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We were delighted to welcome composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange to lead a workshop on her work A Season to Sing – a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons - which will be the highlight of our summer concert on 14th June.
Leading the workshop alongside our Music Director Ben Sawyer, Joanna was truly inspirational and offered many useful tips and guidance on how to achieve a really entertaining performance. She was very complimentary about our progress; all we have to do now is to make sure we deliver on the night!
In a brief Q&A session at the end of the workshop, Joanna explained how she had selected words to match the music. Biblical texts, poems and traditional songs all play a part in giving voice to the various seasonal tones of the music. There are also a couple of pieces that involve jazz-scatting, drawing on Joanna’s history as music director of the Swingle Singers – great fun.
All in all, a fabulous evening which left members buzzing.
Tyndale is one of 55 choirs around the world who together commissioned A Season to Sing, to mark the 300th anniversary of the Vivaldi original. Joanna has headed workshops for some of the other choirs in places as far afield as Vietnam, Canada and Australia.
By the way, tickets for our concert are selling fast, so use the link on our Home Page to buy yours now! A Season to Sing will form the second part of our concert. Part One features Parry’s anthem I Was Glad (as featured in every Coronation since Edward VII) and the hugely enjoyable Gloria by Francis Poulenc.
Concert details:
Saturday 14th June, 7.30pm, St James’s Church, Dursley. Tickets: £12.
Magnus Carter
20.05.25
