Music In Country Churches

MUSIC AT CLEY
2022-07-27 | St Margaret’s, Cley-next-the-Sea NR25 7TT, Cley-next-the-Sea, NR25 7TT
Choral Treasures
A journey through 500 years of choral repertoire
The Tenebrae Choir conducted by Nigel Short
Performance time:
6.30pm
Programme:
ALONSO LOBO (1555-1617), Versa est in luctum
Selections from the Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria and James MacMillan:
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA (1548-1611), Amicus meus
SIR JAMES MACMILLAN (b. 1959), Tenebrae factae sunt
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA, O vos omnes
JAMES MACMILLAN, Tradiderunt me
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA, Sepulto Domino
JAMES MACMILLAN, Jesum tradidit impius
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), Komm, Jesu komm, BWV 229
—– Interval —–
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA, Reproaches
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA, Alma Redemptoris Mater
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225

MUSIC AT CLEY
2022-07-27 | St Mary’s Church, Wiveton NR25 7TP
Young Musicians Showcase
An afternoon recital featuring talented young performers from the region
Performance times:
3pm
Programme:
Isadora Angell violin
Louis Horsman-Carpenter organ
Louis Dawes euphonium
Olivia Canham flute
Brenda Blewett accompanist
This is a free recital. There will be a retiring collection in aid of St Mary’s Church.

MUSIC AT CLEY
2022-07-26 | St Margaret’s, Cley-next-the-Sea NR25 7TT, Cley-next-the-Sea, NR25 7TT
Serenades for the Summer
The English Chamber Orchestra Strings
directed by
Stephanie Gonley
with
Craig Ogden, guitar
Performance times:
6.30pm
Programme:
EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934), Serenade, Opus 20
– Allegro piacevole
– Larghetto
– Allegretto
WILLIAM LOVELADY (b. 1945), Guitar Concerto world premiere
—– Interval —–
DAG WIRÉN (1905-86), Serenade, Opus 11
– Preludium
– Andante espressivo
– Scherzo
– Marcia

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-93), Serenade, Opus 48
– Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo — Allegro moderato
– Valse: Moderato — Tempo di valse
– Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco
– Finale (Tema russo): Andante — Allegro con spirito

MUSIC AT FOTHERINGHAY
2022-07-23 | St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay PE8 5HZ, Fotheringhay, PE8 5HZ
Songs for A Summer Evening
A programme of music for voice, piano, and violin, from Handel to Gershwin.
James Laing Countertenor
Anna Tilbrook Piano
Ellie Fagg Violin
PROGRAMME
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ (Ode For the Birthday of Queen Anne), HWV 74
Sonata in G Minor, HWV 364
Larghetto
Allegro
‘Ombra ma fui’ (Xerxes)
Sonata in G Minor, HWV 364
Adagio
Allegro
‘Se infiorito’ (Guilio Cesare)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Sonatina (from op. 137)
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen ‘Am Tage Aller Seelen’, D. 343
Die Forelle, D. 550
INTERVAL
20 minutes. Refreshments will be available.
Richard Morrison (b. 1946)
‘So Late into the Night’ (Six Song of Love and Life)
Rebecca Clarke (1886–1879)
Midsummer Moon
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Three Songs from Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15
‘To Lizbie Browne’
‘The Clock of the Years’
‘In a Churchyard’

George Gerswhin (1898–1937)

‘Summertime’ (Porgy and Bess)
‘The Man I Love’ (Lady, Be Good / Strike Up the Band)
‘I Got Rhythm’ (Girl Crazy)

MUSIC AT BRECON
2022-07-04 | Brecon Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Brecon, LD3 9DP, United Kingdom
Prizewinners from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Isaac Prince clarinet
Elena Zamudio soprano
Catherine Milledge piano
Performance time:
6.30pm There will be a 30-minute interval
Programme:
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844-1937), Introduction et Rondo (Clarinet and Piano)
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE (1912-2002), Cinco Canciones Negras (Voice and Piano)
LOUIS SPOHR (1784-1859), (selection of) 6 Deutsche Lieder, Op.103 (Voice, Clarinet and Piano)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791), “Parto, ma tu ben mio“, La Clemenza di Tito, K.621 (arr. for Mezzo Soprano, Clarinet and Piano)
—– Interval —–
ELIZABETH MACONCHY (1907-1994), Fantasia for Clarinet and Piano
FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963), Tel jour, telle nuit, FP86 (Soprano and Piano)
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828), Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, d.965

This concert will last approximately 70 minutes. There will be an interval during which drinks will be available.
The cathedral has step-free access and is wheelchair friendly.
Ticket prices: £20 (General Admission, first-come-first-served seating)
There are a limited number of Parent/Grandparent and Child (child goes free) tickets available.

