Raleigh 400 concert in Exeter

Continued from  https://raleigh400.blogspot.com/2018/01/friday-23-february-2018-at-national.html

 

Back in January I mentioned the series of concerts staged to mark the Raleigh 400^th anniversary by lutenist Din Ghani and soprano Gillian Wormley, members of the group Musick in the Ayre.  

The group’s musical styles range from Renaissance to early Baroque, and the 2018 programme has been chosen with Sir Walter’s poems in mind: there are songs based on his works as well as some associated with other significant personages - Queen Elizabeth, the Earl of Essex, Prince Henry to name a few - and with the New World which fascinated Raleigh.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Exeter. The church was built between 1865 and 1868 and is said to possess the highest spire west of Salisbury at 70 m (230 ft

Photo © Copyright Chris Holifield

This Saturday's concert is entitled ‘Amor et virtute: a portrait in song of Walter Raleigh’, and takes place in the Exeter church of St Michael and All Angels, Mount Dinham. The programme, put together by Din Ghani, will be similar to that performed at the National Portrait Gallery in London on 23 February. 

St Michael and All Angels has a special connection to the Great Devonian. Raleigh’s interest in falconry is well known, and the church is celebrated for its peregrine falcons, described as probably the most productive and thoroughly researched family of nesting falcons in Devon!  

Come along this Saturday 22 September and celebrate Sir Walter’s life with Musick in the Ayre and their 'Amor et virtute' concert in honour of the Raleigh's 400th anniversary. The concert is from 3.00 - 4.00 pm. Doors open at 2.30 pm. 

Tickets £12 at the door (seniors £10; u 16 £6), online booking arrangements with £1 discount via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/exeter/st-michaels-and-all-angels-church-mount-dinham/amor-et-virtute-lute-songs-associated-with-sir-walter-raleigh-d-1618

Details about the church are at https://www.stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk/

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Budleigh Salterton Ladies Choir Spring Concert 2018

Pictured from top left, clockwise, William Byrd, Sir Walter, Thomas Tallis, Andrew Millington, Henry VIII, Bob Chilcott

Two pieces with words by Sir Walter Raleigh, set to music by distinguished modern composers, will be performed at a concert in Budleigh this Saturday.

The town’s Ladies Choir is being joined by Pieces of Eight, members of the Exeter-based St David’s Singers, who will also be performing musical items from the 16^th and 17^th centuries.   

The pieces include:

‘Pastime with good company’ by Henry VIII

‘Ave verum’ by William Byrd

‘Come again!’ by John Dowland

‘Fair Phyllis’ by John Farmer

‘If ye love me’ by Thomas Tallis

Two additional pieces are Raleigh’s celebrated poem ‘Even such is time’ set to music by Bob Chilcott and ‘Give me my scallop shell of quiet’ by Andrew Millington.

Pieces of Eight was formed directly as a result of the Walter Raleigh theme to the Ladies Choir concert, and will be wearing appropriate costumes! 

The Ladies Choir will be singing a number of pieces relating to the sea and travel including:

‘The Rolling Sea’ (by Madeline Chase and Eric Harding Thiman)

‘Blow the Wind Southerly’ (Northumbrian folk song, arranged by John Clements)

‘The Ship That Never Returned’ (English folk song)

‘Rolling Down to Rio’ (Rudyard Kipling and Edward German)

‘The Ships of Arcady’ (Francis Ledwidge and Michael Head)

‘And a few more with regal, Shakespearean or Raleigh links,’ I’m told.

Sir Walter will be delighted.

The concert, on Saturday 21 April in the Temple Methodist Church, Budleigh Salterton, begins at 7.30 pm.  Tickets £8.00 (including refreshments) will be available on the door.

See more about Budleigh Salterton Ladies Choir at http://budleighsaltertonladieschoir.co.uk/

The St David's Singers' website is at https://stdavidssingersexeter.weebly.com/

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