MAY 2
FILM
O Thou Transcendent
presented by its director, Tony Palmer.
7.30pm
Gloucester Guildhall

MAY 3
Talk
Vaughan Williams: the pioneer
Michael Kennedy CBE
St Mary de Lode Church
6.00pm 

Concert
The Wasps Overture
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis 
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1)
Gloucester Choral Society
Adrian Partington (conductor)
Judith Howarth (soprano)
David Stout (bass)
Gloucester Cathedral
7.30pm

MAY 4
Cathedral Eucharist using Vaughan Williams'
Mass in G Minor
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Gloucester Cathedral 
10.15am

Cathedral Evensong
with music by Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Gloucester Cathedral
3.00pm 

Concert
Three Shakespeare Songs,
Five Mystical Songs, A vision of aeroplanes,
Five English Folk songs, Organ preludes on Welsh Hymn tunes and folksongs
St Cecilia Singers
Russell Burton (conductor)
Greg Skidmore (tenor)
Charles Matthews (organ)
Gloucester Cathedral 
5.30pm

MAY 5
Down Ampney Day
Talk
Vaughan Williams: his passion for English Folk Music.
Stephen Johnson
All Saints Church, Down Ampney
11.00am

Lunch
in the garden of Vaughan Williams' early childhood home, with an opportunity to tour parts of the house
Pilgrims, Down Ampney  12.45pm

Song Recital
Works by Vaughan Williams, including Ten Blake Songs, and by his contemporaries.
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Rachel Baldock (oboe)
Anna Tilbrook (piano)
 
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