This is a wonderful movie that has a mixture of comedy, humour, one-liners, sadness, heartbreak.l, wonderful music and melodic singing.
Set in the picturesque Ramsden in Yorkshire during the plight of the overseas World War 1, the Choral Society are severely short on male members. Unperturbed by the ongoing conscription and the younger men be enlisted to fight in the war, the Choral Committee are determined to find replacements for those who have left.
With an impending upcoming Choral performance to plan, rehearse and put on, the Choral Committee begin the arduous task of sifting through wannabes by conducting auditions. Dr. Henry Guthrie, who has returned after working for many years in Germany, is asked to be the Chorus Master and he eventually agrees despite the raft of disapproval of his appointment by the locals.
This depiction of the great Elgar's masterpiece sees their ambitious production of The Dream of Gerontius, as the theme but due to shortage of numbers, and in the name of art, the show is improvised, to the great man's disgust, but goes ahead for family and friends to attend so as not to besmirch the original works of Elgar.
This is a great movie to watch and is very entertaining throughout.