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St Mary the Virgin Church
Darlington Street
Bathwick
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4EB
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sir John in Love
Vicente Chavarria – Jean
Rani Arbo – Crossing the Bar
Cecilia McDowall – Sigh no more, ladies
Edgar Cosma – Les Amours des Poetes
Antonio Se-Dantas – Alecrim
Michael Higgins – Scarborough Fair
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five English Folk Songs
Thomas Morley – Fyer, Fyer!
~ Interval ~
Amy Beach – 3 Shakespeare Choruses: no.1, 'Over hill, over dale'
Matthew Harris – Shakespeare Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Henry Purcell – If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379
Orlande de Lassus – Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Lloyd Pfautsch – Musicks Empire
Performers
Jamie Hamilton – piano
Bath Spa Quartet
Programme Note
The Handful explores the theme of love through poetry and history, from Shakespeare to Verlaine, from folk songs to opera and beyond.
In celebration of the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, at the heart of the programme is his Serenade to Music, a beautiful choral meditation on the nature of music and its power to enrapture.
Edgar Cosma's Les amours des poètes includes settings of both medieval and romantic French poetry and we are proud to present the UK première of Part 1 of this exquisite work.
Sitting alongside these musical gems are works by Orlande de Lassus, Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell, Amy Beach, Matthew Harris, Cecilia McDowall and more.
The Handful is delighted to be joined by Bath Spa Quartet and pianist Jamie Hamilton for this musical celebration of love and poetry.
