HHMF Britten community opera fundraiser in final days!

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@HerneHillFest Herne Hill Music Festival's community opera matchfunding appeal is down to less than a week - it expires on July 31st!

It remains short of target, please see the campaign page at http://gogetfunding....t/noye-s-fludde and make a donation or spread the word if you can! The page also includes a more detailed cost breakdown.

Based on a Mystery Play, Britten wrote this opera to be performed mostly by children and by amateur musicians. The Festival hopes to perform this amazing opera on the last day of its 2014 Festival, Sunday 19th October. It's an ambitious undertaking - the performance will involve pupils from local schools as well as a large number of local musicians, the Calton Quartet, and two professional singers. The Festival hopes to stage it at St Faith's Church in Red Post Hill.

It's also topical given the recent flood in Herne Hill!

HHMF has been granted ?1,000 by Dulwich Community Council towards the cost of the performance, but the Festival needs to match this through a crowd-source funding appeal. The remaining costs will be covered by ticket sales. http://www.hernehillfestival.org/