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Charlotte and her Sisters

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë

Part of the 2015-16 Far Beyond the Stars

Add to my Calendar 11-06-2016 19:30 11-06-2016 21:30 36 Charlotte and her Sisters Join Chester Bach Singers to celebrate 200 years since Charlotte Brontë was born in Haworth Parsonage. Together with her sisters, Emily and Anne, Charlotte produced some of the most enduring English stories and poems. Chester Bach Singers will explore the lives of the three sisters and then re-trace the gripping narrative of Charlotte's most famous work Jane Eyre. The Queen's School, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

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The Queen's School
City Walls Road
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2NN
England

Programme

John Goss – If We Believe That Jesus Died
Robert Schumann – John Anderson, Op.67, no.5
Granville Bantock – O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
Robert Lucas Pearsall – Who Shall Win My Lady Fair
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Lieder, Op.41
Peter Cornelius – Requiem
Robert Lucas Pearsall – Lay a garland in E flat major
William Sterndale Bennett – Come Live With Me
~ Interval ~
Robert Schumann – 4 Doppelchörige Gesänge, Op.141
Gilbert and Sullivan – Ruddigore: Act 1 Finale, Madrigal
Johannes Brahms – Alto Rhapsody, Op.53
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Valiant-for-truth

Performers

Joyce Tindsley – mezzo-soprano
Martin Bussey – Conductor

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Programme Note

Join Chester Bach Singers to celebrate 200 years since Charlotte Brontë was born in Haworth Parsonage. Together with her sisters, Emily and Anne, Charlotte produced some of the most enduring English stories and poems. Chester Bach Singers will explore the lives of the three sisters and then re-trace the gripping narrative of Charlotte's most famous work Jane Eyre.

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