Orchestra set to put the spotlight on Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's prose is regarded as some of the most beautiful and inspiring in the English language – but it is less well known that his words have gone on to inspire more than 20,000 different pieces of music.
The Scottish Borders Community Orchestra's Woodwind Ensemble has selected a number of these works for an evening of words and music inspired by the bard. The concert takes place in the Parish Church on Monday at 7pm. Tickets are priced 4 (3 concession)
Group tutor Amy Ward commented: "We've put together some pieces from Shakespeare's day so that folk can hear the melodies he heard when he was writing – but we've also taken pieces from the years that followed, bringing us right up to the end of the 20th century."
Also included in the programme are dramatic readings of the prose that inspired the melodies.
The woodwind group meets each fortnight in Philiphaugh Community School and gives people the chance to dust off instruments that have been languishing in a cupboard since school days, or to bring along an instrument they've taken up more recently.
Amy said: "We have a whole range of players, with folk who are still gaining confidence on their instruments right through to those who also play in the full orchestra. It's lovely to have a mix of ability and experience – we all learn together."
The group includes flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, a horn and bass clarinet, and is one of a number of instrumental ensembles run by SBCO throughout the region.
For more information, log on to www.sbco.org.uk or contact the SBCO office on 01573 228464. Further details about the Shakespeare evening can be obtained by contacting Amy Ward on 01750 20794.
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