Adult Ticket Price £10 on the door, cash or contactless, 16s and under, free
Foyer: May Hill art exhibition by Newent's Secret Gallery. This will be a display - and sale - of inspired works by local artists, all focused on our iconic hill top. Programme
The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Felix Mendelssohn
Felix and his friend, Karl Klingemann, traveled to the wild Hebrides Islands where Mendelssohn was inspired by Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa. Composed in 1830. Night on a Bare Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky Depicts a witches' Sabbath on the Bald Mountain near Kiev, in the old Russian Empire. It's a wild and terrifying party but when the sun comes up the witches vanish. Completed, 1867. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, ‘Adagio’, W.A. Mozart, soloist, Claire Townshend This force of nature is Mozart himself, here at his most lyrical in the concerto’s second movement. Composed, 1791. Ballet of the Wood Creatures, Percy Whitlock Whitlock beautifully captures the post-Mendelssohnian vein of Sullivan, German, Coates and Quilter, giving full rein to his melodic gift. Composed, 1939. Symphony No. 3, Finale, Camille Saint-Saens, organist, Cynthia Merriman Composed in 1886, this is the powerful conclusion to Saint-Saens’ most popular symphony: "I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again." |
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Refreshments will be served.
Second Half
The Treasure of May Hill
Composer, Bill Anderton. Narrator, Phil Hemming. First performance The narrative, interweaving with the music, is a tale about the myth of May Hill and is a collaboration with actor, Phil Hemming. There is documented evidence of a chamber on the east side of the hill, called 'Crockett's Hole'. Therein is said to be a treasure trove. The work's orchestral overture is based on an old pipe-and-tabor morris dance, whistled by Mr William Henry Watts in Tewkesbury, April, 1908, and recorded there by Cecil Sharp. 1. Overture 2. Air of Gloom 3. The Town Council 4. The Landlord Intermezzo 5. The Taxman Cometh 6. The Despair 7. The Storm 8. The Spirit of May Hill 9. Composer’s Gold 10. Wilma’s Return Intermezzo 11. Finale 
With thanks to Rev. Simon Mason and the wardens of St Mary’s Church, Newent
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