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 Programme will include Grainger's Shallow Brown and Arnold's Padstow Lifeboat.

This concert is a celebration of the sea, of ships and of sailors. The music, all by British composers, reflects many aspects of seafaring. The concert includes some of Stanford's Songs of the Fleet and songs of the Sea, together with music by Britten, Grainger and others. A work which will be new to Cheltenham is "Salt in the Blood" by Judith  Bingham. This is a ghost story for choir and brass ensemble which brilliantly  reflects the sinister nature of a mist-shrouded voyage.

St Matthews Church is opposite Cheltenham  Public Library, and there are plenty of carparks in the vicinity. It is well  heated, and provides comfortable seating.

Behold The Sea  -Ships, sailors and musical voyages for chorus and brass Salt in the Blood by Judith Bingham Songs of the Fleet by Stanford and music by Malcolm Arnold, Percy Grainger, Benjamin Britten St Matthews Church,  Cheltenham Saturday 24th March  2001 Cheltenham Bach Choir Royal Northern College of  Music Brass Ensemble Martin Le Poidevin: Baritone Stephen Jackson - conductor Tickets £8.00 -  £12 from Cheltenham Tourist Information Centre 53-57 Promenade, Cheltenham Enquires: Tel. 01242 576406 Concert linked with  the charity Breast Cancer  Care

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