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Roderick Williams, baritone, and Iain Burnside, piano, put on their sturdy walking boots and join poets Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman and Robert Louis Stevenson as they explore songs on the theme ̽»¨Ö±²¥Vagabond: An Englishman’s Right to Roam.

Music from composers John Ireland, Gerald Finzi and Ralph Vaughan Williams follow the German Lieder tradition obsessed with Das Wandern. While Roderick Williams’ own songs follow this musical route, they also suggest that hikers don’t need to leave their sense of humour at home.

̽»¨Ö±²¥â€˜Intimate Engagements’ series follows last year’s successful format of direct involvement of the audience with the musicians. Prominent artists combine their performances with informal personal reflection, exploring musical themes such as the chamber music by Schubert and Mozart and Russian masterworks from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Abigail Dolan, Associate of Clare Hall, is artistic director of the Intimate Engagements concert series. She has performed solo and in chamber music concerts worldwide.

On the 7 February the second concert in the series will explore dance and ballet music written or transcribed for four-hand piano. ̽»¨Ö±²¥Benzakoun Duo will use pieces from Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to explore the two facets of Russian fin de siècle musical life.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Vagabond: An Englishman’s Right to Roam starts at 7.30pm on 1 November. Tickets are priced at £15, £10 for Clare Hall Members and £5 for students.

For details of the other concerts in the series click the link on the right.

Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Press are sponsors of Intimate Engagements.

Clare Hall is a College for Advanced Study in the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. It is a community that welcomes graduate students and senior visiting scholars from all over the world. It is a place where interaction is valued rather than hierarchy and the family-friendly accommodation in the College grounds provides a pleasant and informal environment for a very diversified group of talented graduate students and distinguished senior academic visitors.
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