The 2009 Bedford Park Festival: June 13th-28th
Programme of Events
Booking information
Advance booking is advisable for popular events: forms available in St Michael & All Angels Church and Lad's, Bedford Corner, or print your own. Tickets for most events are available on the door, unless sold out. Family tickets are for up to five people (including up to 2 adults). Discounts marked with an asterisk are for children, students and the unemployed. Box Office information from 020 8995 3285 or e-mail: Helen@may.be
Friday 12 June 6.30-9pm
Art Exhibition Preview
Reception with wine and music. The preview party gets the Festival off to a flying start.
A delightful opportunity to buy pictures,
meet friends and listen to music.
Exhibition sponsored by
Savills
St Michael & All Angels Church. Refreshments and soft drinks on sale.
Saturday 13 June & Sunday June 14 - Green Days Fete & Craft Fair
Saturday 13 June to Friday 19 June
The Bedford Park Summer Exhibition
An exhibition of works by local artists of all ages. All works are for sale and a third of the proceeds go to the Festival causes. The poster is by Jo Rankin (above right). The original will be raffled - tickets on sale at exhibition.
Opening times: 10.30am-6pm daily, except Sunday 14 June: 11.30am-6pm.
NB: Last viewing day Friday 19 June.
St Michael & All Angels Church, admission free, catalogue £1.
Sunday 14 June 7.30pm
- Bach Cantatas
After the frenetic activity of Green Days, a haven of spiritual contemplation. Sandy Burnett (right) leads the West London Bach Consort and Players in two cantatas by JS Bach, as part of their complete performing cycle of Bach’s sacred cantatas based here at St Michael’s. BWV 174 Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte.
BWV 93 Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten.
Sponsored by
Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
St Michael & All Angels Church. Retiring collection
Monday 15 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Summer Serenade
David Juritz and friends play Mozart’s Quintet in C major and music for flute and strings. With Caroline Dale, cello, Paul Edmund Davies, flute, Patrick Kiernan, violin, Andrew Brown and Yuri Zhislin viola.
Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
St Michael & All Angels church £12 (£6*). Please use advance booking form or pay at door.
Refreshments available from 7pm.
…and Supper!
Encores of the usual quality after supper in the Parish Hall upstairs. Places limited, so book early.
Combined ticket £25 (£18*). Please use advance booking form.
Wednesday 17 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Cath Kidston in Conversation
Chiswick’s favourite designer discusses her career and creations, in conversation with the BBC’s Torin Douglas. With questions from the audience and a prize draw!
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, upstairs. £15 (£7.50*).
Tickets available at door. Refreshments available from 7.30pm
Thursday 18 June 1 till 2pm
- Lunch Hour Recital
The Greenwich Piano Trio (winners, Solti Foundation Award) play Allegretto by Beethoven; Cavatina at Midnight by Cecilia McDowall; and Piano Trio No2 in C minor by Mendelssohn. Please bring a picnic to have afterwards in Rosalind Leney’s lovely garden.
Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Refreshments available. Tickets £12, only in advance from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762.
Thursday 18 June 7.30 for 8pm
- 20th Century Poems... in a 19th Century suburb
A decade into the 21st century, where better than fin-de-siecle Bedford Park to look back on 20th Century poets? Bring a favourite 20th C poem to read & listen to others’ choices, with a special selection from Independent columnist - & BBC Radio 4
The Write Stuff panellist - John Walsh. Plus themed music, hosted by local poets Anne-Marie Fyfe & Cahal Dallat. Sponsored by Jeremy Solnick.
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, upstairs.
£7.50 at door. Refreshments available from 7.30pm.
Friday 19 June 1 till 2pm
- Lunch Hour Recital
Eva Ganizate, Soprano; Giles Ridley; Piano. Les Nuits d’Été by Berlioz. Plus songs including Richard Strauss: Cäcilie, Traum durch die Dämmerung.
13 Marlborough Crescent, W4 1HE. Tickets £12. Use advance booking form
Friday 19 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Gospel Night with Chiswick Gospel Choir
Back at St Michael’s by popular demand, Chiswick Gospel Choir and friends with an
inspiring evening of gospel music.
Sponsored by the Hogarth Health Club.
St Michael & All Angels Church. Refreshments available from 7.30pm. £12 (£6*)
Friday 19 June to Sunday 21 June
- Artists at Home
The annual Open Studios scheme in Chiswick, Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush.
54 artists are exhibiting, from 6 to 9pm on Friday and from 11am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Full details: www.artistsathome.net
Saturday 20 June 6.30 for 7pm
- Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun
St Michael & All Angels Junior Choir (ages 7-15)
Follow Annie Oakley on her journey from awkward back-woods girl to famed pistol-packing star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Dorothy Fields’ wonderful book complements Irving Berlin’s finest score - featuring ‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better’, and ‘There’s No Business Like Showbusiness’. Director Amy Watson.
Musical Director, Jonathan Dods
St Michael & All Angels Church. Refreshments available from 6.30pm. £10 (£5*) or family ticket £25 on the door. (NB: Sunday Matinée at 3pm)
Sunday 21 June 10am
- Parish Eucharist
With Children’s Church and crèche. Refreshments after the service.
Sunday 21 June 2.30 for 3pm
- Annie Get Your Gun
St Michael’s Junior Choir. Matinée performance: see above for details
St Michael & All Angels Church. Refreshments available from 2.30pm.
£10 (£5*) or family ticket £25 (see above).
