Classical Concerts & Landscapes

April Fredrick , soprano and Eric McElroy , piano played to an audience in the Huntigton Hall. The programme consisted of : Elgar: Speak, Music, from Op. 41 Elgar: Rondel, from Op. 16 Elgar: Pleading, from Op. 48 Lennox Berkeley: Counting the Beats Ian Venables: Love’s Voice, Op. 22 Arthur Bliss: The Hare Arthur Bliss: This Night Arthur Bliss: The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House Eric McElroy: A Dead Man’s Embers

At The Firs (Elgars Birthplace) the Elgar Festival ran a workshop for talented singers run by Ian Venables and April Fredricks. Five singers were out through their paces with constructive help along the way