The Christmas Hearth

The Mellstock Band invite you to their Christmas fireside with a seasonal mix of jovial songs, stirring dance music, and haunting carols, assisted by Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, John Clare, and William Barnes.

We celebrate all things comfortable with hearty harmonies, soulful solos, and exuberant instrumentals, bringing to life the sound of a nineteenth-century village band with fiddle, clarinet, concertina, and serpent. The music is linked together by carefully selected readings which tell the story of Christmas celebrations in nineteenth-century England, served with mulled wine and mince pies.

Dave Townsend concertina and voice
Caroline Butler violin and voice
Tim Hill clarinet and voice
Philip Humphries serpent and voice