If you enjoyed Sir Willard White’s performance in Monday night’s Prom [see my review] or perhaps you are regretting not seeing him, then later this month there is a chance to hear him up close and personal. On Saturday 27 September 2025, Sir Willard White is joining the Celoniatus Ensemble, artistic director Harriet Mackenzie, for a concert in aid of Music in Action at Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford.
The performance will mix popular folksongs, showtunes, Frank Sinatra and cabaret songs alongside a celebrated string orchestra and a sprinkling of surprises! Alongside a couple of English folksongs there will be Aaron Copland arrangements and Spirituals, plus music from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, along with Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and other Frank Sinatra standards!
The concert is in aid of the charity Music in Action which is at the forefront of outreach projects in Jersey. In 2024 over 5000 children and care home residents have taken part in the Music in Action outreach programme.
