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Our Secretary Ena once more led a team of players to introduce the medieval Nativity Play at Aldermaston Church. Chris Burgess's weekend course for Recorder Orchestra and large ensemble had nineteen participants this year, and we played a variety of music, much of which was in the repertoire of the Hampshire Recorder Sinfonia. Some of the modern music which we played had been written specifically for recorders, in one case a work commissioned for the Sinfonia. Several members of the Sinfonia were present, and also two members of the Heart of England Recorder Orchestra, so the playing was of a high standard. On Saturday evening we listened to a programme by three of Chris's pupils, the oldest of whom was only fifteen, accompanied by a keyboard player.