Waverley Singers

Ahead of the concert, on 14 March, the following note appeared in the local press:

Waverley Singers

On Saturday week, March 22nd, the church of St Thomas-on-The Bourne will echo with the sounds of some of the most beautiful 17th-century ecclesiastical music ever written. The Waverley Singers, conductor John Cotterill, will be performing Monteverdi's Vespers (as advertised on page 2).

The buoyant rhythms and antiphonal beauties of this work, much of which is for double chorus, should be ideally suited to this particular church. The very fine organ will be played by the church's own organist, David Victor-Smith, and the orchestra will be led by Kenneth Anderson. The work demands no less than seven soloists, and on this occasion these will include the tenor Gordon Pullin, whose previous appearances with the Waverley Singers have made him very popular with audiences.

There has already been a heavy demand for programmes, and it is anticipated that a capacity audience will be sharing with the choir the experience of this ambitious undertaking.