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Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
George Shearing
The exuberant words of William Shakespeare set to 20th century jazz style music by bandleader and pianist George Shearing, These seven short songs cover a wide range of moods, and as is so often the case with Shakespeare, a recurring theme is that things are not always quite what they seem at first to be!
North Country Folk Songs
arr. Philip Wilby
Three contrasting unaccompanied folk songs, vivaciously arranged by Philip Wilby. Three different settings are covered in these songs - farming, seafaring and coal mining.Each of them tells a story of hard work, love and loss, and recalls a long forgotten way of life.
Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
George Shearing
The exuberant words of William Shakespeare set to 20th century jazz style music by bandleader and pianist George Shearing, These seven short songs cover a wide range of moods, and as is so often the case with Shakespeare, a recurring theme is that things are not always quite what they seem at first to be!
North Country Folk Songs
arr. Philip Wilby
Three contrasting unaccompanied folk songs, vivaciously arranged by Philip Wilby. Three different settings are covered in these songs - farming, seafaring and coal mining.Each of them tells a story of hard work, love and loss, and recalls a long forgotten way of life.
Three Songs of Courage
George Dyson
George Dyson
Three poems set to music by Halifax-born George Dyson. Written in 1935, the music reflects to some extent Dyson's experience of serving in the First World War.
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Ben Ponniah
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Ben Ponniah
This new work by Ben Ponniah will be performed for the first time. Ben talks in this video about the inspiration for his beautiful music.
Read more about Ben on his website
Heartwood Quartet
Audrey Doyle / violin, Dylan Latham / violin, Michaela Jones / viola Clemens Fera / cello
The Heartwood Quartet formed in 2020 over a love of chamber music in their first year of study at the RNCM. The name ‘Heartwood’ comes from the spruce tree from which string instrument sound board tops are crafted. The heartwood receives the silent string vibrations, these are then amplified by the maple body which creates the unique bowed string sound.
Pianist
Our fabulous pianist, Philip Voldman, originally hails from New York. As a repetiteur, he has worked on numerous operas with a wide range of professional groups, including the Royal Opera and Opera North. Philip has been working with students at the RNCM and Leeds Conservatoire, and has been the accompanist for HCS since 2022.
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