We invite you to a concert of folksongs and madrigals – perfect for a summer afternoon!

“MIDSUMMER FOLKSONGS” features a selection of songs from the English madrigal school and includes popular pieces by Weelkes, Morley, Wilbye and Gibbons, together with folk song arrangements by Holst and Vaughan Williams. The composer and conductor Sir John Rutter, familiar to many for his much-loved Christmas carols, is represented in the concert by two extended song cycles: “The Sprig of Thyme”, an arrangement of traditional folk songs; and “Birthday Madrigals”, which incorporates settings of poems by Shakespeare and others.

MIDSUMMER FOLKSONGS

Birmingham Festival Choral Society 

Conductor: David Wynne 

Accompanist: Kevin Gill (piano)

Sunday 6th July, Start time 16.30. 

Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, B61 7DU.

(Postcode for car park B61 7HP)

The full programme can be viewed in our Classical Events listing.