Details
Winchester College Music School
Culver Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9JF
England
Programme
George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
Henry Purcell – The Fairy Queen, Z.629
Performers
David Thomas – Conductor
Jamal Sutton – Accompanist
Winchester Music Club
Programme Note
Winchester Music Club hosts an informal workshop followed by a short concert with works written 300 years apart, “Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare” by Shearing (1999) and selected choruses from Purcell’s opera The Fairy Queen (1692) based on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
“Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare” is a collection of pieces by the blind jazz pianist, George Shearing, consisting of seven settings, some a cappella, some with piano and string bass. They are fresh, exciting, and very accessible and give us the opportunity to perform works outside of our usual repertoire as do the Purcell choruses.
Timetable:
10.00 Registration
10.30 Rehearsal
12.30 Lunch break (Weather permitting we can picnic on the lawn outside Music School, please bring a picnic and something to sit on, or there are several pubs and cafés within walking distance)
13.30 Rehearsal
16.00 Performance