
Other delights include three young cellists, John Myerscough (cellist with the Doric String Quartet), Bartholomew LaFollette and Philip Higham performing the six Bach Cello Suites, the ensemble Floreat Sonus in music for the Feast of the Assumption (performed on the actual day of the feast, 15 August), Bartholomew LaFollette joining the Doric String Quartet for Schubert's String Quintet, John Mark Ainsley and Iain Burnside in songs by Butterworth, Gurney, Bridge and Ireland on a WWI theme and Jakob Lindberg in a programme of music for solo lute including Bach's suit and pieces from the Balcarres Lute Book. Four singers who have just finished on the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young Artists Scheme, Susana Gaspar, Justina Gringyte, Grant Doyle and Jihoon Kim, perform operatic excerpts, and festival finishes with a recital by soprano Ilona Domnich.
Most events are preceded by a delightful festival dinner, which only serves to further the enjoyment. And there is a chance to hear the Doric String Quartet performing Haydn, Janacek and Schubert in the Marble Hall of Holkam Hall. Further information from the festival website.
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