We look forward to you joining us for this lecture. Enjoy coffee and biscuits in our cafe before the lecture
On Saturday November 22nd, 1913, Mrs. Edith Britten of Lowestoft, Suffolk, gave birth to her fourth child, a boy. She said, “Today is St. Cecilia’s Day, - the Patron Saint of Music - he must be a musician” – and she imagined that he would become the fourth “B”, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms …. and Britten. 2026 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of one of this country’s most original and versatile composers, Benjamin Britten.
There is now a statue of him as a boy newly erected on Lowestoft seafront in summer 2025.
Picture Credit: In Public Domain.
How to book this event:
We hope you can join us for this lecture to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brittens death.
Tikets are £10 and to book for either zoom or to attend in the hall please go to
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theartssocietykingtonlangley1/2268982
Biography:
ROGER ASKEW
Roger was a chorister at Wells Cathedral School and a choral scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with an honours degree in English. He combined a teaching career with professional singing in London, and after obtaining a further degree in Music became Director of Music at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College in Edinburgh. After retiring in 2003 he returned to the south of England. He is President Emeritus of The Stoke Poges Society.
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