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After the completion of the reordering work inside Christ Church, the 109^th Swindon Music Festival returns there on Friday 16^th March at 6.30pm with the church organ classes.  Each organist will play two contrasting pieces and then the adjudicator will make comments on their performances.

Following the organ classes is one class for adult novice solo singers.

The evening will be rounded off with adult choir classes.   In the church choir class, starting at around 8.35pm, St. Sampson’s Church Choir, Cricklade will be singing the hymn “I come with joy” to the tune St. Botolph and “Ubi Caritas”  by Ola Gjeilo.  Christ Church Choir will be singing the hymn “ There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” to the tune Corvedale and  John Rutter’s “For the Beauty of the Earth”.

The evening will conclude with the adult choirs class.  This will include the Swindon Gilbert and Sullivan Society singing “The Long Day Closes” and also “Hail Poetry” from their forthcoming performance of “The Pirates of Penzance”, which is at the Arts Centre from 17-21^st  April.  The adjudicator for the Friday evening will be Christopher Daly, who has been a general adjudicator for music festivals since 2004 and is a member of the Friends of Cathedral Music.

The Festival continues on Saturday 17^th  March and from  Monday 19^th to Saturday 24^th  in the Arts Centre in Devizes Road, Old Town.  A trio from the Partnership of Churches will be performing at 7.45pm on Friday 23^rd, and there will be lots of solo performances on Saturday 24^th  March.

The Festival deserves a much bigger audience – this year it celebrates 109 years of supporting music in Swindon.  Previous participants have included Diana Dors in the past, and Jamie Cullum, Sarah Covey and Polly Leech who are all forging current musical careers.  Previous adjudicators have included David Willcocks (1950, 1951 and 1955), Isobel Baillie (1966) and composers such as Armstrong Gibbs (1928, 1934), Edgar Bainton (1929), Sydney Northcote (1961)  and Eric Thiman (1973).

There is such a wide variety of music that there will be something for everyone during the eight days.  We really need to support the young talent – and the older competitors like support too!  At a previous year’s final concert the adjudicator said several performances would have graced the West End stage – so come and hear future stars. She also commended our exceptional teachers.  And we are so lucky to have a world class pianist in Paul Turner who is such an expert and also so kind to everyone including nervous novice singers.

Please do come along to support your Partnership singers.  There will be a small charge for listening.  The detailed programme, price £3, will be available from Christ Church from 16^th  March, or from Holmes Music, Brian Taylor Music and the Arts Centre,  and also on the website  http://www.swindonmusicfestival.co.uk.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the forty days of Lent.  It is the day on which Christians gather to receive the imposition of ashes. We have two services next Wednesday 14th February to mark this.

Next week’s Ash Wednesday Services at Christ Church

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Heritage programme 2017

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