Event listing: Ivor Gurney Memorial Festival: Sarah Connolly | Gloucester Cathedral | Sat 31 Aug 2013 at 22:45

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Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester, South-West, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Works by Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Works by Bingham, Judith (b. 1952)

Performers

English Chamber Orchestra
Tenebrae
Nigel Short	Conductor
Adrian Partington	Conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly	Mezzo-soprano

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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Mark Pullinger, 5th October

How does this work by Vaughan Williams, an agnostic who composed hymns and was inspired by church music, cast its spell over audiences?

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Gloucester remembers Ivor Gurney

Jane Shuttleworth, 31st August

Gloucestershire is rich in musical heritage; well-known composers connected with the county include Parry, Vaughan Williams and Howells, but one name that is less familiar these days is that of Howells’ friend Ivor Gurney.

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