Morning events, Music, Contemporary

• Written by: Lynne Plowman

Contemporary children's opera composed by Lynne Plowman depicting the story of Salty Sue who wants to leave her life as landlady of the harbourside in The Blasted Bilge Rat to become a singer.

SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER Weekend events from 10am The Pill. Rebellion. Experimentation. Protest. Civil Rights. This weekend we look at the Vietnam protests, pop art, social change, the anti-nuclear movement, civil rights, the Profumo affair, Skiffle, the Beatles and maverick composers including Frank Zappa, Stockhausen…

SATURDAY 26 – SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER Weekend events from 10am The Pill. Rebellion. Experimentation. Protest. Civil Rights. This weekend we look at the Vietnam protests, pop art, social change, the anti-nuclear movement, civil rights, the Profumo affair, Skiffle, the Beatles and maverick composers including Frank…

One of Europe's oldest festivals, this annual eight day celebration features over 300 dancers, musicians, singers and craftsmen promoting their artistic work. In addition to the main concert programme there are street performances, dance and music workshops and a children's club.

SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER Weekend events from 10am In the fraught atmosphere of the Cold War, Benjamin Britten’s pacifism, socialist leanings and homosexuality cast him as an outsider. Likewise, his tonal, communicative music was viewed as suspicious by his avant-garde contemporaries. We look at his remarkable work in…

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Weekend events from 10am In the fraught atmosphere of the Cold War, Benjamin Britten’s pacifism, socialist leanings and homosexuality cast him as an outsider. Likewise, his tonal, communicative music was viewed as suspicious by his avant-garde contemporaries. We look at his remarkable work in the…

SATURDAY 28 – SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Weekend events from 10am In the fraught atmosphere of the Cold War, Benjamin Britten’s pacifism, socialist leanings and homosexuality cast him as an outsider. Likewise, his tonal, communicative music was viewed as suspicious by his avant-garde contemporaries. We look at his…

Members of Ensemble musikFabrik talk to composer John Harris about their unique artistic vision.

Philip Glass is joined by Patti Smith to discuss their cross-art form collaboration The Poet Speaks with writer and broadcaster Richard Coles.

Contemporary jazz from the saxophonist and his accompanying musicians.

Contemporary jazz by the bassist and guitarist with their accompanying musicians.

Paul Rissmann leads a study day exploring James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, the most performed percussion concerto in the world.

The Canterbury-based saxophonist leads the band as it plays contemporary jazz.

SUNDAY 8 DECEMBER Weekend events from 10am 'We live in a time not of mainstreams but of many streams', said composer John Cage. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, old certainties were cast aside and globalisation made a truly worldwide musical scene. During this December weekend we ask: what next? View the full…

SATURDAY 7 - SUNDAY 8 DECEMBER Weekend events from 10am 'We live in a time not of mainstreams but of many streams', said composer John Cage. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, old certainties were cast aside and globalisation made a truly worldwide musical scene. During this December weekend we ask: what next?

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER Weekend events from 10am A new generation. Innovation. Radicalisation. Electronics. In the six years of the Second World War, art, music and technology had been used to manipulate and destroy. Composers saw no option but to start from scratch and set about creating radical new music in the…

Contemporary jazz by the saxophonist and combo.

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER Weekend events from 10am Vietnam. Watergate. Downtown New York. Scorsese. We get under the skin of a nation which put a man on the moon, but was still rocked by political, social and economic scandal. Plus Minimalism: the euphoric, hypnotic and surprisingly commercial musical phenomenon.

Contemporary jazz by the bassist and his accompanying musicians.

• Written by: Thierry Huillet

The pianist and violinist duo performs Thierry Huillet's The Little Prince For Violin And Piano, based on the book by Antoine de Saint Exupery's, copyright Editions Gallimard 1946.