A feast of English Song: A recital for Tenor and Piano at St Peter and St Paul Church, Hailsham on Sunday 27th July 2025

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A feast of English Song

A recital for Tenor and Piano

Add to my Calendar 27-07-2025 17:00 27-07-2025 19:00 36 A feast of English Song The revival of English folk music around the beginning of the 20th century was led by a number of figures, prominent among them Cecil Sharp and the composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth and Percy Grainger. In its wake, both before and after the First World War, came an outpouring of English art song by a diverse but enormously gifted group of composers – a small selection would include Vaughan Williams, Ivor Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Roger Quilter, Frank Bridge, Armstrong Gibbs, Gerald Finzi, John Ireland and Benjamin Britten, but there are many others. This recital by the rising young tenor Ben Hancox-Lachman and his father, pianist William Hancox includes works by many of these composers, with well-known songs alongside lesser-known gems and spoken introductions to help place the songs in context. The setting for the concert is Hellingly Church, a beautiful, atmospheric building, parts of which date back to the 12th century or earlier. St Peter and St Paul Church, Hailsham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Lane
Hellingly
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 4HA
England

Sunday 27th July 2025
5:00 PM

Programme

Peter Warlock – Ha'anacker Mill
John Ireland – Sea Fever
Rebecca Clarke – June Twilight
Benjamin Britten – Selection of Folk Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: The Watermill

Performers

Ben Hancox-Lachman – tenor
William Hancox – piano

Programme Note

The revival of English folk music around the beginning of the 20th century was led by a number of figures, prominent among them Cecil Sharp and the composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth and Percy Grainger. In its wake, both before and after the First World War, came an outpouring of English art song by a diverse but enormously gifted group of composers – a small selection would include Vaughan Williams, Ivor Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Roger Quilter, Frank Bridge, Armstrong Gibbs, Gerald Finzi, John Ireland and Benjamin Britten, but there are many others.

This recital by the rising young tenor Ben Hancox-Lachman and his father, pianist William Hancox includes works by many of these composers, with well-known songs alongside lesser-known gems and spoken introductions to help place the songs in context.

The setting for the concert is Hellingly Church, a beautiful, atmospheric building, parts of which date back to the 12th century or earlier.

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