BBC Radio 4’s flagship programme Any Questions? chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby is coming to Cookham on April 24th to kick off the biennial Cookham Festival 2009. Hosted by The Odney Club it will get the Festival off to a flying start. Tickets are free and available through the Festival Box Office www.cookhamfestival.com and other local organisations. The BBC will also be in Cookham on Sunday 26th April at Holy Trinity for its regular Sunday radio service BBC Sunday Worship. The full Festival Programme was announced at a reception for more than 100 invited guests at Moor Hall on Friday January 30th.
The twelve day Festival from April 24th to May 4th goes from strength to strength and this year’s programme of music, arts, poetry and literature has something for everyone. All musical tastes are covered with concerts from jazz to opera, baroque to rock! And for those who like singing Cookham Sings! is for you, come and perform opera choruses ‘from scratch’ under the Direction of Ralph Allwood, the Director of Music at Eton College on Saturday 25th April. Rehearse in the morning and afternoon and perform in the evening.
New events this year include Another Cookham Resurrection a new drama by Michael Johnson which asks us to imagine what would actually happen if people came back from the dead. Michael has assembled a cast of enquiring Cookham people to consider the proposition with music sung by members of the Cantorum Choir.
Modern Jazz comes to the Festival for the first time, with rising tenor saxophone star
Vasillis Xenopoulos and his quintet,as well as the Festival’s first Cookham Comedy Club. The BBC Youth Choir of the Year,the Taplow Choir, will be performing alongside some exceptional young musical talent at the Festival Concert.
The programme of arts events is wide ranging with workshops, talks, walks and exhibitions. A first for the Festival is a Sculpture Garden in the beautiful grounds of The Odney Club. The popular Artists’ Open Studios is again a key attraction with a record number of twenty three artists participating.
The Festival will close with a family May Day on The Moor featuring local bands in the afternoon followed in the evening by Let’s Rock The Moor! headlined by Nick Heyward.
Michael Copland Chairman of the Festival said “We are delighted to welcome back the BBC to Cookham to launch the Festival. The programme offers something for everyone and reflects once again the enormous talent in the area.”
For full details of the Festival programme and booking form see www.cookhamfestival.com . Programmes available from The Stationery Store, Station Hill, Cookham. You are advised to book early as some events are limited.
Issued on behalf of Cookham Festival Committee for more information please contact Judith Diment on 07860 162313
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