N E W S & E V E N T S
Saturday 1 July
7.30 pm
St Mary's Church
Fordingbridge SP6 1BB
Shakespeare at the Opera
Verdi, Berlioz, Vaughan Williams, etc.. /more
Tickets £15 from eventbrite.co.uk available soon,
or on the door, under-18s free
What our audience says...
In March 2023 we performed the Mozart Requiem with the Nova Foresta Classical Players in two memorable sell-out concerts. Here are just a few comments we had from the audience:
'sublime', 'wonderful', 'incredible', 'glorious', 'fabulous', 'uplifting', 'magnificent', 'fantastic', 'amazing orchestra', 'what extraordinary soloists you have in the choir'
Thank you to everyone who came and who took the time to comment.
Saturday 8 July
7.30pm
St Mary &
St Nicholas Church
Wilton SP2 0DL
Shakespeare at the Opera
Verdi, Berlioz, Vaughan Williams etc. /more
Tickets £15 from eventbrite.co.uk available soon,
or on the door, under-18s free
Shakespeare at the Opera
John Cuthbert director
Rob Taylor piano
Saturday 1 July, 7.30 pm
St Mary Church
Fordingbridge SP6 1BB
Tickets £15 from eventbrite.co.uk coming soon, or on the door (under-18s free)
“Here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.”
So says Lorenzo to his love, Jessica at the end of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice as they share a quiet moment near the end of the play. These words will also close the upcoming concert given by the Salisbury Chamber Chorus, Shakespeare at the Opera. The chorus will present excerpts from operatic adaptations of several of Shakespeare’s plays; Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor and more. Ah, but Shakespeare’s plays are not known for their crowd scenes, nor Greek choruses, I hear you cry. Well, come and hear the three witches of Macbeth become an army of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos in Giuseppe Verdi’s take on the Scottish play. Or how Ophelia’s descent into madness is accompanied by the background noise of some Danish peasants celebrating the arrival of spring in Ambroise Thomas’ version of Hamlet.
The programme will even contain Shakespeare’s actual texts in amongst the French, Italian and German translations, in two pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams. An extract from Sir John in Love, Vaughan Williams’ telling of The Merry Wives of Windsor, and his sublime Serenade to Music originally composed for sixteen soloists as a tribute to Sir Henry Wood and, which sets the text from The Merchant of Venice quoted above.
These two concerts promise to be an emotional rollercoaster through comedy and tragedy on a scale gifted to the operatic stage by the story-telling of the great bard.
Shakespeare at the Opera
John Cuthbert director
Rob Taylor piano
Saturday 8 July, 7.30 pm
St Mary &
St Nicholas Church
Wilton SP2 0DL
Tickets £15 from stockbridgemusic.uk
or on the door (under-18s free)
“Here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.”
So says Lorenzo to his love, Jessica at the end of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice as they share a quiet moment near the end of the play. These words will also close the upcoming concert given by the Salisbury Chamber Chorus, Shakespeare at the Opera. The chorus will present excerpts from operatic adaptations of several of Shakespeare’s plays; Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor and more. Ah, but Shakespeare’s plays are not known for their crowd scenes, nor Greek choruses, I hear you cry. Well, come and hear the three witches of Macbeth become an army of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos in Giuseppe Verdi’s take on the Scottish play. Or how Ophelia’s descent into madness is accompanied by the background noise of some Danish peasants celebrating the arrival of spring in Ambroise Thomas’ version of Hamlet.
The programme will even contain Shakespeare’s actual texts in amongst the French, Italian and German translations, in two pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams. An extract from Sir John in Love, Vaughan Williams’ telling of The Merry Wives of Windsor, and his sublime Serenade to Music originally composed for sixteen soloists as a tribute to Sir Henry Wood and, which sets the text from The Merchant of Venice quoted above.
These two concerts promise to be an emotional rollercoaster through comedy and tragedy on a scale gifted to the operatic stage by the story-telling of the great bard.