Events calendar - July 2014

Events beginning

• Back to Blighty

  1st July 2014 - 31st October 2015 at Avoncroft Museum

  An extended temporary exhibition using individual buildings to focus on life on the Home Front and the immediate post war society. One of the WWW100 trail events

• Vesta Tilley 150th Anniversary

  1st July 2014 - 30th September 2014 at The Commandery

  Follow her rags to riches story & inspirational work in WWI

• WWI "Some corner of a foreign field"

  4th July 2014 at Elgar Birthplace Museum

  A programme of music and words to commemorate the centenary of World War One. Presented bu Donald Hunt and friends. This event has been generously supported by Saffrons...

• Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

  26th July 2014 at Worcester Cathedral

  "Benjamin Britten's War Requiem was written for the opening in 1962 of the new Coventry Cathedral, which replaced the former cathedral building that was destroyed by enemy...

• Reflections of 1914

  26th July 2014 at Worcester Cathedral

  "This poignant evening, marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, features the world premiere of A Foreign Field, by the German composer Torsten Rasch...

• A Shropshire Lad: The Great War in English

  27th July 2014 at Huntingdon Hall

  Baritone Roderick Williams is joined by pianist Gary Matthewman for this recital which poignantly recalls in words and music 'the lads in their hundreds' who lost their lives...

• Serenity : Courage : Wisdom

  28th July 2014 at Pershore Abbey

  The Proteus Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Shellard, presents a poignant programme of music and readings for remembrance, in what will be their debut concert and also the...

Events spanning

• Malvern Museum of Local History

  25th March 2014 - 31st October 2018 at Malvern Museum

  Malvern Museum has begun its programme of exhibitions and activities to commemorate the momentous years of the Great War as it affected the inhabitants of the Malvern area...

  Family friendly