14
July
THURSDAY
7:00pm
Façade
Lucy Crowe, James Gilchrist, JAM Sinfonia & Anna Tilbrook
Façade
Lucy Crowe, James Gilchrist, JAM Sinfonia & Anna Tilbrook
14
July
THURSDAY
7:00pm
MUSIC
Two of the UK’s finest singers come together to perform William Walton’s extraordinary Façade, a setting of poems by Edith Sitwell, 100 years after its first performance. The concert will start with Lucy Crowe performing Walton’s A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table 60 years after it was written.
PROGRAMME
Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
1. The Lord Mayor's Table
2. Glide Gently
3. Wapping Old Stairs
4. Holy Thursday
6. Rhyme
Sir William Walton
Façade
ARTISTS
Anna Tilbrook
Pianist & Conductor
Lucy Crowe
Soprano
James Gilchrist
Tenor
VENUE
St Leonard's Church · Hythe
Address
The Parish of St Leonard, Hythe
Oak Walk
Hythe
Kent
CT21 5DN
History
The ancient parish church of Hythe, St Leonard's has overlooked this historic Cinque Ports Town for nearly a thousand years. St Leonard's is also known as "the church with the bones," on account of its famous ossuary containing a large collection of human bones.
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