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The UK is alive with festivals. Festivals of performing arts, literature, visual arts and outdoor arts snd even science. These range from the the large international cultural events, such as the Edinburgh International Festival through to small dynamic festivals in towns and villages across the land.

Rainer Hersch is no stranger to performing at festivals of all shapes and sizes.

Here he tells us about some of him more unusual encounters…

A percussionist friend of mine told me about a performance he did of Tchaikovsky overture in a ‘muddy field’ (musicians-speak for any outdoor festival stage).

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Wanting to create a bit of atmosphere, he suspended the bells for the final bit from some trees. Off they went for dinner but, when they came back for the performance, darkness had fallen. Despite much searching they couldn&#;t even find the bells let alone play them!

 Summer Festivals just used to be a way of filling musicians’ diaries when the