Local Lynx No. 150 - June/July 2023

BINHAM PRIORY CONCERTS
10 th June at 6pm
Serendipity - Anna Hopkins - flute, Karen Verrachia -
clarinet, Sylvia Newton - bassoon. The programme includes
music by Mozart, Cambini, Ibert, Hugenin, Tomasi and
Bernstein. Based in north Norfolk, this woodwind trio have
delighted audiences with their mixture of classical and more
light hearted music. The members are all principal players
in The Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. Tickets £10 (children
free) available at the door.
2 nd July at 5.30pm
Celestial Voices - Directed by Janet Kelsey. “Lux Aeterna”
is a programme of choral masterpieces, including music by
Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Fauré, Elgar, Duruflé, Vaughan
Williams, Stanford, Britten, Whitacre and Althouse.
Celestial Voices is a group of singers who meet up on a
chateau singing holiday in Poitiers, France during May.
They bring their “Lux Aeterna” concert to Binham Priory,
so that a local audience can enjoy the fruits of their
endeavours. The concert is ticketless with a retiring
collection.
Geoff Scott
PRIORY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Tickets cost £20 per concert and are now available
from Maureen Frost on 01328 830362, or from
davidfrost226@ btinternet.com. Please be aware of
starting times for each concert.
22 nd July, 6pm - Norwich Baroque, directed by Jim
O'Toole, “Fantasticus”. An all-time favourite with Binham
audiences, Norwich Baroque returns to start our new
season. This year’s programme is all about the “Fantasticus”
style of music from 17 th century Italy and Austria. You will
hear violins, baroque harp, theorbo, and viola da gamba,
which combined, produce a rich and almost tactile musical
texture, full of depth and excitement. Composers will
include Marini and Castello from Italy, Biber and
Schmeizer from Austria, and Lawes and Purcell from
England.
For details of the following concerts please consult the
website www.binhampriory.org.
18 th August, 6pm Fontanella (recorder ensemble).
25 th August, 6pm Xuefei Yang (classical guitar).
9 th September, 7.30pm Tāla Tarang (Eleanor Turner,
harp, Mendi Singh, tabla).
Geoff Scott
BINHAM ART GROUP
As part of the art group’s programme of demonstrations,
we recently invited Walsingham based artist Tracey Ross to
share her techniques and tips with the group. Tracey gave a
wonderfully energetic and inspirational demonstration of
some of her painting techniques. Her approach to art is
based on Tracey Emin’s quote of “Art is a leap of faith”.
One of her early influencers was our very own Lionel
Wilde, to whom she dedicated her demonstration, following
Lionel’s untimely passing in January.
Tracey describes herself as a mixed media artist, using
water based paints. Her principle inspiration comes from the
north Norfolk landscape and the big skies, and she is often
out on the marshes with her sketchbook. In her words she
explores the horizon and relates it to heaven and earth.
She demonstrated her techniques on a large canvas semi
abstract landscape painting that was in development and in
the eyes of our members, abusing the painting by vigorously
applying paint and scrubbing it in with rags and brushes.
Her main tools were pallet knives, brushes and wedges, rags
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and tissues. She introduced the group to the art of tonking, a
technique using tissue paper, to lift paint off the canvas, then
later layering strips of painted tissue, to add tonal values.
She uses a filbert brush for rolling over the canvas to create
clouds, which looked very effective. Thank you Tracey for
being so generous with your time and knowledge.
Other exciting group demonstrations and workshops are
being planned through the summer and will be announced
shortly. The group are also busy planning for our annual
exhibition in the memorial village hall on the weekend of
19 th and 20 th . August. This year marks our 25 th anniversary,
so we are celebrating and introducing some new elements,
like crafts and sculptures to our displays.
Congratulations to Jo Winter on winning our picture of
the month competition for April, with her pastel painting
“Low Tide”. A real accomplishment, as Jo has only just
taken up pastels. The picture now hangs in the gallery @
The Chequers.
As always if you’re interested in joining the group,
please use the contact us page on our website
www.binhamartgroup.weebly.com Robin Townend
BINHAM & HINDRINGHAM
OPEN CIRCLE
On Thursday 13 th June, we will meet for our annual
garden visit. This year we are visiting Upwood Farm, also
known as Fiddian's Follies, in North Barningham, south east
of Holt. The garden has been described as quirky, full of
surprises and generally very different to the style favoured
by many gardeners. There are several follies, lovingly
created with brick and stone elements, in and around what
was once an old quarry, set in three acres and boasting
wonderful unspoilt views.
Less relaxing than the garden visit, on Thursday, 20 th
July, Alexandra Watson will be putting us through some