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After a three-year hiatus, due to Covid restrictions, the Aldeburgh
Festival is back, providing a much-needed boost for our neglected
musical souls. Running three weeks rather than the usual two, it will
feature more new music and more premieres than ever before.

Roger Wright, chief executive of Britten-Pears Arts, and recently named
Concert Hall Manager of the Year by the Association of British
Orchestras, is delighted that the Aldeburgh Festival is returning with a
bang.

Highlights include a series of performances by virtuoso violinist Nicola
Benedetti, including the last night concert which will feature the debut
of the Benedetti Baroque Orchestra, and the return of Britten
collaborator and soprano Dame Janet Baker for a special ‘In
Conversation’ event. There will be a three-concert celebration of the life
and career of festival legend Oliver Knussen on what would have been
his 70th birthday, while the BBC Singers present A Garland for the
Queen , a special concert to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee with a
collection of short choral pieces written for the coronation in 1953,
together with new pieces written by young composers to mark this
historic milestone.