Concerts

Saturday 13 October 2012 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey Concert for the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles Popular psalm settings, including Parry I was Glad Bednall Psalm 150 Schubert The Lord is my Shepherd Organ solo Gibbons O clap your hands Handel Coronation Anthem The King shall rejoice Rutter Psalmfest Organist David Bednall Proceeds in aid of Weldmar Hospice £5 to £16

Saturday 2 June 2012 at 7:00pmSherborne Abbey With Sherborne Abbey Choir and orchestra A concert for all the family, celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Music written for Coronations and other Royal occasions through the ages, including favourites such as Parry I was Glad, Handel Zadok the Priest, movements from Elgar Coronation Ode and music from last year’s wedding of…

Monday 7 May 2012 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey Sherborne Festival Chorus with Chameleon Arts Orchestra Soprano Claire Seaton Mezzo-soprano Janet Shell Tenor James Atherton Bass Paul Charrier Clarinet Richard Hosford Conductor Paul Ellis Haydn        Te Deum in C major Mozart       Clarinet Concerto                     Mass in C Minor (Great) Works by two composers who between them represent the…

Saturday 17 March 2012 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey With the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Be transported to the splendour of 16th century Venice for this concert of music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli. The programme contains a wide variety of textures of voices and instruments, with solo and multi-voice works for choir and instruments and instrumental music…

Saturday 3 December 2011 at 7:30pmSherborne Abbey A complete performance of Rachmaninov’s wonderfully atmospheric work with candlelight and incense, coupled with  the Latvian composer Uģis Prauliņš’ mass written for the Boys Choir of Riga Cathedral, described as a work with  ‘soaring melodies, folklike tunes, drones with religious gravity, and stylized speech… all encompassed in one of the most…

Saturday 1 October 2011 at 7:30pmSt John the Evangelist, Milborne Port There is something for everyone in this fundraising evening of music from the sixteenth century to the present day, including music from England, France, Germany, Russia and the USA. Now on sale Priced £10, to include a glass of wine Under 18s free of…