Spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon discovering the delights on offer at our local food fair whilst listening to Hazlewood and his period instrument orchestra, the Army of Generals rehearsing...a unique opportunity for music lovers to climb even further inside the music making process. Then, as the sun sets over the Somerset countryside, Hazlewood, his orchestra and Russian violin virtuoso Alexander Sitkovetsky will vividly paint the seasons and times of the day in sound through Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons and Haydn`s wonderfully dramatic morning, noon and night symphonies. Charles will introduce the rehearsals and show live from the stage in an effort to 'open up' the music.

A fantastic opportunity to see the Army of Generals fresh from their starring role alongside Charles in the BBC2 series ‘The Birth of British Music’, which covers Haydn’s impact on British culture.

With free entry for under 13's, a reduced price package for families and a fun packed programme of activities for the whole family to enjoy on the Sunday afternoon, Play the Field is the ideal way to introduce children to live classical music.

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As the finale to Play the Field, Charles Hazlewood has announced that world renowned artist Norman Perryman will perform live continuous kinetic paintings, projected on to an eight meter-wide screen, to the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Perryman’s images will be keyed to the ideas and feelings of the music, enriching the musical experience yet remaining in the memory as powerful works of art in their own right.

This concert is all about painting with sound. Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is one of the most popular pieces of music ever written, graphically depicting the yearly cycle of the seasons in the form of four high-octane violin concertos - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. From Vivaldi, master of high Venetian virtuosity to another set of eighteenth century masterpieces, Haydn's three symphonies, which describe in sound the different points of the day.

This will be a concert of break-neck virtuosity, courtesy of the extraordinary violinist Sasha Sitkovetsky and my period-instrument orchestra Army of Generals. I can promise a bracing and almost unbearably beautiful evening of music making.

I'll introduce the whole show live from the stage, to help people who know the music well hear new things in it and to encourage people who aren’t so familiar with classical music to engage with their heads as well as their hearts.

The programme for Play the Field has kindly been sponsored by Francis Clark, the largest independent firm of accountants in the West Country.