SETTLE-based choir The Langcliffe Singers will be joining forces with members of Skipton Music Centre's brass and percussion groups for a performance of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man at Christ Church, Skipton, on Saturday.

Under the baton of musical director Nigel Waugh, the choir will also be joined by singers from all over the Craven area, creating a combined choir of around 100 voices.

The Armed Man – which has the subtitle A Mass for Peace - was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the millennium celebrations, to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds. It was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis and is essentially an anti-war piece.

It is based on the Catholic Mass, combined with other sources, including 15th century folk song L'homme armé.

This is not the first collaboration between the Langcliffe Singers and Skipton Music Centre.

The choir has always been keen to provide opportunities for young musicians and singers to perform alongside members and has previously performed Britten's St Nicolas with the Music Centre choir. This performance will feature players from the senior percussion and senior brass ensembles.

Soloists for this piece will be Langcliffe Singers members Margaret Coleman (soprano), Audrey Daley (contralto), Robin Knipe (tenor) and Alan Suttie (bass). The organist will be Alistair McKenzie.

The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £10 from Cave and Crag, Settle, Bentham Post Office, Skipton Camera Centre, choir members and on the door. Accompanied children free.