February 2023
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Wednesday 8 February: Bournemouth
Symphony Chorus |
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Sergei Taneyev’s ghostly cantata St John
of Damascus which is a deeply expressive choral adaptation, with music
of rare beauty, at times bordering on the sublime. The atmosphere is so
charged that, as its final moments slip into a dark and cleansing
silence, you may feel the need to hold your breath. |
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Lighthouse, Poole. |
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Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 February:
Dorset Bach Cantata Club |
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J S Bach: Cantata 4, Christ lag in
Todesbanden | Cantata 64, Sehet, welch' eine Liebe |
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Sturminster Newton High School. Sat 14:00
- 19:30 | Sun 10:00 - 17:30 |
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Saturday 18 February: The Orlando
Singers |
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A concert of music from the time of Sir
Christopher Wren. The concert will include the premiere of a newly
commissioned piece by Andrew Wilson, Aiming at Eternity. as part
of a series of events to commemorate the life of Christopher Wren. |
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St Mary's Church, East Knoyle.
19:00 |
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Sunday 19 February: Lyme Bay Chorale |
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Handel: Zadok the Priest | The King shall
rejoice | Parry: I was glad | Kodaly: Evening Song | Adam: O holy night.
Plus organ and trumpet solos |
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St Michael the Archangel, Lyme Regis.
16:00 |
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March 2023
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Saturday 4 March: The Orlando Singers |
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A concert of music from the time of Sir
Christopher Wren. The concert will include the premiere of a newly
commissioned piece by Andrew Wilson, Aiming at Eternity. as part
of a series of events to commemorate the life of Christopher Wren. |
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St Mary's Church, Swanage. St
Mary's Church, |
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Saturday 4 March:
Wimborne Choral Society |
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Come & Sing. Karl
Jenkins: The Armed Man |
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St Nicholas Church, Corfe
Mullen. |
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Sunday 5 March: Bruton Choral Society |
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Concert of French Music. Fauré: Requiem | Cantique de Jean Racine | Franck: Panis Angelicus | Debussy: Danses for
Harp and strings |
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Saturday 18 March 2023: Bournemouth
Bach Choir |
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Handel: Israel in Egypt |
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Christchurch Priory |
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Saturday 18 March: Cantamus |
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The Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton,
Ilchester BA22 8HT. 19:00 |
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Saturday 18 March: Sherborne Chamber
Choir |
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J S Bach: Mass in B minor |
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Sherborne Abbey |
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Sunday 19 March: Collegium Singers |
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Laudibus. William Byrd: Mass for 5
voices | Laudibus in sanctis | Emendemus in melius | Ave verum corpus |
Robert White: Christe qui lux I | Peter Phillips: Ascendit Deus | Thomas
Tallis: Why fumeth in sight? | Roderick Williams: Ave verum corpus
re-imagined |
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Church of St Michael, Milverton |
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Wednesday 22 March: Bournemouth
Symphony Chorus |
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Songs from the Heart.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture | Coleridge-Taylor:
Solemn Prelude | Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn | R Strauss: Morgen! |
Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal | Fauré: Requiem |
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Lighthouse, Poole. |
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Friday 23 March: West Somerset Singers |
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An evening of music from the British
Isles through the ages, including traditional folksongs and pieces by
Parry, Byrd, John Ireland and ‘The Song of Athene’ by John Tavener |
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Venue tbc |
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Saturday 25 March: Amici |
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Parry: Songs of Farewell | Poulenc:
Motets for a time of Penitence | Leighton: Crucifixus Pro Nobis |
Duruflé: Requiem |
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King’s College Chapel, Taunton.
19:30 |
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Saturday 25 March: Cantamus |
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St Mary’s Church, Norton-sub-Hamdon.
