19:30 TUESDAY 14 JULYGainsborough Old Hall

MARK PADMORE (tenor)DANIEL ROWLAND (violin)SIMON MULLIGAN (piano)

EDWARD ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Selection of Folk Songsfor Tenor, Violin and Piano ALISSA FIRSOVA Algarvia, Op. 42 for Violin and Piano THURLOW LIEURANCE Dying Moon Flower for Voice and Piano THURLOW LIEURANCE By the waters of Minnetonkafor Voice, Violin and Piano

ARTHUR FOOTE I’m wearing awa’to the Land o’ the LealCHARLES IVES The Housatonic at Stockbridge for Voice and Piano GEORGE ANTHEIL Sonata No. 2 for Violin and PianoGEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. HEIFETZ) ‘Summertime’,‘Bess you is my woman now’ and ‘It ain’t necessarily so’ fromPorgy & Bess Suite for Violin and Piano

Our festival opener introduces three of Britain’s most exciting and world-renowned artists, coming together for the first time: Artist-in-Residence, Mark Padmore; Dutch-English violinist, Daniel Rowland – “totally and truly charismatic” The Herald; and New York-based pianist, Simon Mulligan – “the most abundantly gifted of pianists” The Times. They will dazzle us with a feast of English and American music, painting the journey of the Mayflower.

17:45 WEDNESDAY 15 JULYLincoln Minster School Recital Hall

SIMON MULLIGAN (piano)

19:00 Reception for Friends, Patrons and Supporters

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Medley from West Side Story(arr. Mulligan)

GEORGE GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Mulligan)

Praised by Lord Yehudi Menuhin as “one of the finest pianists I have ever had the pleasure of performing with”, Simon Mulligan made his own journey to the US after establishing a spectacular career in England, performing with London’s finest orchestras, appearing regularly at the Wigmore Hall and touring with the likes of Joshua Bell and Lynn Harrell. He now enjoys an extensive international career and records for the Steinway & Sons label. Beat the rush-hour and join Simon for some of his own riveting and virtuosic transcriptions of familiar classics from America’s finest composers. Prepare to be blown-away!

19:30 THURSDAY 16 JULYBeonna at All Saints, Benington, Boston

MARK PADMORE (tenor)BRITTEN SINFONIA

18:00–18:45 Pre-Concert Talk by a panel, including Peter Wolrich, on the Mayflower

MOZART Oboe Quintet in C minor K 406JONATHAN DOVE The End (setting of Mark Strand)HENRY PURCELL Chacony (arr. for string quartet byBenjamin Britten)

JON PAUL MAYSE Voyage of the Mayflower (setting of Peter Wolrich) LICMF 2020 Mayflower CommissionBEETHOVEN Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major, Op. 25PETER WARLOCK The Curlew (setting of W. B. Yeats)

Following the success of Mark Padmore and Britten Sinfonia’s concert in Grimsby Minster at last year’s festival, we are delighted that they make a most welcome return to LICMF. In this very special concert we are proud to present our own Mayflower festival commission in which London-based American composer, Jon Paul Mayse sets a newly written poem especially for our festival by American poet, Peter Wolrich. Don’t miss out on the pre-concert talk too!

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JOHN DOWLAND Come ye heavy states of nightJOHN DOWLAND Come again, sweet loveJOHN DOWLAND Now, O now I needs must partALEC ROTH A Road Less Travelled (settings of Edward Thomas) ALEC ROTH Unicorn in the Garden for Guitar FRANZ SCHUBERT Nachtstück, Op. 36 No. 2, D. 672(setting of Johann Meyrhofer)

FRANZ SCHUBERT Heidenröslein, Op. 3 No. 2, D. 257(setting of Matthäus von Collin)FRANZ SCHUBERT Nacht und Träume, Op. 3 No. 2, D. 827 (setting of Matthäus von Collin) STEPHEN MCNEFF A Certain Man: Eden Rock(setting of Charles Causley)ALEC ROTH Chinese Gardens: The Tarrying Garden(setting of Vikram Seth)

Our Artist-in-Residence, Mark Padmore, gives his final concert of the 2020 festival, joined by one of the world’s leading guitarists, Morgan Szymanski – “a player destined for future glories”, Classical Guitar Magazine. They perform songs by John Dowland written around the time of the Mayflower voyage, alongside works by two celebrated British composers of today, threaded together with a good dose of Schubert.

19:30 FRIDAY 17 JULYSt. Andrew’s Church, Folkingham

MARK PADMORE (tenor)MORGAN SZYMANSKI (guitar)

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 BENJAMIN BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Three Meditations from Mass EDWARD ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (arr. by Elgar for cello and piano)

Following Yoanna Prodanova’s masterly performance of Bach’s 5th and 6th Cello Suites last year, she now teams up with the festival’s Artistic Director, Alissa Firsova, to showcase some of the cello’s most beautiful and inventive tunes. The highlight will be a special performance of Elgar’s beloved Cello Concerto in an arrangement (by Elgar himself) for cello and piano.

19:30 SATURDAY 18 JULYCaistor Methodist Church

YOANNA PRODANOVA (cello)ALISSA FIRSOVA (piano)

BEETHOVEN Clarinet Trio in Bb major, Op. 11 SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet inF sharp minor, Op. 10

EDWARD ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Members of one of the world’s top orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from the Netherlands, honour our festival for the very first time: The Camerata RCO enjoys a chamber music season of its own, being in high demand in festivals and concert series across the globe. Covering a wide spectrum of repertoire, from classical hits like Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio to Elgar’s Piano Quintet, they also thrive on playing lesser known gems. Today’s emerald will be English romantic composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet.

15:00 SUNDAY 19 JULYCounty Assembly Rooms, Lincoln

CAMERATA RCO (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

ALISSA FIRSOVA (piano)

Cover image and design by Martin Scheuregger. Artist images: Mark Padmore, © Marco Borggreve; Britten Sinfonia, © Benjamin Ealovega; Daniel Rowland, © Michelle Hirnsberger; Camerata RCO, © Hans Van Der Woerd; Simon Mulligan, © www.simonmulligan.com; Morgan Syzmanski, © Tania Esquivel.