Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie
Pierick Houdy: Sonata for Harp
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne: Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky
Bed?ich Smetana, arr. Hans Trnecek: The Moldau
Esther Swift: Time Spinner
Henriette Renié: Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle

Festival Director Freddie Crowley conducts Ensemble-in-Residence the Corvus Consort in a fascinating exploration of composers’ responses to the poetry of 17th-century English metaphysical poet George Herbert (1593-1633).

Through a sumptuous selection of choral music by Judith Weir, Alec Roth, Roxanna Panufnik and James MacMillan, the musicians reveal how George Herbert’s words have provided inspiration to a whole generation of composers.

Finally, the Corvus Consort is joined by baritone soloist George Clark, Harry Baker (piano), Louise Thomson (harp) and the Festival String Quartet, to perform perhaps the most famous setting of Herbert’s poetry: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s magnificent Five Mystical Songs.

Meet our brilliant young musicians over a relaxed coffee in Endecott House, with short musical performances from our resident artists.

This is an informal drop-in event running 10:00 – 12:00.