Event 13 – Concert – Reflections on a Legacy
Sunday 22 November 2026 BOOK TICKETS
CONCERT – Reflections on a Legacy
4.30pm St Anne’s Church, High Street, Lewes
Pippa Dames-Longworth (mezzo soprano)
Nick Pritchard (tenor)
Ian Tindale (piano)
Jean Kelly (harp)
Ali Hancorn trumpet trio
Dr Nicholas Clark – Britten Pears Arts
Baroque Collective Singers (Upper Voices) – director John Hancorn
A concert for Britten’s birthday (22 November 1913), featuring his A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41, a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano, consisting of five songs composed on poems by William Blake, Robert Burns, Robert Greene, Thomas Randolph and John Phillip. Also featuring Britten’s song cycle Winter Words Op. 52 for tenor and piano, written in 1953 it sets 8 of Thomas Hardy’s poems, and Britten’s well known A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 written for upper voices and harp. The music will be interspersed with fascinating reflections on Britten, with slides, from Dr Nicholas Clark (Britten Pears Arts)
Britten – Brass Fanfare 1970 For St Edmundsbury
Britten – A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41
Britten – Winter Words Op. 52
Britten – A Ceremony of Carols Op.28
Britten – Folk songs