EBF - Sponsor the English Bach Festival

"One of the most distinguished and valuable musical organisations in the world today"
Igor Stravinsky

Lina Lalandi and the English Bach festival Trust constitute a major force in the promotion of early opera and dance, uniquely offering exciting opportunities to numerous young artists. However, the Festival receives no regular funding or other revenue, depending entirely on sponsorship and donations.

L'Orfeo

Monteverdi - 5 star rating in Financial Times

Acis et Galatée

Jean Baptiste Lully - first staged production in our time

Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell - Henry Purcell - 2009 350^th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell with a performance scheduled at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London on 18th February 2009.

The company has performed all over Europe and is currently preparing its 2009 season of full-stage and semi-staged productions.

J.B. Lully
Acis et Galatée
Pastorale Héroïque

It varies from Lully's operas that have five acts and tragic subjects by having three acts and being both funny and touching, with delightful dance music. It is in a similar vein to Handel's Acis and Galatea.

Commissioned by the Duc de Vendôme in 1686 to honour the Dauphin at the Château d'Anêt, it was later performed at the Théâtre des Petits Cabinets Versailles, with Madame de Pompadour.

The principal roles will be: Acis - haute-contre; Galatée - soprano; the monster Polyphème - bass. This production has eight other singers for several roles and ensembles, 6 English Bach Festival Baroque Dancers and the English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra, 25 musicians.

The conductor will be the well known baroque conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire, associated with the English Bach Festival since 1983 for the tercentenary of Rameau with our Platée in Versailles. Choreography will be in exquisite Baroque French style.

Our costumes, more magnificent than ever, will be after designs at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, by the French designer Boquet (circa 1750), in the style of those of the Madame de Pompadour performance at Versailles.

The set is one traditionally painted backcloth - a design by Peter Rice after an engraving by Charles Nicholas Cochin fils (1749), beautifully realised by John Campbell.

Iannis Xenakis
Complete Oresteia

The extraordinary story of the Oresteia:
In the 1960s, the Greek composer Jani Christou, after a successful Festival commission for Oxford and London, 'Tongues of Fire (the Pentecost)', was working on his major work, 'The Oresteia', to be premiered at the English Bach Festival in January 1970. When he was killed in a gruesome car accident, his magnum opus, the 'Oresteia', was also killed with him. About then, the EBF commissioned the British composer Harrison Birtwistle a new work for the EBF. By a strange manifestation of the zeitgeist, Birtwistle, who did not know of Jani Christou's work, wrote his 'Prologue' from the Agamemnon of the Oresteian trilogy, performed at the Oxford Playhouse. The text of Sir Harrison's 'Prologue' is taken from from Aeschyllus's 'Agamemmnon' of the Oresteian Trilogy.

Also around 1970, coincidentally, Iannis Xenakis was composing his story of the Oresteia too. This was first heard as a concert at the EBF and in the USA. Then in 2000, an EBF performance of the complete Oresteia was to be the first staged event in the new Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House.

The complete Oresteia is scheduled for 2009 in London. This project is currently actively seeking sponsors. Please contact us for more information and a recording of the first performance in 2000.

Donations:
Supporters may wish to make one—off or occasional cash or cheque gifts to assist the work of the Trust.

Gift Aid:
Under the current tax legislation, tax payers who make cash donations via a Gift Aid declaration provide the Festival with a value-added donation, as well as reducing their own tax liability.

Gift of Shares:
It is also possible to make a gift of shares. There are generous tax reliefs for donations of shares, which can be transferred to the Trust free of Capital Gains Tax. This also offers specific tax benefits for the donor.

The company is a registered charity, nº 212118 (VAT registered no. 239263942) and is currently seeking sponsors.


