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Echo: Ruby Hughes and Huw Watkins
Part of the Lake District Music Summer Festival
Part of the Lake District Music Summer Festival - 2026
Add to my Calendar 07-08-2026 19:30 07-08-2026 21:30 36 Echo: Ruby Hughes and Huw Watkins Huw Watkins' song cycle Echo, composed for Ruby Hughes is at the centre of this beautifully crafted recital. Setting texts by five different poets, the cycle is a work centred on melancholy - on transience, remembrance, and in the final song a numbed cry of inconceivable loss. Works by Master of the King's Music, Errolyn Wallen, Britten and others showcase Ruby's captivating capacity for communication and connection. Duration: 2 hrs including interval St Mary's Parish Church, Ambleside DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Mary's Parish Church
Vicarage Road
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 9DH
England
Tickets
Prices: £18-£27
Booking line: 01539 266 200
Book Tickets
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita no.4 in D major for keyboard, BWV 828: Sarabande
Henry Purcell – By beauteous softness
Henry Purcell – Music for a While
Benjamin Britten – I wonder as I wander
Benjamin Britten – How sweet the answer
Huw Watkins – Echo
~ Interval ~
Benjamin Britten – A Charm of Lullabies
Errollyn Wallen – Guru
Errollyn Wallen – On the Mountain
Errollyn Wallen – What's up Doc?
Errollyn Wallen – Peace on Earth
Errollyn Wallen – Jesus on a Train
Performers
Ruby Hughes – soprano
Huw Watkins – piano
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Programme Note
Huw Watkins' song cycle Echo, composed for Ruby Hughes is at the centre of this beautifully crafted recital. Setting texts by five different poets, the cycle is a work centred on melancholy - on transience, remembrance, and in the final song a numbed cry of inconceivable loss. Works by Master of the King's Music, Errolyn Wallen, Britten and others showcase Ruby's captivating capacity for communication and connection.
Duration: 2 hrs including interval
