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Music of the hills

Music inspired by composers with Sussex connections

Part of the Villages Music Festival

Add to my Calendar 01-07-2016 19:30 01-07-2016 21:30 36 Music of the hills Come and admire the view with the Norse String Quartet, as they take you over down and dale with music by four great Englishmen with Sussex connections: Bridge, Elgar, Howells and Ireland.  Local composer Nathan Waring completes the company, with his newly-finished Blake settings for tenor, violin and piano. St John the Baptist Church, Ripe DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John the Baptist Church
Church Lane
Ripe
East Sussex
BN8 6AU
England

Programme

John Ireland – The Hills, for String Quartet
Frank Bridge – Sir Roger de Coverley
Herbert Howells – Piano Quartet, Op.21
Edward Elgar – Death on the Hills, Op.72
John Ireland – A Downland Suite
Nathan Waring – Three Songs of Innocence, for tenor, violin and piano
Frank Bridge – Novelletten, H.44

Performers

George Chambers – tenor
Timothy Thornton – piano

Norse String Quartet

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Programme Note

Come and admire the view with the Norse String Quartet, as they take you over down and dale with music by four great Englishmen with Sussex connections: Bridge, Elgar, Howells and Ireland.  Local composer Nathan Waring completes the company, with his newly-finished Blake settings for tenor, violin and piano.

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