Sunday 22 November 2026
CONCERT – Reflections on a Legacy
4.30pm St Anne’s Church, High Street, Lewes
Pippa Dames-Longworth (mezzo soprano)
Ian Rutherford (baritone)
Andrew Smith (piano)
Ali Hancorn trumpet trio
Dr Nicholas Clark – Britten Pears Arts
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. 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
Britten – folk songs
Britten – National Anthem