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THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU that the Annual General Meeting of the Ivor Gurney Society will be held at the Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, Worcester at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday 10th May.
This will be followed, at 3 p.m. by Poetry Readings given by Lynn (Rennie) Parker, the IGS Journal Reviews Editor, and Desmond Graham, a member of the IGS Journal Editorial Board, whose previous talk on Gurney was published in Vol 7 (2001). Both writers acknowledge a debt to Gurney in their subject matter and influences, and both have recently had their verse published by Flambard Press. Desmond Graham’s collection After Shakespeare uses Shakespearian characters as a springboard for reflection on contemporary life, uniting past and present in a literary historical fusion, whilst Rennie Parker’s Secret Villages takes the lyric impulse and explores an uneasy form of personalised landscape, sometimes directly based on Georgian models.
These readings will be separated by a break for refreshments and will conclude at about 5 p.m. A high tea/light supper will be provided on the premises between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. This is included in the main ticket price.
Commencing at 6.30 p.m. there will be a Recital given by
PAUL MARTYN WEST (tenor) and NIGEL FOSTER (piano)
They will perform Five Songs of Rupert Brooke by Gurney, Celtic Song Cycle by Bax, Six Poems of Seumas O’Sullivan by Moeran, and a group of Gurney’s Yeats settings, and at least one of Gurney’s piano preludes. At the Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, Worcester.
On Sunday, 11th May Graham Middleton will be leading
a walk in the Minsterworth area, hopefully taking in Redlands, the former home of the Harvey
family. The walk will start at 10:00 am at The
Apple Tree in Minsterworth and conclude (at about
12.30/1.00 pm) with a ploughmans lunch at the same location. The number of
tickets for this walk will be limited to 25. A map and details
will be sent out to those who request tickets.
Ivor Gurney Society
10th May (Worcester Grammar School)/11th May (Minsterworth
walk)
Booking Form
Please send me tickets as follows:
_____ @ £20 for the poetry readings, supper and recital
_____ @£5 for the poetry readings only
_____ @ £8 for the recital only
_____ @ £6 for the Sunday walk and lunch
NAME………………………………………………………………………………………………..
ADDRESS………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Please return with your cheque (made out to the Ivor Gurney Society) to
John Phillips, 7 Carlsgate, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford HR3 5BS.
Ivor Gurney Society Recital
May 11, Saturday, 2:15 p.m
St. Andrew's Church, Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Programme (Draft)
Soprano Fiona Harrison & Pianist
James Longford
Baritone Jonathan Wood & Pianist
Sara Wood
| Short Introductory talk by Ian Venables | ||
| John Ireland |
Sea Fever (Masefield) |
JW |
| Ivor Gurney |
The Halt of the Legion (Masefield) There's Wisdom in Women (Rupert Brooke) Black Stitchel (Gibson) Snow (Edward Thomas) |
JW JW JW FH |
| John Ireland |
Spring Sorrow (Rupert Brooke) The Bells of San Marie (Masefield) |
FH FH |
| Ian Venables |
It Rains (Edward Thomas) The Way Through (Jennifer Andrews) |
FH FH |
| Michael Head |
Elizabeth's Song (Abercrombie) |
FH |
| Christian Wilson |
Now close the windows (Frost) The Treasure (Brooke) The Empty Cottage (Gibson) |
FH FH FH |
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| Talk by Christian Wilson |
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| Christian Wilson |
Roses (Gibson) Silence and Music (Ursula Vaughan Williams) They are not long (Ernest Dowson) |
FH FH FH |
| John Ireland |
The Vagabond (Masefield) |
JW |
| Richard Carder |
Margaret's Song (Abercrombie) |
JW |
| Ivor Gurney |
Sowing (Edward Thomas) Red Roses (Gibson) On the Downs (Masefield) Captain Stratton's Fancy (Masefield) |
JW JW JW JW |
| Hubert Parry |
My Heart is like a Singing Bird (Christina Rossetti) Armida's Garden (Mary Coleridge) |
FH FH |
| Peter Warlock |
My Own Country (Belloc) |
FH |
| Michael Head |
Sweet chance that led my steps abroad (W.H. Davies) |
FH |
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