Exploring the legacy in Poetry and Song of the Lost Generation of World War I and those deeply affected by the conflict.

Poetry and Song by the lost generation of World War I and those deeply affected by the conflict

Richard Roddis tenor , Clive Pollard piano

Rosalind Williams & Gillian von Fragstein reader

Composers: George Butterworth, the emblem of lost talent;  W Denis Browne and Ernest Farrar, who both left only a handful of pieces. Poets: Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, Francis Ledwidge, Wilfrid Gibson.  Straddling the two art-forms and prolifi c in both, Ivor Gurney survived but later suffered mental breakdown. And Gerald Finzi, pupil of Farrar, champion of Gurney.

Richard Roddis is both choral conductor and composer and much in demand nationwide as a tenor soloist in oratorio and recital. Clive Pollard studied at the Royal College of Music and at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He has performed with numerous artists worldwide.

Rosalind Williams is an actor and Principal of Cygnet Theatre.  Gillian von Fragstein is a singer & reader

Tickets £12 

Booking Information:

Cygnet Theatre Box Office
01392 277189

Exeter Visitors Information and Tickets – Dix’s Field, Paris Street, Exeter
01392 665885

http://www.cygnettheatre.co.uk/