"Vaughan Williams: His passion for English Folk Music"

An illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson

All Saints Church, Down Ampney, commencing at 11:00am

Price: Included in the Down Ampney Ticket. Also included in SuperTicket.

Stephen Johnson, noted musicologist and Radio Three presenter, will give this fascinating talk in the church where RVW's father was the Rector

Chance of a Lifetime

Lunch with a tour of RVW’s childhood home Pilgrims, Down Ampney

Commencing at 12:45pm

Price: Included in the Down Ampney Ticket. Also included in the SuperTicket.

This is a unique opportunity to visit “Pilgrims”, the house where Ralph Vaughan Williams was born, and to have a guided tour (by kind permission of the current owners) of the parts of the house which remain as they were when he was a small child. You will also have access to the gardens where RVW grew up. Luncheon is included.

Song Recital A selection of songs chosen by Iestyn Davies

All Saints Church, Down Ampney, commencing at 3:00pm

Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad

Vaughan Williams: Ten BlakeSongs

Benjamin Britten: Metamorphoses for solo Oboe

Vaughan Williams: The Sky Above the Roof & Silent Noon

Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Warlock: Jillian of Berry

Countertenor: Iestyn Davies

Oboe: Rachel Baldock

Accompanist: Anna Tilbrook (Piano)

Price: Included in the Down Ampney Ticket. Also included in the SuperTicket.

Iestyn Davies, who has a burgeoning operatic career, sang with Gloucester Choral Society in Handel’s masterpiece Messiah in December 2006 and created an instant and lasting impression with the almost ethereal beauty of his amazing voice. If you have not heard Iestyn before, you can expect a rare treat in his song recital at All Saints Church in Down Ampney; it promises to be a performance to remember. He has chosen a programme of Vaughan Williams and other English composers.