Some events at Ellerton Priory, Summer 2011
Make a note of these dates in your diary, and please share them with your friends.
Sunday 17th July, 3.00 pm
Cantabile sings of Spanish Treasure!
Many of you will remember the wonderful concerts given at Ellerton Priory over the last three years by the chamber choir Cantabile – www.cantabile-leeds.org.uk. Despite being based in Leeds, Cantabile is fast turning into Ellerton’s own resident choir! This year they will be singing again at Ellerton Priory church, on Sunday 17th July at 3.00 pm, with a programme which highlights the exotic beauties of Spanish music – and contrasts them with a few treats from their recent hugely successful concert in Leeds.
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria, widely regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Victoria wrote music of dazzling perfection and intensity which will be superbly at home in Ellerton’s warm acoustic. Cantabile will combine a selection of his short pieces with some 20th century Spanish favourites, including fantastically warm and witty folksong arrangements, filled with the smouldering rhythms of guitar and tambourine, and a gorgeous anthem written by the great ‘cellist Pablo Casals. The programme will include a selection of atmospheric English, American, German and even Hungarian delights which explore in music the themes of day and night, light and darkness.
Tickets for this not-to-be-missed Cantabile concert cost £6.00 each (£3.00 for children and disabled) and can be purchased on the door or reserved in advance by leaving a message with yorkbear@hotmail.co.uk or on 01904 630097. Refreshments are included in the ticket price, including perfect Summer-afternoon wine and soft drinks, and as always there will be ample car parking close to the church. Come early to be sure of a good seat.
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August, 11.00 am to 4.30 pm
Come and join us for as much or as little as you like of our maintenance days; painting downpipes and ironwork, cleaning out gullies and gutters, lime-washing, polishing, and a general clean-up before the September Open Day. Equipment and drinks provided, but bring lunch, and wear sensible clothing and stout boots. 11.00 am to 4.30 pm.
Sunday 11th September - all day -
Open Day - the restoration of Ellerton Church + all the usual goodies
This year the church and churchyard will be open for National Heritage Open Days from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm on Sunday 11th September.
Our theme for this year's exhibition is a review of the restoration of the church. Starting with the redundancy in 1978, a range of documents and photographs explain what happened to the contents of the church, how the building decayed and all the stages involved in its rescue from demolition and its restoration to date. Pictures taken of each stage of the work show just how damaged some parts of the structure were, and how the hard work and dedication of many skilled craftsmen and women, the many hundreds of hours of voulntary labour and the vision of a whole community came together to rescue this vital part of the local heritage.
Weather permittting, Richard will again be on hand to help you discover things you never knew about moths and creepy-crawlies, there will be art activities for the younger ones and of course there will be generous portions of our famously delicious home-made cakes and refreshments, fine local produce, a tombola, a second-hand book sale, a plant stall, gifts, cards, guidebooks and lovely black Hebridean sheep grazing the churchyard. Why not join them, and bring a pic-nic to share with your friends, or have lunch in Ellerton’s great village pub?
Phil’s comprehensive guided tours of the whole site will be at 11.00 am, 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm.. This year there will be some new historic furnishings to see, and the interior plasterwork and lime-washing will at last be complete! (Possibly!!)
Newsletter 2011 contains two of Michael's delicious cake recipes ....
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