Excellent Device!, Hazlewood's London-based symphony orchestra will create instant combustion with a curtain-raising performance of John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine. This is followed by a deep and probing exploration of Holst's stellar masterpiece, but in a way this work has never before been experienced: in between the individual Holst planets (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, etc - they're all represented) the orchestra will fall silent, and Hazlewood's team of Glastonbury 'regulars', his All Stars will improvise musical responses.

A British classic set amongst brand new electronic material, this approach fuses musical genres and creates a completely new experience in live music-making. In fact, BBC Radio 2 are so excited about it that they will be recording the concert for broadcast on the 11th September! Charles will introduce the show live from the stage in an effort to 'open up' the music.

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The All Stars are made up of exciting contemporary musicians including Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) and Adrian Utley (Portishead).

An exciting, tasty range of local and organic food and drink will be available at the festival including organic burgers, Middle Eastern Mezze, sushi, local sausages served with dauphinoise potatoes, vegetarian delights, cream teas and locally produced cider!

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Prefaced by John Adams' incandescent musical depiction of a space rocket, this is a night contemplating our universe through the awe-inspiring music of Holst's, The Planets.

However, this will be a unique and original performance of this iconic British music. In the gaps between the orchestra’s performance of each of the seven planets, my posse of sonic adventurers, the All Stars, will improvise spontaneous electronic responses using material sampled from what the orchestra have just played. It's a highly original way of giving the audience a chance to revisit Holst's material, but through a refracted lens, and with a contemporary twist. No one has ever attempted this before and I believe it will offer the audience a wonderful opportunity to climb even further inside the music!

The extreme virtuosity of my symphony orchestra, Excellent Device!, coupled with the fact that the All Stars feature some of the most adventurous musicians around today, promises that this will be an unforgettable musical journey to the stars.

At Play the Field I want to prove that you can have exactly the same kind of visceral experience at an orchestral concert that you might at a rock festival; music is the most universal language we humans have, and there are few things to beat a world-class symphony orchestra playing like their lives depended on it. The fact that it happens in a field rather than in the more rarefied atmosphere of a concert hall means that anyone and everyone can be how they want, and respond how they want. Every person on the planet has the ability to understand great music. Play the Field is determined to prove it. 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.