WÖR from Belgium will give a concert at 5 p.m. Saturday at Abingdon Episcopal Church on Route 17 in White Marsh. This is the first performance in the 2024-2025 Arts at Abingdon Concert Series.
Admission is free, with a free-will offering accepted. No reservations are required. A wine and cheese reception for everyone who attends will follow the concert in the parish hall.
WÖR (pronounced ‘were’) is a band of five musicians whose curiosity, passion and talent has led to a niche goldmine of melodies in stunning contemporary arrangements, said a press release.
“Back to the 1780s,” said the release. “If it sounded good back then, why not today?”
With its finely textured arrangements, WÖR injects new energy into 18th-century melodies from the Flanders region of Belgium, said a press release. The group’s music shines an inventive spotlight, with a modern twist, on the melodies in these manuscripts. The musicians’ instruments include fiddle, bagpipes, accordion, guitar and saxophone.
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