Lucy Broadwood was born in Melrose in August 1858, She was to become one of the foremost folksong collectors and researchers of the late 19th/early 20th centuries - and a strong influence on several early 20th Century English composers of note.
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Haddeham Village Hall
Saturday, December 5 at 7:30pm - Listen and You Shall Hear - th...
Shamley Green
Friday, March 12 at 2:30pm
Lucy Broadwood
A performance of the Lucy Broadwood show at Haddeham Festival in Buckinghamshire.
See http://www.haddenhamceilidhs.co.uk/festi
Time:7:30PM Saturday, December 5th
Location:Haddeham Village Hall
Lucy Broadwood We had a really enjoyable (or spiffing to quote RJ) gig at the Black Diamond Club in Birmingham last night. (The travel up and back was appalling, but the club and it's members were absolutely lovely). Thanks Black Diamond!!
Lucy Broadwood Irene will be delivering her talk to the "Holidays at Home" organisation run by the United Reform Church in Guildford on Wednesday 27th July 2009)
Time:2:40PM Monday, July 27th
Location:United Reform Church
Lucy Broadwood No more Mars bars to buy now until November ... unless anybody has a last minute desire to book a show?
Lucy Broadwood
Purists look away now! The song is performed in a style which is (perhaps) a little irreverent. It was collected from a Sussex "choirman" by Heywood Sumner (Arts and Crafts artist) in the 1880's. There is no Emma in the song ... and the girl in it (Mary) is less than faithful!!
The video was taken by Simon Ritchie (no,... not THAT Simon Ritchie) while Ralph and Irene were performing a floorspot at the Music Institute Club in Guildford in April 2009. It is one of the numbers that we use in the "Listen and You Shall Hear" show.
Lucy Broadwood
The show about the life and work of Lucy Broadwood - performers Ralph Jordan and Irene Shettle
See http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ecmw.htm for full details.
Time:8:00PM Saturday, June 20th
Location:English Country Music Weekend 2009
Lucy Broadwood
A show in words and music celebrating the Life of Lucy Broadwood, singer, musician, composer and folksong collector and researcher - a pivotal figure in both the worlds of classical English music and British traditional folksong.
Narration is provided by me (Irene Shettle) with additional asides from my partner in crime..., Ralphie Jordan. Musically, I provide the vocals (and some duet concertina work in a couple of Duet duets..), and accompaniment is provided by Ralphie on (variously but not together) Maccann duet concertina, guitar or bouzouki.
The songs were collected by Lucy, and the quotations are taken from her diaries, correspondence and written works.
Tickets :£10
The evening is a fundraiser for Guildford Choral Society.
I have a small supply of tickets which I can sell on to you in person OR they can be obtained by sending a cheque in the appropriate amount to :
Guildford Choral Society c/o 20, Guildford Park Avenue, Guildford, Surrey together with a stamped addressed envelope for return. (Cheques should be made out to Guildford Choral Society)
Lucy Broadwood A collection of people, places and things associated with Lucy Etheldred Broadwood
13 new photos
Lucy Broadwood A collection of people, places and things associated with Lucy Etheldred Broadwood
11 new photos
Lucy Broadwood
Errrmmm .. no it wasn't Lucy that published that last - it was me, Irene Shettle. I knew she'd taken over my life, but not to that extent [grins]
Irene
Lucy Broadwood
Hi !
If you've joined the "fans" many thanks. I've been researching Lucy for around 4 or 5 years now. I'd known about her existence for many years, and was aware that she was a folksong collector. It was only after starting to read her diaries and correspondence at the Surrey History Centre in Woking,Surrey that I bega...n to realise just how important she was - not just to the world of folk music, but to the world of classical music as well. Since 9 August 2008 was the 150th anniversary of her birth - a month which also saw the anniversary of the death of her friend and one time "pupil" Vaughan Williams - and in view of the fact that much celebration has been made of his anniversary, but little of hers, I felt it was about time she got a fan base of her own !!! [grin]
Thanks for joining up!!
Irene
Lucy Broadwood Show in words and music about the life and work of Lucy Broadwood, folksong collector and researcher, performed by Irene Shettle (vocals, narration, Maccann duet concertina) and Ralphie Jordan (vocal interjections ! and accompaniment on guirar,bouzouki, and Maccann duet concertina
The Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood (1858 - 1929)
Time:9:00PM Friday, June 26th
Location:Traditions Festival
Lucy Broadwood A show in words and music about the life and work of Lucy, performed by Irene Shettle (vocals, narration, and Maccann Duet concertina), and Ralphie Jordan (verbal interjections!, accompaniment on guitar, bouzouki and Maccann duet concertina
The Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood (1858 - 1929)
Time:8:00PM Thursday, January 29th
Location:Royal Oak
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