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Festival Events
All the Festival's events are listed below. Events on a particular date can be viewed by clicking a date on the calendar below. The key events at this year's Festival are:

Several events are free to enter - these are listed here. For the following key events, there is free entry for up to 2 young people, 8-17 years, when accompanied by a ticket purchasing adult: European Union Chamber Orchestra (23rd October), Sofya Gulyak Piano Recital (9th October) and American Spectacular with Carlo Curley (2nd October).


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18th September - 16th October 2010
Iapetus Gallery - 34 Belle Vue Terrace, Great Malvern: Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
Sunny With A Chance Of Snow
Tia Lambert
Watercolour landscapes of the Malvern Hills painted throughout the year in changing weather. See Tia painting at Iapetus on Saturday 18th September all day. Gallery contact - Tel: 01684 566 929 Web: www.iapetus.co.uk. Free entry.


25th September 2010
Great Malvern Priory: 12 noon
American & English Music & Literature
Aldwyn Voices
Allan Walker - Conductor
Carleton Etherington - Organ
Robert Joyce - Reader
The writing and music of - Leonard Bernstein, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Gabriel Jackson, Herbert Howells, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes
Tickets £8 unreserved
Sponsored by Dr Peter Mayner.


1st - 31st October 2010
The Original Artwork Store - 4a Graham Road, Great Malvern
MOVING ON
Alan Brown
Oil Paintings by Alan of people and places in the Malvern Hills. The Original Artwork Store contact 01684 577899. Free entry


2nd - 30th October 2010
Malvern Library Gallery Exhibition
New York: View York: New View
Carly Rebecca Bishop
Photographs of transient moments in Manhattan, April 2010. Malvern Library contact - Tel: 01684 561223 E-mail: malvernlib@worcestershire.gov.uk. Free entry. Gallery open during library opening hours.


2nd October 2010
Colwall Village Hall: 11.30am
Rupert Brooke
A talk by Jill Dawson
'It's odd being dead'. Jill talks about the ideas behind her recent novel, described by the Daily Mail as being 'moving, and magical'. Colwall Village Hall can be found by travelling from Malvern on the B4218 over the hills, through Colwall Village, then turn right into Mill Lane. The Hall is 50 yards on right.
Tickets £9
Sponsored by The Autumn in Malvern Festival and The Friends of the Dymock Poets


2nd October 2010
Colwall Village Hall: 2pm
Elected Friends Robert Frost & Edward Thomas
A talk by Professor Jacek Wisniewski, University Of Warsaw
Professor Wisniewski considers how Frost and Thomas influenced each other whilst discussing their significant differences. Colwall Village Hall can be found by travelling from Malvern on the B4218 over the hills, through Colwall Village, then turn right into Mill Lane. The Hall is 50 yards on right.
Tickets £9
Sponsored by The Autumn in Malvern Festival and The Friends of the Dymock Poets


2nd October 2010
Colwall Village Hall: 3.15pm
Edward Thomas - Roads To France
A talk by Jean Moorcroft Wilson
Should some of Thomas's verse be considered War Poetry? What was Robert Frost's role in Thomas's transition from prose to verse. Jean Moorcroft Wilson investigates. Colwall Village Hall can be found by travelling from Malvern on the B4218 over the hills, through Colwall Village, then turn right into Mill Lane. The Hall is 50 yards on right.
Tickets £9
Sponsored by The Autumn in Malvern Festival and The Friends of the Dymock Poets


2nd October 2010
Great Malvern Priory: 7.30pm
American Spectacular with
Carlo Curley
The eminent American organist returns by popular demand
Carlo Curley - Organ
Charles Ives -Variations on America
Stefan Lindblad - Homage to Bernstein
John Philip Sousa - The Liberty Bell
Tickets £10 Front Nave & Monk Stalls, £8.50 North Transept. All seats unreserved.
Sponsored by Malvern Town Council


3rd October 2010
Holywell Road, Malvern Wells: 10.15am
Literary Walk : Literature & Lore II
Roy & Pat Palmer
Walk route - Black Hill, Broad Down, Shadybank Common, Little Malvern Priory & Elgar’s Grave. 4 miles, steep slopes & rough ground (3 hours). Assemble a south end of Holywell Road (A449), map OS 772413. No dogs owing to farm animals. Organisers cannot be responsible for accident, injury or loss.
Tickets £5 in advance from Malvern Theartres Box Office.


4th - 30th October 2010
Great Malvern Priory: 10am-4pm
Stanbrook Abbey - Exhibition
Designs by Edward Welby Pugin From Michael Hill's Conservation Plan. Free entry but unavailable during concerts and services.


4th - 30th October 2010
Great Malvern Priory: 10am-4pm
A Friendship Remembered - Exhibition
The friendship between playwright George Bernard Shaw and Dame Laurentia McLachlan, Abbess of Stanbrook. Exhibition devised by Mary Constable. Free entry but unavailable during concerts and services.


8th October 2010
Great Hall, Malvern College: 7.45pm
Classical Music & Modern Jazz Crossover
David Rees-Williams Modern Jazz Trio
'Just magical' - The Guardian - Top of the world in their genre.
Sophisticated cross-over classical music, modern jazz.
Tickets £18.50, glass of wine on arrival at 7.45pm, interval wine & canapé.
Sponsored by The Paul Farrer Charitable Trust.


