Friday 7 October – Sunday 9 October 2011
Bright is the Ring of Words celebrated the perfect marriage of music and poetry in a marvelous mix of iconic songs and new writing performed by some of the finest artists around today, including Artistic Director and pianist Malcolm Martineau, Dame Felicity Lott, Florian Boesch, Hetna Regitze Bruun, Deborah Norman, Clara Mouriz, Charlotte Tetley, Sarah Fox, Kristoffer Hyldig, Nicky Spence, David Barnard, poetry readings from actor Jamie Parker and a master class with the great Dutch soprano, Elly Ameling.