Songs for Summer from Shakespeare to Shearing
To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare the Needwood Singers will present a programme of light classical music by English composers and arrangers. The concert will include folk songs, madrigals and settings of Shakespeare’s words. Composers will range from the times of Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II including jazz arrangements of Shakespeare songs by London born Sir George Shearing (1919-2011).
7.30 p.m. Tickets will cost £10 (free to under 16s) and will include interval refreshments.
St. James’s Church, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire DE13 8HU
Sat 20 Aug 2016