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The Baronet and the Playboy

Part of the Three Choirs Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 01-08-2018 22:15 02-08-2018 00:15 36 The Baronet and the Playboy Beginning a 24-hour Parry focus at the festival, David Owen Norris performs two piano portraits to a video backdrop. Parry’s Shulbrede Tunes is accompanied by a tour of the home of the title (his daughter’s) and the family photo album. Alongside, Poulenc’s ‘twenty minutes of brilliantissimo’ are animated by Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson, bringing caricatures to life as the music plays. In Norris’ words, ‘the Essence of England and the Flamboyance of France’! St John's Methodist Church, Hereford DD/MM/YYYY

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St John's Methodist Church
St Owen St
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2PR
England

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Shulbrede Tunes
Francis Poulenc – Les soirées de Nazelles, FP 84

Performers

David Owen Norris – piano

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Programme Note

Beginning a 24-hour Parry focus at the festival, David Owen Norris performs two piano portraits to a video backdrop. Parry’s Shulbrede Tunes is accompanied by a tour of the home of the title (his daughter’s) and the family photo album. Alongside, Poulenc’s ‘twenty minutes of brilliantissimo’ are animated by Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson, bringing caricatures to life as the music plays. In Norris’ words, ‘the Essence of England and the Flamboyance of France’!

Three Choirs Festival - Hereford

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