Here's your at-a-glance programme of events, including venue and ticket prices.
To download a full programme and booking form, click here
Chorus members click here for your full rehearsal schedule
To book tickets, either call the Kendal Brewery Arts Centre box office on 01539 725133 or book online at www.breweryarts.co.uk. Prices for individual events are detailed below. You can also purchase a great value full weekend ticket, giving you entrance to all events for only £44 (Students £14).
7.30pm, Cartmel Priory
Pro Nobis Singers, Stonebridge Quartet, Bob Talbot (organ), Andrew Leavett (harpsichord), Clive Walkley (conductor)
A concert of choral and instrumental music including Vaughan Williams' Three Shakespeare Songs and 2nd String Quartet, William Mathias' Missa Aedis Christi and Walter Leigh's Concertino for Harpsichord and Strings.
£8.50 (Students £2)
10.30am, Unitarian Chapel, Market Place, Kendal
The Consort of Four, Pieces of Eight
A recital of music from Tudor England for lute, cittern, viols, flute, recorder and voices performed by two groups specialising in chamber ensemble music. Tudor music was a vital source of inspiration for Vaughan Williams.
£6 (Students £2)
12 noon, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
'passion and fierceness in RVW and Walton'
A buffet lunch will be followed by a talk by James Day about the response to the turbulent times of the 20th century in the music of Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries. James Day is the author of the Master Musicians book on Vaughan Williams and has lectured at the universities of Basle and Cambridge. There will be illustrations sung by John Lofthouse with Andrew Leavett (piano).
With buffet lunch: £14 (Students £11) Buffet lunch must be pre-booked.
Lecture only: £5 (Students £2)
2pm - 5pm, Kendal Parish Church
Open rehearsal
Drop in any time on the rehearsal for the evening concert.
Free
2.30pm, meet at the Brewery Arts Centre
Guided walk round Kendal
Led by members of the Civic Society. Approx 2 hours.
Free
6pm, Kirkland Hall, Kendal
RVW in war and peace'
James Day introduces us to Dona Nobis Pacem. Tea and coffee will be available; please feel free to bring your own food.
Free
7.30pm, Kendal Parish Church
Roland Fudge (violin), John Lofthouse (baritone), Julie Leavett (soprano), The New Millennium Chorus and Orchestra, Ian Jones (conductor)
A celebration of Vaughan Williams' life in music featuring VW's Dona Nobis Pacem and The Lark Ascending, plus Walton's Belshazzar's Feast and the first performance with orchestra of Gurney's The Trumpet.
£10 (Students £2)
10.45am, Cartmel Priory
Festival Service
During the service Levens Choir will sing Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor.
2.30pm, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
English Song
Rachel Little, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Andrew Leavett and the Stonebridge Quartet will join to give a recital of English song including Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge.
