
Beethoven - 
Great Fugue, op 133

This concert supports
Children's Hospice South West

"When the first notes sounded it was, thrillingly, as though Beethoven were speaking to us direct"
Sunday Times

"playing of spellbinding atmosphere"
BBC Music Magazine

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4.00pm 
PAINT THE MUSIC! 
Dante Quartet with artist Nigel Edwards 
Family workshop: create pictures inspired by the live music. Art materials provided.  All ages welcome.  (Book in advance to avoid disappointment, as space is limited.)

5.30pm 
Cream Tea 

6.00pm 
QUARTETS AND OTHER ANIMALS
Family concert

7.00pm 
Buffet Supper with the musicians (advance booking only)

In aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance.

8.00pm 
OPEN REHEARSAL:
Mendelssohn's Octet with the Dante Quartet and friends

See how eight musicians work together preparing for Sunday's concert in Tavistock.  Sparks may fly.  Free admission.

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6.30 pm
Stoke Climsland Church,  
FRENCH TEMPTATIONS  
Dante Quartet with Ben Gregor-Smith, guest 'cellist

Ravel - Duo for violin and cello 
Faure - Quartet in E minor, op121 
Satie / Osostowicz - Piece in the form of a Pear 
Debussy - Quartet in G minor

8.00pm in the Church
A glass of champagne for the Friends of the Dante Festival

8.30pm 
The Old School, Stoke Climsland
SUPPER AND CANDLELIT CABARET
Relax in an intimate setting with delicious food while the Goliards play and sing Breton and English songs.  Space limited so book early.

2.00pm 
Parish Centre,
St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock 

MEET THE COMPOSER: Andrew Wilson talks about Breton inspirations.

3.00pm 
St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock
FOUR PLUS FOUR MAKES MENDELSSOHN
Dante Quartet and friends with guest artists Clara Biss, Anna Brigham, Jack Vosper and Ben Gregor-Smith

Haydn - Quartet op 33 no 2 in Eb, "The Joke" 
Brahms - Sextet no 1 in Bb
Andrew Wilson - Breton Song Biniou
Mendelssohn - Octet for four violins, two violas and two cellos

Enjoy Haydn's subtle wit and the glorious mellow sounds of Brahms' sextet. Mendelssohn's amazing octet, written when he was only sixteen, ends the festival with a brilliant flourish of virtuosity and musical invention.

Interval Cream Tea by donation to the friends of St Eustachius

Join us all afterwards for a drink opposite the church in the Bedford Hotel

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