Windsor Festival 2012

News

Thu Jan05 2012: 2012 Dates

Spring Weekend 15th - 18th March
The Tree of Light, a Cultural Olympiad event, in Windsor Great Park 30th June
Windsor Festival 2012 15th - 30th September
Tue Nov15 2011: Photographs from Windsor events
We are pleased to have collated photographs from many of the Windsor Festival events. We are very grateful to Gill Aspel and Windsor Photographic Society for facilitating this. All of the images are now available to be viewed on Gill Aspel's website: www.gillaspel.com. Please follow the 'Events' tab and click on the 'Windsor Festival 2011' link
Mon Sep12 2011: Michael Morpurgo - Offer for children

We are delighted to offer a discount on children's tickets for one of our outstanding literary events this year.

Tickets for children are £7 and any accompanying adults pay only £10 per ticket.

Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, will be reading from his latest re-telling - the magical Pied Piper of Hamelin, beautifully illustrated by Emma Chichester-Clark. Emma will join Michael in the reading of their new book, accompanied by oboist Jeremy Polmear. The event will be followed by the opportunity to ask questions of both Michael and Emma.

Offering a mixture of readings, illustrations and music, this evening promises to be enjoyable for both children and adults alike.

Tickets may be purchased from Theatre Royal Windsor online or on 01753 853888. Please quote 'Windsor Festival Pied Piper' to receive the discount.
Mon Sep05 2011: Liszt celebration

This year sees the 200^th anniversary of the birth of composer Franz Liszt. Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Director of Music at St George’s Chapel, is featuring Liszt’s three major works for the organ as the voluntary after Evensong on Sundays during the Festival. Although principally known for his contribution to the piano repertoire, Liszt’s sense of drama, pianistic virtuosity, colour and harmonic daring are brilliantly presented in his output for organ, which still act as models of inspiration for composers of the instrument today.

Sunday 18 September: Prelude and Fugue on B A C H

Sunday 25 September: Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen

Sunday 2 October: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam

Free admission to Evensong by King Henry VIIIth Gate at 5.15pm: no tickets required
Wed Jul06 2011: Autumn information now online

The events for this Autumn's Festival have been uploaded to the website along with updates to other relevant information.
Booking online, by phone and in person opens next Tuesday, 12th July, at 10am. We look forward to hearing from you.
Thu Jun30 2011: 2011 brochure now online

Good news! Not only has the Autumn brochure recently been posted to those people on our mailing list, but it is also now available online!
The download link may be found on this page, opening the brochure within the current window. If you would like to download it, please right-click the link and select 'Save link as...'. The file is roughly 7MB in size.
The Autumn events will be available to view online early next week, and booking opens on 12th July.
Wed Jun01 2011: CD recording added to International String Competition prize

Windsor Festival is pleased to announce an exciting collaboration for the International String Competition and Champs Hill Records who will be offering a recording opportunity to Yuki Ito, winner of the 2011 Competition and to the winners of future WFISC finals. Later this autumn, Yuki will record Rachmaninov's much-loved Cello Sonata for Champs Hill Records, to be released in spring 2012. The CD marks Yuki's recording debut.
Sat Mar19 2011: String Competition results

Last night saw the culmination of this week's fiercely-contested third Windsor Festival International String Competition. The three finalists and accompanist Alasdair Beatson played superbly, and the audience was enraptured.
First Prize was awarded to Yuki Ito (Japan - cello)
Second Prize was awarded to Jiafeng Chen (China - violin)
Third Prize was awarded to Michael Petrov (Bulgaria - cello)
The Audience Prize was awarded to Michael Petrov
The next String Competition will take place in 2013 and more details may be found in due course on the Windsor Festival International String Competition website.
Thu Mar17 2011: Finalists announced

The 3 finalists for the 2011 Windsor Festival International String Competition have been chosen following an incredibly exciting and high level of semi-final recitals over the past two days. The jury, very impressed by the overall standard of the competition, are pleased to announce that Jiafeng Chen, Yuki Ito and Michael Petrov are going through to the Final in the Waterloo Chamber at 7:30pm on Friday.

Photo: 2009 Winner Diana Galvydyte