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Buxton International Festival
Over the course of three lunchtime concerts at the Buxton International Festival the Victoria String Quartet played all of […]
Johann Hummel was born before Schubert but outlived him – though this is more a reflection of Schubert’s […]
Soraya Mafi was born in Manchester. Her mother is Irish and her father Iranian. She brings an interesting […]
This young quartet has already built a strong reputation for elegant, well-defined playing and so this performance to […]
Rising opera star Samantha Lyn Clarke’s first leading role was as a much-misunderstood saint. Now she’s following that […]
One of the foremost pianists of our time, Peter Donohoe CBE, is to be the Artist-in-Residence at the […]
Art saved Notre Dame once and it can save it again, Buxton International Festival’s chief executive Michael Williams […]
In July 30 1979 Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor opened the first Buxton Festival. Now, 40 years on, […]
Canadian soldiers braved the worst the trenches could throw at them – but found one thing about World […]
One of the highlights of the 2019 Buxton International Festival will be the World Premiere of a specially-commissioned […]
Stars more used to singing in the world’s leading opera houses will soon be performing in a village […]
Buxton International Festival is counting down to November 24 when Nick Hewer, star of TV’s Countdown and The […]
Women will be getting away with murder at Buxton International Festival’s Book Weekend in November. Agatha Christie, PD […]
One corner of quarry firm Longcliffe’s Peak District operation is now home to a bit of darkest Peru […]
This was an interesting programme to end my Buxton International Festival listening for the year. Another member of […]
Ashley Riches, Katherine Broderick and Simon Lepper Kathryn Rudge was to have sung at this recital but she […]
Vision: The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard von Bingen, The Telling, St John’s Church, Buxton Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) is one […]
The Fibonacci Sequence is a flexible group of leading musicians formed in 1984 by pianist Kathron Sturrock. The […]
Jennifer Davis introduced her recital by saying that she and Caroline were presenting songs that they loved singing […]
Author Mary Colwell will re-live her 500-mile trek in search of clues to the growing threats facing one […]
There are times when the condition of the human race leaves you doubtful about its purpose and positive […]
Buxton International Festival’s leading role in creating the theatre professionals of the future will be centre stage when […]
Buxton International Festival will draw on the spirit of Toulouse-Lautrec by putting artists centre stage in a sketching […]
Here are some suggestions from artsbeat for a full day out at the 2018 Buxton International Festival. Tickets […]
Care homes will provide their residents with front row seats during this year’s Buxton International Festival thanks to […]
Buxton Festival Fringe is celebrating another bumper Fringe with an open-to-all Programme Party at Buxton’s Green Man Gallery […]
Michael Williams, who is currently managing director of Cape Town Opera, has been appointed as the new chief […]
Queen of the murder mystery Val McDermid is back on home ground when she returns to Derbyshire for […]
Buxton’s heyday in the Edwardian era was a prime example of how Britain’s Age of Decadence changed our […]
Buxton International Festival is “on a high” after one of the most critically-acclaimed seasons in its history, leading […]
Politics student Lucy Boardman – who made three speeches in the House of Commons before she was even […]
Buxton has been blessed this summer with a series of piano recitals by established, world class musicians. This […]
If the Fitzwilliam Quartet represents the old guard of British Chamber music then the Consone Quartet is very […]
Day 8 of the Buxton International Festival was billed as “the day of the quartets” and it fell […]
Derbyshire folk artist Sue Prince has brought the rhythm and movement of Buxton International Festival to life for […]
Buxton International Festival demonstrated how it helps to kick-start young people’s creativity with the premiere of a film […]
There’s a welcome in the hillsides for Welsh speakers this summer… in England. Buxton International Festival is inviting […]
One of Britain’s leading nature writers has spoken of his fears for the future of the wilderness which […]
Derbyshire-born violinist and singer Lizzie Ball – who has played with pop legends Jeff Beck and the Beach […]
