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Brinkburn Priory Northumberland

Classical Music, Brinkburn Music Festival, Brinkburn Priory, near Rothbury, Northumberland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2008 Festival dates
Festival programme
Seat prices
Mailing List
Donors
Becoming a donor
Benefits of being a donor
Tax effective ways of giving
Gift aid calculator
Stewards - volunteering to help at the festival
Disabled access - general - for vehicles
wheelchairs in the priory
parking
Catering Information

who's who at the festival


2008 Festival dates

The 2008 festival dates are Friday 4th to Sunday 6th and Friday 11th to Sunday 13th July

Programme

Fri 4 July 7.30pm Joanna MacGregor - American jazz - Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Sat 5 July 7.30pm Nicola Benedetti with Stephen Osborne - Debussy - Prokofiev - Brahms
Sun 6 July 11am Pieter Wispelwey - Bach Suites on original baroque cellos
Sun 6 July 4.30pm Gabrieli Consort & Players with Tees Valley Youth Choir
Fri 11 July 7.30pm The Cardinall's Musick
Sat 12 July 4pm BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist
Sat 12 July 7.30pm BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist
Sun 13 July 12 noon Gabrieli Consort - Purcell
Sun 13 July 3pm Gabrieli Consort & Players Three Odes for St Cecilia

For further information see 2008 Programme page


Seat prices

    zone - A B C D
Fri 4 July 7.30pm Joanna MacGregor 27 20 12 10
Sat 5 July 7.30pm Nicola Benedetti with Stephen Osborne 27 20 12 10
Sun 6 July 11am Pieter Wispelwey 27 20 12 10
Sun 6 July 4.30pm Gabrieli Consort & Players with Tees Valley Youth Choir 27 20 12 10
Fri 11 July 7.30pm The Cardinall's Musick 26 16 12 10
Sat 12 July 4pm BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 18 16 12 10
Sat 12 July 7.30pm BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 22 16 12 10
Sun 13 July 12 noon Gabrieli Consort - Purcell 27 20 12 10
Sun 13 July 3pm Gabrieli Consort & Players Three Odes for St Cecilia 33 24 12 10


Mailing List

Our mailing list is used solely for sending information about Brinkburn Music Festival to our subscribers. No information is given to anyone else.

Those on our mailing list receive early programme and box office information and booking forms.

If you would like to be placed on it look here.

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Donors

The seating capacity at Brinkburn Priory means that we cannot generate enough income to support our extensive programme of work from ticket sales alone. Brinkburn Music receives a limited amount of money from public grants, but we rely heavily on funding from locally-based trusts and foundations and private individuals. It is therefore the generous support of our growing number of private donors that enables Brinkburn Music to bring outstanding music to the North East year after year.

Benefits of being a donor

As a donor you will: ·

  • receive 2 weeks priority booking before the box office opens to the public, ensuring that you can book your favourite seats
  • be invited to the annual Brinkburn Music launch party held in spring
  • be acknowledged in our festival programme, unless you wish to remain anonymous


Becoming a Donor

You can make a single donation; a regular payment using our pre-printed standing order mandate; or gift us shares.

If you'd like to make a donation or need further information please contact Jane or Alison in the Brinkburn Music office and we can then send you our Standing Order Mandate and Gift Aid declaration.

If you simply wish to send us a cheque, please make it payable to 'Brinkburn Music', but please contact us first.

Whichever way you choose to help Brinkburn Music Festival the board and team say a heartfelt THANK YOU!

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Tax effective ways of giving

Taxpayers can take advantage of tax-effective ways of giving, enabling the charity to increase the value of a donation by means of Gift Aid. The basic rate of tax is currently 22%, which means we can reclaim an additional £28.21 from the Inland Revenue on every £100 you donate, and if you are a higher rate taxpayer you can claim the difference between basic and higher rate tax on your tax return.

Try out the gift aid calculator.

Look at gift aid information on the HM Revenue website.


Stewards - volunteering for the Festival

Each year the festival relies heavily on the support of its team of volunteer stewards, many of whom have been with us for many years. We are always looking for new stewards to join us - could you be interested? You don't have to live locally - two of our longest serving stewards visit us for the duration of the festival.

Our stewards arrive on site one hour before each of the concerts, wearing their trademark black trousers/skirts and red sweatshirts. Their main role is to help the audience to enjoy their Brinkburn experience. This entails checking tickets and helping people to find their seats (including helping with wheelchair access); selling programmes; helping people to leave the priory at the end of the concerts, with torches if it is dusk; and generally being on hand to answer queries or give out helpful information.

During the concerts the stewards sit in designated places around the priory and can enjoy the performances, whilst keeping a watchful eye for potential problems.

Stewards can be of any age, the main criteria being that they are able to walk around the site, enjoy talking to people, happy to handle money for programme sales, and enjoy music!

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Disabled access

Like most 12th century buildings, Brinkburn Priory may not be particularly wheelchair friendly but we at Brinkburn Music are, and we do what we can to overcome the priory's constraints. The keys to success are flexibility, imagination and good communication. Please read the following information and then, if you have any questions, please contact us. We will always do our best to cater for any particular needs you may have in attending Brinkburn Music Festival.

Access for vehicles

The lane down from the car park is unsuitable for wheelchairs so we try to make parking space available down at the priory itself for those who need it. However the space is extremely limited and is invariably fully utilised on the day. This year we have the added problem that ongoing renovation of some of the outlying buildings will prevent access to some formerly available spaces.

Do please consider your needs carefully: if you have limited mobility and need to park at the priory we'll be pleased to try to arrange space for you; if, on the other hand, you are being driven to Brinkburn by someone else they may be able to bring you down to the priory and then return the car to the car park and walk down: if you can do this you will be helping us enormously by freeing up valuable space for those in need of it.

In either case please ring us well before the festival to make the arrangements or even if you would just like some advice. Even if you hold a blue badge for disabled parking you still need to ring us to reserve your parking space. Don't leave it until the last minute to talk to us: the space is finite and once it's full it is simply not possible to accommodate extra vehicles.

On the day of the festival the stewards have strict instructions to restrict vehicle access to the priory. They have a list of those for whom we have allocated a parking space or agreed vehicular access for dropping off and instructions not to allow others to drive down. That said - if you have a particular problem please tell them about it - we try to be flexible.

If you have arranged to drive down to the priory please arrive early to avoid having to negotiate a narrow lane full of people walking down to the festival. This is particularly important if the car needs to be returned to the car park, because the return trip up the lane will be against the flow of pedestrians and it may take some time.

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Wheelchairs in the priory

There is an access ramp to the nave at the south door. The priory's floor is on several levels and the best - i.e. easiest - place to accommodate wheelchairs is in the nave. We do not have dedicated wheelchair spaces but simply re-organise as required - generally by removing the seat to which your ticket number refers so your wheelchair can occupy the space.

As you might imagine, this is easier to do in some places than in others: for example it is not practicable to fit a wheelchair into the middle of a row, and there are some parts of the priory where steps or tight corners make wheelchair access extremely difficult.

It is essential that the box office is informed at the time the ticket is booked that wheelchair access is required so that they can allocate a seating space that is accessible. The information will also be passed on to stewards so they can organise seat removal and be on hand to offer assistance if required.

Our staff and stewards are always happy to assist in any way they can but unfortunately this assistance cannot extend to lifting or carrying.

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Parking

There is plenty of parking - on grass - and our stewards will be on hand to direct you to your space. The pleasant tree lined walk from the car park down the lane to the priory takes around ten minutes - do allow plenty of time to enjoy the stroll.

The lane is unmetalled and can be uneven in places: it is not a difficult walk but high heels are not recommended. If it is raining there may be wet or muddy patches, which can be avoided with care. Some of our regular festival-goers bring wellies just in case, with shoes to change into after the walk down.

Vehicles can only be driven down to the priory by prior agreement: space at the priory is extremely limited and is reserved for disabled drivers and a small number of essential staff or service vehicles. If you require access because of a disability please look here for further information.

The parking stewards are in attendance throughout the festival but please do not leave valuables in the car as we cannot guarantee their safety.

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