Roman River Festival 2010

The Roman River Festival is a festival of French music, food, film and culture. The event takes place from Sunday 3rd until Sunday 10th October 2010 at various locations in the coastal region of north-east Essex.

Seven churches along the Roman River valley in Essex with Messing and Great Wigborough Churches joining Abberton, Copford, East Mersea, Fingringhoe, Layer Marney and Peldon - will resonate with music played by national and international classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Line-up

Sun 3 October: Jopling Trio - 4pm St Stephen's, Gt Wigborough. Tickets £10/£5 (Sold Out – Returns Only)
Tue 5 October: Romantic Songs with Darren Abrahams tenor Jack Ross guitar - 8pm All Saints, Messing. Tickets: £10/£5
Wed 6 October: Collegium Regale with the choral scholars of Kings College, Cambridge - 8pm St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney. Tickets: £15/£5 (Sold Out – Returns Only)
Thurs 7 October: Schumann At Copford with Mark Wilde tenor David Owen Norris piano - 8pm St Michael & All Angels, Copford. Tickets: £15/£5
Fri 8 October: Chamber Concert, Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in Eb Gideon Klein String trio + Schumann Piano Quartet + Mia Cooper violin James Boyd viola + Adrian Bradbury celloJames Baillieu piano - 8pm St Mary the Virgin, Peldon. Tickets: £15/£5
Sat 9 October: Bach At Abberton with Mia Cooper violin - 11.30am St Andrew's, Abberton. FREE.
Sat 9 October: Family Concert - Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf and The Ugly Duckling with The Roman River Wind Quintet + Daisy Jopling violin + Nigel Hildreth narrator - 4pm Abberton & Langenhoe Village Hall. Tickets: £5 adults, £2.50 children. Early booking recommended.
Sat 9 October: Candlelit Recital with Adrian Bradbury cello + Alasdair Beatson piano - 8pm St Andrew's, Fingringhoe. Tickets: £15/£5.
Sunday 10 October: Baroque At East Mersea with Keyboard pieces by Couperin + Margaret Faultless violin + Martin Ennis harpsichord - 11.30am St Edmund King & Martyr, East Mersea. Tickets: £10/£5.
Sunday 10 October: Tango Evening With Supper with Subitango + Tango Siempre + Alexandra Wood + Giraldo Escobar dancers - 6pm Fingringhoe Village Hall. Tickets: £20 including supper. Early booking recommended. (Very Few Tickets Left).

Tickets

Ticket prices range from FREE to £20. Tickets for those aged 25 and under are priced at £5 per concert and festival passes are available offering a 30% discounts. For more information please telephone 01206 729 356.

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Accommodation

Roman River Festival takes place in various villages in a beautiful coastal region of north-east Essex, with local wine and beer, smoked fish and wild scenery. There are a choice of B&Bs and places to eat in the area. The area is a few minutes drive from Colchester, within two hours drive of London and Cambridge and within an hours drive of Ipswich.

More information will be here when available.

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