Men and Magnificent Music, a concert arranged by the Romsey Male Voice Choir at Winchester Cathedral attracted an audience of more than 800 and raised in excess of £4,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, The evening was hosted by David Gower OBE, cricketer and broadcaster. Among the guests were Romsey MP Caroline Nokes, James Beeby of Prostate Cancer UK and various sponsors for the event.

Choirs from Croydon, Hart, Pontnewydd and Swindon joined hosts Romsey Male Voice Choir, and the 260 men in their different coloured blazers made quite a spectacle.

The concert started with the massed choir singing two songs Speed your Journey, and Gwahoddiad, then each choir sang three songs, with numbers including My Way, The Water is Wide, and There is a Land.

Before the interval David Gower spoke of his support for the charity and went on to entertain the audience with several anecdotes of his cricketing experiences in Australia, including the infamous biplane incident.

On a more serious note he explained that cancer can affect every man and he was not excluded from that risk. After the break Hart came to the stage and sang three further numbers including a traditional Zulu song, Uyingewele Baba.

RMVC were the last solo choir to perform, under their musical director Marion Maxey and with Richard Stannard on piano.

They received a tremendous reception from the audience as they performed Nessun Dorma, in Italian, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and, Bui Doi from Miss Saigon.

The massed choir then assembled on stage for Morte Christe, Softly as I Leave You, and a reminder to anyone suffering from prostate cancer, You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Host David Gower then returned for a final word, and was greeted with the impromptu strains from piano and choir of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.

There followed a presentation by the choir ladies group, to all musical directors and accompanist, of bouquets for the ladies and wine for the men.

Terry Morrison, who had compered the evening, presented David Gower with an engraved glass. Terry also thanked Alan Willsher, the concert organiser, for all his hard work in arranging the event.

The concert then concluded with American Trilogy and, following a standing ovation, an encore of You’ll Never Walk Alone.