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The Festival has been extremely successful from its first year and is now the
centrepiece of the Gaudier's calendar. Cerne Abbas is particularly proud of its association
with the group. Members of the Ensemble stay in private houses in the village during the
Festival week and the village church, St Mary's, is the venue for the concerts with stage and
numbered seating arranged specially for the Festival.
The original musical formula has been retained to offer a mix of the contemporary
and the classical. In 2002, for example, the programme contained works by Purcell, Vivaldi,
Pachelbel, Bach, Quantz, Bottesini, Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Messiaen, Strauss, Mozart, Schubert
and Brahms. This year's programme will take place from 5th to 8th August. Programme details
will be published on this site as soon as they are available.
The Festival Friends are a major force behind the continued success of the Festival.
Friends have priority booking for all future Festival events and receive a biannual
newsletter giving information about the Gaudier Ensemble's
activities throughout the year.
Sue Foulser is the Friends Secretary and is happy to respond to enquiries about
membership. She can be contacted at:-
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