Concerts

March 15 2009 2.30pm
A musical journey for recorder and piano £10
Helen Hooker, music adviser to the Society of Recorder Players, and Karen Kingsley an experienced piano soloist and accompanist, will be performing the music of Van Eyck, Telemann and Lennox Berkeley in the afternoon concert.
Helen Hooker (recorders) and Karen Kingsley (piano)
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19 April 2009 2.30pm
Piano music of France and Spain £10
John Clegg's name will be familiar to those who have listened to BBC Radio 3 over the years. He studied with Herbert Fryer and after three years at Jesus College Cambridge made his London debut in 1951. He has toured widely as an International concert pianist and was Pianist-in-residence at Lancaster University before his retirement.  In this afternoon concert he’ll be playing the music by Albeniz, Granados, Mompou, Debussy and Ravel.
John Clegg (piano)
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Talks and Performances

Sunday 1 March 2009 2.30pm
Sullivan (...and Gilbert!) £8
Ian Gledhill will spend the afternoon looking at and listening to the life and music that Arthur Sullivan composed outside of his impressive partnership with W.S. Gilbert.
Ian Glenhill
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Saturday 7 March 2009 8pm - 10pm
A poetry evening with Wills, Davies and Thorpe
An evening of poetry bringing together three of Britain’s most diverse voices. Jackie Wills, John Davies and Lorna Thorpe create a dynamic line-up in reading and talking about their work.

In addition, Jackie Wills will be running a Poetry Workshop from 11am – 4pm on Saturday 7 March for anyone wanting to try out various starting points for writing poetry. The workshop will be a mixture of writing exercises, reading and sharing work written during the day. 

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Bookings: Admissions 0844 4994408 or +44 (0)1243 811301.