THE third season of Celebrating English Song at Tardebigge opens on Sunday at Tardebigge Church.

The concert brings together soprano Donna Bateman and Christopher Glynn on piano, promising a varied collection of works.

The series of summer concerts was started three years ago as an experiment and is back by popular demand. Sunday's concert will be followed by a second in July and the third in August.

The concert will be opened by a free talk and discussion at 2pm, featuring Lynne Plowman, Lyndon Jenkins and Quentin Thomas discussing attitudes to song composition, comparing the way Delius wrote with the songwriters of today.