The Birds and The Bees
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- Saturday 18th April 2026, 7.30pm
at St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire
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- Thursday 23rd April 2026, 7.30pm
at ​​St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, London
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- Sunday 31st May 2026, 7.00pm
at Cartmel Priory, Cumbria
Part of the Ulverston International Music Festival
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A ​​programme of music for nature, love and intimacy.
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Programme:
Edward Picton-Turbervill - Silent Spring
William Byrd - Civitas sancti tui
Onute Narburaite - Vasara
Jonathan Harvey - Song of June
Herbert Howells arr Farrington - King David
Reynaldo Hahn - À Chloris
Claudio Monteverdi - Pur ti miro
Nico Muhly - Set me as a seal
Jonathan Dove - The Passing of the Year: Answer July
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GF Handel - Semele: Endless pleasure, endless love
Claude Debussy arr Gower-Smith - Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Walton arr Chilcott - Touch her soft lips and part
Jonathan Dove - My love is mine
Maurice Ravel - Histoires naturelles: Le cygne
Ivo Antognini - Those tender words
Caroline Shaw - and the swallow
Tarik O'Regan - I listen to the stillness of you
Francis Faux - Down by the Salley Gardens
Footsteps
Reading Festival Chorus with Jervaulx Singers​
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- Saturday 27th June 2026, 6.30pm
at ​Wensley Methodist Church, Reading, RG1 4BW
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Jervaulx Singers join the Reading Festival Chorus for their Summer concert, in a programme featuring two major works for several choirs: Owain Park's Footsteps, and Roderick Williams' Everyone Sang. ​​
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Programme to include:
Roderick Williams - Everyone Sang
Owain Park - Footsteps
Previous concerts:
