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5 Parish Pump Music at St Mary’s The Spring Series of concerts at St Mary’s is already underway, and with return performances by old friends, the forthcoming concerts look promising. The ever-‐popular OK Chorale (pictured) return on Saturday 28 March at 7.30 pm, directed by Chris Rowbury, with ‘lush harmonies from the Pacific, spine-‐tingling Georgian church music, infectious African rhythms (and dances!), African-‐American Gospel and a few English folk songs, in a vibrant celebration of harmony singing, with not an instrument or backing-‐track in sight’. All profits to WaterAid. Tickets £6 (£3 under 16s) at the door, or buy online at www.chrisrowbury.com, email chris@chrisrowbury.com or phone 01394 610486. A gifted young musician, John Paul Ekins, whose virtuosity as a pianist last delighted us in 2013, returns for a recital on Saturday 18 April at 7.30 pm. in aid of the NSPCC. Tickets from Susan Hubbard (386869). John Treadway continues to promote young musicians, and returns for three concerts in the Woodbridge Chamber Concerts series on Saturdays 2 May, 23 & 30 May at 7.30 pm (details on p.4). These concerts are well-‐known for their excellence, and always provide a treat for concert-‐goers. Local baritone Nicholas Marshall, accompanied by Mark Root, will perform Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise, in aid of the church fabric fund, on Saturday 9 May at 7.30 pm. The music powerfully expresses the emotions of a traveller making a winter journey; and we know, from Nick and Mark’s performance of Schwanengesang in 2013, that they will do justice to this great work. Having opened the Spring Series, the popular Kingfisher Sinfonietta return for a further concert on Saturday 27 June at 7.30 pm. Director Beth Spendlove and the orchestra deserve our thanks for bringing us so much excellent music. Andrew Hester If you would like to book the church for a concert – we have a fine piano and the acoustics are first class – please contact Andrew Hester (Tel: 388591)