THE MONTH IN NUMBERS
100
…drummers drumming. Scotland’s East Neuk Festival is calling for percussionists of all ages to join its Big Project, to be led by the Colin Currie Quartet (above) on 29 June.
30
…cellos floating in a swimming pool. But none were harmed in Water on the Bridge, a Chicago art installation by Katinka Kleijn and Lia Kohl.
2
…become one. Snape
Maltings and the Britten-pears Foundation are to merge as the Benjamin Britten Foundation.
400
…seats in the University of Liverpool’s new concert auditorium. The state-ofthe-art facility, which will be built at the cost of £17.5m, will have a stage large enough for a 70-piece orchestra.