Otley Courthouse Autumn-Winter Programme September 2022- February 2023

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music
LUCY WARD +
CHRIS WHILE &
JULIE MATTHEWS
Saturday 17th September
7.30pm
£23
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award
winner Lucy is a critically
acclaimed singer, songwriter
and folk musician hailing
from Derbyshire.
Her songs are a sweet
mixture of evocative imagery
and quiet beauty; passion,
protest and tradition all
rolled into one. She has
performed all over the
world, including main stage
performances at Glastonbury
Festival.
Chris While & Julie
Matthews are the longestlasting
female duo in Britain
and have had 10
nominations in the BBC
Radio 2 Folk Awards.
'Truly gifted human beings' -
Richard Hawley
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LUNCHTIME
RECITAL: ASUKA
SUMI
Thursday 22nd September
1pm
£6
Asuka Sumi is a violinist
based in Leeds and
specialising in historical
performance practice. She is
renowned for her clear style,
and lyrical approach. These
qualities helped her win the
Biber Competition’s 2013
'Romanus Weichlein Prize'
in Austria.
Under the guidance of her
father, the violin pedagogue
Yasuro Sumi, she studied
historical performance on
period instruments,
subsequently obtaining
degrees from the Tokyo
National University of Fine
Arts and Music.
Asuka has helped form
several chamber music
groups in Europe. Since
moving to Leeds in 2015,
she has played in a range of
groups such as the Gabrieli
Consort, London Early
Opera and Leeds Baroque,
who appointed her as
orchestra leader in 2021.
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SIMON PARKER:
RIDING OUT
Friday 23rd September
7.30pm
£15
Simon Parker is an awardwinning
travel writer and
broadcaster who has
reported from well over 100
countries by the age of 34
for the BBC, The Telegraph
and Amazon Prime.
As Britain entered its first
Lockdown, Simon set off
from the northernmost point
of Shetland with only a
sleeping bag and camping
stove, cycling 3,427 miles
around Britain. En route, he
met hundreds of people -
farmers, fishermen, artists,
who were all, in their own
way, riding out the storm.
Riding Out is a story of
hope, and a portrait of
Britain transforming from a
country in crisis to a nation
on the mend. From Shetland
to Scilly, Dover to Durness,
Simon learnt that life’s
sharpest corners are best
navigated at the gentle pace
of a bicycle.
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