Join us for a wonderful evening of cheese, wine and song hosted by local broadcaster and travel writer, Mark Cummings.

Thames Head Singers will bring you a selection of choral pieces, ranging from hearty anthems to beautiful folk tunes, all by composers with Gloucestershire connections, including Parry, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Pearsall and Finzi. We will also present the debut of some exciting new music composed locally. Directed by Andrew Hopwood and accompanied by Julian Elloway.

During the evening Mark will talk in his inimitable style about the composers and their various corners of the county, with excerpts from his book ‘Glorious Gloucestershire’.

Cheese, wine and other delights from top local producers will be served before the performance and during the interval.

So please join us for an entertaining evening of delightful food, music and insights into our much-loved county.

Cheese and wine will be served from 6pm and the concert starts at 7pm.

Tickets £25 (with cheese and wine) or £18 (concert only) – and free for 18s and under.

Available online from TicketSource. Box Office: 0333 666 3366

Supporting the Hollie Gazzard Trust.

The programme will include:

My soul, there is a country    Hubert Parry
Music when soft voices die    Hubert Parry
Linden Lea (Solo)   Ralph Vaughan Williams
Western Sailors (Solo)     Ivor Gurney
Hawk and Buckle (Solo)   Ivor Gurney
Pied Beauty    Helen Lloyd-Terry
Lay a garland    Robert Pearsall
Blessed be the God and Father   Samuel Sebastian Wesley
My Spirit Sang all Day    Gerald Finzi

Three Shakespeare Songs   Ralph Vaughan Williams
– Full Fathom Five
– The Cloud-Capp’d Towers
– Over Hill, Over Dale

Six Folksongs    Gustav Holst
– I sowed the seeds of love
– There was a tree
– Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
– The Song of the Blacksmith
– I love my love
– Swansea Town

Parking & Accessibility

Free parking is available at
– Stamages Lane Car Park GL6 6UZ  – short walk to the church.
– Croft School, 13 Churchill Way GL6 6RQ – 10 minute walk to the church via Cotswold Way and Edge Road.

Painswick can be very busy so please do allow plenty of time for parking.

The church has wheelchair access and space will be available for wheelchair users and their carers.