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Leaves, Lives & Loves

Wed 20 May
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tickets: £15, Under 16s free All Saints Church, The Causeway, Marlow SL7 2AA Rory Carver (tenor) Irena Radic (piano) An atmospheric programme showcasing the variety and magic of English Song, flowing seamlessly as a continuous journey from the freshness of Spring to the darkest depths of Winter. Themes of nature, musings on what it is to be human, the passing of time, love, ageing, death and new life are present. Each new season develops via a Nocturne entwined with poetry by Michael Armstrong, evoking a sense of spiritualism and magic. This is reflected also in music by Madeleine Dring, Benjamin Britten, Hubert Parry and Jonathan Dove and settings of texts by Vikram Seth, W.H Auden and Walter de la Mare. Morfydd Owen Daisy’s Song Dominick Argento Spring Muriel Herbert To Daffodils Madeleine Dring Nightfall Poetry by Michael Armstrong: Spring Rain, In a Dawn Far Off, Before Sunrise, May William Alwyn Invocation to the Queen of Moonlight Jonathan Dove The Tree of Many Names John Ireland Tryst Benjamin Britten Notturno Poetry by Michael Armstrong: Summer Night, Ghost Moths, A Nightingale (For Eileen Agar), Midsummer, September Moon, Northumberland Charles Ives Maple Leaves Muriel Herbert Autumn Benjamin Britten Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast Hubert Parry Nightfall in Winter Kenneth V Jones Nocturne in Six Poetry by Michael Armstrong: Backward Through Time, Our Magic Horse, Now Madeleine Dring 4 Night Songs 1. Holding the Night 2. Frosty Night 3. Through the Centuries 4. Separation Madeleine Dring Prelude Poetry by Michael Armstrong: Beyond the Mirror... READ MORE>

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