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For Wokingham Choir, please see final details below for our ’Shakespeare Songs’ concert on April 27th.

A reminder that on Monday April 22nd we will now be in St Cecilia’s Primary School 7.30-9.30pm, as per a normal rehearsal, NOT Prospect School 7–9 in Reading. The ensemble are coming to us, instead!

Many thanks for your attention,
Louise

Wokingham Choir: ’Shakespeare Songs’ Concert with Berkshire Music Trust

Saturday April 27th, 7.30pm – Wokingham Baptist Church RG40 1DE

Ticket link: singhealthy.co.uk/tickets

Venue

We will have the backstage Lecture Room to store coats and bags. This will be locked during the performance only. We can also use the adjacent hall as a breakout space before the performance (and also for refreshments in the interval).

There is no onsite parking except for wheelchair users and for drop-off. There is some limited on-street parking on Milton Road, and town centre car parks are a short walk away.

Timings

Please arrive c.3.45pm for a 4pm rehearsal. Please arrive through the Lecture Room, to the right of the main entrance.

• 4pm choir-only rehearsal
• 5pm choir and ensemble rehearsal
• 6pm-c.630 ensemble-only rehearsal
• 7.30pm concert start – please be seated c.7.25.
• (finish around (9/9.15)

Concert dress

All black plus red ties/scarves (full length or opaque tights). Small handbags and water bottles are fine on stage.

Programme

Please bring your music in your black folders (as provided) in the following order. Note – we won’t use the folders for the ‘In Windsor Forest’ booklets.

• [Strings – Elgar – Serenade for Strings] (14’)
• Louise Drewett – Shakespeare Songs (10’)
• -charity speaker- (5’)
• Matthew Harris – A Lover and his Lass (3’)

• -interval- (20-25’)

• Purcell – If Music be the food of love (3’)
• [solo piano: William Walton – Death of Falstaff (Passacaglia from Henry V)] (3’)
• Campion – Never Weather Beaten Sail (3’)
• [solo piano: Nigel Hess – Amor Est in Pectore (from The Winter’s Tale)] (2’)
• Vaughan Williams – In Windsor Forest (18’)