Church Afternoon Tea
2-4pm
Wednesday 18th August and Wednesday 15th September
Redmire Village Hall
St. Bartholomew’s Patronal Festival
Saturday 21st August. St. Bartholomew's Church is open all day.
Come along and see the exhibition of Old Postcards, Photographs and Souvenirs of West Witton and the local area.
Refreshments available all day.
The Cottage Show in the Village Hall: Schedules are available from West Witton village shop. Classes include Baking, Flowers, Preserves, Fruit & Veg., Handicraft, Art and Photography plus many children’s classes. Trophies will be awarded in each section and prizes for the children. Entries in between 9am and 10.30am. Viewing and prize giving from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm.
Prayer Fellowship: 7.30pm, Monday 23rd August at Carperby village hall.
It's concert time again at Aysgarth church!
Do think about joining us for some wonderful live concerts each month this summer thanks to the Wensleydale Concert Series.
For more information (including Covid guidance), cost of tickets and to book click here
Tickets are on sale online, by telephone and by post and must be purchased in advance. The aim is not to sell tickets at the door.
Wednesday, 11th August 2021 - Scott Bradley, guitar
St. Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, 7.30pm
Programme:
Gaspar Sanz - Canarios
J.S. Bach - Lute Suite BWV 997
Dionisio Aguado - Introduction and Rondo in A minor, Op.2, No.2
Isaac Albeniz - Sevilla and Torre Bermeja
Simon Runcorn - Pretchistenka (World Premiere)
John W. Duarte - English Suite, Op.31
Heitor Villa-Lobos - 5 Preludes
Francisco Tarrega - Capricho Arabe and Requerdos de la Alhambra
Johann Kaspar Mertz - Hungarian Fantasy
Wednesday, 25th August 2021 - Philip Sharp, piano recital
St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, 7.30pm
Programme:
Handel - Keyboard Suite No. 1 in B flat major
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, ‘Quasi una Fantasia’
Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arranged by Philip Sharp)
Debussy - ‘La Cathédrale Engloutie’ from Book 1 of Preludes
Messiaen - ‘Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus' from 'Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus’
Stravinsky - Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Monday, 6th September 2021 - Robin Michael, cello, and Daniel Tong, piano
St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, 7.30pm
Programme:
Leoš Janáček - Pohádka (Fairy Tale)
Antonín Dvořák - Klid (Silent Woods), from Ze Šumavy (From the Bohemian Forest), Op. 68
Bohuslav Martinů - Cello Sonata No. 1, H 277
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dances & Johannes Brahms Brahms Hungarian Dances (arrangements)
Johannes Brahms - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op.38
Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 - Alicja Fiderkiewicz, piano
St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth, 7.30pm
Alicja's welcome return after a number of years, the recital will include the beautiful Larghetto from Chopin's F Minor Piano Concerto in Chopin's arrangement for solo piano.
Programme:
Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen Op. 15
Frédéric Chopin - Four Preludes from Op 28, Nos. 4, 8,15 and 20
Grażyna Bacewicz - Piano Sonata No. 2
John McLeod - Hebridean Dances
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in Bb minor, Op .9 No 1
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in Eb Major, Op 55
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in C Minor
Frédéric Chopin - Larghetto (slow movement from Concerto in F minor, Op. 21)
Frédéric Chopin - Barcarolle