St Mary’s Church, Luton LU1 3JF
This second Soirée of the season presents tenor Robert Folkes with lutenist Philp Turner performing music by Dowland and Campion; he will also be accompanied by pianist Alex Maynard. Saxophonist Alistair Penman is joined by pianist Jonathan Pease and Tom Winpenny offers the chance to enjoy the sound of St Mary’s magnificent organ in one of the town’s most beautiful buildings.
PROGRAMME
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu Soy of Man’s Desiring
John Dowland – Sorrow Stay & My Thoughts are Wing’d with Hopes
Thomas Campion – Never Weather Beaten Sail
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude & Fugue in G BWV550
Pedro Iturralde – Pequena Czarda
Robert Planel – Prelude et Saltarelle
INTERVAL
Camille Saint-Saëns – Prelude & Fugue in E flat Op 99 No.3
Giuseppe Verdi – Lunge da lei from La Traviata
Burt Bacharach – A House is not a Home
Richard Rodgers – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Alastair Penman – Soar
Richard Rodney Bennett – Four Country Dances: No.3 The Mulberry Garden & No.4 Nobody’s Jig
Jules Demersseman arr. Fred Hemke – Variations on Carnival of Venice
ARTISTS
Robert Folkes (tenor)
Philip Turner (lute)
Alex Maynard (piano)
Alistair Penman (saxophone)
Jonathan Pease (piano)
Tom Winpenny (organ)
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