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Lake District Summer Music Festival 2008
Below is listed the full seventeen day programme for our Festival this year. Days, venues and events are clickable links.
Online booking now open. Simply click the button on the event page, next to the event you wish to book tickets for to be transferred to our secure booking website.
Postal booking is also now open. Download a printable version of the postal booking form for use with home printers.
Click here for further information on how and when to book tickets by other means including by telephone.
Alternately you may download a pdf of our printed 2008 Festival Diary (8.4mb).
| Friday 1 August |
8pm |
Coronation Hall, Ulverston |
Goldberg Ensemble |
| Saturday 2 August |
4pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Exhibition Opening |
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8pm |
Kendal Parish Church |
Hildegard of Bingen |
| Sunday 3 August |
5.30pm |
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
Inspiring India |
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8pm |
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
An Indian Summer, SAMYO |
| Monday 4 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Pro Nobis Singers |
| |
3pm |
Story Tellers Garden, Grasmere |
Tales for Young & Old |
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8pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Chilingirian Quartet 1 |
| Tuesday 5 August |
5pm |
Zeffirellis, Ambleside |
I Fagiolini, The Full Monteverdi |
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8pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Horsch & Presland |
| Wednesday 6 August |
10am |
Kendal Town Hall |
Meet the Composer |
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11am |
Kendal Town Hall |
Heath Quartet |
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2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Sam Forrester Masterclass |
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7.30pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Leon McCawley |
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10pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Late Night Strings |
| Thursday 7 August |
11am |
Rydal Church |
Rydal Concert |
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3.30pm |
Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Church |
Kirkby Market Day Recital 1 |
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8pm |
Kendal Town Hall |
Dufay Collective & Alquimia |
| Friday 8 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Wordsworth Singers |
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12.30pm |
Carver Church, Windermere |
YSV Showcase (CW) |
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2.30pm |
Carver Church, Windermere |
YSV Showcase (Int & Adv) |
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2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Piano Masterclass |
| |
8pm |
Penrith Methodist Church |
LDSM Soloists |
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8pm |
Kendal Town Hall |
Classic Rhythm |
| Saturday 9 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Celebrity Morning Recital |
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3.30pm |
Ambleside Parish Centre |
Wakeford Ensemble |
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8pm |
Coronation Hall, Ulverston |
Chilingirian Quartet 2 |
| Sunday 10 August |
2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Discovering Music |
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8pm |
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
The Menuhin Concert |
| Monday 11 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Complete Beethoven Cello 1 |
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3.30pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Thompson & Summers |
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8pm |
Kendal Town Hall |
Gould Piano Trio & Plane |
| Tuesday 12 August |
11am |
Grasmere Parish Church |
LDSM Young Artists |
| |
2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Ensemble Masterclass |
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8pm |
Coronation Hall, Ulverston |
Manchester Camerata |
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8pm |
Hawkshead Parish Church |
Music for a Summer Evening |
| Wednesday 13 August |
11am |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Cello Masterclass |
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3.30pm |
St Martin's, Bowness |
Garland for John |
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7.30pm |
Kendal Parish Church |
Quatuor Ebène 1 |
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10pm |
Kendal Parish Church |
Stile Antico 1 |
| Thursday 14 August |
11am |
Carver Church, Windermere |
Morning Serenade |
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2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Violin Masterclass |
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3.30pm |
Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Church |
Kirkby Market Day Recital 2 |
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7.30pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Complete Beethoven Cello 2 |
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10pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Stile Antico 2 |
| Friday 15 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Romain Descharmes |
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2.30pm |
University of Cumbria, Ambleside |
Voice Masterclass |
| |
8pm |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Candlelight Serenade |
| Saturday 16 August |
11am |
Ambleside Parish Church |
Quatuor Ebène 2 |
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8pm |
Kendal Parish Church |
Razumovsky Ensemble |
| Sunday 17 August |
5pm |
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
Recreating Messiaen |
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8pm |
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
Celebrating Messiaen |
