A Music Festival preview — with Meurig Bowen

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1 month ago

In this exclusive preview of the 2009 HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival, Festival Director Meurig Bowen guides you through the programme — and what events to look out for.

Don’t miss your chance to book these great concerts!

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Look out for…

Hollywood Rhapsody — gorgeous tunes and big-screen emotion
The Smith Quartet — an American Triptych with Crumb, Glass and Reich
Bampton Classical Opera — a Mozart and Gluck double-bill
Kol Simcha — Jewish folk music with a twist
Fretwork — Italian Jewish musicians at the Tudor Court
Elizabeth Watts — nominated for a Classical Brit award 2009
Kit and the Widow — delightfully witty cabaret

We’ve tagged this post with interview, listen, Meurig Bowen, music, preview, video on Wednesday 24 June 2009.

Cheltenham Music Festival — a short film on Sky Arts

1 year
1 month ago

HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival is profiled in a short film on Sky Arts, our TV media partner in 2009. The film will be screened 20 times on Sky Arts during the end of June and throughout the Festival period.

Festival Director Meurig Bowen talks about the programme on location at the Pittville Pump Room and Town Hall. There are stunning shots of Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. And there are specially-filmed interviews and performance extracts from soprano Elizabeth Watts, singing Schubert, and the Endellion Quartet, performing Beethoven.

watch online on Sky Arts

To be screened on Sky Arts 2 HD on 3 July 10:50am, 5 July 10:50pm, and 6 July at 6:20pm.

We’ve tagged this post with interview, music, video on Monday 22 June 2009.

Science Festival 2009 Highlights from “Sounds of Science”

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1 month ago

Courtesy of the Sounds of Science guys, find out what Dara Ó Briain, Alice Roberts and all thought, did and enjoyed about this year’s Science Festival!

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by Sounds of Science — www.soundsofscience.co.uk

We’ve tagged this post with interview, listen, retrospective, science on Saturday 13 June 2009.

10 minutes with…

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Jonathon Porritt
Program Director of Forum for the Future, Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission

What is your involvement with The Times Cheltenham Science Festival?
A: I’ve been involved pretty much from the start actually because I love the way they get big ideas going here, get kids involved, and do all kinds of things to make science more accessible, interesting and exciting. It still baffles me that an awful lot of people think science is for geeks stuck in ivory towers, not really for people trying to make sense of their own lives and understand big issues. I was Guest Director the year before last, and last year I gave a talk about population. People got very hot under the collar, but that’s what it should be.

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We’ve tagged this post with interview, Jonathon Porritt, science on Friday 12 June 2009.

10 minutes with…

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Carol Vorderman
Guest Director of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2009

Why did you decide to be Guest Director of the festival?
A: The Cheltenham Science Festival is fantastic. It’s quite an intimate science festival and it’s such a nice place to come to in all ways. I think it’s wonderful and this year I’m very proud to be Guest Director! What I love about the Cheltenham Science Festival is its purpose is to communicate science to the general public — be they children, or schools, or families. It is terribly important, even if you haven’t received a formal education in science that you begin to understand some of the issues.

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We’ve tagged this post with Carol Vorderman, interview, science on Thursday 11 June 2009.

Standing ovation for science — Mark Lythgoe’s festival highlight

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Mark Lythgoe, Co-director of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, talked to Sue Harris about one of his festival highlights – Good Bugs, Bad Bugs by Mike Wilson, Professor of Microbiology at UCL.

I went to the most amazing talk I have been to in the last 2 years. The audience must have clapped for about 2 to 3 minutes continuously afterwards. I have never, ever felt that kind of electricity — when every single person in the audience just connected together, knowing that they had experienced a really special moment in their lives. Every single one of us would have walked out of that lecture theatre and looked at themselves and the world completely differently because of what I heard. It was one of the most unique experiences I have ever had.

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We’ve tagged this post with interview, Mark Lythgoe, science on Thursday 11 June 2009.

10 minutes with…

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Heston Blumenthal
Chef and owner of The Fat Duck restaurant

Why do you love The Times Cheltenham Science Festival?
A: I think this country has as strong a tradition of science then any other country on the planet and there has been a problem recently of people not taking science up at university. So anything that makes science more accessible, and above all, makes it fun is important. That’s why the Cheltenham Science Festival is completely unique. It does that and it brings people in. You know, a lot of people are scared of science because they feel intimidated by it, that you have to have a degree to understand it. Actually that’s complete and utter nonsense. Science is involved in everything that we do. And the key thing is that it can just be great fun, and this festival is testament to that.

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We’ve tagged this post with Heston Blumenthal, interview, science on Saturday 6 June 2009.

Our Top Picks for Budvar Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2009

1 year
3 months ago

Wondering what to go and see at the Jazz Festival? We caught up with the Festival Producer and the Chief Executive of Cheltenham Festivals for their top picks!

Find out why Budvar Cheltenham Jazz Festival is something to really get excited about…

Look out for…

Hugh Masekela — trumpet legend
Mica Paris and the Ruach Choir — a unique celebration of jazz and gospel
Friday Night is Music Night — the controversial story of Billy Strayhorn
Pat Martino — jazz guitar virtuoso
Alex Wilson Salsa Orchestra — unbeatable salsa grooves

We’ve tagged this post with Chief Executive, Donna Renney, interview, jazz, video on Thursday 23 April 2009.

Martin Horwood MP celebrates Cheltenham Festivals

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4 months ago

Listen!

Martin Horwood MP, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cheltenham dropped into Festival HQ to celebrate British Tourism Week.

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Cheltenham’s MP caught up with Festival organisers about the 2009 events and found time to tell us why Cheltenham Festivals are so important to the region’s tourism.

We’ve tagged this post with interview, jazz, listen, literature, music, science on Tuesday 31 March 2009.

Great short interview with punk-jazz ‘Get The Blessing’

1 year
4 months ago

Can you explain why you wear suits and bags on your heads?

We’ve dug deep and unearthed answers to this and other essential questions.

Visit our event page for the full interview with ‘Get The Blessing’.

We’ve tagged this post with Get The Blessing, interview, jazz on Friday 13 March 2009.

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