March 2025
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Saturday 1 March: Dartington Community
Choir |
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Workshop. New work by Matthew
Coleridge |
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Buckfast Abbey |
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Saturday 8 March: Exeter Bach Choir |
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J S Bach: Mass in B minor |
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Exeter Cathedral. 19:30 |
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Saturday 8 March: Glastonbury Male
Voice Choir |
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Together in Song |
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Strode College, Street. 18:30 |
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Sunday 9 March: Lyme Bay Chorale |
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Panis Angelicus: an hour of the
western world’s most treasured choral masterpieces from the 16th to the
19th centuries. César Franck: Panis Angelicus | Buxtehude:
Magnificat | Mozart: Ave Verum corpus | Bruckner: Ave Maria | Handel:
Hallelujah Chorus |
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Church of St Michael the Archangel, Lyme
Regis. Free. 16:00 |
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Saturday 15 March: Exeter Philharmonic
Choir |
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Mozart: Great Mass in C minor |
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Exeter Cathedral |
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Saturday 15 March:
Harmonia Chamber Choir (formerly
Bridgwater Choral Society) |
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Come & Sing. Fauré: Requiem | works by
Schubert, Rutter and Whitacre |
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Salvation Army Hall, Moorland Road,
Bridgwater |
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Saturday 15 March: Sherborne Chamber
Choir |
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Eternal light: uplifting music for
Lent. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem | Howells: Take Him, earth,
for cherishing | Lotti: Crucifixus | Purcell: Hear my prayer | Pizzetti:
De profundis | Reger: Der Mensch lebt und bestehet (Man liveth and
endureth) | Tavener: Funeral Ikos |
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Sherborne Abbey. 19:30 |
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Sunday 16 March: Bruton Choral Society |
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Alexander L’Estrange & Joanna Forbes
L’Estrange: Freedom! the Power of Song |
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Kings, Bruton |
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Sunday 16 March: Collegium Singers |
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Sense of the Divine: contemplative choral
music in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Robert Parsons: Ave Maria |
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin |
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Church of St Michael, Milverton. 16:00.
Tea and cake will be available from 15:00 |
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Friday 21 March:
Yeovil Chamber Choir |
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Spring Harmony. Franz Josef Haydn:
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Little Organ
Mass) | Matthew Coleridge: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis | Malcolm Archer: Requiem |
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St Andrew's Church,
Preston Grove, Yeovil |
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Saturday 22 March: South Somerset
Choral Society |
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion |
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St John's Church, Yeovil. 19:00 |
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Saturday 22 March: Weymouth
Choral Society |
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Mendelssohn: Elijah |
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St Paul's Church, Weymouth. 19:30 |
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Sunday 23 March: Axminster Chamber
Choir |
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Palestrina 500 | Gibbons 400. Beautiful
choral music celebrating the anniversaries of two giants of the
Renaissance |
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Minster Church, Axminster. Free entry
with retiring collection for Axminster Hospital League of Friends |
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Saturday 29 March: Exeter Chamber
Choir |
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J S Bach: St John Passion |
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Exeter Cathedral. 19:30 |
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Saturday 29 March: Cantamus |
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St Mary's Church, Dorchester. 19:00 |
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Saturday 29 March: Wellington Choral
Society |
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Mendelssohn: Elijah |
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Church of St John the Baptist,
Wellington. 19:00 |
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Saturday 29 March: Wells Cathedral
Oratorio Society |
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Carl Orff: Carmina burana | Edward Elgar:
Sea Pictures |
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Wells Cathedral. 19:00 |
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Saturday 29 March: West Dorset Singers |
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Come & Sing. Carl Orff: Carmina
burana |
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St Swithun's Church, Bridport |
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Saturday 29 March: Wimborne Choral
Society |
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Brahms: German Requiem | Schubert:
Fantasia in E minor | Brahms: 3 Liebeslieder Walzer |
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Wimborne Minster. 19:30 |
