Page 3 - Aldeburgh Festival 2022 FINAL COVERAGE BOOK

Authored Piece
• The Arts Desk, 17 June, authored piece by Gavin Higgins on the premiere of his new cantata
'The Faerie Bride' at the Aldeburgh Festival

Previews/News Stories
• Opera For All, 5 November, preview for Violet
• Faber Music, 15 December, preview for the premiere of Knussen’s Cleveland Pictures at the
Aldeburgh Festival
• Colin’s Column, 10 February, preview for Violet premieres this summer, which includes its
premiere at Aldeburgh Festival on 3 & 5 June
• British Theatre Guide, 12 February, preview for Violet, which includes a mention for the
Aldeburgh Festival
• Arts News, 14 February, preview for Violet, which includes a mention for the premiere at the
Aldeburgh Festival
• Opera Wire, 17 February, preview for Alice Birch & Tom Coult’s New Opera ‘Violet’, which
includes a mention for the Aldeburgh Festival
• Living In Suffolk, 8 March, preview for Laura Bowler’s House Slides at Aldeburgh Festival on
June 4
• Planet Hugill, 11 March, preview for Aldeburgh Festival 2022
• Great British Life, 12 April, preview for the Aldeburgh Festival 2022
• Slipped Disc, 9 May, preview for the Aldeburgh Festival 2022
• Telegraph Magazine, 28 May, column piece by Simon Heffer on the Aldeburgh Festival –
‘After a sad hiatus, the Aldeburgh Festival returns to celebrate great Britten – and challenge
him, too’
• 4 bars rest, 28 May, preview for the performance of composer Gavin Higgins’ new cantata by
the National Orchestra of Wales at the Aldeburgh Festival on June 17
• East Anglia Bylines, 31 May, preview for “Remains to be Seen” at the Aldeburgh Festival
• Choir & Organ, June 2022, mention for Ora Singers/Suzi Digby’s performance as part of the
Aldeburgh Festival in news story on choirs celebrating the platinum jubilee
• Opera Scene, 2 June, preview for the premiere of Alice Birch & Tom Coult’s New Opera
‘Violet’ at the Aldeburgh Festival
• South Wales Life, 7 June, preview for Violet at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, which includes
a mention for the premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival
• Art Daily, 8 June, preview for Remains To Be Seen at the Aldeburgh Festival
• Classic FM, 10 June, news story on UK government urged to ‘extend the hand of friendship’
and waive visas for Ukrainian orchestras, which includes the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
with a mention of its performance at Snape Maltings
• The Observer, 11 June, preview for BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s live concert from the
Aldeburgh festival in ‘Classical Home Listening’
• The Times, 16 June, preview for Gregor A Mayrhofer and Vivi Vassileva’s Recycling Concerto at
the Aldeburgh Festival
• Colin’s Column, 24 June, preview for the Oliver Knussen Day at the Aldeburgh Festival, which
includes a plug for the BBC Radio 3 broadcast

Listings
• Planet Hugill, 12 October, preview for London Sinfonietta’s new season, which includes a
mention for the premiere of Violet at Aldeburgh Festival
• The Arts Desk, 27 December, pick for John Wilson’s performance at Snape Maltings in their
picks of the best classical music concerts of 2021
• The Guardian, 3 January, pick for Tom Coult’s Violet at the Aldeburgh Festival on 3 and 5 June
in the top ‘pop, rock and classical music to look forward to in 2022’ by Alexis Petridis and
Andrew Clements
• I News, 4 January, Michael Church’s pick for the Aldeburgh Festival in his critic picks for the
best concerts and opera to see this year