Welcome to the new Stephen Varcoe website.
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Bed and Breakfast at Ansells Farm
Ansells Farm is a charming, characterful 16th century farmhouse in an idyllic rural position 5 miles south of Sudbury, an ideal base for exploring the villages and countryside of the Stour Valley.-
Recent News
- Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, February 2012: “Old & New”
- Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, November 2011: High Days & Holy Days
- Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, October 2011: Mists & Mellow Fruitfulness
- Song workshop at Ansells Farm, July 2011: Wine, Women and Song
- Song workshop at Ansells Farm, April 2011: Sing a Song of Springtime
I’m leaving this comment for the sole reason that that ’0 responses’ above seems so inadequate for the site of a singer I have so long admired and been unable to ‘track down’ until now. All my information has come from the radio, where ‘Varcoe’ sounds like ‘Barkow’ or variations thereof; and it wasn’t until my local station broadcast the lovely Dido and Aeneas last week that I was able to find the recording and thence the proper spelling (Google is great, but it won’t read minds…).
May I just say how much I have enjoyed every performance I’ve heard of a voice both pure and full-bodied, almost unique in its utter transparency to the music. Like one of the reviewers cited, I’m waiting for Winterreise, not to mention a Schumann collection. Thanks for being so wonderful.