Sunday 23^rd February 2025

3.00 pm

Runtime: 120 minutes

Colyer-Fergusson Hall

The Gulbenkian Arts Centre

University of Kent

Matthew Rose, bass &

Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano

Anna Tilbrook, piano

Songs by

Vaughan Williams 

Schubert and Britten

Interval

Sitwell & Walton's

“Faҫade Suite”

Narrators

Matthew Rose, bass &

Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano

with

Grand Mansions' Ensemble

(flute, sax, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, cello)

Anna Tilbrook, director

Sitwell’s “shocking” nonsense poems spoken to the rhythm of Walton’s specially composed dramatic music, first performed in 1923.

With Matthew Rose, bass and Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano as Narrators – and the ensemble Grand Mansions’ Musical Ensemble, Director Anna Tilbrook, featuring professional musicians all of whom were students at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Concert Programme

Click the link above for the detailed concert programme

Tickets from

Gulbenkian Box Office

Live Attendance: £25

25s and under: FREE