Vaughan Williams: A Lakeland Journey

March 30, 2022

This summer, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ birth, and the profound impact his stunning music has made on the musical landscape, with a vast array of choral and chamber music, songs, and orchestral masterpieces.

Full details will be announced in late April, but here are some of our top Vaughan Williams picks for this summer.

ON WENLOCK EDGE
Martin Roscoe (piano), Robert Murray (tenor) and the Echea Quartet (Royal Overseas League winners) join forces to present the wonderfully pastoral On Wenlock Edge amongst a veritable Vaughan Williams cornucopia of chamber music and song. (5 August)
 
FANTASIAS ON THE LARK
Keep your eyes peeled for pop-up performances of the Lark Ascending across the area with violinist Esther Abrami. Meanwhile electric violist Nic Pendlebury will be showing off new adaptations of the Lark by young composers and local children, inspired by the many birds at South Walney Nature Reserve. (4 August)
 
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH EWAN MILLAR
Local musicians get an unmissable chance to make music this year in a workshop with brilliant BBC Young Musician Ewan Millar (oboe) and Vaughan Williams’ oboe concerto. (2 August)
 
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
After 9 days of wall-to-wall music, family events, walks and more, the climax of the 2022 festival is the visit of the Royal Northern Sinfonia to perform Vaughan Williams epic Sinfonia Antartica. Paired with Toward the unknown region and Cecilia McDowall’s 70 degrees below zero our own Artistic Director Stephen Threlfall takes the helm with the newly formed LDSM festival chorus, tenor Robert Murray, soprano Jessica Harper and narrator Peter Macqueen. (7 August).

Kindly supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust

30 April 2022
String workshop & Festival Launch

In a special day to launch our 2022 festival programme, we welcome young and amateur string players to take part in a commemorative workshop, bringing to life Vaughan Williams’ rhapsodic Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

TAKE PART

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ACROSS CUMBRIA

We are delighted that so many of our fellow arts organisations across Cumbria have joined our celebration in a wider lakeland journey with performances in Cockermouth, Penrith, Ulverston and beyond throughout the year.

18 January 2022 – Cockermouth Music Society
The Lark Ascending
Jennifer Pike (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano)

21 February 2022 – Penrith Music Club
Six Studies in English Folk Song
Lisa Ueda (violin) & Daniel Rinaldo (piano)

31 March 2022 – Patrons of LDSM
Kendal Town Hall
Lake in the Mountains
Yiyi Su (piano)

6 May 2022 – Grange-over-Sands Concert Club with Chetham’s School of Music
Programme to be announced

6 May 2022 – Grange-over-Sands Concert Club with Chetham’s School of Music
Programme to be announced

20 June 2022 – Ulverston Music Festival
Piano Quintet in c minor
Anthony Hewitt (piano) & guest players

2 July 2022 – Levens Choir
Mass in G Minor
St George’s Church, Kendal

5 October 2022 – Kendal Midday Concert Club
Quintet for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello & Piano
Manchester Camerata Chamber Ensemble

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