The Shoalhaven Lydian Singers will feature great choral works from composers who have used the immortal words of Shakespeare for the text of their compositions.
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One performance will be on Saturday August 25 at 2:30pm, Berry School of Arts and the other on Sunday, August 26 at 2:30pm at the Nowra School of Arts,Online booking recommended (Berry www.trybooking.com/400646 Nowra www.trybooking.com/400653) but you can also buy at the door each day.
William Shakespeare the “Bard of Avon, made arguably the greatest contribution to English literature of any single person in history.
It’s no surprise then that many composers, from Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” to Verdi’s opera “Otello” to Duke Ellington’s song cycle “Such Sweet Thunder, have set his texts to music:
The Shoalhaven Lydian Singers have selected great choral works from composers who have used the immortal words of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets for the text of their compositions.
The program will include pieces such as You Spotted Snakes by Felix Mendelssohn, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind by John Rutter, If Music Be the Food of Love by Henry Purcell, Double, Double Toil and Trouble by Jaako Mantyjarvi plus a jazz setting by George Shearing of Six Songs and Sonnets by William Shakespeare.
Ticket prices are adults $30, Concession $25, Students $10 and all children under 15 get in for free.
Afternoon tea is included.