Ludlow English Song Weekend - Opening Recital at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow on Friday 29th October 2021

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Ludlow English Song Weekend - Opening Recital

Add to my Calendar 29-10-2021 19:30 29-10-2021 21:30 36 Ludlow English Song Weekend - Opening Recital Ludlow English Song Weekend returns with live concerts over 29/30 Octoberl 2021. We are confident that, barring draconian new restrictions, we can all be safe, hygienic and comfortable in the wide open spaces of St Laurence’s Church. No zooming, no streaming. Socially distanced audiences in the Cathedral of the Marches, cheering on live performances. Roddy Williams and Iain Burnside begin in style with an opening recital that showcases the best of English Song and will enable us to get underway with a unique and yet familiar programme from our favourite pair of collaborators. This is the first in a series of five main recitals over the two days - the full programme can be seen here on classicalevents.co.uk or on our website Ludlow English Song Weekend Please note that in order to maintain a socially distanced audience layout, ticket numbers are capped. Festival passes (both days or Saturday only) are on sale at the moment. Individual concert tickets will go on sale from February ONLY if there are seats left. To allow seat allocations per 'bubbles', online ticket sales will close once the maximum number has been reached and there will be no 'at the door' sales. Tickets are refundable under the conditions on our website. St Laurence's Church, Ludlow DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Laurence's Church
King Street
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1AN
England

Friday 29th October 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Linden Lea
Benjamin Britten – The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Benjamin Britten – The Ploughboy
Mander Louis – Christmas in Prison
Mander Louis – A Rondel for Gloucestershire
Ivor Gurney – Captain Stratton's Fancy
Ivor Gurney – On your midnight pallet lying (words by AE Housman)
Ivor Gurney – Walking Song
Ivor Gurney – In Flanders
Roderick Williams – 3 Housman Parodies
Charles Wifred Orr – Seven Songs from A Shropshire Lad (words by AE Housman)
George Butterworth – Bredon Hill and Other Songs
George Butterworth – Roving in the dew
George Butterworth – Seventeen Come Sunday

Performers

Roderick Williams – baritone
Iain Burnside – piano / Artistic Director

Programme Note

Ludlow English Song Weekend returns with live concerts over 29/30 Octoberl 2021. We are confident that, barring draconian new restrictions, we can all be safe, hygienic and comfortable in the wide open spaces of St Laurence’s Church. No zooming, no streaming. Socially distanced audiences in the Cathedral of the Marches, cheering on live performances.

Roddy Williams and Iain Burnside begin in style with an opening recital that showcases the best of English Song and will enable us to get underway with a unique and yet familiar programme from our favourite pair of collaborators.

This is the first in a series of five main recitals over the two days - the full programme can be seen here on classicalevents.co.uk or on our website Ludlow English Song Weekend

Please note that in order to maintain a socially distanced audience layout, ticket numbers are capped. Festival passes (both days or Saturday only) are on sale at the moment. Individual concert tickets will go on sale from February ONLY if there are seats left. To allow seat allocations per 'bubbles', online ticket sales will close once the maximum number has been reached and there will be no 'at the door' sales. Tickets are refundable under the conditions on our website.

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