Event Start Date: 18 May 2024

12:00 – 3:30pm

Members of the Penrose Society, and this year also supporters of the Shirley Williams Fellowship, are invited to our annual Penrose Society event in College.

The event will include a short concert featuring Vera Brittain’s piano, a two course lunch in College and a tour of the College gardens.

Programme for the concert:

Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor (L.366) arr. for violin and piano
Grieg: Lyric Pieces op. 38 n.5 (Spring Dance)
Dorothy Howell: The Boat Song
Elgar: Salut d’Amour
Elgar: Sospiri
Vaughan Williams: Wither Must I Wander
Butterworth: Loveliest of Trees
Edward Brittain: L’Envoi

RSVP by Friday 10 May with the name of your guest by emailing:  alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk or calling: 01865 270632

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