Sedbergh Music Festival 2010
Tuesday 8th June
Event 9, Over the Hills and Faraway
A miscellany of music, old and new. Roger and Judith Bush who both studied music at Bretton Hall before pursuing careers in education will introduce us to a wide variety of music and instruments. Roger has played the accordion in the Garsdale Street Band for 25 years and is now a keen player of the hurdy-gurdy. Roger and Judith will be joined by the Cautley Carollers, the Friday Recorder Consort, some crumhorns, a cornetto and a rackett.
Venue: URC Church, 7:30pmTickets: £5.00, Children free
Roger and Judith Bush and friends provide an eclectic mix of folk and early music spanning the centuries. The concert will feature three groups of Sedbergh musicians:
- Cornucopia
- A five piece band playing modern reproductions of musical instruments which existed in the medieval and renaissance periods, including a set of crumhorns, gemshorns, great bass rackett, hurdy gurdy and early smallpipes.
- The Friday Consort
- A recorder group playing the full range of instruments from the great bass to descant recorder. Their programme will include a newly published work - ‘The Yorkshire Dales Suite’ by Judith.
- Cautley Carollers
- The Cautley Carollers have been singing together for several years now and perform a wide range of music from around the world.
Roger & Judith Bush
A small selection of the instruments
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