G R AV I T Y F I E L D S F E S T I VA L
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FAMILY
approximately 30 minutes and is scored
for soloists, chorus and small instrumental
ensemble.
AGES: 5 TO 11
In Ely the cathedral was built before the
town. Ely was only a small settlement, the
town grew up around the cathedral.
3pm
Bubbles and
Balloons
Science Made Simple
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ART
Stamford Arts Centre
Ticket: £7, Concessions £5
Duration: 40mins
4:30pm
See Saturday on pg 28 for more
information.
Reflections:
Cantata Dramatica
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HERITAGE EVENT
3:15pm
The Town and Times
of Sir Isaac Newton
Professor Rob Iliffe
Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham
Ticket: £4
Duration: 1hr
Drawing from research into 17th century
Grantham and Lincolnshire, Rob Iliffe
presents a view of the places, lifestyle
and customs with which Newton was
surrounded in his formative years.
Professor Rob Iliffe.
Reflections:
As part of the festival’s accompanying
Heritage Lottery Funded project
‘Lincolnshire’s Age of Scientific Discovery’,
Rob has been working with local historians
to conduct research into 17th century
Grantham.
The Building of Ely:
Cantata Eliensis
At a time when the spire at St Wulfram’s in
Grantham is undergoing reconstruction our
minds turn to the great feat of construction
that church buildings required in earlier
times.
St Wulfram’s
Ticket: £10, Concessions £7
Duration: 1hr 30mins
The premiere of the newly composed
‘Building of Ely: Cantata Eliensis’. This is
the first concert performance of a major
new piece of music about the powerful
women and the craftsmen who founded
the great cathedral.
The Cantata Eliensis tells the story of the
building of the great cathedral at Ely over a
period of four centuries or more.
With professional musicians, soloists and
a local community chorus, this is the first
concert performance of a major new piece
of music prior to its first full staging at Ely
planned for 2016.
The libretto, by Nick Pitts-Tucker, is derived
from original material, with the chief source
being the Liber Eliensis, a contemporary
account written by the monks at Ely Abbey
no later than 1172AD. Other sources are
Bede’s History of the English Church and
secondary sources from each period.
The three acts of the Cantata Eliensis
were commissioned from three different
composers – Anna Krause, Toby Young
and Louis Mander. Each piece lasts for
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PARTICIPATION EVENT
6:30pm
Food For Thought
- Festival Closing
Dinner
Gravity Fields Festival & Partners
Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham
Ticket: £35
Duration: 3hrs
Join us for the final moments of the
festival, to celebrate with the Patrons and
production teams, and with some of our
speakers. We are finalising the menu and
details for the event but we know it will be
a very special evening and numbers are
limited so book early.
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