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English Bach Festival Trust is Britain's Leading Baroque Opera Company and pioneers of contemporary music Igor Stravinsky "One of the most distinguished and valuable musical organisations in the world today" Igor Stravinsky Lina Lalandi and the English Bach festival Trust constitute a major force in the promotion of early opera and dance, uniquely offering exciting opportunities to numerous young artists. However, the Festival receives no regular funding or other revenue, depending entirely on sponsorship and donations. The company’s current repertoire is as follows: L'Orfeo Monteverdi - 5 star rating in Financial Times Acis et Galatée Jean Baptiste Lully - first staged production in our time Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell - Henry Purcell - 2009 350^th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell with a performance scheduled at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London on 18th February 2009. The company has performed all over Europe and is currently preparing its 2009 season of full-stage and semi-staged productions. Our next projects: J.B. Lully Acis et Galatée Pastorale Héroïque Acis et Galatée is Lully's last opera, believed unperformed in our times. It varies from Lully's operas that have five acts and tragic subjects by having three acts and being both funny and touching, with delightful dance music. It is in a similar vein to Handel's Acis and Galatea. Commissioned by the Duc de Vendôme in 1686 to honour the Dauphin at the Château d'Anêt, it was later performed at the Théâtre des Petits Cabinets Versailles, with Madame de Pompadour. The principal roles will be: Acis - haute-contre; Galatée - soprano; the monster Polyphème - bass. This production has eight other singers for several roles and ensembles, 6 English Bach Festival Baroque Dancers and the English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra, 25 musicians. The conductor will be the well known baroque conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire, associated with the English Bach Festival since 1983 for the tercentenary of Rameau with our Platée in Versailles. Choreography will be in exquisite Baroque French style. Our costumes, more magnificent than ever, will be after designs at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, by the French designer Boquet (circa 1750), in the style of those of the Madame de Pompadour performance at Versailles. The set is one traditionally painted backcloth - a design by Peter Rice after an engraving by Charles Nicholas Cochin fils (1749), beautifully realised by John Campbell. Iannis Xenakis Complete Oresteia The extraordinary story of the Oresteia: In the 1960s, the Greek composer Jani Christou, after a successful Festival commission for Oxford and London, 'Tongues of Fire (the Pentecost)', was working on his major work, 'The Oresteia', to be premiered at the English Bach Festival in January 1970. When he was killed in a gruesome car accident, his magnum opus, the 'Oresteia', was also killed with him. About then, the EBF commissioned the British composer Harrison Birtwistle a new work for the EBF. By a strange manifestation of the zeitgeist, Birtwistle, who did not know of Jani Christou's work, wrote his 'Prologue' from the Agamemnon of the Oresteian trilogy, performed at the Oxford Playhouse. The text of Sir Harrison's 'Prologue' is taken from from Aeschyllus's 'Agamemmnon' of the Oresteian Trilogy. Also around 1970, coincidentally, Iannis Xenakis was composing his story of the Oresteia too. This was first heard as a concert at the EBF and in the USA. Then in 2000, an EBF performance of the complete Oresteia was to be the first staged event in the new Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House. The complete Oresteia is scheduled for 2009 in London. This project is currently actively seeking sponsors. Please contact us for more information and a recording of the first performance in 2000. Donations: Supporters may wish to make one—off or occasional cash or cheque gifts to assist the work of the Trust. Gift Aid: Under the current tax legislation, tax payers who make cash donations via a Gift Aid declaration provide the Festival with a value-added donation, as well as reducing their own tax liability. Gift of Shares: It is also possible to make a gift of shares. There are generous tax reliefs for donations of shares, which can be transferred to the Trust free of Capital Gains Tax. This also offers specific tax benefits for the donor. The company is a registered charity, nº 212118 (VAT registered no. 239263942) and is currently seeking sponsors.
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English Bach Festival Trust is Britain's Leading Baroque Opera Company and pioneers of contemporary music

J.B. LullyAcis et GalatéePastorale Héroïque

Iannis XenakisComplete Oresteia

J.B. Lully
Acis et Galatée
Pastorale Héroïque

Iannis Xenakis
Complete Oresteia