Description
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Ruth Sillers
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Jane Harris
Ruth Sillers has performed in many plays and concerts in London’s West End, notably at the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Young Vic and the Royal Opera House. Television includes playing Mary Queen of Scots for BBC History. Ruth has recorded several radio plays and readings for the BBC on Radio 4 and the World Service, and numerous audiobooks for the BBC and many other publishers.
Jane Harris is an experienced choir leader and Director of Songways, based in Bath, UK. She has a clear, inclusive and enabling teaching style, uncovers the best in singers’ voices and draws people together with heartfelt, resonant singing. Jane has a rich, vibrant voice, plays the violin and has released an album of her songs inspired by the natural world – One touch of nature. She also performs with her own vocal nonet, Rolling Harmony.
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Violin – Cluny Castle – James Scott Skinner
MEMORIES
I remember, I remember – Thomas Hood 1799 – 1845
Only in Sleep – Sara Teasdale 1884 – 1933 US
Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 1859 – 1932
MEMORIES OF MEMORIES
A thought went up my mind today – Emily Dickinson, 1830 – 1886 Mass. US
Through the looking glass – Lewis Carroll 1832 – 1898
MEMORIES OF LOVE
I wish I could remember that first day Christina Rossetti 1830 – 1894
The Secret – John Clare 1793 – 1864
Oh, when I was in love with you – A E Housman 1859 – 1936
When I heard at the close of day – Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892 US
Violin – Rosemary Brown Waltz – Pat Shaw
MEMORIES OF PLACES
Mansfield Park – Jane Austen 1775 – 1817
Adlestrop – Edward Thomas 1878 – 1917
The way through the woods – Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936
Places – Sara Teasdale 1884 – 1933 US
MEMORIES OF CONSOLATION
Persuasion – Jane Austen
Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought – Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
Jenny kiss’d me – James Leigh Hunt 1784 – 1859
Music when soft voices die – Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 – 1832
Violin – Coilsfield House – Nathaniel Gow
