Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams at Subscription Rooms, Stroud on Wednesday 19th October 2022

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Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams

Add to my Calendar 19-10-2022 19:30 19-10-2022 21:30 36 Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams 76th Stroud Arts Festival Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin presents A celebration of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams with a special performance from the Le Page Ensemble. Directed by internationally-renowned violinist David Le Page, who has a long association with English music, this evening of music by Gloucestershire-born Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries features The Lark Ascending, Vaughan Williams’ paean to the skylark and his song. The programme also pays homage to the composer’s love of English folk music in a set of beautiful arrangements by members of the Le Page Ensemble. Born on the island of Guernsey, David Le Page began playing the violin at the age of seven. He was offered a place at the Yehudi Menuhin school aged twelve and has since forged a diverse career as a performer, composer, producer and arranger. David appears regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader and has formed hisown groups, the Le Page Ensemble, the Harborough Collective, Subway Piranhas and Mysterious Barricades. He is leader of the Stratford-Upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan. Subscription Rooms, Stroud DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Subscription Rooms
George St
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL5 1AE
England

Wednesday 19th October 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending

Performers

David Le Page – violin / director

Le Page Ensemble

Programme Note

76th Stroud Arts Festival

Sponsored by Brewin Dolphin

presents

A celebration of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams with a special performance from the Le Page Ensemble. Directed by internationally-renowned violinist David Le Page, who has a long association with English music, this evening of music by Gloucestershire-born Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries features The Lark Ascending, Vaughan Williams’ paean to the skylark and his song.

The programme also pays homage to the composer’s love of English folk music in a set of beautiful arrangements by members of the Le Page Ensemble.

Born on the island of Guernsey, David Le Page began playing the violin at the age of seven. He was offered a place at the Yehudi Menuhin school aged twelve and has since forged a diverse career as a performer, composer, producer and arranger. David appears regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader and has formed his
own groups, the Le Page Ensemble, the Harborough Collective, Subway Piranhas and Mysterious Barricades. He is leader of the Stratford-Upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan.

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