Inside Salisbury: British Tenor to perform at four Candlelight Concerts

Picture the scene as a British Tenor performs in candlelight at Salisbury Cathedral

by Annette J Beveridge

A HIGHLY acclaimed British tenor Ruairi Bowen will perform a selection of music by British composers in the first of four Candlelight Concerts.

The candlelight event with a winter theme will include Britten’s poignant Winter Words, exploring the passage of time using vivid imagery of the natural world and including the human experience.

Ruairi is an established interpreter of Baroque music in the UK and abroad, collaborating with some of the leading conductors in the field including Emmanuelle Haïm, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Stephen Layton.

Accompanying Ruairi will be multiple prize-winning and critically acclaimed conductor and song accompanist William Vann, renowned for his revival performances and recordings of lost and lesser-known works of vocal and choral music by British composers.

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Vann has collaborated across the world with a vast array of singers and instrumentalists. This includes the Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia, London Mozart Players and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen CBE, Dame Sarah Connolly, James Gilchrist, Ann Murray DBE, Matthew Rose and Roderick Williams to name just a few.

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The Candlelight Concert takes place at 8pm on Friday, January 17 at Salisbury Cathedral. Doors will open at 7.30pm.

Other concerts in the series include Purcell by Candlelight on February 14th, Piano by Candlelight on 14th March, and Wind Quintet by Candlelight on 2 May.

Tickets are available online via the Cathedral website: https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/arrangements/candlelight-concerts/