Classic line-up at Serenata festival (From Dorset Echo)

Classic line-up at Serenata festival

2:20pm Friday 20th August 2010 in

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CLASSICAL boy band Blake, seen here on Studland’s Knoll Beach, are among the stellar headliners at Serenata, Britain’s first classical music festival, next weekend.

They are featured on Thursday, the opening night, with Geoff Sewell from Amici Forever, mezzo-soprano Faryl Smith from Britain’s Got Talent and clarinettist Emma Johnson, the 1984 BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Next Friday’s main stage headliner is the unmistakable Katherine Jenkins, arguably the superstar of British classical music, whose diverse repertoire includes operatic arias, light classical music, popular songs and hymns.

She’ll be joined by Grammy-nominated conductor Anthony Inglis and young violinist Ruth Palmer.

Closing the even next Saturday is self-styled People’s Tenor, Russell Watson, now fully fit again following a lengthy enforced break after undergoing a series of operations on a recurrent brain tumour.

Young Musician of the Year Benjamin Grosvenor is also on the bill with conductor to the stars William Hayward.

Then there is also the world’s only human beatbox choir, The Vocal Orchestra, led by British beatboxing champion and Bjork collaborator, Schlomo.

More information is available online at serenatafestival.com