The Ruskin Ensemble rides again

News of a concert in Bursledon by the wonderful Ruskin Ensemble - oh, wait a minute - I can't say that, I'm IN the Ruskin Ensemble...

But it's true all the same, there really is a concert in Bursledon by The Ruskin Ensemble. It is at the Greyladyes Arts Foundation on 27th September. The event is 'All True Love' - an Evening of Romantic Music Poetry and Prose. The performers are  Jane Gomm, violin; Jo Easthope, cello and me on guitar. We play music by Vivaldi, Paganini, Beethoven, Schubert, Granados; and, from the contemporary repertoire; pieces by Paul Lewis and Gordon Carr. Gordon Carr's piece is 'True Love' as in the event title, and it was commissioned by The Ruskin Ensemble and premiered a few years ago at the Brighton Festival. Here is the show described on the official Ruskin Ensemble website: All True Love: Passionate, stimulating, intimate. Romantic music, poetry & prose for violin, guitar and 'cello .  

Readings from D.H. Lawrence, Laurie Lee, Byron, Blake and Burns... with Music by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schubert and Granados. Two works by British composers: Gordon Carr's, 'All True Love', which ingeniously entwines great love poetry with music, and, 'Trois Serenades', by Paul Lewis, complete this unforgettable evening.

I'm really looking forward to it and meanwhile having fun rehearsing the music. There's nothing like playing as part of an ensemble and it is very invigorating. I have never been to the Greyladyes Arts Centre before. It used to be a monastery I believe (so someone told me).