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A new music festival is taking place in Wanstead this weekend – but not the kind with tents and wellies.
It’s a four-day festival at St Mary’s Church on Overton Drive, inspired by the centenary of the installation of the new organ at the church which took place on 27 May 1923.
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Organiser Alison Wells, whose day job is as a vocal professor at the Royal College of Music, has put together a programme of four events, including:
- Friday 26 at 7.30pm
An acapella vocal quartet, Sonare, singing works by Mendelssohn, Stanford, Elgar and Sullivan and others. Entry £15 on the door. - Saturday 27 at 4.30pm
A talk about the organ by organ builder Michael Brighton followed by a recital by the parish’s seven organists. Entry free. - Sunday 28 at 5.30pm
A concert of instrumental music featuring local musicians Sue FitzGerald and Alison Wells, Jane Miller, Clive Miller and John Garner, and Jonny Fong and Jacqueline Li in a programme including, Brahms, Poulenc, Rutter, Piazzolla and more. Entry £10 on the door. - Monday 29 at 12.00pm
A ukulele workshop led by Martin Wheatley, with a picnic in the grounds. Pre-booking essential via email to alisongwells@me.com
More details are available on the festival programme available here.