The Northumberland Music Festival Returns!

It's great to hear that enormously successful Northumberland Music Festival is returning for a second year and will run from 9th to the 18th November 2012. We have just been sent through all the details of the festival, which can be found below.... which events will you be attending?

GALA OPERA CONCERT
ESHOTT HALL, NR ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE65 5EN
Friday 9th November 6 pm – 10 pm

Cost £65 ticket, welcome drink, Gourmet Dinner with coffee and petit fours [£600 for a table of 10]
Music Break £100 per person including bed and breakfast.

The glorious gala opening to the 2nd Northumberland Music Festival to be performed by one of the
UK’s leading Opera Houses who will present key arias, duets, trios and quartets from key operas in
their repertoire.


GALA OPERA CONCERT
ESHOTT HALL, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE65 9EN
Saturday 10th November 6 pm – 10 pm

Cost £65 ticket, welcome drink, Gourmet Dinner with coffee and petit fours [£600 for table of 10]
Music Break £100 per person including bed and breakfast.

This glorious gala concert is part of the 2nd Northumberland Music Festival and will be performed by
one of the UK’s leading Opera Houses who will present key arias, duets, trios and quartets from key
operas in their repertoire.


THE REG VARDY BAND
DOXFORD HALL, NR ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE67 5DN
Sunday 11th November 5.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Cost £45 for concert, welcome drink and a 2 Course Supper with coffee and petit fours
Music Break £80 per person includes bed and breakfast.

Playing on Remembrance Sunday is one of the World’s top twenty Brass Bands, The Reg Vardy Brass
Band. Their programme will include traditional brass music and hymns, and will also honour the
sacrifice of the fallen, and the lives of survivors from all conflicts in memory.


CLETHAM'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC PIANO RECITAL
GUYZANCE HALL, ACKLINGTON, NR MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE65 9AG
Tuesday 13th November 5.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Cost £65 for recital ticket, welcome drink on arrival and dinner [£600 for a table of 10]
Music Break £100 [accommodation is at Eshott Hall, nearby, and includes bed and breakfast]

Murray McLachlan, international concert pianist and musical director at Chetham’s School of Music
in Manchester, gave a spellbinding recital last November. He returns this year, and along with
his students will give a diverse recital. Chetham's is one of Britain’s premier schools training and
educating young musicians between 8 and 18.


A TRADITIONAL NORTHUMBRIAN MUSIC EVENING
GUYZANCE HALL, ACKLINGTON, NR MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE65 9AG
Wednesday 14th November 5.30 pm – 9.30pm

Cost £45 for concert, welcome drink on arrival, 2 course dinner, coffee and petit fours
Music Break £80 [accommodation is at Eshott Hall, nearby, and includes bed and breakfast]

The festival would not be complete without some traditional music for which Northumberland is
renowned. This concert features Northumbrian Pipes & Fiddle and Janet Bennett one of the most
talented harpists and self accompanied singers in Britain today.


THE NORTHUMBERLAND RANTERS
DOXFORD HALL, NR ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE67 5DN
Thursday 15th November 5.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Cost £25 for concert ticket, glass of wine on arrival, 2 course supper and coffee

The Northumberland Ranters are a group of talented and enthusiastic young musicians, aged
between 10 and 18, from schools across Northumberland. Their concert last year was one the most
popular of the festival. They promote the culture and tradition of the music of Northumberland,
playing fiddles, Northumbrian pipes, cellos, harp, flutes, guitars and keyboards. For further
information please contact:


GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
DOXFORD HALL, NR ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE67 5DN
Friday 16th November 5.30pm - 9.30pm

Cost £65 includes concert, welcome drink, gourmet dinner with coffee [£600 for table of 10].
Music Break £100 per person including bed and breakfast.

Much Loved Productions return with their entertaining programme of Gilbert and Sullivan. Who
could forget last year’s brilliant staging of classic comic opera. This concert will feature set pieces
from some of the foremost G&S triumphs.


GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
GUYZANCE HALL, Ackington, near Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE65 9AG65 9EN
Saturday 18th November 5.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Cost £65 includes concert, welcome drink, gourmet dinner with coffee [£600 for table of 10].
Music Break £100 per person and includes bed and breakfast.

Much Loved Productions return with their entertaining programme of Gilbert and Sullivan. Who
could forget last year’s brilliant staging of classic comic opera. This concert will feature set pieces
from some of the foremost G&S triumphs.


GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
DOXFORD HALL, NR ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE67 5DN
Sunday 18th November 12 noon - 4 pm

Cost £65 for concert, welcome drink and traditional 3 course Sunday Lunch [£600 for a table of 10].
Music Break £100 per person and includes room the night before the concert and breakfast.

Much Loved Productions return with their entertaining programme of Gilbert and Sullivan. Who
could forget last year’s brilliant staging of classic comic opera. This concert will feature set pieces
from some of the foremost G&S triumphs.


For further information please contact 01668 283100
info@nmfestival.com
www.nmfestival.com