COMING UP NEXT – the sixth and final event in this year’s festival.
FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER, 7 PM
A CONCERT by marvellous Norwegian choir LARDAL KANTORI under the expert leadership of Kjell Håkerstad.
Their voices are regularly heard in performances around southern Norway, and they were annual visitors to Bergh Apton Church for a number of years before COVID intervened.
We’re thrilled to welcome them back this year, when they will bring songs and carols in Norwegian and English to herald the start of the Advent season.
This will be a wonderful event, both musically and visually, as the choir performs in Norwegian national dress. All in the fantastic acoustics and friendly atmosphere of our lovelyrural parish church.
Parking is available in the grassed field adjacent to the church.
Tickets £12 from 01508 558440 or via the Eventbrite link below
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lardal-kantori-tickets-1010467965887
Advance booking saves everyone time on the night and will help us to plan refreshments
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SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER, 7PM
Here’s a late addition to our programme for 2024 – we invite you to join us in a celebration of Christmas music with
THE PORINGLAND SINGERS
as, led by Musical Director, Terry Cunnane, this mixed-voice choir presents a variety of Christmas songs and carols, accompanied by organist, Mark Thompson.
The programme includes “On Christmas Night”, the celebrated festive arrangement, by Bob Chilcott, of 8 traditional carol settings following the sequence of the Christmas story. There will be some congregational singing of well-loved carols, maybe some secular Christmas music too – we’ll have to wait and see ……………….. but we can be sure that this will set us perfectly on the path to Christmas!
Tickets £12 including seasonal refreshments – advance booking helps us to cater for the right numbers
Call 01508 480576 (you’ll be greeted by an answerphone, but please leave a message)
OR email: bachurchwarden@outlook.com
OR use the Eventbrite link
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THIS IS WHAT W’VE ENJOYED SO FAR THIS YEAR …………………………..
SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER, 7PM
A CONCERT by STONE ANGEL, a Norfolk-based folk-rock band championing the mists and mysteries of the Norfolk Broads and the lonely marshlands of East Anglia.
We invite you to sample the marvellous tapestry of sound woven by the band. Hear for yourself the legacy of five decades of music ranging from long lost mediaeval gems, modern arrangements of traditional tunes and new compositions – all giving the band an individual and mesmerising identity.
They were last with us in 2017 and we’d booked them to return in 2020 BUT ……. !!!
During that long COVID-enforced break, they produced a new album, ‘Wake’, and we’re delighted to welcome them back to Bergh Apton this autumn.
Between them, Ken & Joan Saul, Andrew Smith, David Felmingham and Geoff Hurrell offer virtuosity on too many instruments – traditional and modern – to mention them all.
You can hear examples of their sound on their website: https://stone-angel.co.uk/ and maybe gain a flavour of the mists and mysteries of the Norfolk Broads -as well as some toe-tapping, up-beat songs.
Tickets £12 from 01508 480576 (PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE) or email bachurchwarden@outlook.com or via the Eventbrite link below
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-angel-tickets-965606373657
Advance booking saves time on the night and will help us to plan refreshments
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SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST, 7PM
CHARLIE HAYLOCK takes ‘AN ECCENTRIC LOOK AT EAST ANGLIA’
One of East Anglia’s leading entertainers and author of several books gives witty and unique insight into rural East Anglia – its dialect, humour and general ‘goings on’.
Charlie is not only a hugely entertaining speaker, but also a mine of information about the history of the English language, and how so many regional dialects developed in this small group of islands. Interspersed amid the laughter are countless nuggets of information gleaned over years of study. His talks make for a fascinating listen.
He is a leading authority on East Anglian dialect, and famously coached Ralph Fiennes and the cast of the Netflix film, ‘The Dig’ in the Suffolk dialect. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Suffolk.
If you enjoyed Charlie’s talk in 2022 about ‘The Dig’ you won’t want to miss this.
Tickets £12 from 01508 558440 or via the Eventbrite booking link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bergh-apton-festival-2024-3237379
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SATURDAY 29TH JUNE, 7PM
A TALK BY JULIAN BARNWELL “OUR JOURNEY TO FINDING THE GLOUCESTER”
The search for, and discovery of The Gloucester – ‘Norfolk’s Mary Rose’
…how two diving Norfolk brothers, Julian & Lincoln Barnwell discovered the wreck of a 17th Century warship which had carried the future King of England.
A royal ship carrying James Stuart, future King James II, ran aground on a sandbank off the Norfolk coast on May 6, 1682, with great loss of life. For 325 years, Gloucester’s exact whereabouts was a mystery – until 2007, when it was discovered by Norfolk divers, brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell and their friend, retired ex-Royal Navy submariner and diver James Little. Their search took 4 years, and only after another 5 years was it certain that it was the Gloucester.
Kept secret until 2022 to preserve the site from looting, the discovery of the Gloucester, and the wealth of artifacts recovered, were the subject of a major exhibition in Norwich Castle Museum in 2023, which attracted over 70,000 visitors.
Come along to Bergh Apton Church to hear the story first-hand from Julian.
Tickets £12 from 01508 558440 or via the Eventbrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bergh-apton-festival-2024-3237379
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FRIDAY 31ST MAY, 7PM
A CONCERT BY CHANTER’S JIGGE
With ‘A Pocketful of Merriments’, a new programme for 2024, Chanter’s Jigge present a feast of traditional song and dance music from around the British Isles and beyond.
Toe-tapping, clapping along, and joining in with choruses will not be compulsory but may be hard to resist – you have been warned!
Folk songs, Morris tunes, sea shanties and country dances . All played and sung on a unique array of traditional, ancient and modern instruments and knitted together with anecdotes, and stories.
Tickets are £12 . They’re available from 01508 480576 OR via the Eventbrite link below
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bergh-apton-festival-2024-3237379
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SATURDAY 27TH APRIL, 7PM
A CONCERT BY FINE CITY CHORUS
Norfolk’s premier male barbershop chorus.
Singing ‘a cappella’ in four-part close harmony, the crew perform a wide range of popular British and American music; some old; some new; some from the shows.
Their repertoire includes compositions from The Beach Boys, Neil Diamond, Queen, Adele, McFly, Billy Joel, Neil Sedaka – and they are constantly adding new songs to their musical offering, so the list goes on ………
Expect fine harmonies and a fun performance from this chorus of great voices.
Tickets are £12 and include light refreshments. They’re available from 01508 480576 OR via the Eventbrite link below: