Composer and folk song collector George Butterworth is best remembered for his orchestral works ‘Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad’, and ‘The Banks of Green Willow’. His promising career was tragically cut short when he was killed at the Somme in August 1916 at just 31 years old. This compelling documentary traces Butterworth’s journey – including his student years at Trinity College, his time collecting folk songs in Edwardian rural England alongside his friend Ralph Vaughan WiIliams and his involvement in Cecil Sharp’s display team of morris dancers.

A special screening event to coincide with Oxford Folk Festival, including a post-film Q&A with the director and folk dance scholar Michael Heaney. 

Tickets cost only £6 each (UPP Annual Members, please note that no further discounts apply.)