A BOROUGH music group will entertain Earley audiences in June with a programme of sacred songs.
The Erleigh Cantors’ concert for choir, organ and trumpet will raise money for St Peter’s Church, Reading and for Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice.
The chamber choir has been delighting audiences with its choral singing for over 35 years, singing in cathedrals around the UK and locally to raise substantial funds for worthy causes.
The singers hope that this performance will beat last year’s fundraising total of more than £1,300.
The Cantors are directed by well-known local musician Ian Westley, the group’s organist is Simon Dinsdale, and playing trumpet during the concert will be Mark Kesel.
“The programme includes works by Bach, Handel, Parry and Bach, and there should be something to suit everyone,” said organiser Maggie Nunn.
“This year is our’ 35th anniversary and the programme will also include a work specially commissioned from renowned organist and composer Andrew Millington,”
Audience members can expect to hear Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Parry’s I Was Glad, Bach’s Lobet den Hern, and works by Shephard, Campbell and Vaughan Wiliams, as well as the premiere performance of Andrew Millington’s I Sing the Almighty Power.
A range of Mama Nunn home-made preserves (as seen annually at Earley Green Fair) will be on sale, in aid of Alexander Devine, and refreshments will be available.
The event will take place at Earley St Peter’s Church, Reading, on Saturday, June 7, at 7pm.
Tickets are by suggested donation of £12 for adults, £8 for students, and free for under 18s.
For tickets and information, email: maggie.nunn@btinternet.com, or call: 07946 620560.
