Thoroughly enjoyable May of music

A MAY of Music at TLC

- REVIEW BY DR JOE DAWSON

MAY 7: Margaret Ferguson soprano and Maria King piano - two extraordinary performers, popular regular soloists at St Mary in the Baum.

Both are highly trained and able to cross the apparent divide between serious and popular music.

To have them together in one recital was terrific.

Lehar, Boncini, Bellini, Verdi, plus Arne and Handel were complemented by lighter repertoire with The Pipes of Pan, Can't Help Lovin’ dat Man from Showboat (where a real blues feel came through) and the hysterical One Meat Ball by Zaret and Singer - a captivating number not a usual bedfellow with the classic soprano repertoire!

But Margaret embraced that too. Finally, (by request), the hilarious Alto's Lament by Goldrich brought the house down.

May 14: The Nightingale Singers founded in 1987, are based in Middleton.

Since 2004 they have been directed by Ken Greaves, and