Our opening concert by the brilliant ensemble Arcangelo and Kristian Bezuidenhout includes a recreation of the first performance of the Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto, with single strings, as well as one of Mozart's loveliest piano concerti and an intriguing work by one of his major contemporaries, who was highly respected by Mozart.

The Kelemen String Quartet , the prize-winning quartet from Hungary brings us the first concert in our series to cover the string quartets of Bartok.

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) is accompanied by Joseph Middleton, a rising force in lieder accompaniment and a local Gloucestershire boy.

The two Ste/ph/vens (Isserlis and Hough) have performed and recorded together often, and we are privileged to have them in Tetbury. As our founding Artistic Adviser, Steven has played at the Tetbury Music Festival four times, and we are delighted to welcome Stephen in his debut at the Festival. The programme includes the UK premiere of new work for Cello & Piano by Stephen Hough, jointly commissioned for the Tetbury Festival and the Kronberg Festival.

The closing concert is the first of five David Thomas Memorial Concerts planned over the next five years. The series will present at Tetbury great masterworks of 18th century religious music, under the sponsorship of the David Thomas Trust. This year it is the Bach B minor Mass; a chamber scale performance of the greatest mass in the repertoire.

Last year some of the concerts were sell-outs before the event, so you might want to take advantage of priority booking by becoming a Dolphin.

We look forward to seeing you later this year.

The Tetbury Music Festival - 2013
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