Lark Rise to Candleford is the classic novel by Flora Thompson that recalls rural England of the late 19thCentury. In 1981 the National Theatre produced a play and appointed none other than the father of the English Folk Rock scene, Ashley Hutchings, as Musical Director with his famous Albion Band providing the music.
Fast forward twenty plus years: Ashley Hutchings has formed a Lark Rise band and released a new CD Lark Rise Revisted which features some of the material from the play that did not get recorded the first time around as well as some new songs and tunes. You can also catch them live as they take it on the road:
15th August- Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon
6th September- Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield. Tel 01484-430528
22nd November- Ashover Parish Hall, Derbyshire. Tel 01623-812739
there is a 2009 date (20th Feb) mentioned on Alan Bearman site for The Lights, Andover, but it’s not mentioned on Ashley’s site. Keep check Ashley Hutchings site here for more dates and announcements.
The band are:
Ashley Hutchings - Vocals and Bass
Simon Care - Melodeons, vocals and dancing
Ruth Angell - Fiddle and vocals
Judy Dunlop - Vocals
Mark Hutchinson - Guitar and vocals
Guy Fletcher - Fiddle, guitar, drums and vocals
Tracks
• Brighton Camp
• Bonny Labouring Boy
• Lark Rise
• Bonny Labouring Boy
• Most OF The Men Sang Or Whistled
• Poor Old Soldier
• Queenies Bees
• Harvest House Harvest Home
• Two Morris Dance Tunes
• Bad News Is All The Wind Can Carry
• Day Came When The Doctor Called In The Relieving Officer
• John Barleycorn
• Til The Time We Meet Again
• Procession Stepped Out Briskly
• May Song
• Before His Arrival There Had Been No Musical Instrument Of Any Kind
• I Have A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue/In And Out The Window
• Greatest Thrill Of It All
• Lark Rise Theme
• White Tails Of Rabbits Bobbed
• Laura’s Song
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