Stour Music 2026: SOFTEST THUNDER
BOUGHTON ALUPH CHURCH, Ashford, TN25 4EU
Friday 26th June 2026
Toby Carr lute
The perfect digestif to Monteverdi 1610 Vespers: an intimate, atmospheric lute recital of music from the same period - but a world away in its soft-edged, resonant beauty. John Dowland and Robert Johnson's dances and fantasies are here interwoven with dream-like music from Erik Satie. Join Gramophone Award winner Toby Carr as he brings his ‘Softest Thunder’ to Stour.
John Dowland - Viscount Lisle’s Galliard
Robert Johnson – ‘Hit it and take it’
Erik Satie – Gymnopedies / Gnossiennes
Robert Johnson – Fantasy
John Eccles – Aire from ‘The Mad Lover’
Francis Poulenc – Sarabande
Robert Ballard – Grand Ballet de S.Germain
‘Unfailingly eloquent… these gentle miniatures meandered with wonderful freedom, the carefully painted sonic canvas mesmerising.’ Opera Today
Sponsored by Richard & Julie Goodman
The perfect digestif to Monteverdi 1610 Vespers: an intimate, atmospheric lute recital of music from the same period - but a world away in its soft-edged, resonant beauty. John Dowland and Robert Johnson's dances and fantasies are here interwoven with dream-like music from Erik Satie. Join Gramophone Award winner Toby Carr as he brings his ‘Softest Thunder’ to Stour.
John Dowland - Viscount Lisle’s Galliard
Robert Johnson – ‘Hit it and take it’
Erik Satie – Gymnopedies / Gnossiennes
Robert Johnson – Fantasy
John Eccles – Aire from ‘The Mad Lover’
Francis Poulenc – Sarabande
Robert Ballard – Grand Ballet de S.Germain
‘Unfailingly eloquent… these gentle miniatures meandered with wonderful freedom, the carefully painted sonic canvas mesmerising.’ Opera Today
Sponsored by Richard & Julie Goodman
