Details
Warwick Hall - Warwick School
Myton Road
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 6PP
England
Programme
Henry Purcell – Chaconne in G minor, Z.730
Peter Warlock – Pavane
Peter Warlock – Mattachins
Frank Bridge – 3 Idylls, H.67
David Le Page – A Beautiful Thread
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H.190
Performers
David Le Page – violin / Leader
Anton Lesser – Narrator
Lucia Bonbright – Narrator
Orchestra of the Swan
Programme Note
Marking 150 years since the first publication of Far From the Madding Crowd, we celebrate Thomas Hardy in his own words, poetry, novels, and the music he loved so much.
Starring acclaimed actor Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall, Endeavour), A Beautiful Thread (produced by Hambletts) weaves Hardy’s life – dramatic as any of his books – with his beautiful poetry and great novels, including Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Hardy put more music into his work than any other writer, and the Swan’s Artistic Director, David Le Page has devised a musical programme of shimmering beauty – a Mellstock folk band style, that combines West Gallery Music from the village churches of the 1840’s with Holst, Purcell and contemporary folk.
