A VARIED and vibrant programme of 17th and 20th Century music is the focus of Ambleside and District Choral Society's spring concert at Ambleside Parish Church on Saturday, May 7 (7.30pm).

Among the exciting works conducted by music director Jolyon Dodgson, will be Monteverdi's beautiful Mass for Four Voices, featuring the 50-strong choir and soloists Julie Leavett, Anne-Marie Kerr, Stephen Newlove and Jonathan Millican.