Alumni news
The latest Aldeburgh Alumni news from Megan Peel, Alumni Co-ordinator
63RD ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL
Peter Pears – tenor, collector, mentor and Britten’s inspiration
In the 63rd Aldeburgh Festival this year to mark the 100th birthday of Peter Pears, we are celebrating his life, career and artistic legacy. Between 22nd of June and the 24th of June there will be several events including seminars, concerts and film. I would like to hear from you about your experiences of studying and working with him while you were here. Please get in touch with me at mpeel@aldeburgh.co.uk with your submissions as I would like to compile a collection of tributes to him in time for this celebration.
RECORDINGS
The recording sessions of the Britten Song Cycles from last year’s Festival have been going on in the new Britten Studio with many of our recent alumni joining us including Elizabeth Atherton, Katherine Broderick, Robin Tritschler, Ben Johnson and Malcolm Martineau. James Geer kicked it off and Onyx Records are planning to release the first disc later this year and the second after Allan Clayton and Ben Huwlett finish the recording with Malcolm in October, 2010.
HUGO HERBERT-JONES
Hugo Herbert-Jones has very kindly agreed to be interviewed in order to capture his unique relationship with the Britten–Pears Programme and Aldeburgh over many years of highly entertaining generosity. We are uploading monthly clips so that his insights and 'Hugo-ness' can be preserved for eternity.
View the first one called 'Quack':
Alumni
Our alumni come back on various courses and in different capacities, so each alumnus/a is represented on these pages by the first course that they attended.
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Click here to view the September 2009 email newsletter.
