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Press release: Appeal for singers, writers, dancers & volunteers at 20th Prescot Festival
20 May, 2024 by Prescot Festival
Press release: Appeal for singers, writers, dancers & volunteers at 20th Prescot Festival

With the 20th Prescot Festival fast approaching (21-30 June), organisers are eager to get even more local talent involved in the town’s annual celebration of arts and music. Sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses of all experience levels are invited...

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Come & Sing Fauré’s Requiem, June 2024
24 February, 2024 by Prescot Festival
Come & Sing Fauré’s Requiem, June 2024

The Prescot Festival Chorus will gather on Saturday 22 June to sing Gabriel Fauré’s enduringly popular Requiem. Ian Wells (Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Parish Church) returns to conduct, with Peter Kwater (St Bartholomew’s Rainhill)...

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Press release: Festival prepares for closing weekend of swing, Shakespeare & more
19 June, 2023 by Prescot Festival
Press release: Festival prepares for closing weekend of swing, Shakespeare & more

The Prescot Festival welcomed 500 people to its first weekend, with Leyland Band receiving a rapturous reception for an opening night that featured music by Rossini, Dvořák, John Williams and Randy Newman. The second night saw a festival record...

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Come & Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria
13 March, 2023 by Prescot Festival
Come & Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria

The Prescot Festival Chorus will assemble once again this June, and sopranos, altos, tenors and basses from across the region are invited to join them. The typically 100-strong massed choir will be singing Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, under...

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Press release: Arts festival set for swinging opening weekend
14 June, 2022 by Prescot Festival
Press release: Arts festival set for swinging opening weekend

Audiences are preparing for Handel, Bach and big band sounds as the opening weekend of the 2022 Prescot Festival approaches. After a hybrid online/offline programme in 2021, the 18th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts will present...

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Press release: 100-strong choir reunites for arts festival
9 June, 2022 by Prescot Festival
Press release: 100-strong choir reunites for arts festival

The Prescot Festival Chorus are planning a return to full strength for this year’s Prescot Festival. Regularly attracting 100 or more singers from across the North West, the choir has been gathering annually since 2007, performing works...

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