19:30 |
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Saturday 25 March: Dorchester Choral
Society |
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Fauré: Requiem |
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St Mary's Church, Edward Road,
Dorchester. 19:30 |
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Saturday 25 March: South Somerset
Choral Society |
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Verdi: Requiem |
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The Great Tithe Barn, Haselbury Mill,nr
Crewkerne |
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Saturday 25 March: Wellington Choral
Society |
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Bach: St John Passion |
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St John’s Church, Wellington |
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Saturday 25 March: Wells Cathedral
Oratorio Society |
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Rutter: Magnificat | Fauré: Requiem |
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Wells Cathedral |
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Saturday 25 March: Weymouth Choral
Society |
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Mozart: Coronation Mass | Handel: Zadok
the Priest |
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St Paul's Church. 19:30 |
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Saturday 25 March: Wimborne Choral
Society |
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Mozart: Vespers, K.339 | Haydn: Nelson
Mass |
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Wimborne Minster. 19:30 |
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Sunday 26 March: Bournemouth
Sinfonietta Choir |
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Music for Holy Week. A programme
of sublime music for the days leading up to Easter. We will mark the
anniversaries of the deaths of two important Tudor composers – William
Byrd (died 1623) and William Cornysh (died 1523). The concert will also
include Allegri’s famous Miserere, together with works by the Ukrainian
composer Dmitry Bortniansky. |
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Milton Abbey. 15:30 |
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April 2023
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Saturday 1 April: Cantamus |
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St Mary’s Church, Edward Road,
Dorchester. 19:00 |
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Saturday 1 April: Taunton Choral
Society |
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Spring Concert. Handel: Coronation
Anthems | Mozart: Coronation Mass |
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St James Church, Taunton. 19:30 |
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Saturday 11 April 2023: Axminster &
District Choral Society |
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Spring Concert. C P E Bach: St Matthew Passion |
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The Minster Church, Axminster |
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Saturday 22 April: Gillingham Singers |
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Earth Day. Hymn to Cynthia:
Henry Smart | Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon | Summertime: Gershwin |
Elgar: As torrents in summer | Barnby: The Wind | Sullivan: Seaside
thoughts | Parry: The sea hath many a thousand sands | Elgar: My Love
dwelt in a Northern Land | Rutter For the beauty of the Earth | Greene:
Thou visitest the Earth | Hall (arr): Now the green blade riseth | Goss:
The Wilderness | Vivaldi: Glroia (selection) | Stainer: God so loved the
world |
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East Stour Church. 19:30 |
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Sunday 23 April: Lyme Bay Chorale |
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St George's Day Concert. Elgar: Te Deum |
Great is the Lord | Stanford: The Blue Bird | Finzi: Lo, the full final
sacrifice, plus music by Britten, Howells and Vaughan Williams |
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St Michael the Archangel, Lyme Regis.
16:00 |
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Thursday 27 April: Sherborne Festival
Chorus |
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Between Heaven and Earth. Haydn:
Mass in B flat (Harmoniemesse) | Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of
Destiny) | Schubert: Symphony No 8 (Unfinished) |
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Sherborne Abbey |
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Saturday 29 April: Burnham &
Highbridge Choral Society |
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Spring Concert |
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St Andrew's Church |
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Saturday 29 April: Sturminster Newton
Choral Society |
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Spring Concert. John Rutter: Feel
the Spirit |
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St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton |
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July 2023
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Saturday 8 July: Gillingham Singers |
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Sullivan: The long day closes | Barnby:
Sweet and low | Juanita, Spanish trad | Morley: April is in my mistress
face | Bennet: Weep, O mine eyes | Wilbye: Thus saith my Cloris bright |
Catch a Falling Star | Barbara Ann | Rock around the clock | Over the
rainbow (Wizard of Oz) | Blow the wind southerly |
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Wyke Primary School, Deane Aveue,
Gillingham SP8 4SH |
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Saturday 29 July:
Somerset Chamber Choir |
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Fauré: Requiem | Poulenc: Organ Concerto
| Yves Castagnet: Messe Brève | Arvo Pärt: Salve Regina | Gounod:
Jerusalem | Messiaen: O sacrum convivium |
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Wells Cathedral. 19:00 |
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Saturday 29 July: Lyme Bay Chorale |
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Singing Workshop + Concert in aid of the
RNLI |
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St Michael the Archangel, Lyme Regis. |
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