Batkin•Hill Nanne & Ankie B N P · June 18th &19th Day of dance & festival concert with Lady...
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Batkin•Hill B atkin•Hill is a new duo in which Clive Batkin (known locally and more widely for his guitar playing), has teamed up with fellow guitarist, Dorset- based Richard Hill (a highly regarded classical player, solo performer and band leader of Richard Hill & The Hills). Richard and Clive met a few years ago at a summer school where they were both teaching – realised they had a sympatico playing style, and subsequently met every summer to work on composing and arranging new material. They write and play a series of sensitive and evocative instrumental pieces, designed to interest and delight both guitar fans and non-musicians alike. Nanne & Ankie N anne and Ankie have been performing together since 1980, originally in a series of groups and then, since the turn of the century, as a duo. They sing in Frisian, Dutch, Esperanto and English and accompany themselves on guitar, mandolin, concertina and shawm. Based in the Netherlands, they regularly tour in Europe, North America and Australia and have made nearly 40 albums. They sing traditional and contemporary songs, and enjoy singing songs on maritime and historical themes and humorous songs about everyday life. Piers Haslam P iers Haslam is a singer and guitarist, singing mainly traditional English folk songs, plus a few tunes of his own. He has gleaned songs from the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s library at Cecil Sharp House, and from some of the more obscure records of the 1970s folk revival. CB1306 Tickets cost £10.00, with concessions at £8.00 for students and unwaged people and £6.00 for under 18s. They can bought on the door or in advance, by booking online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/ovo, by phone on 0333 666 3366 or in person at St Albans Tourist & Information Centre, Town Hall, Market Place 01727 864511. For further information see www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk or email [email protected] Friday March 4 th 2016 • 8.00pm Maltings Arts Theatre The Maltings, St Albans AL1 3HL OUR NEXT CONCERT Saturday April 16, 8.00pm Silent Sessions: Owen Woods and James McNamara will be joined by Yarden Brody and storyteller Jenny Wilford to retell Shakespeare’s The Tempest, as part of the Maltings Shakespeare Festival. St Albans Folk Festival, June 18th &19th Day of dance & festival concert with Lady Maisery on June 18th. Music sessions, singarounds and performances in local pubs. www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk The Maltings Arts Theatre is on Level 2 of the Maltings Shopping Centre. It is next to the public library and is easily approached by the stairs, lifts or Level 2 of the car park.
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Batkin•Hill
Batkin•Hill is a new duo in which
Clive Batkin (known locally and
more widely for his guitar playing), has
teamed up with fellow guitarist, Dorset-
based Richard Hill (a highly regarded
classical player, solo performer and
band leader of Richard Hill & The Hills).
Richard and Clive met a few years
ago at a summer school where they
were both teaching – realised they
had a sympatico playing style, and
subsequently met every summer to
work on composing and arranging
new material.
They write and play a series of sensitive
and evocative instrumental pieces,
designed to interest and delight both
guitar fans and non-musicians alike.
Nanne & Ankie
Nanne and Ankie have been
performing together since 1980,
originally in a series of groups and then,
since the turn of the century, as a duo.
They sing in Frisian, Dutch, Esperanto
and English and accompany
themselves on guitar, mandolin,
concertina and shawm.
Based in the Netherlands, they
regularly tour in Europe, North America
and Australia and have made nearly
40 albums. They sing traditional and
contemporary songs, and enjoy singing
songs on maritime and historical
themes and humorous songs about
everyday life.
Piers Haslam
Piers Haslam is a singer and guitarist,
singing mainly traditional English
folk songs, plus a few tunes of his own.
He has gleaned songs from the English
Folk Dance and Song Society’s library
at Cecil Sharp House, and from some
of the more obscure records of the
1970s folk revival.
CB1306
Tickets cost £10.00, with concessions at £8.00 for students and unwaged people and £6.00 for under 18s. They can bought on the door or in advance, by booking online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/ovo, by phone on 0333 666 3366 or in person at St Albans Tourist & Information Centre, Town Hall, Market Place 01727 864511.
For further information see www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk or email [email protected]
Friday March 4th 2016 • 8.00pm
Maltings Arts Theatre
The Maltings, St Albans AL1 3HL
our Next coNcert
Saturday April 16, 8.00pm
Silent Sessions: Owen Woods and James
McNamara will be joined by
Yarden Brody and storyteller
Jenny Wilford to retell
Shakespeare’s The Tempest,
as part of the Maltings
Shakespeare Festival.
St Albans Folk Festival, June 18th &19th
Day of dance & festival concert
with Lady Maisery on June 18th.
Music sessions, singarounds and
performances in local pubs.
www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk
The Maltings Arts Theatre is on Level 2 of the Maltings Shopping Centre.
It is next to the public library and is easily approached by the stairs, lifts or Level 2 of the car park.
