‘Blow, blow thou winter wind’ joins together two aspects of winter: the ‘freezing, bitter sky’ and ‘heigh ho, the holly, this life is most jolly’. The Goring Chamber Choir’s programme seeks to balance and rejoice in these two aspects of life in January: the terrible beauty of the still world in winter under snow and ice and post-Christmas joys, a cheerful drinking song, looking ahead to a wedding in the spring. Well-known slow pieces such as Stanford’s ‘The blue bird’, Michael Head’s ‘The little road to Bethlehem’ and Elgar’s ‘The snow’ contrast with the vigour and vitality of Debussy’s ‘Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain’ and Russell-Smith’s toe-tapping ‘The wedding ring’. Poetry readings between the groups of choral songs will also highlight this contrast, summed up in Rutter’s setting of Shakespeare’s text.

Musical Director: Frances Brewitt-Taylor
Accompanist: Steve Bowey

Where: St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Goring
When: Saturday 25th January 2025 at 3pm
Tickets: £15. Free for under-18s. Obtainable from a choir member, from Inspiration in Goring, from Garlands Organic in Pangbourne, or on the door.

http://www.goringchamberchoir.org.uk/

£15