In Pictures: In Voice And Verse at St Luke’s – 14 June 2015
In the second concert of the 2015 Music Festival, In Voice And Verse appeared at St Luke’s to present a programme of Shakespeare’s words and music. The trio – comprising of actor Lance Pierson, soprano Belinda Yates, and pianist Heather Chamberlain – was formed in 2008 to deliver themed performances, with the Bard’s work probably the staple of their repertoire.
Concluding the hour-long concert, Revd Sally Lynch said: “I don’t know about you, but Shakespeare at school always seemed dull — stodgy, even. Today, In Voice And Verse really brought these great texts to life”.
The afternoon concert was perfectly timed, leading into a trademark St Luke’s cream tea afterwards. For those who attended, the whole event turned out to be a real treat.
Photo Gallery
With grateful thanks to Phil Bray for loan of equipment.
Programme
Also available as a PDF download.Spring
Peter Warlock
It was a lover and his lass
Shakespeare: from Two Gentlemen of Verona
The uncertain glory of an April day (spoken)
Summer
Mendelssohn
Fairy Music
Shakespeare: Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (spoken)
Autumn
Pelham Humphrey
Where the bee sucks
John Wilson
Lawn as white as driven snow
Shakespeare: from Much Ado About Nothing
I do much wonder that one man (spoken)
Winter
Ivor Gurney
Under the greenwood tree
Shakespeare: from Love’s Labour’s Lost
When icicles hang (spoken)
Spring
Thomas Arne
When daisies pied
Bitter Love
Arthur Sullivan
Sigh no more, ladies
Shakespeare: from The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Windsor bell hath struck twelve (spoken)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Roundel
William Walton
Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff
Roger Quilter
Take, O take those lips away
Death (usually caused by love gone wrong!)
Shakespeare: from Much Ado About Nothing
Done to death (spoken)
Thomas Chilcott
Pardon, goddess of the night
Madeleine Dring
Come away, death
Rossini
The Willow Song
Shakespeare: from Othello
It is the cause (spoken)
Hubert Parry
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
Shakespeare: from Cymbeline
No exorciser harm thee! (spoken)
The Healing Power of Music
Richard Harris
Storm Scene
Shakespeare: from The Tempest
Where should this music be? (spoken)
Richard Stoker
Come unto these yellow sands
Shakespeare: from The Tempest
Our revels now are ended (spoken)
In Voice And Verse
Belinda Yates studied at the Royal College of Music and since then has combined her career working as a soloist in recital, opera and with a chamber choir. She was awarded a BBC Young Artists Platform recital and has given concerts abroad for the British Council. She has also sung in numerous projects with the Monteverdi Choir conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in particular the momentous Bach Cantata pilgrimage throughout Europe in 2000 and later, in 2004, the choir’s 40th anniversary pilgrimage across Northern Spain.
Heather Chamberlain studied piano, clarinet and chamber music at the Royal Academy of Music and has extensive teaching and accompanying experience. Her varied career embraces a wide range of work as accompanist, teacher, freelance organist and co-ordinator of charity concerts with young people. She has appeared in numerous recitals as accompanist to singers and instrumentalists.
Lance Pierson is an actor and professional poetry performer who has been entertaining audiences across the country for the last sixteen years. His aim is to take the written word off the page and bring it to life. His one-man shows include an abridged version of St Mark’s Gospel and a biography of Sir John Betjeman. He also performs other biographies of poets along with humorous entertainments about music hall and cricket.