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Classical Concerts in Worcestershire UK A selection of forthcoming music in and around Elgar country |
| 4 July 2008 until 19 July 2008 | |
| Various venues across Cheltenham Cheltenham GL50 1QA United Kingdom Details: Web site | Cheltenham Music Festival |
| 21 August 2008 until 26 August 2008 | |
| St Andrew's Church Presteigne Powys United Kingdom Details: Web site | Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts The twenty-sixth Presteigne Festival will mark two important British anniversaries: the sixtieth birthday of the festival's president, Michael Berkeley, and the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Young English composer Joe Duddell is to be composer-in-residence, and will be represented by orchestral, choral and chamber works, including a new work for piano trio. Other major commissions include a fifth string quartet from Matthew Taylor and a work for clarinet and string orchestra from James Francis Brown. |