Order! Order!

Hosted by the Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust, the 49th Clerk of the House of Commons and Chief Executive of the House of Commons Service will give a talk on the serious and not so serious aspects of what makes Parliament the way it is.  

Roderick Williams baritone
Susie Allan piano

Kindly supported by Mrs Angela Day

Vaughan Williams Three Poems by Walt Whitman
John Ireland Songs of a Wayfarer 
Martin Shaw Venizel
                             Child of the flowing Tide
                             Wood Magic
                             Brookland Road
                             Old Clothes and Fine Clothes
Vaughan Williams  Songs of Travel

One of the most popular baritones with our audience, we are delighted to welcome back Roddy Williams in a recital of English Song.

Brecon Baroque
Rachel Podger violin

Programme to include:

J.S.Bach Concerto in D (after BVW 249)
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos 2,4 & 5

Dame Felicity Lott soprano
Graham Johnson piano

Kindly supported by Mr Peter Ascroft

Purcell                          Music for a while
                                          Sweeter than Roses
                                          Evening Hymn
Elgar                              Speak, Music
                                          Pleading
                                          The Shepherd’s Song
Vaughan Williams Orpheus with his Lute
                                          Silent Noon
Frank Bridge             When you are old
                                          Go not, happy day
Peter Warlock           My own country
                                          Sleep
Ivor Gurney               Down by the Salley gardens
                                          Sleep
                                          The Fields are full
Roger Quilter            Now sleeps the crimson petal
                                          Love’s Philosophy
Benjamin Britten   Fancie
                                          Fish in the unruffled lakes
                                          As it is, plenty

We are delighted to welcome Dame Felicity to the Festival in her new role as Patron of the Society, and even more thrilled that she is going to perform as well!

Kindly supported by Katharine O'Carroll and Robert Atkins

£10
Available online from Thursday 21 April

Professor Martin Ashley speaker

The head of research in the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University gives a lecture entitled ‘The Development of the boy’s voice’.

£6

To St Martin’s Church. The coach will depart from King Street.

£5

Following our successful conducting masterclasses at the Gloucester festival in 2010, senior members of the Philharmonia brass section lead this four-hour masterclass for brass quintets with students from five top music colleges.

£15

Marie McNally clarinet
Joanne Jefferis cello
Stephen Watkins piano

Beethoven Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat Op. 11

D'Indy Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat Op. 29

£8

To Malvern College. The coach will depart from King Street.