From folk traditions to sweeping British landscapes
Date and time
Saturday 16 January 2027, 5pm
The programme
Featured musicians
Oboe: Kenny Sturgeon
Director: Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Concert highlights
- When folk songs find their way into the orchestra
Holst’s St Paul’s Suite weaves familiar English folk tunes into its music, including Greensleeves and the lively Dargason. - Friends, cyclists and folk-song collectors
Holst and Vaughan Williams were lifelong friends who travelled the English countryside collecting traditional songs — melodies that later found their way into their own music. - A Lake District landscape in music
Ruth Gipps’ Cringlemire Garden was inspired by views across Lake Windermere towards the Langdale Pikes, turning one of England’s best-known landscapes into sound. - A moment on the coast that became music
While walking along the Welsh coast, Elgar heard distant singing carried through the air — an experience that helped inspire his powerful Introduction and Allegro.
Explore the programme
Please note: Recordings are examples and may differ from the live performance.
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Our concert sponsor
This concert is sponsored by Caro Brown
Date and time
Saturday 16 January 2027, 5pm
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Get 1 concert for free with a full season ticket. Or receive 10% discount on a part season ticket (4-7 concerts).
Duration
Approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes, no interval
Venue
St Michael & All Angels Church
Market Place
Macclesfield
SK10 1DY
(For more info and directions, see Access info)
