Date: May 3, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Family, Folk music, New Work, Song, Women musicians
Tags: David Bednall, finzi, rebecca clarke, Roots and Ever Green, Shipston Song, vaughan williams

Sunday 3rd May 2026, 3:30 PM St Kenelm’s Church, Bicester Road, Church Enstone, Oxfordshire, OX7 4NN

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Programme
David Bednall – The Mower
Rebecca Clarke – Passacaglia on an Old English Tune
Gerald Finzi – Farewell To Arms
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 4 Hymns

Performers
James Gilchrist – tenor
Shiry Rashkovsky – viola
Ian Tindale – piano

Programme Note
To celebrate the launch of Shipston Song 2026, celebrated tenor James Gilchrist joins artistic director Ian Tindale and star viola player Shiry Rashkovsky for this spring afternoon recital. Beautiful words by Andrew Marvell and Robert Bridges combine with the evocative music of Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi and Rebecca Clarke, all written for the perfect combination of tenor, viola and piano.