Other great festivals
Easter at King’s 7-13 April
New director of music Daniel Hyde presides over a Passiontide festival, including Bach’s St John Passion and Dvoˇrák’s Stabat Mater. Tel: +44 (0)1223 769340
Web: www.kings.cam.ac.uk/easter
Frinton Festival 22-25 May
Essex embraces string quartets by Verdi and Beethoven, and tenor Ian Bostridge sings Schubert’s Winterreise.
Tel: +44 (0)1255 670808
Web: www.frintonfestival.com
Thaxted Festival 19 June – 12 July
The Parish Church hosts Beethoven from the Brodskys, and baritone Roderick Williams braving ‘The Great Outdoors’.
Tel: +44 (0)1371 831421
Web: www.thaxtedfestival.co.uk
Harwich Festival 25 June-5 July
Stile Antico salutes 400 years of the Pilgrim Fathers setting sail, while Sarah Nicolls’s inside-out piano navigates climate change. Tel: +44 (0)7425 145022
Web: www.harwichfestival.co.uk Cambridge Summer Music Festival 10-26 July
College chapels, the Old Divinity School and the American Cemetery are all pressed into service for the likes of pianist Leon Mccawley and the Chiaroscuro Quartet.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 357851
Web: www.cambridgesummermusic.com Concerts at Cratfield
5 July – 13 September
With pianists Katya Apekisheva and
Charles Owen, plus the Carducci Quartet, St Mary’s Church features chamber delights. Tel: +44 (0)1728 603077
Web: www.concertsatcratfield.org.uk Snape Proms 1-31 August
August’s Proms come out to play in the company of conductor Antonio Pappano, the CBSO and violinist Midori.
Tel: +44 (0) 1728 687110
Web: www.snapemaltings.co.uk