Fantastic line up announced for 2012 festival
Launch of the King's Lynn Festival at the Bank House Hotel in King's Staithe Square on Lynn's waterfront. From left: Alan Pask (Festival Chairman), Nick Balaam (Chairman of King's Lynn Festival Chorus) and Sherie Naidoo (Festival Exhibition in the Fermoy Gallery). www.lynnnews.co.uk/buyaphoto
A CELEBRATORY feast of music and the arts featuring top-class international names has been lined up for this summer’s King’s Lynn Festival to mark both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics.
The 62nd festival, being staged from July 15 to 28, will be launched by Grimethorpe Colliery Band which gained international fame through the 1995 film Brassed Off!
The Philharmonia Orchestra, the King’s Singers, pianist Freddy Kempf, the Endellion String Quartet and BBC Young Musician Lara Melda are also among the cream of the classical world taking part.
Artistic adviser Ambrose Miller said: “It will be a celebratory festival to mark two very special events.
“The top-class programme will maintain the festival’s tradition of excellence and have broad appeal.”
In addition, this year’s exhibition, being staged by the festival in partnership with Sherie Naidoo, who runs Artlands, an East Anglian-based art dealership, will feature etchings and paintings by members of the 19th century Norwich School including Cotman, Bright and Colkett, alongside works by the 21st century artists who draw their inspiration from the East Anglian terrain.
At the launch today at Lynn’s Bank House Hotel, festival chiarman Alan Pask said: “It should be a great summer for all of us.
“I am very excited about it.”
Mayor of West Norfolk Colin Sampson added that he was looking forward to another very successful festival.
having had “a tremendous time” last year.
Leader of West Norfolk Council Nick Daubney said of the famous festival: “It is amazing how special it is internationally.”
He felt those behind the event, which regularly attracts hundreds of visitors from home and abroad, had “excelled themselves”, adding: “It looks like an absolutely fantastic programme.”
o More on the festival will feature in this Friday’s Weekend Live.
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