Sunday 21 June 7.30pm
- Festival Fringe: Comedy Night
Sketches, stand-up and song from the Aspidistras and the pick of Britain’s young comedy talent. Sponsored by Oliver Bonas.
Tabard Theatre. £8. Please use advance booking form. Refreshments in pub!
Monday 22 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Kevin McNally in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Kevin McNally takes a break from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and playing Claudius opposite Jude Law’s ‘Hamlet’ to perform the TV classic ‘A Chip in the Sugar’.
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, upstairs. £15 (£7.50*). Please use
advance booking form. Refreshments available from 7.30pm.
Wednesday 24 June & Thursday 25 June 4 to 6pm
- Chiswick & Bedford Park School Art Exhibition
An exhibition of work by the children of Chiswick & Bedford Park School.
St Michael & All Angels Church. See noticeboards for opening times.
Wednesday 24 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Benjamin Britten's The Company of Heaven
Patrick Malahide (Minder, Middlemarch and The Singing Detective) and Elizabeth McGovern (Once Upon a Time in America, Complicit) are the readers in this 1937 radio cantata, mixing poetry and music. Antonia Cviic (soprano), Jeremy Collin (tenor), Britten Voices, Britten Orchestra - leader Miranda Wilson, Conductor Sandy Burnett.
Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
St Michael & All Angels Church. Tickets £12. Please use advance booking form.
Thursday 25 June 7.30 to 8.30pm
- Summer Wine Tasting at Sam's
Sam's Brasserie & Bar will host a special Summer Wine Tasting in conjunction with Jascots Wines - a chance to try some of their favourite wines to enjoy this summer.
Sam’s Brasserie & Bar, 11 Barley Mow Passage, W4. Tickets £25. Please use
Advance Booking Form. If you would like to book dinner afterwards, please
contact Sam’s directly on 020 8987 0555. 2-course dinner: £14, 3 courses: £17.
Thursday 25 June 7.30 for 8pm
- Neil Brand - The Silent Pianist Speaks
Fresh from co-starring in Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns, the doyen of silent film accompanists illustrates his 25-year career, improvising with great silent clips and a Wild West finale! Sponsored by Savills
St Michael & All Angels Church. £15 (£7.50*). Please use advance booking form.
Saturday 27 June 7.30 for 8pm
- The Last Night of the Festival, with Mel Smith
A Revue, with acts from Bedford Park and St Michael & All Angels, featuring jazz from Root Juice and a special performance by Mel Smith, who was born and brought up in Chiswick. Fish & Chips in interval (tickets without food will be available at the door price £12).
St Michael’s Church £15. Refreshments available from 7.30pm. Please use advance booking form.
Friday 25 June to Sunday 28 June
- Bedford Park Photographic Exhibition and Competition
For photographers of all ages, various categories. Entries close 4pm Saturday June 14th. Details and entry forms from: Snappy Snaps, 83 Chiswick High Road; Lad’s Newsagent, Bedford Corner; Parish Office. Sponsored by Snappy Snaps and Vibeke Dahl Photography
PREVIEW PARTY Friday 6.30-8.30pm
Refreshments available
OPENING TIMES Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 11.30am-5.30pm
PRIZE GIVING Sunday 5.30pm
(Voting closes 5pm) Raffle tickets on sale for sittings and portraits by Vibeke Dahl (right) and Kelvin Murray. Draw at Prize Giving.
St Michael’s Parish Hall upstairs. Admission £1 (children 50p).
- Bedford Park in Calligraphy Exhibition
Opening times as Photography exhibition above
30 works for sale by Andy Moore (www.andymoorecalligraphy.com)
St Michael’s Parish Hall downstairs. Admission free
Sunday 28 June
- Festival Mass 10am
Solemn Sung Eucharist with the Bedford Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus. ‘Harmoniemesse’ by Franz Joseph Haydn. Well known to the Festival, the ‘Wind-band Mass’ was Haydn's last sizeable work
and showcases the woodwind.
Conducted by Jonathan Dods; Leader David Juritz
- Festival Mass Lunch from 12.30pm
Lunch in the Vicarage Garden for all attending Mass.
Vicarage Garden. £6 (£3*). Please use advance booking form
- Open Gardens 2-6pm
Visit up to a dozen of the most beautiful private gardens in Bedford Park. Entry by ticket (and map) from St Michael’s Parish Hall, where cream teas are on sale. Sponsored by
Andrew Nunn & Associates
St Michael’s Parish Hall. £6. Children free.
- The Bedford Park Walk 3-5pm
A tour of the key architectural and literary features of Bedford Park led by local architect, John Scott. Cream teas on sale afterwards. Sponsored by Andrew Nunn & Associates. Meet 3 pm in St Michael’s Church £6 (£3*). Please use advance booking form (limited availability on the day).
- Rosalind Leney’s Pupils’ Concert 6pm
A programme of piano solos and duets. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Refreshments available.
Tickets £5, in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762.
Booking information
Tickets for most events are available on the door, unless sold out. Some events require advance booking because places are limited. Family tickets are for up to five people (including up to 2 adults). Discounts marked with an asterisk are for children, students and the unemployed. Advance booking forms are now available in St Michael & All Angels Church. From May 17th they will be in many Festival leaflets and the Parish Office, Priory Avenue, W4 1TX; the Church (porch and inside); Lad’s Newsagents, Bedford Corner. Box Office information from 020 8995 3285 or e-mail: Helen@may.be