Ludlow English Song Weekend
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A 3 day celebration of art song in English, held every April in the beautiful town of Ludlow in the Shropshire Hills. Artistic Director @iainburnside
Ludlow, England
Joined November 2014
š„š„š„ We're excited to announce the full programme for the Ludlow English Song Weekend 2025. Join us for 3 days of world class music, plus discussion, film & very special guests. Come and immerse yourself, or just dip a toe in. Everyone's welcome! š§µ
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Really delighted to be returning to @LudlowEngSong next April. Looking forward to A Loversā Tiff with pals Bethany Horak-Hallett and Dan DāSouza, and for some pertinent discussions on singing in translation with Dr Katy Hamilton.
š„š„š„ We're excited to announce the full programme for the Ludlow English Song Weekend 2025. Join us for 3 days of world class music, plus discussion, film & very special guests. Come and immerse yourself, or just dip a toe in. Everyone's welcome! š§µ
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Please note: these will be our final posts on X/Twitter. For further updates please find us on Facebook, Instagram or BlueSky or sign up to our mailing list via our website for news in your inbox.
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Festival passes are on sale now and include entry to exclusive extra events, with talks from Jeremy Sams, Katy Hamilton & Brett Dean, a Masterclass with Dame Ann Murray and more. Other tickets go on sale in January, with Ā£10 tickets for U21s. https://t.co/IdotzwdiAM
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The festival closes with 'One That Kept His Word', a portrait of A E Housman in songs & letters, unravelling the complex man behind āA Shropshire Ladā. Iain Burnside is joined by Bethany Horak-Hallett, Liam Bonthrone & Jolyon Loy, and Olivier Award-winning actor Alex Jennings.
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'Buzz!' is a programme of music all about living life to the fullest. Visionary Australian mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean, known for her āirrepressible sense of drama and unmissable, urgent musicalityā performs with her father, internationally acclaimed violist & composer Brett Dean.
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Film director John Bridcut presents "Janet Baker in her Own Words", his acclaimed portrait of Britainās greatest classical singer of the 20th Century. After the film, Dame Janet joins us in person to talk about her life, voice & career! Don't miss this very special occasion!
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On Saturday morning, grab a coffee and join married couple Dan D'Souza and Bethany Horak-Hallett as they explore the 'wonderful, complicated mess of human connection' in 'A Lovers' Tiff' - a journey along the bumpy course of true love, with songs from Wolf to Weill.
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Later in the evening, soprano Mhairi Lawson and lutenist Paula Chateauneuf share 17th century songs from England, Scotland & Italy, in 'Auld Lang Syne: Lute songs from the courts of King James VI and I', including music by Henry Purcell and Barbara Strozzi.
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Rising star, baritone Andrew Hamilton returns to the UK from the Bayerische Staatsoper to open the festival, with our Artistic Director Iain Burnside at the piano. āHeartās Havenā features a cosmopolitan mix of English songs and songs in English, with an Italian flavour.
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As we move away from X, you can now find us at https://t.co/FaIWQMMTFy or on our new Instagram profile, which you can find and follow here: https://t.co/lIhopz1bcJ Looking forward to seeing you all in other places. #Music #BlueSkySocial #Instagram
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Hello! If we're connected here, we've just followed you on BSky. We used a handy Chrome extension to help us find you. This medium post has step-by-step instructions. Looking forward to seeing your news, and having positive #music #song conversations! https://t.co/LnhOk1Lzbc
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Weāre delighted to launch the Festivals Forward report, with the results of our Festivals Mean Business sector-wide research. The report from @BOP_Consulting reflects on a sector that is āsurviving rather than thrivingā, but still has much to celebrate #BAFA2024
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We're moving to @bluesky at @LudlowEnglishSong. It will take a while to get started and to find all our friends, so give us a follow if you're over there already.
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Apply now for a career development course tailored especially for post-natal opera singers. For more information please visitĀ https://t.co/wUCgXMckea
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šØ Please share! š My wonderful friend Erin is doing a dissertation exploring the experiences of music professionals from working class backgrounds. If you are working class/lower middle class and would like to contribute to this vital research please check out the survey!
do pls fill in this survey for my dissertation research if you meet the criteria below and/or share with your networks! https://t.co/BA2Kcs4LJn āļøāØ #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #musiced #musicresearch @OxMusicFaculty @UKMusicMasters @createmusicUK @anna_bull_
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Coming soon from our very own @iainburnside!
š¶"Carolyn Dobbin and Iain Burnside return to Ulsterās rich but undervalued musical heritage with a programme of songs by two twentieth-century women, all but a few of them premiere recordings." (Delphian) @inaboylesoc look forward to the release on 18th October @delphianrecords
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We're so excited to hear what they've all been working on, and to get to know their unique approaches to writing song. Why not join us? https://t.co/opJ47wlq3N
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A free, early evening concert featuring acclaimed interpreter of song, soprano Harriet Burns and prize-winning baritone and rising star George Robarts, performing with pianist Thomas Eeckhout.
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Vivek Haria is a @Cambridge_Uni music graduate. His music incorporates Hindustani Classical elements and he's written new work for @MahanEsfahani and Fenella Humphreys (@fhvln), & for the @MarianConsort.
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