Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/07/2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location
Old Baptist Chapel

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Amarylli: Tales from Sherwood Forest

 

The legendary outlaw Robin Hood is as well-known today as he was in the 14th century.  Famed for forest hunting and archery, his appeal is universal as a hero in defence of the common people.  Many songs have been handed down through the centuries that tell of the adventures of Robin Hood and the well-known characters that he is associated with.  Tales from Sherwood Forest is a collection of these ancient tunes, that have transcended the centuries. Amarylli brings to life these stories by piecing together the poetical literature with the music that was commonplace as part of an aural tradition. The programme presents literature that spans seven centuries of storytelling and concludes with a poignant setting of John Keats’ poem Robin Hood – “No, the Bugle Sounds No More.”

Elizabeth Pallett works with a significant number of well-known early music ensembles including the New London Consort, the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort and Players, and Ex Cathedra. She has toured extensively in the UK and Europe, and further afield to Israel, Singapore, Beijing, Mexico and Japan.  Elizabeth is a visiting tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire and has built up a YouTube channel called Luteweb dedicated to all things lutey! www.youtube.com/c/luteweb.

Soprano Hannah Grove started singing professionally whilst studying for her Physics degree at Oxford and since then has performed regularly across the UK and abroad.  Known for the clear quality and agile nature of her voice, she has a particular affinity for the repertoire of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Away from the concert platform she runs classical concerts for babies and toddlers, has returned to her organist roots, and discovered baroque dance.

 

 

Performers:

Hannah Grove – soprano and recorder

Elizabeth Pallett – lute and guitar

 

 

 

Date and Time:

Sunday 9 July

3.30pm

 

 

Tickets

£20 each

Book online at oldchapelcourtconcerts.eventbrite.com (booking fees apply)

Tickets available for purchase at the John Moore Museum (cash only)

 

 

 

Location:

Tewkesbury’s Medieval Festival, commemorating the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, takes place on the weekend of 8/9 July – for details see www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.org