This week the Southern Sinfonia string quartet went to Lambourn Court (in Newbury) and Brendan Care (in Southampton) to celebrate Christmas with the residents. Both Lambourn Court and Brendan Care provide supported housing for older people. We’ve been visiting for a number of years now and are really happy to see the audience steadily grow annually. Many residents find it difficult to come to our concerts, so at Christmas we take the music to them- as everyone needs a little bit of live music at Christmas!
This year, the quartet started off with some Christmas favourites to include Winter Wonderland and The Christmas Song (that’s the one that starts ‘chestnuts roasting on an open fire’), as well as the Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah and a Sound of Music medley (which was very popular). We then had a cup of tea and some Christmas cake, before we came back and sang some carols together. We at Southern Sinfonia firmly believe that music should be open to all people, whatever their age, so it was great to see that in action this week. We had a fantastic day and are all feeling very very Chistmassy now and would like to thank the residents and management of Lambourn Court and Brendan Care for their continued commitment, support and enthusiasm.
The team took some pictures, so please feel free to take a look at these below, or check out our Flickr photostream opposite, if you’d like them in a larger format.
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