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July 2024

The Lady Oliver Musical Evening

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Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 19:00
Henfield Hall, Henfield
Coopers Way Henfield BN5 9EQ
Online Event

La Serenissima: The golden age of music in Venice. A musical evening, from 7.00 p.m., accompanied with wine and cheese.

La Dominante (Venice) gave birth to many Renaissance musicians and a particular musical form. The musicians include Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Gabrieli, Albinoni et al. We will hear about the transformation of music in San Marco and the development of the particicular musical form, being opera. Our lecturer for this evening is the Vicar Choral at St. Paul's Cathedral. According to one definition, Vicars Choral were "clerics who lived in their [the cathedral canons'] houses like servants, and did odd jobs when they were not in church." Perhaps things have moved on a little since then.

Tickets will be on sale at our May and June lectures. A booking form is to be found below. The cost will be £20 per person, including the evening's lecture, a wine and cheese light supper, accompanied by a glass of wine of your choice.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Patrick Craig

Patrick Craig is a Vicar Choral at St Paul’s Cathedral. For twenty years he combined this with an international career singing over a thousand concerts with the world-renowned early music consort The Tallis Scholars. He also sings with the award-winning group The Cardinall’s Musick. He founded and conducts this country’s leading all-female professional choir, Aurora Nova. He has conducted concerts for the BBC Proms, the Brighton, Lichfield and Aldeburgh Festivals, and with the City of London Sinfonia.

As a Cambridge history graduate with a lifelong interest in the arts, he has gone on to lead choral workshops for amateur singers across the world, where he places music in its historical and cultural context. He regularly lectures for the St Paul’s Adult Education programme and for John Hall’s Venice Courses, which have allowed him to incorporate his interests in theology, art and poetry. 

In 2020, when his singing and conducting work disappeared overnight as a result of the Covid pandemic, Patrick poured all his experience into online presentations which have raised vital funds for the Help Musicians Charity.