From Pub to Pulpit
Saturday 17th June 2023
We're delighted to be hosting the much-praised From Pub to Pulpit concert tour, marking the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
In the concert, we all turn folk songs into hymns with Cumbria Festival Chorus, an a capella folk group – Broomdasher; a folk chamber trio – Coracle; and the whole audience, in a rousing tribute.
You probably know that Vaughan Williams was an avid collector of folk songs, who used the tunes of some of the most popular folk songs for hymn tunes in the Hymnal he edited in1906.
We recreate that musical journey from pub folk song to church hymn, with folk group Broomdasher singing the folk song; instrumental trio Coracle, led by Belshazzar’s Feast’s Paul Hutchinson picking up the tune from them and then all of us singing the hymns.
We have such a strong musical tradition here and it will be wonderful to hear as many voices as possible sing songs such as “The Keeper”; “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”; “’Tis Winter Now the Fallen Snow” and “He Who Would Valiant Be”, to make this concert very special.
Tickets are available from our Bookings page or from 01539 733944.
In the concert, we all turn folk songs into hymns with Cumbria Festival Chorus, an a capella folk group – Broomdasher; a folk chamber trio – Coracle; and the whole audience, in a rousing tribute.
You probably know that Vaughan Williams was an avid collector of folk songs, who used the tunes of some of the most popular folk songs for hymn tunes in the Hymnal he edited in1906.
We recreate that musical journey from pub folk song to church hymn, with folk group Broomdasher singing the folk song; instrumental trio Coracle, led by Belshazzar’s Feast’s Paul Hutchinson picking up the tune from them and then all of us singing the hymns.
We have such a strong musical tradition here and it will be wonderful to hear as many voices as possible sing songs such as “The Keeper”; “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”; “’Tis Winter Now the Fallen Snow” and “He Who Would Valiant Be”, to make this concert very special.
Tickets are available from our Bookings page or from 01539 733944.