Join Berwick 900 to celebrate the wonderful musical heritage of Berwick-upon-Tweed in a free concert featuring some of the region’s finest
musicians.
The concert takes place on Saturday 3 October, 4pm at Holy Trinity Church, The Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed and is expected to go on until 6.30 pm.
There will be an interval.
The programme includes new arrangements of traditional folk songs
and rediscovered compositions found in the archive of the Kings Own Scottish
Borderers Regiment arranged just for this concert by Samuel Reed, Anthony
Walker and Eleanor Walker.
The concert will also feature new compositions
inspired by Berwick 900 specially commissioned for the occasion by Alistair Anderson,
Ailie Robertson, Bob Wilkinson, Samuel Reed and Dominique Le Gendre.
Performances by Berwick Concert Band, The Golden Square
Singers, Tweed Music Centre, The Thursday Singers, Holy Trinity Church Choir,
The Small Hall Band, The Northumbrian Ranters, Berwick Arts Choir, The Earl
Grey Saxophone Quartet, The Pilot Inn Pub Ceilidh Band, The Palace Green
Quartet, Alice Burn and Arthur Cross.
Tickets are free but booking is essential through the Maltings Box Office:
01289 330999 or book online at the Maltings Theatre.
If you're coming to the concert, make a day of it and come to the Berwick 900 Family History Festival on the same day from 11am to 4pm at Berwick Town Hall.
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