Line-up announced for the third Corvedale Festival

Time is fast approaching for the launch of this year’s Corvedale Festival. It’s the third not-for-profit festival taking place in the stunning Corvedale in south Shropshire, featuring first class musicians.

Centred around the Jarualda Quartet as artists-in-residence, the festival is set for September 20-28 with the launch set for May 11 in Diddlebury village hall when the quartet will play works by Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak.

There will also be a buffet supper included in the ticket price of £20 a head. Tickets for the launch are available by calling 07745 825700 or emailing corvedalefestival.gmail.com.

Concerts take place at a number of locations at lunchtimes and evenings including St Michael’s Church in Munslow, St Peter’s Church in Diddlebury, All Saints Church in Culmington, and a number of village halls.

As well as the quartet there will be other musical delights with a cellist, harpist and recorders among others and a stunning event – an evening of opera with the ‘Gala Singers’ and ‘The Corvedale Festival Opera Ensemble.

There’s also a big plus in your ticket price – a glass of wine or soft drink in the evening concert intervals and at lunchtime you get a light lunch with tea of coffee!

Running alongside these international standard musical delights will be an art exhibition, craft workshop and what promises to be an amusing and informative conversation ‘Overture and Beginners, Please’ between two friends who have a wealth of experience both behind the scenes and in the spotlight of West End plays, theatre and opera companies.

Full details of the festival can be found at corvedalefestival.org.