Concerts

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…

Monday 15 December 2008 at 7:30pmSherborne AbbeyJoin SCC and a band of medieval wind, pipes and drums from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre for festive music old and new. Carols and instrumental music from sixteenth century Germany and modern carols from across Europe, along with plenty of audience participation.  £5-£16

Saturday 22 November 2008 at 7:00pmWells Cathedral With East Cornwall Bach ChoirOrgan improvisations played by David Bednall The East Cornwall Bach Choir is based in Liskeard and both choirs share the same conductor. This sublime piece provides a great opportunity for both choirs to sing together in the atmospheric setting of Wells Cathedral. Rachmaninov’s All…

Saturday 18 October 2008 at 8:30pmSherborne Abbey Haydn St Nicholas Massandmusic from the choir’s new CD, Comfort, Life and Love, which will be launched at the concert and sold in aid of the Hospice movement, including music by Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Whitacre and Byrd. Organ David Bednall Organised by the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles. £5-£15

Monday 5 May 2008 at 8:30pmSherborne AbbeyA joint concert with Sherborne Festival Chorus as part of Sherborne Abbey Festival, including Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and Serenade to Music, James MacMillan’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and Arnold Bax’s Tintagel. Further details and tickets available at http://www.sherborneabbey.org, where details of the full Festival programme can also…

Saturday 8 March 2008 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey A performance of one of the greatest works in the repertoire, the week before Palm Sunday. The first of Bach’s two surviving Passion settings to be written, the St John Passion was first performed in Holy Week 1724, as part of a church service, and shows Bach’s towering…