MUSIC AT MINCHINHAMPTON
2022-05-28 | Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton GL6 9BP, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, GL6 9BP
Music from the Cotswolds
This concert is in memory of Quintin Ballardie (1928-2022), founder of the English Chamber Orchestra
The English Chamber Orchestra Strings
directed by
Stephanie Gonley and Patrick Hawes
with
Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans harp
Performance time:
6.30pm with pre-concert talk at 6pm
Programme:
HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983), Suite
– Allegro deciso
– Siciliano elegiaco. Con moto, ma tenerezza
– Alla menuetto. Allegro menuetto
– Rondo. Allegro assai: brioso
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911), ‘Adagietto’ (from Symphony 5)
—–Interval—–
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958), Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
PATRICK HAWES (b. 1958), Highgrove Suite
– Goddess of the Woods
– The Wildflower Meadow
– Sanctuary
– The Gladiator

MUSIC AT MINCHINHAMPTON
2022-05-27 | Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton GL6 9BP, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, GL6 9BP
Thomas Hardy : Wessex Love Songs
James Girling guitar
Lotte Betts-Dean soprano
Performance time:
6.30pm
There will be a pre-concert talk at 6pm. Further details will be available shortly.
Programme:
JOHN DOWLAND (1563 – c.1626), Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite (1597)
ROBIN MILFORD (1903 – 1959), If it’s Ever Spring Again (1934)
GERALD FINZI (1901 – 1956), It Never Looks Like Summer (1956)
IMOGEN HOLST (1907 – 1984), Weathers (1926)
IVOR GURNEY (1890 – 1937), In the Black Winter Morning (1924)
JOHN DOWLAND, Praeludium, P.98 and Fantasia No. 7 (1610)
ARTHUR KEEGAN-BOLE (b. 1986), Elegies for Emma (poems of 1912-14) (2022)
—– Interval —–
BETTY ROE (b. 1930), Beeny Cliff (2001)
TRAD., arranged BENJAMIN BRITTEN, I Will Give My Love an Apple (1961)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976), At the Railway Station, Upway (1953)
ETHEL H. H. RICHARDSON (1870 – 1946), Regret Me Not (1943)
ARNOLD BAX (1883 – 1953), The Market Girl (1922)
KERRY ANDREW (b. 1978), The Echo Elf Answers (2022)
HENRY PURCELL (c. 1659 – 1695), An Evening Hymn (1688)
TRAD., arranged CECIL SHARP (1859 – 1924), The Nightingale (1917)
This programme was devised and curated by Arthur Keegan-Bole.

Music at Dersingham with Flitcham
2021-07-28 | St Nicholas, Dersingham, Norfolk PE31 6GZ, Dersingham, Norfolk, PE31 6GZ
THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA STRING ENSEMBLE
directed by STEPHANIE GONLEY
with LAURA DEIGNAN clarinet
Performance times:
6:30pm
Programme:
ROSSINI String Sonata No. 3 in C major
HAWES Swan
FINZI (arr. L Ashmore) Five Bagatelles, Op. 23
—– INTERVAL—–
VIVALDI The Four Seasons (‘Spring’ & ‘Summer’)
BRITTEN Simple Symphony, Op. 4
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
Tickets:
Tickets for the Friends will be available from 27 May and go on general sale on 11 June.
This concert will be held in St Nicholas, Dersingham as a fundraiser for St Mary the Virgin, Flitcham.

Music at Dersingham with Flitcham
2021-07-27 | St Nicholas, Dersingham, Norfolk PE31 6GZ, Dersingham, Norfolk, PE31 6GZ
APOLLO5
PENELOPE APPLEYARD soprano
CLARE STEWART alto
OSCAR GOLDEN-LEE tenor
OLI MARTIN SMITH tenor
GREG LINK bass

Performance times:
6:30pm
Programme:
APOLLO5
WHERE ALL ROSES GO
A recital celebrating 500 years of choral music
Apollo5’s programme will feature music from their tenth anniversary album which unites a diverse collection of choral music spanning 500 years, from some of the earliest known polyphonic writing through to new compositions, in an energetic exploration of the joy and despair of human love.
Tickets:
Tickets for the Friends will be available from 27 May and go on general sale on 11 June.
This concert will be held in St Nicholas, Dersingham as a fundraiser for St Mary the Virgin, Flitcham.

Music at Bibury
2021-05-22 | St Mary’s Church, Bibury, Gloucestershire GL7 5NR, Bibury, Gloucestershire, GL7 5NR
THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA STRING ENSEMBLE
directed by
STEPHANIE GONLEY
with
MATTHEW RICE
Performance times:
5pm and 7pm*
Programme:
GRAINGER Molly on the Shore
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Four Novelletten, Op. 52
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

Music at Bibury
2021-05-21 | St Mary’s Church, Bibury, Gloucestershire GL7 5NR, Bibury, Gloucestershire, GL7 5NR
RICHARD WATKINS & FRIENDS
with
MATTHEW RICE
Performance times:
5pm and 7pm*
Programme:
BRITTEN ‘Prologue’, from Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31
VIVALDI Concerto in F for Two Horns and Strings, RV 538
KVANDAL Salmetone (Hymn Tune)
MOZART Quintet in E-flat major for horn and strings, K. 407
MAXWELL DAVIES Sea Eagle, 1st movement
BEETHOVEN Sextet in E-flat major for horns and string quartet, Op. 81b
BRITTEN ‘Epilogue’, from Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31
