Festival Brochure 2021 - Flipbook - Page 10
Saturday 22nd May, 1.30pm to 4.30pm: RSPCA Fun Dog Show
[Please check the web-site to confirm this event will be allowed to go
ahead]
Registrations open from Noon. Bring your dog to have fun at the show
and the chance to win a rosette or two. This is a non-serious, fun show,
open to all dogs (and their owners!). Classes include Best veteran (10+
years), Waggiest tail, Best rescue, Best child’s friend, Owner most like
their dog and so on. Organised by the Alton, Haslemere and Petersfield
RSPCA branch, the show will help fund welfare activities such as paying vets’ bills for
local animals in need such as dogs, cats and horses.
Lion Green; Entrance £3.50 per class or £8 for three classes. Pay on the day
Saturday 22nd May, 7.30pm:
HHH Concerts in association with Haslemere Festival present
Mark Padmore CBE, Tenor,
with Ana Manastireanu, pianist
Mark Padmore was born in London and won a scholarship to
King’s College, Cambridge. He has established an international
career in opera, concert and recital. His appearances in Bach
Passions have gained particular notice, especially his renowned
performances as Evangelist in the St Matthew and St John
Passions with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Simon
Rattle.
In opera, Mark has performed leading roles at the Aldeburgh
Festival, the ENO and with Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Most recently, he appeared in
a new ROH production of Britten’s Death in Venice, where his performance was
described as a ‘tour de force’ and ‘exquisite of voice’. In concert, Mark performs with
the world’s leading orchestras. He was Artist in Residence for the 2017-18 Season with
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and held a similar position with the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra for 2016-17. Mark gives recitals worldwide and was voted 2016
Vocalist of the Year by Musical America. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by
Kent University in 2014 and was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queens’ Birthday Honours
List.
Ana Manastireanu is currently the Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow at the Royal
College of Music. She won the Accompanist Prize in the 2020 AESS Patricia Routledge
National English Song. She also won the Alasdair Graham Pianist Prize in the 2020 RCM
Lieder Competition and the First Prize for Pianists in the RCM Brooks-van der Pump
English Song Competition.
Tonight’s programme features Schubert Songs in Part I with a selection of songs from
British composers (including Britten, Vaughan Williams, Holst and Tippett) in Part II. St
Bartholomew’s Church, £18 (£10 on-line)