Festival programme

JAM on the Marsh 2023

Event
JAM on the Marsh 2023
Dates
4 to 16 July 2023
Venue
Romney Marsh, Kent
Pages
76

Programme for JAM on the Marsh 2023, the multi-arts festival on Romney Marsh, Kent, from 4 to 16 July, curated by conductor Nicholas Cleobury and headlined by the world premiere of Richard Peat and Timothy Knapman's community oratorio The Sky Engine with the London Mozart Players. Inside are notes and biographies for every event, including A Day in Paris, the Delaware Choral Scholars, Nicky Spence and Oliver Soden celebrating Noël Coward, Changeling Theatre, four exhibitions and the first composer residency.

In this publication

Nicholas Cleobury, Richard Peat, Timothy Knapman, London Mozart Players, Paul Mealor, Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul Head, Sacconi Quartet, Anna Tilbrook, Nicky Spence, Oliver Soden, Joe Stilgoe, Craig Ogden, Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis, Hanna Hipp, Kudzanayi Chiwawa, John Frederick Hudson, Cyrill Ibrahim, Tom Bell, Julian Perkins, Sounds Baroque, Changeling Theatre, James Aburn, Marginalia, Michael Bawtree, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Julian Close, Christopher Churcher, Edward Armitage BEM

Welcome from the Festival Curator | 3 | Nicholas Cleobury

2023 Festival Events | 6 |

Love's Labour's Lost | 8 | Changeling Theatre, James Aburn, Robert Forknall

Hansel and Gretel | 11 | Marginalia, Chloë Allison, Anna-Luise Wagner, Evie Florence, Luke Fitzgerald, Eleanor Burke

The School for Scandal | 14 | Changeling Theatre, James Aburn

The Joe Stilgoe Trio Entertains | 16 | Joe Stilgoe, Ben Reynolds, Tom Farmer, Wendy Carrig

A Day in Paris: Messiaen Unwrapped | 19 | Tom Bell

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring | 20 | John Frederick Hudson, Cyrill Ibrahim, Paul Mealor

Debussy, Poulenc and Berlioz | 22 | JAM Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury, Hanna Hipp, Kudzanayi Chiwawa, France Tetreault

Festival Eucharist: Byrd Mass for Five Voices | 25 | Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul Head

The Trout Quintet | 26 | Sacconi Quartet, Anna Tilbrook, Graham Mitchell, Jonathan Dove

Max Jaffa's Violin | 30 | Simon Blendis, Saoko Blendis, John Ballard

Open Choral Masterclass | 32 | Nicholas Cleobury, Delaware Choral Scholars, Simon Hogan

An Evening with Craig Ogden | 34 | Craig Ogden, Penny Graham

America Meets Britten | 37 | Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul Head, Simon Hogan, Lori Geckle, Christopher Churcher

The Sky Engine: Under the Bonnet and World Premiere | 40 | Richard Peat, Timothy Knapman, London Mozart Players, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Julian Close, Kudzanayi Chiwawa, Michael Bawtree, Canterbury Cathedral Boys Choir, David Newsholme, Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek

Composers' Spotlight | 46 | Sacconi Quartet, Paul Mealor, Cameron Biles-Liddell, Christopher Churcher, Isabelle Ryder, Jago Thornton

The Lives of Noël Coward: Lunch with Oliver Soden | 50 | Oliver Soden

The Best of Noël Coward | 52 | Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez, Oliver Soden

London Mozart Players | 54 | London Mozart Players, Nicholas Cleobury, Simon Blendis, James Aburn, Oliver Soden

Sounds Baroque | 58 | Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins, Anna Cavaliero, Katie Lodge

Exhibitions and Meet the Artist | 62 | Wendy Carrig, France Tetreault, John Ballard, Penny Graham

History of JAM on the Marsh and Romney Marsh's Mediaeval Churches | 71 | Edward Armitage

The JAM Team | 72 | Paul Mealor, Nicholas Cleobury, Edward Armitage BEM, Sarah Armitage, John Frederick Hudson, Claudia Ott, James Aburn

How to Book, Supporters and Partners | 73 |

JAM (John Armitage Memorial Trust)