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SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2012
Faster Than Sound: I Burn for You

‘I Burn for You’ is an atmospheric new music theatre work inspired by Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire novel Dracula, created by composer Ian Wilson and stage director Tom Creed


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  • Friday 8 June 2012

    Where the Wild Things Are & Higglety Pigglety Pop!

    Two of the world’s most beloved books for children, Where The Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! spring to life in these wildly imaginative operas by Oliver Knussen and Maurice Sendak

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Saturday 9 June 2012 - Thursday 14 June 2012

    Festival Masterclasses: Menahem Pressler

    The legendary pianist gives an intensive series of masterclasses on chamber music by Schumann and Brahms, as part of an Aldeburgh Festival residency

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Saturday 9 June 2012

    Miklós Perényi I

    In the first of three concerts, the great Hungarian cellist, Miklós Perényi joins us for his Aldeburgh debut

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Saturday 9 June 2012

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    To celebrate Oliver Knussen’s 60th birthday and long Aldeburgh association, the first in a series of Festival concerts curated by him as Artist in Residence

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Saturday 9 June 2012

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero’s qualities as recitalist are recognised by audiences worldwide, nurtured by no less a mentor than Martha Argerich; when Pierre-Laurent Aimard first heard her last year, he immediately invited her to the Festival

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Saturday 9 June 2012

    Sea Change

    Two world premieres mark the start of a unique musical adventure as guitarist, James Boyd embarks on a voyage to Orkney aboard his classic boat Concord of Mersea

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

  • Sunday 10 June 2012

    Oliver Knussen in Conversation

    To mark his 60th birthday his friend, composer Julian Anderson talks with Oliver Knussen about his career as a composer, conductor, and Aldeburgh Festival Artistic Director

    Information General booking opens Tuesday 6 March

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EXHIBITIONS
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BEHIND THE SCENES

23 January - 3 February
Lunchtime Chamber Music Residency - Bennewitz Quartet
The Bennewitz Quartet in residence working on Dvořák, Haydn and Bartók prior to their performance

6 - 17 February

Lunchtime Chamber Music Residency - Castalian Quartet
The Castalian Quartet in residence working on Dvořák and Mendelssohn prior to their performance

13 - 17 February
AYM Meet Led Bib
Composition in the moment with torch bearers of the young British Jazz scene
 

Faster Than Sound - Future Dates

11 February 2012
I Burn for You

'I Burn for You’ is an atmospheric new music theatre work inspired by Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire novel Dracula, created by composer Ian Wilson and stage director Tom Creed.
Hungarian death metal vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Sunn O))), and Void of Voices) – whose remarkable voice has been described as operatic – plays the vampyric role.

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