The Canterbury Festival is Kent's international festival of the arts. It takes place in Canterbury (England) and surrounding towns and villages (including Faversham, Whitstable and Margate) each October and includes performances of a variety of types of music, ranging from Opera and Oratorio to art, comedy and theatre. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Whitstable ( is a seaside town in northeast Kent, southeast England Margate is a Seaside resort town within the Thanet district of East Kent, England. It has featured performances by Sir Willard White, Michael Nyman, Rebecca Stephens and Ned Sherrin and by ensembles such as the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the European Chamber Orchestra, the Skampa Quartet, the Brodsky Quartet, the Ensemble Cordial, Brass 10 and the London Community Gospel Choir. Sir Willard Wentworth White CBE (born October 10, 1946) is a Jamaican born British Bass-baritone. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Edward George "Ned" Sherrin CBE ( 18 February 1931 &ndash 1 October 2007) was an English broadcaster author The Brodsky Quartet is a British String quartet, in existence since 1972, though only Ian Belton and Jacqueline Thomas are original choir and orchestra consisting of musicians and singers from many countries who come together for music-making and performances of major choral works mainly during the annual Musique-Cordiale The London Community Gospel Choir are a successful gospel Choir located in the UK Venues include Canterbury Cathedral, the Gulbenkian Theatre at the University of Kent and the Marlowe Theatre as well as the artists' homes and studios where work is displayed. Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a The University of Kent is a plate glass campus University in Kent, England. The University of Kent is a plate glass campus University in Kent, England. The Marlowe Theatre is a 1000-seat Theatre in Canterbury, England.
History
It was initiated in the 1920s by George Bell during his time as Dean of Canterbury. George Kennedy Allen Bell ( February 4, 1883 – October 3, 1958) was an Anglican Theologian, Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral in England. Guest artists during his time included John Mansfield, Gustav Holst, Dorothy L. Sayers and T. S. Eliot (whose 1935 drama "Murder in the Cathedral" was commissioned by Bell for the festival). John Mansfield (August 1822 &ndash May 6 1896) was California 's Lieutenant Governor from 1880 to 1883 Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934was an English Composer and was a music teacher for nearly 20 years Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( IPA: usually pronounced /ˈseɪɜrz/ although Sayers herself preferred /ˈsɛːz/ and encouraged the use of her middle initial to facilitate this Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Murder in the Cathedral is a Poetic Drama by T S Eliot that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket
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