PREVIEW: From Pub To Pulpit exploring VaughanWilliams' folk music to hymns journey & Yorkshire links on his 150th birthday ft Broomdasher16 CoracleBand HolmfirthChoralSociety & The Town Hall organ is HuddsTownHall June 8 - full story & tickets ad
From Pub To Pulpit, a musical extravaganza, exploring Williams' journey from folk music to hymn tunes and featuring acapella folk group Broomdasher and trio Coracle Band, will be held at Huddersfield Town Hall, on Thursday, June 8 – buy ticketsWilliams, arguably Britain’s favourite composer, left an indelible mark on the world of music with his work including The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the melody for iconic hymn, To Be a Pilgrim .
From Pub to Pulpit tour director John Palmer outlined how Yorkshire was responsible for several influential musical moments in Williams’ career. The ivy-walled vicarage at Hooton Roberts, near Rotherham, was the place where Williams composed his first published piece in 1901, the universally famous song Linden Lea. It features of Broomdasher’s album, Ingrave Epiphany –For Huddersfield Choral Society, Williams specially composed Dona Nobis Pacem for their 100th anniversary concert, in October 1936.
A Westerdale farmhouse in 1904 is where he heard labourer and church section, William Knaggs, sing the saucy Kiss Me in the Dark, when he was staying at Dent, near Scarborough. It later appeared in a collection of folk songs.Leeds Festival also saw the 1907 premiere of Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, at Leeds Town Hall.
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