Orchestra of the Swan here mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Far From The Madding Crowd by presenting a celebration of the novel’s author, Thomas Hardy. 

Featuring Midlands-born actor Anton Lesser (pictured) as narrator - along with Lucia Bonbright - A Beautiful Thread ‘weaves Hardy’s life with his beautiful poetry and great novels’. 
The readings will be accompanied by ‘a musical programme of shimmering beauty’, devised by the orchestra’s artistic director, David Le Page. 

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