On Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7:30 pm, Vox Philia, in collaboration with Berks Sinfonietta, presents the world premiere of “Folk Songs of the Four Seasons” by Ralph Vaughan William, in a new SATB voicing by John Whittaker. The concert is part of the worldwide celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birthday.
Vaughan Williams was an important figure in the first English Folk Song revival, and used folk song tunes in several of his compositions. He collected his first song, Bushes and Briars, from Charles Pottipher, a seventy-year-old laborer from Essex in 1903, and went on to collect over 800 songs, as well as some singing games and dance tunes. The concert features other choral and orchestral folk arrangements by the composer.
Tickets are $15/Adult and $5/Students – all ticket revenue will be donated to Central World Kitchen. Purchase tickets:
https://berkssinfonietta.ticketspice.com/may-2022-vaughan-williams-and-the-english-folksong
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 pm
Immanuel UCC
99 South Waverly Street
Shillington, PA 19607
For more information, please visit www.berkssinfonietta.org or www.voxphilia.org See less
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