On Thursday 20th March 2025. 09:00
A Dorset Spring through the Poetry of William Barnes
To compensate for cancelled events during the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020/21, the Society has prepared a programme of virtual events to entertain from the comfort of your home.
In March 2021, a selection of William Barnes poetry relating to the Spring season was read by members and friends of the William Barnes Society
Poems written by William Barnes Readings include:
- The Spring (National English) read by Sue Lofthouse
- Our Fathers Works read by Brian Caddy
- A bit o’ sly coorten (Eclogue) read by Joy Parsons and Rod Drew
- Fieldwork composed and read by Bill Jenkinson
- The Lark read by Devina Symes
- The Girt Woak Tree that’s in the Dell read by Tim Laycock
- The ‘Lotments (Eclogue) Brian Caddy and Tim Laycock
- Easter Zunday read by Devina Symes
- Seasons and Times (National English) read by Mary Stuck.
Readings recorded by Jane Ashdown via Zoom
Photography and images provided by Mark North
Additional Music:
- Blackmwore Maidens by William Barnes Composed and Sung by John Blackmore
- Linden Lea by William Barnes Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, sung by John Blackmore
- All songs and music used with permission
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