conducted by members of the South Bank Gamelan Players
Peter Smith
Jonathan Roberts
Oundle School Great Hall

Session 1: 10am – 11.30am
Session 2: 11.45am – 1.15pm
Tickets £5

Numbers are limited to 20 for each of these workshops, so please apply early. Suitable for any age over 5, but 5-7 year-olds must be accompanied by an adult.

RCO Lecture
Dominic Gwynn
10am
St Mary’s Church, Fotheringhay
Free admission
The swete orgayne pipis comfortith a stedfast mynde ...
Rediscovering the sound of the Tudor organ

Dominic Gwynn’s unique research and painstaking craftsmanship created the organs for the Early English Organ Project. These two hand-blown instruments were constructed on the evidence of a 16th century wooden soundboard, found in use as a dairy door in Suffolk! Dominic’s presentation will introduce the organs and demonstrate their fascinating features.

Sponsor Early English Organ Project and Royal College of Organists

Coffee Concert
Geoffrey Webber and Francesca Massey
with members of Gonville and Caius College Choir, Cambridge

11.30am
St Mary’s Church, Fotheringhay
Tickets £10
More sweet to hear: organs and voices from Tudor England

Fotheringhay Church, formerly home to a medieval College of Priests, possessed two pipe organs at the time of its decline following the Reformation, and there is evidence of a fine musical tradition adorning a liturgy designed to pray for the repose of the House of York.

Two new organs have recently been constructed by Dominic Gwynn as putative copies of early 16th century hand blown organs; their effect is delightful.

Today’s concert features solo organ pieces and verse anthems by Tallis, Byrd, Morley and Blitheman, alongside music by Redford and Burton, performed by leading exponents in the field.

Early English Organs on loan from Early English Organ Project, in association with the RCO.

Please join us for a complimentary cup of coffee in the Church before the performance.

Lunch
1.15pm
Fotheringhay Village Hall
Tickets £10
SOLD OUT

After the recital, well-known local chef Alan Stewart will serve a delicious two-course lunch, with coffee, at Fotheringhay Village Hall. If you would like to join us please phone 01832 275109 to book your place as early as possible – final bookings will be taken on Wednesday 19th July.

A countryside walk with a difference
Hidden Tracks
2pm
Tickets £10

A specially-designed audio tour following three miles of public footpaths between Fermynwoods Contemporary Art and the National Trust property Lyveden New Bield. Here modern technology meets history. Whilst enjoying a rural ramble you will hear through the headphones of your MP3 player (provided) a soundtrack telling stories about the area, with interviews and music. A fascinating insight.

As well as the walk visitors can enjoy exhibitions at both venues featuring the work of renowned artist Peter Randall-Page - new sculptures specially made by the artist for Lyveden from local Northamptonshire limestone - and also prints and drawings on display at Fermynwoods Contemporary Art. Hidden Tracks is designed for MP3 players. Visitors can either download the audio guide and accompanying map via the internet free of charge (see www.fermynwoods.co.uk for details) or borrow an MP3 player on the day from Fermynwoods Contemporary Art or Lyveden New Bield.

The distance is 3 miles of ‘easy walking’ but suitable footwear is recommended; there could be muddy patches. Tea is available at Lyveden New Bield. Booking essential.
Minibus leaves Oundle at 2pm. Back in Oundle at about 5.45 pm.

Oddsocks Productions
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare

4pm (Note start time) gates open 3pm
The Creed Chapel, Ashton (1mile Oundle)
Tickets £12 / £5 under 21 See below for Special Offer!

Take one very fresh, attractive but ruthless bountyhunting rogue, introduce to a wild, dangerous and opinionated woman, stir in a large helping of music and song, slapstick and comedy, add some pre-nuptual tension and a host of comedy characters and what do you get? Chemistry that no other Shakespearean couple can match!

Pack a picnic and join the summer fun when the Oddsocks pageant rolls into town.

The performance will finish at approximately 6.30pm. Bring a picnic and chairs or rugs, no seating provided. Bar and coffee available.

Special Offer! - A whole evening’s entertainment: After The Taming of the Shrew, stay and enjoy your picnic in the idyllic setting at the Creed Chapel, and then join us at the Great Hall for the performance by the South Bank Gamelan Ensemble – all for an inclusive price of £20 (saving £5!)

South Bank Gamelan Players
with Wahyuningsih Widi Rahayu, dancer
7.30pm
Oundle School Great Hall
Tickets £13 / £5 under 21

Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra found mainly on the islands of Java and Bali. A full Javanese gamelan uses around 20 musicians and includes bronze gongs and metallophones, a two-stringed fiddle, xylophone, bamboo flute, zither, voices, and a set of skin drums. The sound world of the gamelan is enchanting and mellifluous, its moods by turns serene and playful, refined and exciting.

The South Bank Gamelan Players are ensemble-inresidence at the Royal Festival Hall and most of the musicians have undertaken extensive study in Java. Working closely with dancers, puppeteers and composers from Indonesia, Europe and the USA, the group has established an international reputation both for its performances of traditional Javanese music and for its championing of new music for gamelan.

‘The music is fantastically rich – melodically, rhythmically, texture (such orchestration!) and above all formally. It is a remarkable culture…’ Benjamin Britten