Celebrating the Life and Work of Ted Hughes

This event presents a rare opportunity to hear Ted's poems being read before an audience due to copyright issues that restrict Ted's work being read in public.Glyn Hughes has been granted permission to recite Ted Hughes' poems on the last night of the festival.

Glyn Hughes, poet and novelist, has won awards for his writing and is sure to animate the words of Ted Hughes at the final night of The Ted Hughes Festival. These poets are not relatives as the surname may suggest, but both have been influenced by the landscape of the Calder Valley. Glyn Hughes will also be reading his own work Monday 27th October at The Ted Hughes Theatre.

The evening will round off the festival with two orchestral suites that have been written by two composers to reflect and celebrate the life and work of Ted Hughes, late Poet Laureate.

 The Ted Hughes Suite by Lawrence Killian - An orchestral suite in three movements

 1 Boy

 2 The Poet

 3 The Laureate

 The Elmet Suite by John Reeman - A suite in five movements interpreting 5 of the poems from Remains of Elmet

 1 Remains of Elmet

 2 Football at Slack

 3 In April

 4 The Weasels We Smoked Out Of The Bank

 5 There Come Days To The Hills

You will be the first to hear these scores at the world premiere performed live by The Todmorden Orchestra and conducted by Nicholas Concannon Hodges. Councillor Susan Press, Mayor of Hebden Royd and Councillor Conrad V Winterburn and Mrs Hilary Winterburn, Mayor and Mayoress of Calderdale will also be attending this event.

 The Ted Hughes Theatre, Calder High School

 Tuesday 28th October 8pm

 Tickets £12/£10 concessions