Cartmel Priory
Jervaulx Singers: The Birds and the Bees

Jervaulx Singers
Charlie Gower-Smith Director
Alison Frances Gill Piano

Picton-Turbervill Silent Spring
Byrd Civitas sancti tui
Narburaitė Vasara
Jonathan Harvey Song of June
Howells arr. Farrington King David
Hahn À Chloris
Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro
Muhly Set me as a seal
Dove The Passing of the Year: Answer July
INTERVAL
Handel Semele: Endless pleasure, endless love
Debussy arr. Gower-Smith Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Walton arr. Chilcott Henry V: Touch her soft lips
Dove My love is mine
Ravel Histoires naturelles: Le cygne
Antognini Those tender words
Shaw and the swallow
O’Regan I listen to the stillness of you

Join the acclaimed Jervaulx Singers for an enchanting evening of choral music inspired by nature’s most lyrical voices — The Birds and the Bees. This imaginative programme takes flight through songs celebrating the natural world and the many shades of love it inspires.

Expect a rich blend of music spanning centuries — radiant Renaissance madrigals, lush Romantic part-songs, and contemporary works alive with colour and clarity. With their trademark warmth and expressive grace, the Jervaulx Singers capture the joy, humour, and beauty of love in all its guises.

“…excellence of sound and style throughout” Fanfare Magazine