THURSDAY 30 MAY
- 2pm A TOUR OF ST LAURENCE’S CHURCH
- with Chris Potter OBE, historian and author. £5
- 3:30pm IF LOVE BE THE FOOD OF MUSIC .....
- How composers’ lives affect their music. John Bridcut, documentary film
maker. Free admission
- 5:30pm FA LA LA, FA LA LA!
- A performer’s perspective on 400 years of English Song. David Hurley,
countertenor of The King’s Singers. Free admission
- 6.30 pm A Shropshire Supper for Pass A holders.
- 8pm THE CUCKOO IN THE PEAR TREE
- The King’s Singers, Iain Burnside (piano) A programme planned especially
for this Weekend including Morley, Wilbye, Finzi, Elgar, Stanford and Britten
Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard. £10, £15, £20, £25. Parish Church
- 10:30pm BRITTEN’S CHILDREN
- A tender and balanced documentary account of Benjamin Britten’s friendships
with the boys who sang in his works, director John Bridcut. Free admission
FRIDAY 31 MAY
- 10am FACING THE ISSUES WITH WORDS
- How early 20th century English composers before Britten approached the
setting of words. Roderick Swanston, musicologist and broadcaster. Free admission
- 11:30am SONG IN A STRANGE LAND
- Shaun Ward (organ), Philip Lancaster (baritone) Robert Webb (violin),
cellist tbc Programme to include Stanford A Song of Hope, Vaughan WilliamsLove
bade me welcome Howells By the Waters of Babylon Parry Soliloquy from Browning’s
Saul (unpublished) Finzi B efore the paling of the stars (unpublished)
12.45 pm Lunch for Pass A holders. £10, £12.50. Parish Church
- 2pm EMERGING TALENT ~ 1
- After a morning working with the judges, the Young Composer Competition
winners give a Workshop/Recital with Julian Philips, Martin Bussey, Paul
Spicer and Gavin Roberts (piano) £10, £12.50
- 3:30pm FILTERING THE PAST ~ 1
- Ailish Tynan (soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Ashley Riches (baritone)
Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola) Iain Burnside (piano) The home team’s first
concert brings us the première of Brian Elias’s commissioned songs, Once
did I breathe another’s breath, and works by composers of the 20th and
21st centuries. £13.50, £16.
- 5:15pm FROM CLAY TABLETS TO E-MAILS
- The future for the biographer. Diana McVeagh, biographer of Finzi and Elgar. Free Admission
- 6.00 pm Reception for all Pass A & B holders
- 6.30 pm Supper for Pass A holders
- 8pm SIGH NO MORE LADIES
- Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) A welcome return visit
from a star singer, with Shakespeare settings by eleven composers, songs
by Elaine Hugh-Jones, Five Betjeman Songs by Madeleine Dring, and Three
Sitwell Songs by Walton. £10, £15, £20. £25. Parish Church
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SATURDAY 1 JUNE
- 10am ENGLISH SONG AND THE CD
- Andrew Walton, musician, editor and sound engineer producer for Naxos. Free Admission
- 11:15am MASTERCLASS WITH SIR JOHN TOMLINSON
- Susie Allan and Gavin Roberts (piano) Students from London colleges. £13.50, £16
- 12.45pm Lunch for holders of Pass A
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- 2:15pm LATE SWALLOWS
- Jonathan McGovern (baritone) Carducci String Quartet Susie Allan (piano)
Bridge Phantasy Quartet Delius Late Swallows Gurney The Western Playland
A rare opportunity to hear Gurney’s settings of A.E. Housman’s poetry. £13.50, £16
- 4:15pm ENGLISH SONG: THE LANDSCAPE NOW ~ 1
- An opportunity for you to discuss your interests with other audience members,
chaired by Martin Bussey. Tickets very limited, not available until the
start of the Weekend. Free Admission
- 8pm “FIRST WAR POET OF ENGLAND AM I”
- An Ivor Gurney sequence Sion Alun Davies (actor) Ailish Tynan
(soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Ashley Riches (baritone) Gavin Roberts
(piano) Poetry and songs illustrating the story of Gurney, including newly
discovered works. £13.50, £16
SUNDAY 2 JUNE
- 10am ENGLISH SONG: THE LANDSCAPE NOW ~ 2
- A Finzi Forum chaired by Iain Burnside, with Martin Bussey, Philip Lancaster,
Julian Philips, Sir John Tomlinson and Andrew Walton. Free Admission
- 11:15am EMERGING TALENT ~ 2
- Performance by students from yesterday’s Masterclass, including the première
of Julian Philips’ specially commissioned Pessoa settings. Susie Allan
and Gavin Roberts (piano). £10, £12.50
- 12.30 pm Lunch for holders of Pass A
- 2:30pm FILTERING THE PAST ~ 2
- Ailish Tynan (soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Ashley Riches (baritone)
Iain Burnside (piano) In their last concert the home team sing Judith Bingham’s
The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi and songs by Vaughan Williams, Somervell and
Ian Venables. Quilter’s lovely Music, when soft voices die will close the
weekend. £13.50, £16
- Farewell cup of tea after the concert. No charge
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