Welcome to Deal Festival of Music and Arts 2010

RUBBER BISCUIT - Deal Sea Front - 7:00 pm
Now in their eighteenth year of entertaining Kent audiences, these local legends are still doing what they have always done best: playing great music and, more importantly, ...
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COCOS LOVERS Deal Folk Band - Deal Sea Front - 10:30 am
Cocos Lovers are a band made up of husbands, wives, brothers, sisters from Deal on the Kent Coast. They are seven members and are part of the new young folk movement that has ...
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XENON - Deal Sea Front - 11:30 am
Leading Arts Festivals come together to stage an exploded opera in 6 parts The pioneering East Kent Festival Cluster will see the region’s leading cultural festivals ...
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CCCU Big Band - Directed by Mike Hamnett - Deal Sea Front - 11:30 am
Bring swing classics, Ellington and Count Basie favourites to Deal Festival's jazz forum. Mike Hamnett, UK top percussionist, musical arranger and composer can be tracked down, ...
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YOUNG PERFORMERS PLATFORM - Deal Town Hall - 3:00 pm
The Festival continues to support young, talented artists by giving them a public platform on which to perform.  Many of the artists who have been given this opportunity ...
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EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
Deal Festival in association with Orchestras Live present: Directed by Hans-Peter Hofmann With sonnets read by the former Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion EUCO was formed ...
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FESTIVAL MASS - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 10:00 am
Vierne’s Messe Sollonnelle for Two Organs and Chorus
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TOM ELLIS & LAURA SNOWDEN with HUN-OUK PARK - The Pines Calyx, St Margaret's - 7:00 pm
Three top young musicians, graduates from the famous Yehudi Menuhin Music School, play a delectable programme of music which includes: Schubert Sonata in A minor Beethoven ...
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SOL TRIO - The Royal Hotel, Deal - 7:30 pm
Return visit by popular demand, The Sol Trio - jazz, folk and Latin.
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FRINGE COFFEE CONCERT - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 11:00 am
Graham Harvey (trombone), Paul Stubbings (organ) and John Harper (piano) to include music by Pergolesi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Tommy Dorsey and CPE Bach’s organ sonata ...
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DON GIOVANNI - The Astor Theatre, Deal - 7:30 pm
Starring Dame Kiri te Kanawa and Ruggero Raimondi. Deal Festival in Partnership with The Astor Theatre in a film showing of Joseph Losey’s sumptuous masterpiece filmed ...
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CONSORTIUM 5 RECORDERS - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
One of the foremost recorder consorts of their generation with music ranging from the renaissance to the present day. The young girls who form Consortium5 met as students at ...
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CONSORTIUM 5 MASTERCLASS - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 3:30 pm
Recorder Masterclass (free to those who attend lunchtime concert)
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CINQUE PORTS ENSEMBLE - St Mary's Church, Walmer - 7:30 pm
This will be John Georgiadis last concert as a professional violinist. He will be joined by Stina Wilson (flute), Ian Crowther (oboe), Alex Rider (harp), John Perkins (violin), ...
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SVIATOSLAV ANTIPOV– Piano recital - St George's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
A recital by this young student of the Royal Academy of Music (former Deal Festival Bursary Award and past student of the Purcell School) in a programme of far-ranging and technically ...
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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - The Salutation Gardens, Sandwich - 7:30 pm
Hazlitt Arts Centre and The Changeling Theatre Company’s outdoor productions of Shakespeare, with live music, are vibrant and accessible, seeking to demystify the bard ...
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CCCU MASTERS STUDENTS give a classical period concert - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
Canterbury Christ Church University’s best Masters students perform a concert of trios. Debussy Trio for flute, viola and harp Brahms Songs for mezzo-soprano, viola ...
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AN EVENING WITH DENIS NORDEN - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
An audience with Denis Norden - in conversation with Samantha Norman Brilliant raconteur and prolific writer, Denis Norden, is the archivist of showbiz blunders. This event ...
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MORRIS LENSON GUITAR DUO - River Methodist Church - 1:00 pm
The young guitar duo of Jake Lenson and Mark Morris have been performing extensively around Britain and abroad and in 2009 gave a world premiere of Timothy Bowers cycle “The ...
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THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA JAZZ ORCHESTRA - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
A rare opportunity to hear the Gil Evans/Miles Davis jazz classic “Porgy & Bess” Suite with legendary Henry Lowther taking the virtuoso trumpet solo role. This ...
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LD Bus - Saturday - Deal Castle - 9:30 am
The LD Bus will be at Deal Castle at 9:30am
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HORNBEAM PRIMARY SCHOOL SAMBA BAND - Deal Castle - 10:00 am

