Mobility and Access Access to the church presents no problems. If you use a wheelchair let us know you are coming by contacting 07342 360281 We will do everything we can to make your visit easy and comfortable. There is reasonable car parking in Wooler within easy distance of St Mary's Church.

To travel to Wooler, you can either drive, take a bus, or take a train to a nearby station and then use a local taxi or bus to reach Wooler. By Train: The closest train station to Wooler is Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the East Coast mainline. Alnmouth station is another option, but it's further away. You can then take a local bus or taxi from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Wooler. By Car: Wooler is accessible by car, you should find sufficient parking throughout the town and only a relatively short walk from our concert venue, St Mary's Church. Google Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WQiS3NRemdpTBrR89

Helping to support Wooler Arts

Supporting Wooler Arts Making a donation Running a voluntary arts organisation is financially very challenging. Currently we receive no public funding, but have to rely on trusts, small grant applications, individual donations and box office income. Being a Registered Charity brings benefits such as Gift Aid, but it is the generosity of individuals that has been so helpful over the past five years, particularly with regard to the Summer Concerts, our most expensive activity. As we look to the future, we hope that support will be forthcoming in a number of different ways. If you would like to make an individual donation, you can do this by cheque made payable to Wooler Arts and sent to Wooler Arts PO Box 134 Wooler Northumberland NE66 9ES If you prefer to pay by bank transfer , please email us at info@woolerarts.org.uk and we will send you our bank details. Please make it clear which of the following you would like to support: Wooler Arts Summer Concerts Concerts and Recitals Glendale Community Ceilidh Band Poetry Café Visual Arts - Open Exhibition Highlights Thank you very much for considering to support us - it is very much appreciated.

Shakespeare’s Music

Sunday 8th June 2025, 3.00pm

Shakespeare’s Music

Roderick Williams Baritone

Julius Drake Piano

Ben Boskovic Actor

A beguiling programme bringing Shakespeare and music together sung by one of our greatest baritone/pianist duos with actor Ben Boskovic adding a sense of theatre to the occasion

Purcell If music be the food of love

Schumann Schlusslied des Narren: Op 127 No 5

Sibelius Hållilå, uti storm och I regn

Joseph Haydn She never told her love

Sibelius Kom nu hit, Död.

Schubert An Silvia

Madeine Dring Take, oh take those lips away

Finzi Fear no more the heat of the sun

Franz Schubert Horch, horch, die Lerch ( Ständchen D899)

Vaughan Williams Orpheus and his lute (Henry VIII)

Poulenc Fancie

Britten Fancie

Britten I know a bank

Hugo Wolf Lied des transferierten Zettel 1

I N T E R V A L

Roderick Williams Sigh no more ladies

Ivor Gurney Under the Greenwood Tree

Korngold Blow, blow, thou winter wind

Debussy The Little Shepherd (Children’s Corner)

Korngold The Willow Song

Berlioz La Mort d’Orphelie

Tippett Songs for Ariel (The Tempest)

Come unto these yellow sands.

Full fathom five

Where the bee sucks

Cole Porter Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)

Ben Boskovic is an actor, singer and percussionist. His theatre credits include Prince Timotei in Rapunzel (Liverpool Everyman), Zorro! The Musical (Charing Cross Theatre), The Secret Garden (Barn Theatre, Cirencester), and John Caleo in Holding the Man (Above the Stag). On BBC Radio 4 he has appeared in Brief Lives, and TV credits include Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Eastenders (BBC), and Coronation Street (ITV).