Thursday Lunchtime Concerts – Summer Season

The Thursday lunchtime concerts are back with a packed programme of really exciting recitals. Here is the full programme:

7th May

Will Fergusson, Piano and Voice
‘Before and After Summer’, a recital celebrating anniversaries, including music by Brahms

14th May

Louisa Duggan (harp) and Lestyn Edwards (voice)
Harp solo pieces by Hasselmans, Savourna Stevenson and Tournier; songs by Brahms, and Britten folk arrangements

21st May

Powerbox – five-piece Mettingham-based rock/pop band
Tunes from the 1950s to 1990s; they have performed together in various configurations in Norfolk and Botswana and Borneo

28th May

Aurora Consort – A Cappella Singing
An exploration of unaccompanied singing through the ages, from early Medieval melismata to living and recent composers

4th June

Fine City Seven – Norwich-based male voice choir
Unaccompanied arrangements of songs made famous, including artists such as The Beach Boys, Queen and Billy Joel

11th June

Louis de Bernières – songs and poetry
Presented by one of Norfolk’s most celebrated writers

18th June

Tumbrel – Folk Duo (Pete and Vicky), with special guest Nathan Thomas
European folk tunes on flute, recorder, whistle, fiddle and guitar

25th June

Katalin Prentice – opera singing, accompanied by Tim Patient
A musical journey of beautiful and beloved arias

2nd July

Evan Ruth, accompanied by Jonathan Rutherford
A recital by this tenor of A.E. Housman song settings – 20th and 21st century composers

9th July

Young Persons Recital
Emily Oldman (18), Ranulph Bacon (16), and Saffron Vine (17) – solos from classical to musical theatre

16th July

Special Recital for the Black Shuck Festival
Featuring Caroline Speca (violin) and Will Fergusson (piano), with art by James Mayhew inspired by Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Stravinsky and others

Tea and Coffee is available from 12.15pm

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