If you’ve already ordered your tickets for the 2018 season, thank you! If you haven’t, don't wait — it's going to be a fantastic festival.
Artistic Director Elizabeth Blumenstock has programmed this year’s five concerts with the focus on French Baroque composers, Bach, Handel, and more. Orchestral concertos, solo sonatas, Jonathan Dimmock’s Bach Organ Recital on Monday June 18, and Handel’s opera Orlando are just some highlights. Among the Baroque instruments you will see and hear this year are the delicate viola da gamba, the warm-toned early oboe, and the rousing natural horn. A feast for eyes and ears!
A Festival Subscription
provides premium-seating at all five concerts, plus admission to the private post-concert dinner following the Festival Finale on June 24. This year we are delighted to announce that the Subscribers' dinner will be held at the Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens. The Farmhouse will offer a wonderful ambience and a unique menu created just for us by award-winning Chef Rich Mead. Order a Festival Subscription now or browse through the Festival insights below and on our website. 
We have added two Artist Interviews to this year’s advance Festival information. Elizabeth Blumenstock got together with Festival soloists Josefien Stoppelenburg (Handel’s Orlando, June 24) and Jonathan Dimmock (Bach Organ Recital, June 18) to discover more about their lives “behind the notes”.
Exclusively available in this newsletter are links to these “mini-views” for you to read on screen or print off as you prefer. Click on the artist photos directly below to access the interviews. We hope you find them as fascinating to read as we did.
“Josefien - which came first, your love of music and singing, or of visual arts and painting?”
Read Elizabeth's interview with Josefien here.
“Jonathan - what is the most compelling thing you are involved in outside of performance?”
Read Elizabeth's interview with Jonathan here.
Please visit our website for up-to-date information on individual concerts, and to book tickets and subscriptions. You can also contact us by phone, email or mail.
We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s Festival.
- The Festival Board of Directors
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