Out & About Winter 2018

WHAT’S ON

Musical medleys Saturday, December 1 Newbury Choral Society St Nicolas Church, Newbury, 7.30pm Newbury Choral Society presents Handel’s oratorio Samson . Tickets £15 (£5 under 16s) available online from www.newburychoral.org.uk Sunday, December 9 Wantage Band Hungerford Town Hall, 6.30pm An evening of Christmas music with guests Berkshire Maestros Newbury Music Centre’s Clifton Band Adults £10, senior/student £8, under-16s £6 Tickets available from Regent Bookshop Wantage, Brett’s Pharmacy, Grove www.wantageband.org/events or 01235 770378 A performance by Newbury Chamber Choir of local composer and musician James Maunders’ Yaldo & Victoria: Missa O magnum Mysterium . Yaldo (‘The Nativity’) is a cantata whose musical material draws on Hebraic and Syriac modes and dance meters from around the Eastern Mediterranean. Also features one of the greatest works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, the most famous composer of Renaissance Spain. Tickets £15, under-18s free. Tickets from www.newburychamberchoir.org Stepping out Friday, December 21 to Sunday, January 6 Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/events- index/2018/december Ramblers groups across the UK are offering a selection of free festive walks to give everyone the chance to enjoy the wonderful winter landscape in good company and to make new friends at a time of year when many people can feel lonely or isolated. Ramblers research from winter 2017 found that nearly half of adults surveyed said they sometimes felt socially isolated or lonely and more than a third said there were days over the Christmas period where they didn’t see anyone. During the festival there are hundreds of walks planned across the country, so there is something for everyone, from short festive strolls to more strenuous walks. Sunday, December 9 Music for Advent St John’s Church, Newbury, 4pm

A child is born

December 4, 6-9 The York Nativity Plays, St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston, times vary 7pm or 8pm depending on date Eight of the 14th-century Mystery Plays are performed each year to tell the story of the first Christmas. Around 80 members of the Aldermaston community and surrounding area will come together, for the 62nd consecutive year, to perform this well-known story. Tickets are free, but must be booked by email tickets@

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aldermastonnativity. co.uk or online www. aldermastonnativity.co.uk/ tickets There is an exit collection for The Children’s Society and for the church restoration fund.

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