IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ESCAPE ARTS Celebrate the darkest time of the year with an exquisite weave of atmospheric, seasonal music and winter words by Dylan Thomas, Laurie Lee, Charles Dickens and more with Wintertide . The winter solstice represents a symbolic dividing line; that moment at the years end where old gives way to new, despair transforms into hope and darkness becomes light. We will illuminate the night with an offering of glorious music, and some of the finest seasonal poetry and prose. Narrated by Sunny Ormonde Lilian from The Archers. The Programme: Wendell Berry To Know The Dark Walter de le Mare A Robin William Shakespeare From As You Like It Act II, Scene VII Holst/Le Page Midwinter Laurie Lee Carol barking from Cider with Rosie Trad arr. Le Page Apple Tree Wassail Trad/Le Page The First Nol Mary Oliver White-Eyes Ian Stephenson arr. Le Page Return From Helsinki Dylan Thomas From A Child's Christmas in Wales Leontovych/Anon/ Le Page Carol of the Bells/Gaudete Piazzolla Invierno Susan Cooper The Shortest Day Vivaldi Linverno Winter RV 297 i. Allegro non molto Malcolm McKee Three Wise Women Anon/Prokofiev arr. Le Page Nol 1/Troika Corelli Christmas Concerto Charles Dickens From A Christmas Carol Caswall/Le Page See, Amid the Winter's Snow Sylvia Plath Wintering Vivaldi Linverno Winter RV 297 iii. Allegro Derek Jarman Pharmacopoeia Thomas Hardy The Darkling Thrush Garman/Le Page Bethlehem (with apologies to) John Julius Norwich The Twelve Days of Christmas Trad/Le Page I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In) Director David Le Page Narrator Sunny Ormonde Please note booking fees will be applied on all tickets purchased. CLICK THE ORANGE 'BOOK NOW' BUTTON BELOW TO BUY TICKETS