Recent restoration of the Saxon tower at St Michael and All Angels Church at Warden revealed major problems with the adjacent chancel roof.
The roof is now secure, but the parish is left with another substantial bill for maintaining the Grade I listed building for future generations.
A fund-raising concert at St Michael’s at 5.30pm on Sunday, May 15, will feature harpsichordist John Green, well-known in the North-East for his work with the Northern Sinfonia and other period instrumental groups, as well as at Hexham Abbey, and Viola da Gamba player Sam Stadlen, who plays with a number of prominent baroque ensembles, in particular the UK’s leading viol consort Fretwork.
The programme will compare the music of two musical dynasties: Marin Marais (bass viol player in the court of French King Louis XIV) and his son Roland, and J S Bach and his second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel.
The music of Marin Marais is Sam Stadlen’s speciality and was the subject of his PhD at York University, where he is an associate lecturer.
John said: “This concert promises to be a stylish presentation on appropriate instruments of rarely heard music.”
Tickets are available on the door. All proceeds will go to the church.
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