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Summer Sessions: Episode 1
Part of the The Gesualdo Six - Summer Sessions 2021 Series
Add to my Calendar 07-08-2021 15:00 07-08-2021 17:00 36 Summer Sessions: Episode 1 For our first Summer Sessions series, we present sacred and secular music of the English Renaissance in a selection of beautiful ancient churches, riven into the rolling hills of the Herefordshire borders. Join us throughout August 2021 for devotional sacred settings in old English vernacular, bawdy drinking songs of Henry VIII’s court, early English settings of the Song of Songs, and Herefordshire folksongs as they drift across the hedgerows and valleys under the shadow of the Black Mountains. Each recital premieres on a Saturday in August, and will be available to watch on-demand until the end of September. St Clydawg Church, Longtown DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Clydawg Church
1 Hunthouse Lane
Clodock
Longtown
Herefordshire
HR2 0PD
England
Programme
Anonymous – Sumer is icumen in
Traditional English – Awake, awake, sweet England
Sheryngham – Ah, gentle Jesu
Robert Fayrfax – Somewhat musing
Performers
The Gesualdo Six
Programme Note
For our first Summer Sessions series, we present sacred and secular music of the English Renaissance in a selection of beautiful ancient churches, riven into the rolling hills of the Herefordshire borders.
Join us throughout August 2021 for devotional sacred settings in old English vernacular, bawdy drinking songs of Henry VIII’s court, early English settings of the Song of Songs, and Herefordshire folksongs as they drift across the hedgerows and valleys under the shadow of the Black Mountains.
Each recital premieres on a Saturday in August, and will be available to watch on-demand until the end of September.
