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BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC (EVENT 7) John Holloway violin, Catherine Bott soprano, Marieke Spaans harpsichord |
Hereford to Ledbury
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ARTHUR BLISS SOCIETY LUNCH (EVENT 9) |
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT (EVENT 10) With Orchestra of the Swan This concert contrasts Bliss’s romantic, one might almost say Elgarian, Music for strings and Finzi’s exquisite settings of Shakespeare with the rugged and dramatic Chamber Symphony by Shostakovich. It also features the exciting new work Masque for Caliban by Julian Phillips. |
Hereford–Wyastone
NB This will arrive in time for the concert, not for the Arthur Bliss Society Lunch. Those wishing to attend the lunch must either purchase a day excursion ticket or make their own arrangements.
DAY EXCURSION TICKET (EVENT 12)
Limited Availability
concerts, coach travel from Hereford to Ledbury, onward coach travel to Wyastone Leys, lunch and the return journey to Hereford after the concert.
TALK: THE MELLSTOCK BAND (EVENT 13)
16:00 - St John’s Methodist Church
Dave Townsend talks about the connections and contrasts of folk tradition, and the strange process of recycling tavern songs as church hymns whilst keeping traditional sacred music out of the church. With musical illustrations by The Mellstock Band.
CHORAL EVENSONG
16:00 - Hereford Cathedral
With Three Cathedral Choirs
Sanders Responses, Walmisley Canticles in B flat, Wesley Blessed be the God and Father, Schumann Fugue VI on BACH. (This service will be recorded by the BBC for future broadcast on Radio 3).
 
CATHEDRAL CONCERT (EVENT 14) With the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Kodály Budavari Te Deum, John McCabe Notturni ed Alba, Schubert Mass in A flat. Kodály’s rousing Budavari Te Deum was commissioned by the city of Budapest to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its liberation from the Turks in 1686. John McCabe’s exotic and seductive song-cycle Notturni ed Alba sets a variety of medieval texts which address various aspects of night, and was first performed at the 1970 Three Choirs Festival in Hereford. Schubert’s fine Mass in A flat dates from a time when his music was undergoing great stylistic development, and stands comparison with Beethoven’s contemporaneous Missa Solemnis. Adrian Lucas conductor (pictured right), Carys Lane soprano, Catherine King mezzo soprano, Andrew Kennedy tenor, Robert Rice baritone. |
  | THE MELLSTOCK BAND (EVENT 15) 22:30 - All Saints Church Using authentic instruments and period costume, The Mellstock Band sing and play music illustrating the themes of Thomas Hardy’s poem Great Things |
