Concerts

  • Celebration!

    Saturday 13 March 2010 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey An evening of music with brass and organ to celebrate the choir’s thirtieth anniversary, including the premiere of a specially commissioned setting of the Te Deum by David Bednall. Rutter GloriaFinzi Lo, the full, final sacrificeHolst Nunc DimittisBednall Te Deum (first performance)Vaughan Williams Lord, thou hast been our…

  • From Darkness to Light

    Sunday 13 December 2009 at 7:30pmSt Antony’s Chapel, Leweston SchoolA service of music and readings for Advent

  • Bach – Christmas Oratorio

    Saturday 5 December 2009 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey A rare chance to hear Bach’s magical setting of the Nativity in the Abbey with period instruments. The Christmas Oratorio is among Bach’s most joyous music and celebrates the whole Christmas period from Christmas Day to Epiphany. Kate Hawnt, soprano Stephen Harvey, countertenor Iain Milne, tenor Stephen Varcoe, bass £5-£16

  • Music for a Summer’s Evening

    Saturday 6 June 2009 at 8:30pmSt Martin’s Church, ZealsAn evening of English pastoral music, including Vaughan Williams Shakespeare Songs, Silence and Music, Britten Flower Songs and works by Finzi, Elgar and Holst, along with music for soprano and lute.

  • Handel – Messiah

    Monday 4 May 2009 at 8:30pmSherborne Abbey Sherborne Festival Chorus with Sherborne Festival Baroque Orchestra Soprano Emma Kirkby Alto Francis Bourne Tenor Angus Smith Bass Jonathan Brown Conductor Paul Ellis See http://www.sherborneabbey.org for further details of this and other concerts in Sherborne Abbey Music Festival. £10-£22

  • Masterworks for Lent

    Saturday 14 March 2009 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey Our Lent concert brings together two great a cappella settings, from two widely separated musical periods. The stunning setting of the Requiem Mass by the Spanish composer, Tomas Luis de Victoria, was written in 1605 and is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Spanish Renaissance music. Written almost…

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