A CELEBRITY duo will be singing their way around south Warwickshire when they embark on a charity bike challenge.
Top Gear star James May and his old pal and partner-in-wine Oz Clarke are going back to their musical roots and teaming up with Warwick-based Armonico Consort’s sensational singing cyclists to raise funds for the music charity’s vital community singing projects.
As part of the three-day event, they’ll join forces with special guest choirs for three concert performances at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford on Wednesday September 10, Church of the Holy Cross in Moreton Morrell on Thursday September 11 and Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick on Friday September 12.
James May started off as a musician and will be performing live, a rarity since his university days.
Meanwhile, Oz Clarke was a chorister and a professional singer in the West End before venturing into wine.
The concerts will feature Bach, Monteverdi and Vivaldi, plus surprises from the last 300 years of music with Oz, James, Armonico’s professional musicians, and special guest choirs Stratford Girls Chamber Choir, Moreton Morrell Village Choir, AC Academy Scholars, St Mary’s Church Choirs, Armonico Local Choirs and King Henry’s Consort from Warwick Schools Foundation.
Their cycling challenge will also see them burst into song at pubs and cafes along the way, and bring joy to people living with dementia at Armonico’s Memory Singers groups across the region.
Visit www.armonico.org.uk for more details and concert tickets.
