11/08/2026
ââË.âđȘ ââË.â Beverley's Autumn Festival is 6 weeks away. Running 24-26 September, and taking place beneath the starry ceiling of St Mary's Church, the festival features exceptional classical artists in 8 events.
A highlight is sure to be countertenor Hugh Cutting and the Refound Ensemble in MORPHEUS: an exploration of songs of the night:
â°Sat 26 Sep, 7.30pm
đSt Mary's Church Beverley
đïžhttps://newpathsmusic.com/event/morpheus/
Nocturnal dreams and encounters have inspired some of the greatest music ever written. This immersive evocation of night-time doesnât only travel from Purcell and Cavalli to Britten, Howells
and Schubert; it also reaches into folk, cabaret, even Don McLeanâs Vincent (Starry, starry night) â resonances of human experience through the ages. From viols to vibraphone, clarinet to celeste,
this is a magical mystical soundworld, starring the 2025 International Opera Awards Rising Star Award-winner, whose performances have been acclaimed worldwide.
The full programme:
Geoffrey Burgon: This Lunar Beauty (from Lunar Beauty)
Francesco Cavalli: Erme e solinghe cime (from La Calisto)
Henry Purcell: One charming night
Herbert Howells: Goddess of Night
Reynaldo Hahn: Le rossignol des lilas (instrumental)
LâĂ©namourĂ©e
Les rĂȘveries du Prince Ăglantine
Benjamin Britten: Welcome, wanderer!...I know a bank
Franz Schubert: Erlkönig
R. Rodney Bennett: Baby, baby, naughty baby
*** interval ***
Don McLean: Vincent
Elena Langer: Fabulous Beasts
Henry Purcell: Instrumental music from Amphitryon
Trad.: She moved through the fair
Trad.: Sweet Nightingale
Henry Purcell: Fantasia a 4 No. 7 in C minor
William Bolcom Song of Black Max
Kurt Weill: Speak Low
Piers C. Kennedy: Morpheus