Suffolk Seraphim’s 5th musical pilgrimage set to be picture perfect


“Anonymous was a Woman”


“FOr most of history, Anony- mous was a woman.” This


thought-provoking


observation by Virginia Woolf reflects our acknowledgement that music and poetry by women has often been diminished in the past. It provides the inspiration for an innovative programme devised by Vetta Wise, the con- ductor of the “nine incredible voices” of Seraphim. This year is significant - it is the centenary of the enfranchisement of mil- lions of women, and Seraphim’s concert will provide a variety of works by, and for, creative and inspiring women. You will


Seraphim: Beautiful sounds in beautiful spaces After their recent popular con-


experience early medieval piec- es which were created and sung by nuns; later composers and poets, only now being celebrat- ed, such as Lili Boulanger (her centenary this year) and emily Bronte (200 years since her birth); Tavener’s honouring of great women through orthodox Mother Thekla’s words; and exciting living composers, including Carlotta Ferrari, Ana Fernandez and local Suffolk composers and poets such as Bridget Cousins and Amy rob- inson. Pianist for the evening will be the dynamic Karen Smith.


cert at St Paul’s, Covent Garden, the sounds of Seraphim return to Suffolk, soaring through the wonderful acoustical spaces of St Peter’s, Westleton on Sunday 18th March at 5pm. “the nine women’s voices…


created one glorious sound, unlike anything that I had heard before” (Suffolk Norfolk Life magazine, Jan 2018) Tickets (£13.50 including


post-concert refreshments) are available now from Westleton Stores and the box office 07763 527239/ tickets@seraphimvoic- es.uk


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SUFFOLK’S highly acclaimed, all-female vocal group, Sera- phim, have selected a very spe- cial cluster of north Suffolk vil- lage churches - each home to outstanding historic wall-paint- ings – for their spring musical pilgrimage on Sunday 29th April. The intimate and all-inclusive


full day ‘pilgrimage’ features four mini-concerts of especially collected exquisite works for upper voices, hand-picked and presented to perfection by emi- nent director, Vetta Wise - a much admired and unique for- mula which has already wooed past ‘pilgrims’ as they enjoyed such ‘divinely different days’ out around halesworth, Suf- folk’s heritage coast, Bury St edmunds and Norwich. “Suffolk is so blessed with the


amazing survival of medieval wall-paintings even in its tiniest and most rural churches,” enthuses Ms Wise, who lives near halesworth and formed Seraphim in 2014. “When you look up at the faces, or let your eyes follow their stories, you can’t help wondering what it would sound like if these walls and their pictures could sing.” But this April’s pilgrims will need little imagination when the nine incredible voices of Sera- phim fill the secret spaces of holy Trinity Gisleham, St


Botoph North Cove and St Andrew at Ilketshall and West- hall with their beautiful sounds of those times past. evocative soundscapes from


hildegard von Bingen to Fanny Mendelssohn will be comple- mented by more vernacular pieces acknowledging all the local walks of life of those who entered through these ancient Suffolk church doors. “As well as detailed paintings of The Pas- sion, of saints or devices like the Wheel of Fortune, there are equally colourful though more down to earth patterns, and even reminders of daily life through personal inscriptions in the stone-work – what we’d today perhaps call graffiti.” A gentle journey, an unhurried


day of surprises and unique experiences, Seraphim’s musi- cal pilgrimage on Sunday 29th April includes morning and afternoon refreshments, lunch in a half-timbered coaching inn and escorted coach travel from a range of local pick-up points. Tickets cost £66 per person, but book before the end of February and enjoy an early bird offer of just £60 – a saving of over 10%. For further details and tickets,


contact the Seraphim Box Office on 07763 527239; tickets@sera- phimvoices.uk www.seraphim- voices.uk


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River Deben Association


The UK’s saltmarsh is under threat - there are only 1,000 hectares left in Suffolk, with 40% of this being within the Deben estuary. The river Deben Association


(rDA) invited local people to join with its members in a talk to hear more about the Deben’s saltmarshes. In her engaging and challenging presentation, Karen Thomas of the Water Manage- ment Alliance explained to an audience of over 100 why the loss of saltmarsh impacts on us all in Suffolk. Karen has been restoring and using dredgings to save marshes in east Anglia for 18 years, and she cares passion- ately about them. Saltmarsh captures pollutants


and is a key landscape feature of the Deben. Saltmarsh provides a rich habitat for birds, insects and fish. It attracts tourists, fisher folk, bird watchers, walkers, sailors and rowers - which con- tribute to the local economy.


Saltmarshes – the quiet miracle of the Deben Saltmarsh dissipates the wave


energy which helps protect the estuary river walls. Karen showed two contrasting video clips: one of a saltmarsh eroded area, in which waves were ham- mering the river defences, while nearby it could be seen that the water’s power was reduced when it encountered healthy saltmarsh. Karen said it was no accident that in the 2013 surge, breaches occurred at Martlesh- am Creek and Levington - the areas where the saltmarsh had been lost in front of the defences. Saltmarsh absorbs carbon,


and can capture it 55 times faster than rainforest – however salt- marsh represents only 2% of the world’s landscapes. Perhaps we need to start preserving the ‘rainforest’ on our door-step. Saltmarsh is at risk from the fol- lowing: wash from watercraft, wind wave action, changes in the position of the river channel, crab hole damage in mature salt-


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marsh. We need to know about salt-


marsh to protect it. The rDA is among the local and national organisations researching how best to build up saltmarsh and restore it. Very little national/regional


funding is available to protect saltmarsh. In Wales a charity using the ‘size of Wales’ slogan as its inspiration has raised


£2million to save the equivalent size of rain forest. Perhaps we need to consider a similar scheme of personal contribu- tions to secure our saltmarsh and protect the rare habitat that we are lucky to have on the Deben for ourselves and future genera- tions. Visit the river Deben Associ-


ation website on www.riverde- ben.org


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ON December 19th, members celebrated Christmas with a very enjoyable dinner at the riverside restaurant in Wood- bridge. The evening included a Christmas card competi- tion judged by Stuart Saunders, proprietor of the restaurant, which was won by robin Garrod. Second place was awarded to Trevor Boyd and third place to richard Brown. Many thanks to the staff at the riverside for looking after us so well, and particularly to Stu-


art for officiating as judge and kindly donating prizes for the winner and runners up. Our next meeting will be on February 20th - Print com- petition "Autumn and Win- ter". Judge: Peter espley. We meet in the meeting room, Woodbridge Quay Church, at 7.30pm. Guests are always welcome. Members £2, guests £5. For more information please visit www.woodbridgecamera- club.co.uk


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Everyman Folk Club


OUr guests at The everyman Folk Club on Friday 23rd Febru- ary will be Granny’s Attic. Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (melodeon, concertina, vocals), George Sansome (guitar, vocals) and Lewis Wood (fiddle, mando- lin, vocals) are three young exceptional musicians and sing- ers. The trio plays traditional music with verve, energy and their own inimitable style, per- forming english, Irish and Scot- tish traditional music as well as their own compositions. We anticipate a lively evening. The everyman Folk Club


meet at Theriverside Centre, Gt Glemham road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, IP17 1LL in the main hall on the last Friday of the month. All events start at 8pm with the doors open- ing at 7.30pm. Good disabled access and facilities are avail- able. Tickets only £5 if bought in advance & available for all events (otherwise £6 on the door subject to availability). For advance ticket sales please con- tact Mary and Steve. em: every- man@wheatstone.co.uk for fur- ther details call 01449 615523. Charity No 267165.


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