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St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Rd
Ivinghoe
Bedfordshire
LU7 9EW
England
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – Ich Wollt', meine Lieb' ergösse sich, Op.63 no.1
Felix Mendelssohn – Maiglockchen und die Blumlein, Op.63 no.6
Vincenzo Bellini – 6 Ariette da camera: no.1 'Melancholy, gentle nymph'
Robert Schumann – Traumerei, Op.15 no.7
Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – 3 Songs for voice, cello and piano
Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Der Orangenzweig
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Magic Flute medley
~ Interval ~
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Italien, Op.8 no.3
Felix Mendelssohn – Lied ohne Worte, Op.109
Pauline Viardot – En mer, VWV 1084
Pauline Viardot – Un jour de printemps, VWV 1082
Clara Schumann – Er ist gekommen, Op.12 no.2
Alfredo Carlo Piatti – La Sera Notturno
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
Sir Arthur Sullivan – The Mikado: The sun whose rays are all ablaze
Performers
Judith Sheridan – voice
Margaret Richards – Cello
Daniel King Smith – piano
William Winfield – Reader
Ridgeway Ensemble
Programme Note
Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday falls on May 24th this year, and Prince Albert’s on August 26th. As part of their festival to celebrate this double bicentenary the Ridgeway Ensemble present ‘Victoria and Albert – a musical romance’ at 7.30pm in Ivinghoe Church on the queen’s birthday.
The programme brings to life the musical world of the royal couple, through readings from their letters and diaries, contemporary accounts and music by composers such as Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Bellini, Elgar and Sullivan. At the heart of the programme are three songs by Prince Albert himself for voice, cello and piano, which have remained unpublished and unperformed until now.
The Ensemble (Judith Sheridan, voice, Margaret Richards, cello, Daniel King Smith, piano, and William Winfield, reader,) performs regularly for music clubs, churches and other organisations throughout the country and abroad.
