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Music@Malling:The Enchanted Garden

Ightham Mote marks 40 years with the National Trust through an immersive installation combining art by Ana Maria Pacheco and music by Zöe Martlew.

  • Booking essential
  • Free event (admission applies)

Zöe Martlew's new composition, performed by Anna Dennis (soprano) and Steven Devine (harpsichord), creates a soundscape inspired by Dame Dorothy Selby who lived at Ightham Mote during the Elizabethan and Stuart periods and whose portraits are in The Great Hall.

Join Ana Maria Pacheco and Zöe Martlew in conversation with Music@Malling Festival Director Thomas Kemp at 4pm followed by a performance by soprano Anna Dennis and Steven Devine in the Great Hall.

Supported by Pratt Contemporary Art, The Marchus Trust, Vaughan Williams Foundation and Hinrichsen Foundation, the installation runs from 15 September – 2 November.

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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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Booking details

Call 0345 3191043

Meeting point

Please show your ticket at Visitor Reception and make your way down to the house.

Accessibility

Designated parking spaces for disabled visitors in the main car park. Gardens have a mixture of gravel and grass paths, some steep slopes, undulating terrain and steps. Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the site.

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For more information go to www.musicatmalling.com Book online or in person at Was Down Swan Street, High Street, West Malling, ME19 6LU

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