A concert performed by s choir is set to raise money for a local church.
St Peter’s Church, Manningford, near Pewsey, will host the event on Saturday, May 2.
The Vale Chamber Choir, along with a string quartet, will deliver a range of music from Baroque to The Beatles.
Selections will include Vivaldi’s Gloria, Fauré, Mozart, and some spirituals.
The venue is an 11th-century Grade 1 Listed church.
Despite being a relatively new ensemble, the Vale Chamber Choir has already garnered a reputation for delivering entertaining, high-quality concerts in the local area.
Under the leadership of musical director Rachel McCorry, the choir draws members from various villages in the Pewsey Vale.
The string quartet, along with a clarinet player, hail from Devizes, Swindon, and the Bristol area, and all have worked with Ms McCorry for over a decade.
The concert will be divided into two halves, an interval allowing attendees to enjoy wine and other refreshments, served by the church on a donation basis.
The first half of the performance will be dedicated to Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major.
Composed around 1715 by Antonio Vivaldi while he was working in a girls' orphanage in Venice, this piece was largely forgotten after his death.
Rediscovered in the late 1920s, its modern revival took place in Siena, Italy, in September 1939.
The fully booked event will raise vital funds for St Peter’s Church.
The money will go towards the refurbishment of its pipe organ.
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