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Investec International Music Festival 2016
Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 May

The Investec International Music Festival returns for its seventh season with a programme of world class music performed at stunning venues. The timetable this year is as follows: Thursday 5 May, 8pm: The Clare Teal trio presents ‘The divas and me’ at Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking. Jazz singer and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare will draw on the songbooks of Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day and Peggy Lee. Friday 6 May, 7.30pm: Dmitry Sitkovetsky plays Bach at the Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. The eminent Russian violinist, composer and conductor will perform his famed arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and will be joined on stage by violinist Alexander Zemtsov and cellist Kati Raitinen. Saturday 7 May, 7.30pm: Violinist Nicola Benedetti (pictured right) performs with the London Mozart Players under the baton of conductor and viola player Maxim Rysanov.

Information: 01483 444334 or visitguildford.com and iimf.co.uk

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Birds of Prey Flying Display, Painshill Park, Cobham
Sunday 24 April, 2–4pm

Painshill Park hosts Henfold Birds of Prey as this family-run firm with over thirty years experience in handling and flying these beautiful birds provide fantastic flying displays. Discover more about the world of falconry and don’t miss this opportunity to see owls, hawks and falcons up close. In addition, Painshill has a Bird Song Walk on Sunday 24 April, 8–10.30am, where visitors can enjoy a short introduction about bird identification before entering the landscape garden to learn how to identify birds by song and sight. Children over 12 years are welcome, with one adult required for every two children. Lastly, don’t miss the historic tour of Painshill’s fully restored Crystal Grotto on Wednesday 13 April, 11am–12.30pm. Find out how the Grotto was created and see the stalactites, along with other follies and plantings.

Information: 01932 868113 or painshill.co.uk