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“Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Musical Soul of England” with Bradford Conner
December 4, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
Please join us for this free HYBRID event — both IN-PERSON and via Zoom:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) is considered to be one of the greatest of all English composers. Born in Gloucestershire, England, he showed an intense musical talent from a young age. He wrote in all genres of music– operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces, hymns, and orchestral compositions, and nine symphonies – all in the course of sixty years. Vaughan Williams was particularly interested in music from Tudor times and English folk music and carols. He was almost single-handedly responsible for the resurgence of scholarship in these areas. This presentation will explore the influence and connection of his music to the holidays, and will include many well-known choral and orchestral pieces.
Presenter:
Bradford Conner has been the Music & Choral Director at First Parish in Bedford for 18 years. Brad has a vibrant enthusiasm for all genres of music from classical to contemporary to jazz to blues, to the Great American Songbook, to Broadway/film music, to classic rock … to all good music. Brad has multiple degrees from West Virginia University including musicology, vocal and piano performance, and teaching. During the COVID-ID lockdown, Brad used his time to work on piano works by Schubert and Beethoven. Since then, he has happily resumed his professional performing life as a conductor, pianist, singer, and a lecturer at First Parish in Bedford, Beacon Hill Seminars. and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
To attend in-person, please join us at: First Parish in Bedford, 75 Great Road, Bedford, MA
For the Zoom link, please visit: www.uubedford.org/lyceum-news/
For more information, please email: [email protected]
Details
- Date:
- December 4, 2022
- Time:
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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Cost:
- Free
- Event Category:
- Community Organizations and Events
- Event Tags:
- First Parish in Bedford, First Parish Lyceum, Music
- Website:
- www.uubedford.org/lyceum-news/
Venue
- First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist
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75 The Great Rd
Bedford, MA 01730 United States + Google Map
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