La Bonne Chanson
The Anglo-Saxon origins of The Lord of the Rings story are explored in this guided tour.
This session starts with an introductory chat and a look at some replica items from the films for about half an hour. The tour starts after that and lasts about an hour.
Find out about the links between Tolkien and the Anglo-Saxon world on a guided tour from a member of the Tolkien Society and a Middle-earth enthusiast.
La Bonne Chanson
Love in all its forms and with all its foibles is explored across this delightfully eclectic programme. Fauré’s La bonne chanson opens the programme, in a luminous arrangement for voice and string quartet. Its expressions of love range from trembling passion to ecstasy to quiet reverence. We also hear from a wide variety of musical voices on the subject of love and marriage – from Purcell, Schubert and Richard Strauss to Noël Coward, Tom Lehrer and Victoria Wood.
Scottish poetry finds responses from Ravel, Britten and Schumann, while Poulenc and John Dankworth cast their musical eye on Shakespeare.
The wonderful Piatti Quartet and eminent pianist Julius Drake join Nicky Spence in this dazzling and beautifully curated celebration of song.
Piatti Quartet
Nicky Spence tenor
Julius Drake piano