Gregory Feldmann describes The Way Home as ‘a snapshot of the brief odyssey I’ve gone on in my artistic and personal life. It was collected as I tugged on the thread that connects me back to a place and people I love and explores where and to whom we venture toward.’

The programme includes songs by Schubert, Fauré, Pavel Haas, Britten – an arrangement of an Irish song by Thomas Moore – and four contemporary American and Canadian composers

The Way Home

F Schubert Der Wanderer

G Fauré L’Horizon Chimérique

P Haas Four Songs on Chinese Poetry

F Schubert Auf der Bruck

I E Rodríguez Mother of Exiles, from American Icons

G Kahane 8980, from Book of Travelers

S Chang from Something There for the Future, from American Icons

M Ricketts Everything is New, from American Icons

arr. B Britten Dear Harp of my Country, from Moore’s Irish Melodies

 

Dates

15 Jul 2025

11.15am - 12.15am

Price

£22 - £27

Concessions: £10 tickets are available for under 35 year olds who are part of the Friends of BIF's Next Gen Scheme.

Venue

St John's Church

Booking info

BIF Friends get priority booking from 18 March
Public booking opens 15 April
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Dates, times & booking

  • Tue 15 Jul 2025 11.15am - 12.15pm
BIF Friends get priority booking from 18 March
About Friends Priority Booking

Public booking opens 15 April

Priority Booking
for BIF Friends

To book seats early, join the Friends of Buxton International Festival and become part of our ‘Festival Family.’

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Patron Tuesday, 25 March

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