Events - Autumn in Malvern Festival.


		Festival Events THE MARKET THEATRE - LEDBURY Saturday 1st October - 10.30am MARY CROXSON on RUPERT BROOKE Brooke visited Gloucestershire in 1914 to see Lascelles Abercrombie and Wilfrid Gibson. He contributed The Soldier to New Numbers, the poetry magazine posted from Dymock. Mary Croxson investigates his association with the Dymock Poets. Tickets £5.50 unreserved In association with The Friends of the Dymock Poets THE MARKET THEATRE - LEDBURY Saturday 1st October - 2.30pm ALISON BRACKENBURY on EDWARD THOMAS AND TRADITIONAL SONG Tickets £5.50 unreserved In association with The Friends of the Dymock Poets CHESTER HOUSE GALLERY, COLWALL - EXHIBITION October 1st - 31st RICHARD BENNETT LIGHT ON STONE Outstanding photographic images of landscape and buildings. Tuesdays - Fridays: 9.30am - 6pm Saturdays: 9.30am - 1pm 01684 540039 for more information THE DOWNS SCHOOL - COLWALL Sunday 2nd October - 10 am By kind permission of The Headmaster Please use Car Park on left, past Memorial Hall LITERARY WALK POEMS & POETS PLACES Pat & Roy Palmer lead a walk along old tracks on the west slopes of the Malvern Hills with special reference to WH Auden, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfrid Gibson. Uneven surfaces with gradients. Dogs on leads. About 4 miles. Tickets £4.50 limited number In association with The Friends of the Dymock Poets ST.MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS - LEDBURY PARISH CHURCH Sunday 2nd October - 2.30pm COTSWOLD LOVE EVELYN BEECH - SOPRANO INGRID PROSSER - MEZZO SOPRANO COLIN DECIO - PIANO A recital of songs on texts by John Drinkwater. Colin Decio, winner of the John Ireland Chamber Music Prize, has composed tuneful and evocative settings of Tides,1917. Tickets £8 unreserved, includes tea and biscuits In association with The Friends of the Dymock Poets MOUNT PLEASANT HOTEL - MALVERN Wednesday 5th October 7 for 7.30pm LITERARY DINNER with ROBERT RYAN Ryan has written for The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller & Arena. His highly acclaimed novels include The Blue Noon, Night Crossing and After Midnight. He is well placed to discuss the current publishing market. Tickets £20 includes Sherry on arrival (Wine not included) Bookings with menu choice by 26th September Starters: Tomato & Basil Soup or Duck & Orange Pate or Pineapple & Melon Cocktail • Main: Roast Lamb,roast potatoes & Rosemary gravy or Grilled Salmon & Hollandaise Sauce or Wild Mushroom Risotto with Parmesan Herb Oil • Sweet: Summer Fruit Pudding with Clotted Cream or White Chocolate Truffle Torte with Fruit Coulis The Secretary, MWC, 15,Queens Drive, Malvern WR14 4RE 01684 893668 Cheques made payable to 'Malvern Writers' Circle' Sponsored by the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter In association with Malvern Writers Circle BURGAGE HALL - CHURCH LANE - LEDBURY Saturday 8th October 10.30 am till 1pm GREGORIAN CHANT WORKSHOP with JOHN ROWLANDS - PRITCHARD Learn how to perform plainsong authentically. Tickets £5 includes coffee and biscuits Sponsored by Aldwyn Voices, Malvern ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS - LEDBURY PARISH CHURCH Saturday 8th October - 7.30pm OPUS ANGLICANUM 'professional, assured and polished'- Classic FM GREEN & PLEASANT LAND Celebrating the spirit and humour of England Five men's voices and reader John Touhey present a sequence of music and readings including John Betjeman, Edward Thomas, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, John Dowland, Henry Purcell, CV Stanford & Edward Elgar. Tickets £7.50 unreserved In association with Ledbury Poetry Festival GREAT MALVERN PRIORY - EXHIBITION Saturday 8th October - Monday 31st October 10am - 4pm daily except during services and concerts LALITTE STOLPER Art Fellow - University College, Worcester, Arts Council England LIGHT ON OUR SHADOWS Commissioned especially to mark the 60th anniversary of the ending of the 2nd World War. Inspired by Tippett's Oratorio, A Child of our Time, the installation, is in the form of a sequence of sculptures on the 11th century pillars. Natural light falling through the south windows, as the day progresses, creates shifting light and shadow - a metaphor for the processes by which fear and prejudice are understood and overcome. The distinguished Anglo/Jewish artist, Lalitte Stolper has created a powerful and moving exhibition. Sponsored by University College, Worcester THE LYON ROOM - MUSIC SCHOOL - MALVERN COLLEGE Sunday 9th October - 11.30am NICHOLAS CLEOBURY on TIPPETT AS I KNEW HIM Nicholas was privileged to work extensively with Tippett, preparing orchestras for him, recording and performing his works. Tickets £5 unreserved. (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) Sponsored by