The Mellstock Band
Dave Townsend concertina and voice, Caroline Butler violin and voice
Tim Hill clarinet and voice, Philip Humphries serpent and voice
The Christmas Hearth
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The Mellstock Band invite you to their Christmas fireside with a seasonal mix of jovial songs, stirring dance music, and haunting carols, assisted by Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, John Clare, and William Barnes. We celebrate all things comfortable with hearty harmonies, soulful solos, and exuberant instrumentals, bringing to life the sound of a nineteenth-century village band with fiddle, clarinet, concertina, and serpent. The music is linked together by carefully selected readings which tell the story of Christmas celebrations in nineteenth-century England, and served with mulled wine and mince pies.
Concert generously supported by The Arts Society Royal Leamington Spa
The finer details…
Interval: 20mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Unreserved: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
The Mellstock Band
Dave Townsend concertina and voice, Caroline Butler violin and voice
Tim Hill clarinet and voice, Philip Humphries serpent and voice
The Christmas Hearth
The Mellstock Band invite you to their Christmas fireside with a seasonal mix of jovial songs, stirring dance music, and haunting carols, assisted by Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, John Clare, and William Barnes. We celebrate all things comfortable with hearty harmonies, soulful solos, and exuberant instrumentals, bringing to life the sound of a nineteenth-century village band with fiddle, clarinet, concertina, and serpent. The music is linked together by carefully selected readings which tell the story of Christmas celebrations in nineteenth-century England, and served with mulled wine and mince pies.
Concert generously supported by The Arts Society Royal Leamington Spa
The finer details…
Interval: 20mins
Estimated finish: 9.30pm
Tickets
Unreserved: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student
The Mellstock Band
Dave Townsend concertina | Caroline Butler violin
Tim Hill clarinet | Phil Humphries serpent
The Shepherd’s Calendar
The Mellstock Band return to Warwick to celebrate merrymaking and courtship through the country year. In costume, evoking the times of Thomas Hardy, the members of the band all sing as well as offer a rare opportunity to hear instruments like the concertina and serpent.
With the words of John Clare, the Somerset parson John Holland, as well as Hardy, the readings and songs take the audience through the festivities of the four seasons in the rural year. The Band have enjoyed more than twenty years of sold-out performances in Warwick, so do not delay your booking!
Dave Townsend concertina, violin and voice, Caroline Butler violin and voice
Tim Hill clarinets and voice, Phil Humphries serpent and voice
Christmas Frolics
Christmas can only begin when The Mellstock Band arrives in Warwick! Traditional English Christmas music performed on concertina, clarinet, fiddle, serpent and in The Mellstock Band’s distinctive singing style.
www.davetownsendmusic.com/the-mellstock-band
Tickets: £21 (includes mulled wine and mince pies)
The first of three Christmas concerts in the Leamington Music Winter Season
Dave Townsend concertina, violin and voice
Caroline Butler violin and voice
Tim Hill clarinets and voice
Phil Humphries serpent and voice
The Leaves of Life
It’s not Christmas without a visit from The Mellstock Band! Christmas music in the English tradition, from carols to revels and from alehouse to church gallery, performed on concertina, clarinet, fiddle, serpent and the Band’s inimitable blend of voices.
Ticket price includes mince pies and mulled wine