For those of you who can't wait until the main Festival in October, the Stratford Music Festival presents Midsummer Music, a mini-festival weekend in mid-July which will see three
wonderful concerts in Stratford's Town Hall and Shakespeare Institute. The star attraction will be the ever-popular, world-renowned clarinettist, Emma Johnson who will perform a varied
programme on the Saturday evening. The young pianist and multi-award winner, Mitra Tham will be playing Bach, Mozart and Beethoven at the Town Hall on the Saturday lunchtime and
the Doric Quartet, one of Britain's most outstanding string quartets gives a concert on the Sunday afternoon in the Shakespeare Institute with tea and cakes in the garden afterwards!

Saturday 12 July - 12 noon
Town Hall, Sheep St, Stratford
Mitra Tham, Piano

Programme includes:
Bach - Two preludes in C major and C minor
Mozart - Variations in D major
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor "Appassionata"

Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)
Free glass of sherry or cup of coffee included in ticket price.

Saturday 12 July - 7.30pm
Shakespeare Institute, Church St, Stratford
Emma Johnson, Clarinet with Andrew West, Piano

Programme includes:
Schumann - Fantasy Pieces
Brahms - Sonata No. 2 in E flat
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Elgar - Canto Popolare
John Dankworth - Suite for Emma

Tickets: £16 (£14 concessions)
Bring a picnic and enjoy it in the gardens of the Shakespeare Institute from 6pm!


Sunday 13 July - 3.00pm
Shakespeare Institute, Church St, Stratford
Strawberries and Strings with the Doric Quartet*

Programme includes:
Haydn - Quartet Op. 76 No. 1
Beethoven - Quartet Op. 74 in E flat "Harp"

Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions)
Tea and a strawberry cake included in ticket price

*Friends of the Festival - £5 reduction on tickets for this concert.

Alternatively, join up on the afternoon at the Shakespeare Institute. For information about becoming a Friend phone Nicholas Carter on 01926 641676.
Subscription for all three concerts - £30 (£25 concessions). There's a further £5 reduction on subscriptions for Friends.