Malvern College & Arts Council England GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Sunday 9th October - 3 pm ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET Purcell - Three Fantasias • Tippett - Quartet No2 • Beethoven - Quartet D major Op.18 No3 Tickets £9.50 front nave, £7.50 rear nave. All seats unreserved. (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) Sponsored by a Malvern Resident & Arts Council England GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Saturday 15th October - 3pm RICHARD WATKINS HORN QUARTET OF LONDON ALDWYN VOICES Benjamin Nicholas - Guest Conductor Carleton Etherington - Organ Sonata for Four Horns - Tippett • Dance Clarion air - Tippett • O salutaris hostia - Tallis • Cantate Domino - Monteverdi • Elegy on the death of Queen Mary - Purcell Tickets £7.50 unreserved (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) Sponsored by Malvern Town Council & Arts Council England MALVERN THEATRES - CINEMA Sunday 16th October - 11am AKENFIELD PETER HALL'S film based on RONALD BLYTHE'S book This beautiful and unique film on the life of a Suffolk village has been highly acclaimed on British Television, in Moscow, Los Angeles and Tehran. Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on Corelli enhances the emotional intensity. Suitable for all ages - 98minutes Tickets £4.50 (Concessions £3.50 18 and under, 60 and over) Sponsored by The English Speaking Union MALVERN THEATRES - EXHIBITION Monday 17th - Saturday 29th October During theatre opening hours DAVID BIRTWHISTLE PAINTINGS - TRAVELS IN ITALY & SICILY David Birtwhistle, studied at Falmouth School of Art and his work is to be found in royal, public and private collections throughout the world. David & Linda Birtwhistle run their own gallery, Birties of Worcester 46, Friar Street, Worcester 01905 28836 where original art, prints and publications may be purchased. ROBSON WARD - GREAT MALVERN Saturday 22nd October 10am - 4pm HOME & FOOD FESTIVAL Free Admission • Kitchens & Home Furnishings • Food & Drink • Paintings & Pottery • 01684 563577 GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Saturday 22nd October - 7.30pm CELEBRITY ORGAN RECITAL ANN ELISE SMOOT Handel - Organ Concerto B flat major • Mendelssohn - Allegro, Chorale & Fugue • Elgar - Organ Sonata in G • Also works by Farnaby, Schmidt and Bridge Tickets £10 front nave with sight of screen. £6 rear nave, side aisles and chancel All seats unreserved Sponsored by The Elgar Society- West Midlands GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Friday 28th October - 7.30pm EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA GERNOT SUSSMUTH - CONDUCTOR JENNIFER PIKE - VIOLIN Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba • Mozart - Violin Concerto in A major • Elgar - Serenade for Strings • Haydn - Symphony No 55 E flat Major Tickets £14 front nave, £10 rear nave, £8 side aisles & chancel, restricted view. All seats unreserved (8 to 18yrs free, limited number) Includes interval glass of wine / juice Sponsored by The Elmley Foundation & The European Union GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Saturday 29th October - 11am DR JOHN HARCUP on ANCIENT MISERICORDS 14th &15th century wooden stalls used by the monks were called 'mercy' seats, providing relief to tired legs through monastic services. Dr Harcup's illustrated talk, explores the superb carvings on the stalls of Malvern Priory, Ripple Church, Worcester, Hereford & Gloucester Cathedrals. Tickets £5 unreserved (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) Sponsored by Andrew Grant - Estate Agents GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Saturday 29th October - 3 pm ANDREW BANNERMAN on THE PRIVATE LIFE OF CHARLES DARWIN The death of Darwin's 10 year old daughter Annie, in Malvern, in 1851, had a profound effect on his scientific thinking. Darwin's own account of this period is the centrepiece of Andrew's moving and delightful portrait of the very private life of a very public man. Tickets £5 unreserved (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) Sponsored by - Malvern Civic Society GREAT MALVERN PRIORY Saturday 29th October - 7.30pm PASSAMEZZO EARLY DANCE with BORDER WAITS present LOVE'S PROPER EXERCISE Music & Dance of the Renaissance Superbly costumed dancers with authentic choreography, accompanied by musicians playing period instruments, bring to life the progression of culture across Europe, from 15th century Italy to England in the court of Elizabeth 1st. Tickets £7.50 front nave, £5.50 rear nave includes interval glass of wine / juice (8 to 18yrs free. Limited number) All seats unreserved Sponsored by - Robson Ward, Great Malvern & Kendall Wadley - Chartered Accountants

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