9th October 2010
South Worcestershire College, Albert Road North, Great Malvern: 10-12am
The Big Draw
Free professional drawing tuition for all ages. This is a national event promoting drawing as a tool for creativity and cultural engagement.
Free entry.
Sponsored by Malvern Hills District Council


9th October 2010
Great Hall, Malvern College: 7.30pm
Piano Recital With
Sofya Gulyak
Sofya Gulyak was winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2009
Bach/Busoni - Caccone
Schumann - Sonata in F sharp minor
Brahms - Rhapsodies B minor & G minor Op79
Rachmaninoff - Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Shostakovich - Prelude & Fugue D flat major
Tickets £15 Front Section, £12 Rear Section. All tickets unreserved. Includes interval wine or juice.
Sponsored by a Great Malvern Resident & The Gemma Classical Music Trust


15th October 2010
Great Malvern Priory: 8pm
Compline - In honour of Prior Aldwyn
Aldwyn Voices
The final office of the monastic day sung by members of Aldwyn Voices. Marking the 925th anniversary of Malvern Priory. Includes Plainsong from the Worcester Fragments.
Free entry.


16th October 2010
Robson Ward Showroom, Great Malvern: 11am–4pm
Festival Open Day
Enjoy the new layout & fine choices with music & wine. Old Malvern Bottling Works, 10 Belle Vue Terrace, Great Malvern. Tel: 01684 563577 Web: www.robsonward.co.uk.
Free entry


16th - 27th October 2010
Central Gallery - 2 St Anne's Road, Great Malvern
Ten = 10
Paintings by Ros Rowberry & John Smythe
Colour - Pattern - Texture. Open daily 10am-5pm. Gallery next to Red Lion Inn. Enquiries 01684 573266. Free entry.


16th - 30th October 2010
Lyttelton House Gallery - Priory Steps, 3 Abbey Road, Great Malvern
Picture This
An exhibition of framing ideas, methods & examples. Open Mon-Sat 10am–5pm, Thur 10am-4pm, closed Sunday. Contact 01684 574 574921. Free entry.


16th October 2010
Malvern Theatres Cinema: 2.30pm
Augustus Welby Pugin - God's Architect
Rosemary Hill
Rosemary Hill is an historian and biographer of international repute. In this illustrated talk she shows the remarkable career of Pugin based on her highly acclaimed book. In association with Beacon Books signed copies of God's Architect are available after the talk at The Coach House Theatre. Turn right out of Malvern Theatres, 20 yards on right, down the drive.
Tickets £6.50 unreserved.
Sponsored by Malvern Civic Society


17th October 2010
The Coach House Theatre, Great Malvern: 2.30pm
Stephen Ballard Of Colwall - Engineer, Farmer & Philanthropist
A talk by Pamela Hurle
Modest and honourable with a social conscience Ballard (1804-1890) achieved much as a railway and canal engineer and founder of Malvern Hills Conservators. Based on Pamela Hurle's recently published monograph on Stephen Ballard, available for purchase at the talk.
Tickets £6 unreserved
Sponsored by The English Speaking Union


20th October 2010
University Of Worcester: 8pm
Isaac Rosenberg
A talk by Vivien Noakes
Arguably the most idiosyncratic voice of all the war poets, Rosenberg served in the British Army and died on the western front in 1918 aged 27. Vivien illuminates his life and work based on her acclaimed biography, published by Oxford University Press. University of Worcester, main entrance, is on Oldbury Road, Worcester, WR2 6AJ.
Tickets £6 unreserved
Sponsored by the University of Worcester & The Friends of the Dymock Poets


23rd October 2010
Great Hall, Malvern College: 7.30pm
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Mozart - Violin Concerto in G major (Matthias Wallong Violin)
Copland - Quiet City, Haydn - Symphony No 44
Tickets £17.50 Front Section, £12 Rear Section. All tickets unreserved. Includes interval wine or juice.
Sponsored by The Elmley Foundation & Worcestershire County Council


30th October 2010
Elgar Birthplace Musuem, Broadheath: 2.30pm
Sir Hubert Parry
A talk by Anthony Boden
Illustrated with musical examples, this talk explores the life and music of Parry and his influence on Elgar. Anthony Boden is an acclaimed author of several books including The Parry's of the Golden Vale.
Tickets £6.50 unreserved includes Tea & Biscuits
In association with the Elgar Society, West Midlands


31st October 2010
Tourist Information Office, Great Malvern: 10am
Malvern Water & Florence Nightingale
A Walk With Dr John Harcup OBE
Duration 2 hours. Refreshment stop in historic surroundings. 2 miles on pavements, mostly downhill. Meet at Tourist Information, Church Street, Great Malvern. Organisers cannot be responsible for accident, injury or loss.
Tickets £5 in advance only as numbers limited


31st October 2010
The Coach House Theatre, Great Malvern: 2.30pm
Dame Laura Knight, Artist & Pioneer
A talk by Neil Walker
An illustrated talk on the early work of Laura Knight from Nottingham School of Art to Staithes and Cornwall. Neil Walker was Curator of Fine Art, Nottingham Museum & Visual Arts Officer, Nottingham University.
Tickets £6
In association with The Dame Laura Knight Society



Future, Non-Festival, Events

28th August 2010
Malvern College grounds
The Malvern Prom & Fireworks Display
Booking information 01684 584924.


9th October 28th 2010
The Coach House Theatre, Great Malvern: 2pm
The Malvern Water Cure Demonstration
Tickets £5. Booking information from Malvern Tourist Information.


March 2011 - exact date to be announced
Great Malvern Priory
The Robert Vale Poetry And Prose Competition
Memorising and performing a set poem and reading at sight a set piece of prose. Classes for 11-12yrs, 13-14yrs & 15-16yrs. Cash Prizes. Details from petersmith@malvernmusic.co.uk 01684 569721.


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