10.30am Lichfield Garrick 60mins
Jon Lord in conversation

As a young musician, the organist Jon Lord loved Bach and the blues with equal passion and, having cofounded the rock group Deep Purple, he found a way to combine these two loves when he wrote Concerto for Group and Orchestra. The man who can appropriately be called a ‘rock legend’ talks to Festival Director Richard Hawley about his intriguing journey from Smoke On The Water to the Durham Concerto.

£5.50 unreserved Book tickets  Booking code: 17A

12noon Lady Chapel 70mins
Néstor Bayona Pifarré piano

This Catalan pianist follows in an illustrious line of young artists championed by the Lichfield  Festival. He has studied in Spain and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester winning their highest prize, the Gold Medal, in 2008. Currently artist in residence of the Centre d’Estudis Pianístics in Barcelona, Néstor brings a richly varied programme that includes Beethoven’s Sonata Op.90 and James MacMillan’s Piano Sonata, interspersed with smaller works by Brahms and Spanish composers Granados and Mompou.

£12.50 unreserved Book tickets Booking code: 17B

As organist with the group Deep Purple, Jon Lord was a pioneer in exploring where classical music and progressive rock overlap. Since leaving the band he has concentrated on a wide variety of projects, from his acclaimed Durham Concerto for full orchestra to more intimate gigs with blues and rock groups. Playing Hammond organ and piano with his band – and possibly even the Cathedral organ – this unique event will be an opportunity to see Jon Lord in an intimate and completely new light.

“In the small but growing field of pop stars who, in their dotage, write classical music, Lord is a clear leader” The Times

Jon Lord Hammond organ, piano, Steve Balsamo, Kasia Łaska vocals Bruce Martin flute Steve White drums,  Nigel Hopkins keyboards, Don Richardson bass, Badke Quartet

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£27, £24, £20, £16, £9.50  Book tickets  Booking code: 17C

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After its recent sell-out success with The Masque of the Red Death, The Happiness Patrol continues its mission to reinvent classic texts with this selection of English and Japanese ghost stories. Watch as rickety scarecrows and abandoned wives spring terrifying surprises, and savour the spine-tingling horrors lurking at the bottom of a cup of tea.

Recommended for age 12+
Also on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 and Saturday 18 July.

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£10 unreserved, £8 students Book Tickets   Booking Code: 17D

He picked up an ear for a good tune and lyrics from his father Richard, and his voice and musicality from his opera singer mother, but Joe is very much his own man and takes entertainment very seriously indeed. He paid his dues playing every tune he knew in everypossible key on his first job on a cruise ship, but now he has hit the big time with sell-outruns at Ronnie Scott’s and Michael Parkinson among his famous fans.

“Not since Oscar Peterson’s halcyon days have I heard a jazz piano player who could be compared to such a great artist in both technique and inspiration” Sir John Dankworth