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Joshua Ellicott
Part of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester 2019
Add to my Calendar 30-07-2019 14:00 30-07-2019 16:00 36 Joshua Ellicott This unique recital intersperses songs by early twentieth-century composers with readings of letters home from the trenches from Joshua Ellicott’s own great-uncle Jack. By turns funny, surprising and deeply moving, the letters chart Jack’s progress from his training to the front, and his day-to-day ups and downs speak for the many thousands of soldiers like him. St Catharine's Church, Gloucester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Catharine's Church
London Road
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL2 0RR
England
Programme
Gerald Finzi – A Young Man's Exhortation
Various – From your ever-loving son, Jack
Performers
Joshua Ellicott – Tenor
Simon Lepper – piano
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Programme Note
This unique recital intersperses songs by early twentieth-century composers with readings of letters home from the trenches from Joshua Ellicott’s own great-uncle Jack. By turns funny, surprising and deeply moving, the letters chart Jack’s progress from his training to the front, and his day-to-day ups and downs speak for the many thousands of soldiers like him.
