Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
Mar
21
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

The Seion Quartet 

Joe MacDonald                       Violin
Sally Aiko Dando                    Violin
Joe Berry                                 Viola
Carys Underwood          Cello

Claude Debussy                      String Quartet, Op 10

Jessie Montgomery               Strum

Traditional                             Ae Romeser

Fredrik Sjolin                         Intermezzo

Rune Tonsggard                    Shine You No More

Edward Elgar             String Quartet, Op 83

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
May
2
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

The Geminiani Ensemble

Alison Bury                                       Violin
John Dornenburg                             Viola da gamba
Malcolm Proud                                Harpsichord

Jean-Marie Leclair                Sonata a Trois VIII, Op 2

Elizabeth Jacquet  De la Guerre                Violin Sonata No 1

Jean-Philippe Rameau          Cinquieme Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts

Francoise Couperin              Troisieme Concert de Royaux

Marin Marais                         Piece de Viole, Ille Livre

Jean-Philippe Rameau          Troisieme Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts

Played on a Taskin harpsichord.

           

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
Jun
6
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

The Kucharsky Quartet

Valeria Kucharsky     Violin,      Julia Clare     Violin,        Ursula John    Viola,        Nicola Tait Baxter    Cello

W A Mozart String Quartet, K458 – The Hunt

Dmitri Shostakovich Allegro and Allegretto for String Quartet, Op 73

Franz Schubert String Quartet, D810 – Death and the Maiden

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
Jul
18
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

The Tedesca Quartet

Nick Fallowfield   Violin,   Clare Bhabra   Violin,   Richard Muncey   Viola,   Jenny Curtis   Cello

Josef Haydn                            String Quartet, Hob III:38 The Unfinished   

Maurice Ravel                        String Quartet, M 35                                    

Felix Mendelssohn                String Quartet, Op 44, No 1             

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
Aug
29
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

Kate Semmens Soprano

Steven Devine Fortepiano

The Notebooks of Anna Magdalena Bach represent an intimate glimpse into the Bach family life through two fascinating musical notebooks belonging to Johann Sebastian’s second wife. 

Soprano Kate Semmens (‘…clarity and charm’  Opera Magazine) and harpsichordist Steven Devine (‘… one of the finest keyboard players …’ BBC Music Magazine) bring Anna Magdalena’s notebooks to life with a charming programme of songs and preludes, together with Ich habe genug, Schlummert Ein, and solo music from the French Suites.    

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Blockley Chamber Concert ♫
Sept
26
Events

Blockley Chamber Concert ♫

The BROMPTON Quartet

Maja Horvat   Violin,  Mee-Hyun Esther Park   Violin,   Edward Keenan  Viola,   Wallis Power   Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven        String Quartet, Op 130 with Grosse Fuge

Other music to be confirmed.

Tickets £20 including drinks. Book via lgpacker@gmail.com or 01386 700579

Complimentary drinks served from 7pm

Concert starts 7:30pm

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Plough Sunday at Ebrington church
Jan
5

Plough Sunday at Ebrington church

We join with Ebrington congregation and friends from Bourton on the Hill for a special service for Plough Sunday which is traditionally held in Ebrington. It will be a “service of the word” with prayer and readings as we ask God to bless the land and those who work with it.

For people wishing to receive Holy Communion there will be a Communion service with hymns at St.Lawrence, Bourton on the Hill at 6pm

Some background information on Plough Sunday published by the Diocese of Winchester.

Plough Sunday is thought to be a very ancient festival, abandoned at the Reformation and then revived by the Victorians. Traditionally it was celebrated on the first Sunday after Epiphany, which falls on 6 January, and then ploughing began the next day, Plough Monday. Since Victorian times many farms have owned their own plough, so a representative plough was brought into church for a blessing, but in the medieval period, when there was only one plough in each village, the village plough was drawn through the streets to be blessed at the church, and was followed with much food, drinking and revelry. For medieval farmers it was an important occasion. The village plough was cleaned and decorated, it was then dragged to the church to be blessed and for prayers for a good harvest before the start of the new season’s work. During the service the ‘plough light’ - a candle kept lit in the church throughout the year - was paraded ceremonially. After the blessing, the plough was pulled through the village again, led by a Fool and a boy dressed as a woman called a ‘Betsy’. The procession stopped at as many pubs and friendly houses as possible for revellers to demand drinks. Pennies were also collected along route as a contribution towards keeping the plough light going in the church throughout the year - though others say it could have been to boost the kitty for “ale” that evening at the tavern. It would appear that anyone not paying a penny was likely to find a furrow cut across their land by morning! The day ended with a village feast, ale or beer flowed, and the traditional centrepiece was always a large Plough Pudding - a suet pudding stuffed with sausagemeat, bacon, onion, and sage. The recipe is readily available on the internet for anyone who wishes to give it a go. Modern farming practices have changed, of course, and the widespread sowing of winter wheat means that much farming is now carried out in the autumn, but how marvellous to have two opportunities to celebrate the work of our farmers – both at Harvest Festival and on Plough Sunday

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