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
- interval -
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