THE KIRKER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN TENERIFE
Escape from the rigours of the British winter for a week of music-making in the sub-tropical Canary Islands. We return to Tenerife for our exclusive festival staying at the spendid 5* Hotel Botanico surrounded by lush gardens in Puerto de la Cruz. Mass tourism is confined to an area away from where we will be staying, and our tour will show you the island’s unspoilt volcanic landscape, well-preserved colonial villages and lush gardens.
7 DAY HOLIDAY
25 JANUARY 2025
25 JANUARY 2025
Prices starts at £3,396 per person (single supplement of £497), based upon the shared occupancy of a twin/double room. Supplement for a Teide View room is £70, an Ocean View £105.
INCLUDES:
Seven nights accommodation with breakfast
Return flights
Four dinners
Six concerts
All sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities as described
The services of the Kirker Tour Leaders, Christopher and Simon Monckton
MUSIC PROGRAMME
Members of Ensemble 360, which guests Simon Rowland-Jones, will present six varied programmes including a number of works by Spanish composers including Tuirina, Albeniz, de Falla, the virtuoso violinist Pablo Sarasate and Juan Crisotomo Arriga (1806-1826). In addition to the concerts given by Ensemble 360, we hope to offer an optional excursion to a concert at the Auditorio Calatrava in Santa Cruz being given as part of the annual Canary Islands Music Festival.
26 JANUARY
Suk: Piano Quartet Op 1
Turina: Scene Analouse
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K581
27 JANUARY
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes Op 34
Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Bridge: Lament and Caprice for two violas
Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet Op 10
28 JANUARY
Schumann: Fantasiestucke Op 73
Arriaga: String Quartet No1
Schubert: Piano Trio No, 2 in E Flat
29 JANUARY
Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante Op 3
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet
De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole arranged for piano trio
Rowland-Jones: Clarinet Trio
Ravel: String Quartet
30 JANUARY
Brahms: String Quartet Op 111
Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 No 2
Sarasate: Navarra
Schumann: Marchenzahlungen Op 132
31 JANUARY
Mozart: 12 variations on Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman K265
Chopin: Ballade No. 1, Op. 23
Albeniz: El Polo from Iberia
Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor No 23 Op 57 ‘Appassionata’
THE ITINERARY
In addition to our programme of concerts at the Hotel Botanico, there will be three included excursions taking in the best of the island’s unspoilt north coast. We will visit the Sitio Litro Orchid Garden in Puerto de la Cruz, with its wonderful collection of more than three hundred varieties. There will be a morning excursion to the Anglican Church in Puerto de la Cruz, where our tour leader Christopher Monckton will give an organ recital. We will also drive along the spectacular north coast route to Masca, a tiny village clinging to a steep ravine, and to Garachico with its 17th-century Franciscan convent. There will also be some free time to make visits on your own: La Orotava is a picturesque small town nearby and Tenerife’s Botanical Garden is located opposite the hotel. You may also wish to visit Mount Teide National Park, which offers spectacular views of the island from its peak at 3,718 metres.
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