Celebrating RVW
"In the next world, I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments.
I shall be being it."
During 2022 we are planning a number of events to celebrate the work and achievements of Ralph Vaughan Williams OM.
Concerts, folk music, Songs of Praise, recitals, talks and other events are being planned
for more details of our concerts please go to Ticket Source:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/All-Saints-Church-Down-Ampney
For Down Ampney & local areas tickets can be ordered via daevents@gmx.co.uk and collected from Down Ampney
Events 2022
3pm Sunday 22nd May 2022
Choral Evensong at All Saints' Church, Down Ampney
Preacher: The Right Reverend Dr Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury
Choir: The Octavo Singers with RVW's hymns, motet and music by RVW
6pm Sunday 22nd May 2022
Concert - featuring the music of RVW and others by The Octavo Singers
Tickets £12.00 in advance from - click below:
Some tickets on the door = £12.00 Refreshments available
7pm Friday 3rd June 2022
Folk Concert - Premiere of - From Pub to Pulpit
Acapella folk group Broomdasher and folk/jazz/classical instrumental trio Coracle join the Cathedral organists and all the other singers to raise the roof with full-blooded renditions of some of the country’s best loved hymns. They include “To Be a Pilgrim”; “O Little Town of Bethlehem”; “Tis Winter Now the Fallen Snow” and “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” which will be musically transformed in the concerts from the folk songs “Our Captain Calls”; “The Ploughboy’s Dream”; “Brisk Young Farmer” and “The Murder of Maria Marten”.
The concert premieres during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend on 3 June in Down Ampney, the Gloucestershire village church where Vaughan Williams was born. It ends at the July 2023 Gloucester Cathedral Three Choirs Festival.
Music by: Broomdasher and Coracle
The Choir of St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
Tickets £15.00 in advance from Ticket Source (click below):
A few tickets may be available on the door, subject to availability
Refreshments available (Beer Tent)
7pm Saturday 2nd July 2022
Jazz in the Church - with a homage to RVW
Music by: Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra
Tickets on the door = £12.00
Family Ticket (2 adults and 2 under 16) = £25.00
Tickets available from Ticket source click on the link below:
Refreshments available
3pm Saturday 30th July 2022
Very sadly, this event has had to be cancelled owing to illness
'The Soul of a Nation' : Ralph Vaughan Williams
Illustrated Talk and Concert
Speaker: Raymond Calcraft University lecturer, writer and conductor
4.30pm Saturday 30th July 2022
'Afternoon Tea' at RVW's Birthplace - in The Old Vicarage Garden
Tickets must be bought in advance = £15.00 and from Ticket Source - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/gloucestershire/the-old-vicarage/afternoon-tea-at-rvws-birthplace-the-old-vicarage-down-ampney/2022-07-30/16:30/t-monqzkm
6pm Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 2022
Recital with Orlando Jopling
Tickets £15.00 available in advance from:
Some tickets may be available on the door, subject to availability. Refreshments available.
3pm Sunday 18th September 2022
The Maggini Quartet
Programme: John Ireland : Quartet No 1 in D M
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Quartet in G Minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Phantasy Quintet
"Among the most vivid, intelligent, witty and, on occasion, musically risk-taking live performances of classical quartets I have ever heard." Keith Potter, The Independent
Tickets £18.00 in advance available from:
Some tickets may be available on the door, subject to availability.
Refreshments available.
3pm Sunday 25th September 2022
Choral Evensong at All Saints' Church, Down Ampney
Choir: The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, directed by Benjamin Nicholas
3pm Saturday 1st October 2022
Concert of Choral and Organ Music
Conductor: Raymond Calcraft
Organist: John Wright
Choir: The Cantores Chamber Choir
Music by: Palestrina : Schutz : Bach : Howells
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Mass in G Minor
and Organ Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
Tickets £16.00 in advance from (click below):
Some tickets may be available on the door, subject to availability
Refreshments available
3pm Sunday 9th October 2022
Sung Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer
Celebrant: The Reverend Canon John Swanton, Vicar of Down Ampney
Conductor: Raymond Calcraft
Organ: John Wright
Choir: The Cantores Chamber Choir
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Mass in G Minor (sung liturgically)
and his hymn tunes
Noon Wednesday 12th October 2022
RVW Birthday Hymn Singing!
Music by: All of us who come along and sing well known RVW hymn tunes!
5pm Wednesday 12th October 2022 (Time to be confirmed)
Choral Evensong at Gloucester Cathedral
Music by: Gloucester Cathedral Choir
7pm Wednesday 12th October 2022
A Celebratory Peal of Bells at Down Ampney Church
to mark RVW's Birthday
7.30pm Friday 14th October 2022
Folk Concert - Roots and Branches
Music by: Moonrakers and Oxus
Collected folk songs and compositions from the Vaughan Williams repertoire featuring 4-piece folk band Moonrakers and string quartet Oxus. An evocative mix of songs and tunes from the folk and classical tradition.
Tickets £15.00 available from Ticket Source - click below:
Refreshments available - Beer Tent!
7pm Saturday 15th October 2022
Concert
Music by: Vaughan Williams Singers
Tickets on the door = £15.00 Refreshments available
