An evening of songs and stories written by living poets and composers of the English and Welsh borderlands. Performed by William Smith (Tenor), Patrick Larley (Piano, composer) and Gill Larley (Storyteller). The Marches Songbook brings together poets and composers from the border counties of England and Wales to create new songs that reflect the people and places of this unique border landscape.
Programme
6:30pm Doors open
7:00: Spotlight Concert
Music performed by talented young people from Sandbach
7:30 Intermission
Art Exhibition by Lynn and David Norcross from Sandbach Art Club , Refreshments
8:00 Main Concert
THE MARCHES SONGBOOK
William Smith – Tenor
Patrick Larley – Piano
Gill Larley – Storyteller
Tonight’s concert of songs and stories of the borderlands is brought to you by the Marches Songbook. Tenor, William Smith is co-director and founder of “The Marches Songbook”. The Marches Songbook exists to create new songs from partnerships between local poets and composers of the English and Welsh border counties. This program features four premieres (*) from the “cross border folksong” project, a collaboration between the “cross border poets society” based in Harwarden and Wrexham county composer Patrick Larley. Further songs in this program have been composed by Chester composer Michael Williams. Gill Larley is our story teller and will set tonight’s songs into the story landscape of the border lands peoples and places. All the performers and creatives from tonight’s program are connected to the English and Welsh border counties. The “cross border folksongs” project was made possible through crowd funding and the support of “Ty Cerdd” the welsh arts organisation.
We hope you enjoy tonight’s concert based on local stories as told by the poets and composers of this place.
Programme
Snow Moon – Jean Atkin/Patrick Larley
Anthelion – Jean Atkin/Patrick Larley
Holywell and St Winefride
*Afon Dyfrdwy – Robbie Burton/Patrick Larley
*Gresford Font – Anne Douglas/Patrick Larley
The Peppergate
The Wishing Steps – Julia McGuinness/Michael Williams
The Night Garden – John Sewell/Michael Williams
Melangell
The Gifting of Trees – Julia McGuinness/Michael Williams
The Silent Grove – Sally Richards/Michael Williams
*The Song of Melangell – Andrew Rudd/Patrick Larley
Mari Lywd
*Mari Llywd – Diana Sanders/Patrick Larley
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