Forty years on, Lesley’s coming back!

Lesley Garrett

Barrie Farnsworth talks to world-famous soprano, ‘northern lass’ Lesley Garrett, about a second appearance in Chesterfield this summer – 40 years after her first concert here.

FORTY years ago, the world-famous soprano Lesley Garrett performed with Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir in the town’s Crooked Spire church. She has not performed in the town since – but all that will change next month, when Lesley teams up once again with the ‘Phil’ for a concert in the Winding Wheel…