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Members of Somerset Chamber Choir joined 200 youngsters from across the county to stage a performance of this musical celebrating Somerset life. The first performance of this work proved so popular when it was held at Wells Cathedral in February 2006 that Somerset Music, Somerset County Council’s music service,  commissioned this repeat performance at the Colston Hall.

Waters of Time celebrates the landscape, history, legends and myths of the Sedgemoor and Mendip areas through songs that have been researched by the musical writer Marilyn Floyde. There are songs about Glastonbury, the Witch of Wookey Hole, the Battle of Sedgemoor, and the age-old power struggles between Church and State in Wells. The vibrant music, composed by Ronald Corp, who grew up in Wells, draws on a variety of traditions ranging from the simplicity of folk tunes to the full resounding power of grandiose choruses.

Somerset Chamber Choir was especially delighted to take part in this concert as the choir was formed by members of Somerset Youth Choir in the 1980s.

Saturday 23 September 2006

Colston Hall, Bristol

‘The Waters of Time’

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