Saturday 26 September 2026 at 7:00pm
Sherborne Abbey

Join us for an evening of timeless choral classics: favourites that everyone will know, and some a little less well-known, but that we and our audiences have particularly enjoyed over the years, something for everyone, including one of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, a lovely Haydn Mass, and one of Bach’s most joyful motets, as well as music by Schubert, Brahms, Rachmaninov and many more.

We’ll be accompanied by organist David Bednall, who will also perform an improvisation on themes chosen by the audience, so get your thinking cap on!

JS Bach Motet Lobet den Herrn (Praise the Lord)
Johannes Brahms Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song)
Anton Bruckner Motets Ave Maria& Os justi
George Frideric Handel Coronation Anthem The King shall rejoice
Joseph Haydn Missa Brevis in F major
John Ireland Greater love
Antonio Lotti Crucifixus
Sergei Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice O Virgin)
Franz Schubert The Lord is my shepherd
Ira Randall Thompson Alleluia
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Heyr þú oss himnum á (Hear us in heaven)
Trad. arr. James Erb Shenandoah
Lucy Walker I saw eternity