A look back at our festival programme for 2023.
FRIDAY 14th APRIL 2023
6.30pm DOORS OPEN
WELCOME DRINKS FOR FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS
7.30pm OPENING RECITAL:
COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL
St Laurence’s Church
Carolyn Sampson soprano
James Atkinson baritone
Iain Burnside piano
with
Michael Foyle violin
Britten Fancie
Poulenc Fancy
Hahn A Chloris
Geoffrey Bush To Electra
Fauré C’est l’extase
Quilter Love’s Philosophy
Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre
Liza Lehmann Run, run, little page
Milhaud Catalogue de fleurs
Martin Bussey Mr Hancock’s Letter
Fauré Les roses d’Ispahan
Daryl Runswick One perfect rose
Ireland The Trellis
Duparc Phidylé
Rorem Early One Morning
Debussy Ballade des femmes de Paris
Bridge When you are old and grey
Debussy Colloque sentimental
Ravel Ronsard à son âme
Vaughan Williams The Last Invocation
9.30pm TIME STANDS STILL
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Helen Charlston mezzo
Toby Carr theorbo
John Dowland
I saw my lady weep
Shall I strive with words to move?
Can she excuse my wrongs?
In darkness let me dwell
Henry Purcell Oh lead me to some peaceful gloom
Robert De Visée Prélude
John Eccles Restless in Thought
Owain Park Battle Cry
John Dowland Time Stands Still
SATURDAY 15th APRIL 2023
11.00am MORNING RECITAL – THE VOICE OF DESIRE
St Laurence’s Church
Siân Dicker soprano
Kieran Rayner baritone
Krystal Tunnicliffe piano
Gerald Finzi Til Earth outwears
Judith Weir The Voice of Desire
Edward Rushton From Katherine Mansfield’s Diary PREMIERE
Gerald Finzi Before and after Summer
2.30pm THREE PLUS ONE
St Laurence’s Church
Trio Balthasar
Michael Foyle violin
Tim Hugh cello
Iain Burnside piano
with
Rachel Nicholls soprano
Joan Trimble Phantasy Trio
Judith Weir Piano Trio
Will Harmer Golden Hour PREMIERE
Claude Debussy La Mer (arr. Sally Beamish)
4.30pm PANEL: THE VIEW FROM ABROAD
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Festival Pass Holder Event
Festival directors from the Netherlands and Spain, a Swiss-based pianist/composer and a German-based Lieder authority compare song notes. Katy Hamilton in conversation with Marc Busquets, Hans Eijsackers and Edward Rushton.
7.30PM MUSIC FOR A WHILE
St Laurence’s Church
Rachel Nicholls soprano
Kathryn Rudge mezzo
Iain Burnside piano
Henry Purcell
Sound the Trumpet
Music for a while
Sweeter than roses
Mad Bess
An evening hymn
The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation
Roger Quilter Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Cecilia McDowell Radnor Songs
Eric Coates Tell me where is fancy bred
Madeline Dring A Bay in Anglesey
Madeline Dring Song of a Nightclub Proprietress
Haydn Wood Brown Bird Singing
Ben Moore Wagner Roles
Ben Moore Sexy Lady
SUNDAY 16TH APRIL 2023
10.00am PANEL: WHO SINGS WHAT?
Festival Pass Holder Event
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Gender, race and diversity come under Katy Hamilton’s eagle eye, with Marc Busquets, Hans Eijsackers, Laura Tunbridge and Flora Willson.
11.30am YOUNG ARTIST MASTERCLASS with Rachel Nicholls and Iain Burnside
Festival Pass Holder Event
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Our young singers and pianists are put through their paces by Rachel Nicholls and Iain Burnside.
2.30pm CLOSING RECITAL:
CAPTAIN STRATTON’S FANCY
St Laurence’s Church
Brindley Sherratt bass
Iain Burnside piano
with
Rebecca Leggett mezzo
Felix Gygli baritone
Krystal Tunnicliffe piano
John Ireland Sea Fever
Michael Head Limehouse Reach
Sir C.V. Stanford Drake’s Drum
Gerald Finzi Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
Ivor Gurney By a bierside
Benjamin Britten Le roi s’en va-t-en chasse
Frederick Delius Le ciel est par dessus le toit
Ralph Vaughan Williams The sky above the roof
Roger Quilter L’amour de moi
Benjamin Britten Quand j’étais chez mon père
Sir C.V. Stanford
from Songs of Faith:
To the Soul
Tears!
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
Sir Hubert Parry Crabbed age and youth
Madeleine Dring It was a lover and his lass
John Ireland The Bells of San Marie
Michael Head Money-O
Sir C.V. Stanford A soft day
W.H. Squire The Singing Lesson
Peter Warlock Captain Stratton’s Fancy
The above programme is subject to change without notification.