Sounds of Our City

This concert, presented by CitySound Voices, is unique: a programme consisting solely of works by composers and musicians with strong links to the City of Bath.

‘Strong links’ covers a variety of circumstances, from Bathonians born and bred such as Thomas Linley the Younger (Arise ye Spirits of the Storm) and Thomas Haynes Bayly (Long Long Ago) to later arrivals like astronomer/musician William Herschel (We Sing of Love) and rock/jazz musician Van Morrison (Moondance), both of whom lived and worked here for 20 or so years. George Frederic Handel (Ombra Mai Fu) and Joseph Haydn (Awake the Harp) were occasional visitors, while the only connection Eddie Cochran (Summertime Blues, to be sung by talented duo MGB) was that he died in Saint Martin’s Hospital following a car crash in 1960.

The repertoire will also include two works especially composed for the event by Bath residents: David Garcia - to be played by the Bath Strings Academy - and Matt Finch, the Musical Director of CitySound Voices. Piano accompaniment will be by the brilliant Peter French. Also performing will be The Saxations, a group of gifted young musicians from West of England Music and Arts.

The evening will be hosted by the well-known Bath journalist and broadcaster Richard Wyatt. The choir and their guests are excited at the prospect of performing this programme in the Roper Theatre on March 15, and they are also happy that the proceeds from the concert will be going to that most worthy Bath charity, Dorothy House Hospice Care.