Helen Charlston – mezzo soprano
Consone Quartet
Under the Quiet Sky

As night falls, immerse yourself in an intimate programme of songs and instrumental gems inspired by nature, nighttime and solitude. Helen Charlston and the Consone Quartet bring together Purcell, Britten, Vaughan Williams and Oliver Leith in a concert of haunting beauty.

‘Along the field’ – Ralph Vaughan Williams
‘If love’s a sweet passion’ – Henry Purcell
‘Come all ye songsters of the sky’ – Purcell
Fantasia No. 12 in Four Parts – Purcell
‘By beauteous softness’ – Purcell
‘I wonder as I wander’ – Benjamin Britten
A different ‘Fantasie from Suite No. 5 in G minor’ after Matthew Locke – Oliver Leith
‘O waly, waly’ – Benjamin Britten
‘O solitude, my sweetest choice’ – Henry Purcell
‘See, even Night herself’ – Henry Purcell
‘We’ll to the woods no more’ – Vaughan Williams 

Holy Cross Church
£18 front seats / £12 nave / £5 children/students