A Celebration of our Glorious English Heritage

This is the second concert in the 12th Bledington Music Festival. The concert seeks to capture the mood of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a celebration of English music.

There is an intriguing mixture of established composers with the less well-known. The concert also includes the rarely performed song cycle by John Ireland - 'Mother and Child'

There are piano solos played by Jennie-Helen Moston of works by Gustav Holst which cleverly continue the theme.

A Pageant of Empire (1924)

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

6 Songs

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal from 3 Songs

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Love's philosophy from 3 Songs

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Clouds from Two Songs

Andrew Mayes (1949-)

Nocturne

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Jig from St Paul's Suite

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Mother and Child

John Ireland (1879-1962)

Robin Goodfellow

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

The fields are full

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)

Love went a-riding

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

In Green Ways

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Six Songs of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Peter Lea-Cox (1945-)

My True love hath my heart

John Ireland (1879-1962)

I hae seen the roses blaw from Two Northumbrian Folk Songs

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Oh, Goddess Wise from Princess Ida

Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

The sun, whose rays are all ablaze from The Mikado (or The Town of Titipu)

Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

The Ship of Rio

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Red Roses and Red Noses

Lord Berners (1883-1950)

Crabbed Age and Youth

Madeleine Dring (1923-1977)

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