[Ely Events] TS Eliot Festival at Little Gidding: 18-20 May

[Simon Kershaw]

Second Annual

T S ELIOT FESTIVAL

at Little Gidding

Friday 18 May : Saturday 19 May : Sunday 20 May

organized by the Friends of Little Gidding and the T S Eliot Society



Friday 18 May
7.30pm
‘If you came this way’:
Landscapes of the Heart in the Four Quartets
a slideshow by David Huisman
former Secretary of the (American) T S Eliot Society

Saturday 19 May

2pm
Annual Little Gidding Lecture
the Revd Simon Reynolds
formerly Succentor of St Paul’s Cathedral
‘Never Cease from Exploration’

followed by tea

with music, poetry and talks including
Elizabeth James, poet
Lyndall Gordon, author of ‘T S Eliot: an imperfect life’
Oundle School Jazz Trio

6pm Buffet Supper

7.30pm in Steeple Gidding Church
World Première of
‘Little Gidding: a place in and out of time’
a musical composition by Jonathan Cohen
inspired by Little Gidding: the place, and the poetry of T S Eliot
and featuring Alec Dankworth, Paul Clarvis, Paul Jayasinha,
Richard Bolton, Robert Townsend and Jonathan Cohen

Sunday 20 May
11am
Holy Communion
Re-dedication of the Ferrar Window
celebrant and preacher: Malcolm Guite
followed by coffee and lunch

Tickets
All day Saturday: £20
supper and Saturday evening only: £12

Tickets and further details from
Ferrar House, Little Gidding, Huntingdon, PE28 5RJ
telephone: 01832 293383
www.ferrarhouse.co.uk

A full programme with leaflets advertising the Festival can be  
downloaded from
www.oremus.org/flg/eliot-festival/eliot-festival.pdf




-- 
Simon Kershaw
simon at kershaw.org.uk
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire

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