Ahead of the first lunchtime recital in this year’s festival given by Hugh Cutting & Piers Kennedy, Hugh writes about his programme for us here.
“I am delighted to be giving this lunchtime recital at Boxgrove with Piers; as a performing pair, we have given a variety of recitals with an emphasis on non-canonical music for countertenor. The Dvorak songs are the obvious example of this in our programme alongside the more usual operatic and song repertoire of Britten, Dowland, Handel and Purcell. We finish with songs drawn from Piers’ song cycle ‘Rough Rhymes’, a piece premiered by us in Cambridge three years ago and subsequently performed as part of various World War One centenary events in Cambridge, Northampton and Oxford for the Wilfred Owen Society.”
We are delighted at Hugh’s eclectic programme and can assure you of a wonderful 45 minutes in both his and Piers’ company. Tickets are available priced at £8 and £5 for under 18s, and can be purchased here.