NEWBURY Spring FESTIVAL | 2023

44 box office 01635 522733 newburyspringfestival.org.uk 45 Thursday 18 May Part of the successful Wantage Silver Band organisation, their award winning, championship section band will perform a selection of music put together by their musical director Jonathan Pippen. This will include a new commission being written specially for the band to perform at this concert by Newbury-based composer Florence Anna Maunders. The concert theme of Brass Rejoicing takes inspiration from Edward Gregson’s masterpiece The World Rejoicing: Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale , which will form part of tonight’s performance and will be performed by the band at the 2023 British Open Spring Festival in Blackpool. Come along to celebrate all that is good about the sound of a brass band. Corn Exchange Newbury RG14 5BD 7.30pm (ends approx 9.20pm) £21.25 (includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee per ticket) Wantage Band Brass Rejoicing Thursday 18 May St Mary’s Church Kintbury RG17 9TR 7.30pm (ends approx 9.20pm) £21.25 (includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee per ticket) Known as the ‘English Orpheus’, Purcell brought together continental musical innovations with the English language, creating works capable of expressing romance, tragedy and comedy to an extent that remains unsurpassed. With two singers and three instrumentalists, Ceruleo have devised a programme that runs the gamut of restoration English music, encompassing some of Purcell’s most famous pieces alongside his lesser known works and those by John Blow and John Eccles. The programme celebrates the first female stars of the English stage, the rich instrumental textures of the period and the Italian and French influences on this incredible music. Sponsored by Miss W E Lawrence Charitable Settlement Martelize Ceruleo Love Restor’d Jon Pippen musical director To include: Edward Gregson The World Rejoicing And a new commission from Florence Anna Maunders Commission supported by Friends of Newbury Spring Festival Jenni Harper soprano Emily Owen soprano Toby Carr theorbo Kate Conway viola da gamba Satoko Doi-Luck harpsichord Free for Under 30s BOOK NOW BOOK NOW