King’s Lynn Festival’s Spring Concert

....and Main Festival Programme Teasers

King’s Lynn Festival is getting ready to launch the entire festival programme of live classical and non-classical music (folk, jazz, dance, cabaret, improvised film music and other concerts and experiences). The festival takes place from 13 to 26 July.

Ahead of that announcement, Lithuanian virtuoso pianist Rokas Valuntonis is one of the stars of King’s Lynn Festival’s Spring Coffee Concert series. A prize winner of 20 international competitions, on Friday 07 March at 11:00 am he will perform Beethoven’s Pathétique (Piano Sonata No.8. Op. 13), Chopin’s four Mazurkas Op.33, and Schumann’s Carnaval Op.9 at The Assembly Room at King’s Lynn’s Town Hall.

The Chair of King’s Lynn Festival, Adrian Parker, said,

“There is so much to look forward to at this year’s King’s Lynn Festival, including the rest of this Spring Concerts series, with two concerts happening in March and one in April.

We’ve always enjoyed a brilliantly interesting festival programme, but this time we have some of the most diverse programming yet, reflecting the wide-ranging professional interests of Anna Pool, our new co-Artistic Director and Festival Manager, who is a working composer (currently under commission with English Touring Opera), theatre director, musician, and singer in her own right.

I’m excited that we’ll be releasing tickets for five events before the full programme announcement in April. Our Patrons can enjoy priority booking from 10^th March, with our Friends from 17^th. Public Booking opens on 24^th March.

The early release artists with performances you can book are:

• - Brecon Baroque concert with soloist and director Rachel Podger (with a programme that includes Vivaldi’s Four Seasons).
• - Sam Lee, the Mercury Prize nominated folk singer and Radio 4 broadcaster, on tour with his new Mojo album of the year.
• - Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone.
• - Voice vocal trio performing their programme, Medieval Women in Song.
• - Freddy Kempf, masterful pianist (Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor Op.57 “Appassionata”, Brahms’ Op. 118 complete, Chopin’s Polonaise in A major Op. 40 No. 1, and Shostakovich’s Sonata No.2).

Our other musical partnerships are very important too, attracting large crowds to live music concerts at Kings Lynn, including some very welcome first-time visitors to our own events. One such concert is Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, for which tickets are already on sale.

Fans of all kinds of music and all ages will have a great time at King’s Lynn Festival. Look out for the full programme lineup being revealed in April.”

Tickets for the Spring Coffee Concert Series are £16 (50% off for under 25’s), now available from King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Box Office, by telephone on 01553 764864 or online at www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk.