1958: The St Endellion Summer Festival was founded when Roger Gaunt, was inspired to invite a group of college friends down to help him renovate St Endellion’s derelict rectory.
The festival grew and evolved from a group of friends putting on small-scale concerts and an annual play to include an orchestra and a chorus.
Concert performances of opera have become a popular tradition; Endellion operas include The Rake’s Progress, The Magic Flute, Ariadne auf Naxos, Gloriana, Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Peter Grimes, Carmen, La bohème, Gloriana and Boris Godunov.
The St Endellion Music Festivals take place at Easter and in the Summer every year, bringing together a wide range of musicians from all over the world to perform opera, choral, orchestral, chamber and recital concerts in the inspiring and intimate atmosphere of the Collegiate Church of St Endellion, North Cornwall and surrounds. St Endellion is near Port Isaac, about a mile from the glorious North Cornwall Coast. (From the Festival website)
Mid-1970s-2008: Richard Hickox, Artistic Director.
Mark Padmore, Artistic Director.
Concert Programme (additional ones welcomed)
Additional information about this concert can be found in the programme lodged with Kresen Kernow
Further information can be found here: https://endellionfestivals.org.uk/
Further information about the festivals will be welcomed.
This is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.