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FROM BARD TO BOND - National Trust Visitor Centre, Dover - 11:00 am
Walk from Dover Cliffs to St Margaret’s Bay (In association with the National Trust) Janet Alcock, Volunteer Co-ordinator from the South Forelands Lighthouse, leads us ...
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PFIZER WIND ORCHESTRA - St George's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
In their first Festival performance The Pfizer Wind Orchestra bring us original and descriptive music for Wind Orchestra. Programme to include; Stephen McNeff’s Ghosts Paul ...
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GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
Deal’s historical support of outstanding brass band music is met here by a return visit to the town by one of the world’s top bands. ProgrammeL A première ...
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LD Bus - Sunday - Deal Castle - 10:00 am
The LD Bus will be at Deal Castle at 10:00am
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SANDWICH DAY! - JAZZ AT THE QUAYSIDE - Sandwich Quay - 11:00 am
The Sir Roger Manwood School Big band, directed by Dominic Shawcross, will be performing at the Sandwich Quay at 11:00am.
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SANDWICH DAY! - CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION - The Bell Hotel - 12:00 pm
12.00 – 5.30  – Champagne Reception in The Bell Hotel followed by three course Sunday lunch with music provided by Sarah Hale, soprano and Alex Rider, harp ...
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BAND OF THE ROYAL MARINES - Walmer Bandstand - 2:00 pm

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MEDIEVAL VESPERS - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 6:00 pm
Including music by Hidegard of Bingen
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JAZZ EVENT - Djangles - The Royal Hotel, Deal - 7:00 pm
Peter Rose (clarinet), Josh & Joe Barrett (guitars), Andee Price (Bass) Gipsy Jazz – from Django to the Beatles and beyond.
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SECOND FRINGE COFFEE CONCERT - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 11:00 am
The Cambini Ensemble with music for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano and organ, including Bach, Schumman, Rutland Boughton and the American William Grant Still
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SARAH WOOD - “Contemporary Music and Arts” - Droit House, Margate - 6:00 pm
Unfortunately Michael Chandler is unavailable but we are fortunate that Dr Sarah Wood will be speaking in his place.  Sarah Wood is just beginning to write a book about ...
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ACCORD DUO - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
Accord Duo – Miloš Milivojevic & Zivorad Nikolic Two young prize-winning Serbian accordionists who already have achieved high-profile international careers, ...
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CHARIS CHEUNG & TOMOKA SHIGENA – Piano Duo - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
Tomoka enthralled Deal audiences last year and here she joins forces with her equally brilliant colleague, Charis playing a programme that includes Edwin Roxburgh’s recent ...
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DEAL PIER DISCS - WITH JOHN SHIPTON - Sandwich Guildhall - 6:00 pm
Former Chairman of Friends of Deal Festival, John is a keen cellist and his love of music will be at the forefront of an interview with Professor Paul Edlin.
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ALEA STRING QUARTET - St Clements Church, Sandwich - 7:30 pm
Florence, Cooke, Amanda Lake, Clare Fox, Sophie Rivlin The Alea, Schuttleworth Scholars at Canterbury Christ Church University, are in demand for contemporary music projects ...
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KOSMOS TRIO - St Andrew's Church, Deal - 1:00 pm
With their inspiring fusion of folk music traditions from around the world, sophisticated jazz glides magically into wild gypsy fiddling, emotive Jewish music into hot-blooded ...
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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - Hazlitt Changeling Theatre - The Pines Gardens, St Margaret's - 7:30 pm
Hazlitt Arts Centre and The Changeling Theatre Company outdoor productions of Shakespeare, with live music, are vibrant and accessible, seeking to demystify the bard, returning ...
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DEAL PIER DISCS - Deal Town Hall - 6:00 pm
Nigel Douglas being interviewed by Professor Paul Edlin. Nigel Douglas is one of the most versatile figures in international opera, Nigel Douglas studied singing in the Vienna ...
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SIR WILLARD WHITE – Robeson Re-explored - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
Sir Willard White explores the repertoire and life story of this icon of the last century. Robeson epitomised the energy and integrity of the major figures who raised awareness ...
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CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA – Splash, Bang Wallop FAMILY DAY CONCERT - St George's Church, Deal - 3:00 pm
Directed by Nicholas WardPresenter James Redwood This is an interactive concert that will appeal especially to children, parents, grand-parents so please join us and take a ...
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CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA - St George's Church, Deal - 7:30 pm
Deal Festival in association with Orchestras Live present: The CLS perform a gloriously fitting programme to end the Deal Festival which includes Handel’s “Water ...
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Annabelle Lawson (piano) - Deal Town Hall - 7:30 pm
PART OF OUR AUTUMN CONCERTSBOX OFFICE, THE SOUND HOUSE,  112 High Street, Deal CT14 6EE01304 381134Ticket Prices £10.00, Discounts – 2 Concerts £18.00, ...
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Stina Wilson (Flute), Alex Rider (Harp) - Deal Town Hall - 7:30 pm
PART OF OUR AUTUMN CONCERTSBOX OFFICE, THE SOUND HOUSE,  112 High Street, Deal CT14 6EE01304 381134Ticket Prices £10.00, Discounts – 2 Concerts £18.00, ...
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Matthew Sharp (Cello), iv McLVean (Piano) and Finkelsteins Castle - The Astor Theatre, Deal - 7:30 pm
PART OF OUR AUTUMN CONCERTSBOX OFFICE, THE SOUND HOUSE,  112 High Street, Deal CT14 6EE01304 381134Ticket Prices £10.00, Discounts – 2 Concerts £18.00, ...
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