England in the Summer

Brighton Consort

Brighton Consort (director James Dixon) will be presenting a programme of vocal music entitled “England in the Summer” on Sunday June 24th (6.00 p.m.) in St Paul’s Church, West St., Brighton.

The concert will feature a variety of madrigals, lute songs and part-songs from across the centuries, including works by the 16th century composers William Byrd and Robert Parsons, several beautiful songs by Edward Elgar, and Stanford’s famous “The Bluebird”. The choir will be joined by renowned London-based soloists Gwen Martin (soprano) and Jamie Akers (lute). Tickets (£14 or £12 concessions) are available from www.brightonconsort.org.uk or 01273 833746 or on the door. If you can’t make this date the concert is also being performed on Saturday June 23rd (7.30 p.m.) in St Peter’s Church, Henfield, West Sussex.