PLAINSONG WORKSHOP AND
CONCERT
FOLLOWED BY SUNG
COMPLINE
28 JUNE
2008
“I keep six honest serving
men,
(They taught me all I
knew);
Their names are What and Why and When,
And How and Where
and Who.”
Rudyard Kipling, from ‘Just So
Stories’, 1902.
What?
Chant
Workshop
Imaginative
fully participatory and rewarding afternoon on
Gregorian
Chant. A friendly
introduction. As a Festival
event these are for everyone and no
specialist knowledge
or skill is necessary. “The careful structuring of the day
and clarity of explanation opened up a
world I had thought
of as entirely beyond my reach.” Sarah
Scaife,
Museums and Libraries
Council. Also booked by cathedral
choirs and the RSCM to introduce singers
to this
beneficial resource. “Fascinating, enlightening and helpful
to adults and boys alike, effective
and compelling” James
Lancelot,
Concert
Song
Collecting - The Seeds of Love. Folk-song
arrangements by Vaughan Williams, and by
Butterworth,
Sharp, and
Grainger, together with diaries, letters, and
writings, evoke the wonder and excitement of
these early
twentieth-century collectors. This was an influential
moment in English music. The story depicts
their search of
the countryside for singers of
‘genuine’ folk-song, with
amusing and moving anecdotes of countrymen
and
women, of bicycles, notebooks, and
phonographs. This
most popular programme commences at the
formation of
the English Folk-Song Society in 1898
and ends with the
death of Cecil Sharp in 1924 (more
information Concert
Programme).
Sung
Compline
A brief act
of worship, still regularly held at St Peter’s,
which will enable chant workshop
participants to put into
practice skills learned earlier. More
information on this
beautiful, ancient Office is available Compline.
All are invited
to sing Compline.
Why?
The event
is being promoted to support:
the celebration of St Peter’s Patronal Festival;
the mission and objectives of the RSCM
(more
information Royal School of Church
Music); and
the
programme of events.
When?
Date:
Saturday, 28th June 2008
Chant
Workshop: 14:00 to
17:00
Concert:
19:00 to 20:45
and following a short
break
Sung Compline: 21:00
to 21:20 approx
How?
Chant
Workshop: Led by
John Rowlands-Pritchard
John was a
pupil of John Stevens at
lecture demonstrations of Professor
Stevens’ isosyllabic
interpretation of mediaeval monody. He studied the
performance of early chant with Dr. Mary Berry,
illustrating
her lectures and broadcast talks, and
sang and recorded
regularly with her specialist group Schola Gregoriana of
Concert:
Delivered by Opus Anglicanum
(more
information Opus
Anglicanum).
Sung Compline: Led
by Fr. Paul Ormrod
Vicar, St Peter’s Church
Where?
St Peter’s
Church,
(nb use house no 19 for sat nav only, no correspondence please)
Who?
Applications are most welcome to
participate in the
Gregorian
Chant Workshop in the afternoon. The cost is
£10.00 for
adults and £5.00 for students and includes
admission to the concert. The number of
participants may
have to be limited to meet the leader’s
recommended
maximum. If necessary, this will be applied
on a first
come, first served
basis.
Tickets for
the evening concert in church (bring a cushion!)
are £10.00 for adults and £5.00 for
students. Concessions
for other circumstances will be
considered upon
application. A short break is planned between
the concert
and Sung Compline to enable those who wish to leave to
do so.
Participants in the Workshop will
have the opportunity to
lead the congregation in Sung Compline.
Further
information is available from Mike Fletcher:
H: 01704
879755
M: 07808 310834
A booking
form to post or email is available to print Booking
Form.