SIXTY five musicians will be taking part in the first collaborative concert between Cockermouth Harmonic Society and the West Lakeland Orchestra.

The choir will sing Dvorak’s Te Deum, Michael Tippett’s Five Spirituals and Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Hiawatha’s Wedding.

Ian Wright will conduct the choir, and local soprano Fiona Weakley, tenor Christopher Steele, and bass Jolyon Dodgson.

A spokesman said: "The music is varied in style and tone, and dramatically captures aspects of human experience in the 'New World'.

"We hope that the evening performance will be a memorable and musically exciting event."

The concert will take place at 7.30pm on July 6 at Christ Church, Cockermouth.

Tickets cost £16, £15 from members of the choir, free for full-time students. They are available from Billy Bowman’s music shop in Cockermouth or contact Janet Johnston (01900 825083 or email: ticketsales@cockermouthharmonic.org.uk).