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April 2025
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Saturday 5 April: Axminster & District
Choral Society - 40th Anniversary Year |
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Franz Josef Haydn: Creation |
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Minster Church, Axminster |
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Saturday 5 April: Cantamus |
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tba |
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St Mary's Church, Cerne Abbas. 19:00 |
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Saturday 5 April: Dorchester Choral
Society |
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J S Bach: B minor Mass |
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St Mary's Church, Dorchester. 18:30 |
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Saturday 5 April: Taunton Choral
Society |
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Haydn: Creation |
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St James' Church, Taunton. 19:30 |
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Saturday 5 April: West Somerset
Singers |
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Fauré: Requiem. Plus pieces by Mozart,
Vaughan Williams, Karl Jenkins and Ola Gjeilo |
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St George's RC Church, Taunton. 19:00 |
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Sunday 6 April: Wincanton Choral
Society |
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J S Bach: St John Passion |
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St Luke & St Teresa's RC Church,
Wincanton. 19:30 |
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Saturday 12 April: Cantamus |
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tba |
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Holy Trinity Church, Bothenhampton,
Bridport. 19:00 |
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Saturday 12 April: Sheldon Singers |
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Come & Sing. Stainer: Crucifixion |
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St Mary's Church, Uffculme, EX15 3AA.
10:30 - 15:30 |
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Saturday 12 April: South Petherton
Combined Arts Society Choir |
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Spring Concert. Dvořák: Mass
in D and pieces by Bruckner, Duruflé, Tallis, Wesley |
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Church of St Peter & St Paul, South
Petherton. 19:00 |
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Sunday 13 April: Dartington Community
Choir |
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion |
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Dartington Great Hall. 19:00 |
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Monday 14 April: Dorset Chamber Choir |
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Holy Week Concert. Charles Wood: The
passion of our Lord according to St Mark |
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Broadstone United Reformed Church. 19:30 |
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Saturday 26 April: Beaminster Singers |
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Beethoven: Mass in C | Schubert:
Magnificat in C major | Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine |
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St Mary's Church, Beaminster. 19:30 |
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Saturday 26 April: Burnham &
Highbridge Choral Society |
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Handel: Messiah |
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St Andrew's Church, Burnham-on-Sea. 19:30 |
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Saturday 26 April: Parnham Voices |
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Come & Sing. Croce:
Buccinate in Neomenia tuba | Mozart: Jubilate Deo | Mendelssohn:
Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt | Harris: Bring us, O Lord God |
Rheinberger: Abendlied | Randall Thompson: Alleluia | Howard: O Nata Lux
| A New Commandment (arr Howard) | Dream a little dream of me (arr Craig
McLeis) |
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Loders Village Hall, Loders, Bridport.
Registration 9:45 |
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Saturday 26 April: East Devon Choral
Society |
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J S Bach: Mass in B minor |
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St Peter's Church, Tiverton. 19:30 |
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May 2025
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Thursday 1 May: Sherborne Festival
Chorus |
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Mozart: Requiem | Haydn: Te Deum in C |
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Sherborne Abbey |
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Saturday 3 May: Amici |
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Chamber works by James MacMillan, Cecilia
McDowall, Eric Whitacre, John Taverner, Eric Whitacre and Jonathan Dove,
among others. |
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St John's Church, Wellington |
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Saturday 3 May: Mid-Wessex Singers |
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The Beauty of the Earth.
Excerpts from Haydn’s Creation, music by Rutter, Stopford, U2 and others |
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St Michael's Church, Somerton.
19:30 |
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Saturday 3 May: Swan Singers |
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In the Footsteps of Alexander.
With music by composers from Stanford to Tavener, Holst to Esenvalds,
this fascinating programme will explore the lands conquered by Alexander
the Great |
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Church of St Thomas, Wells |
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Saturday 10 | Sunday 11 May: Dorset
Bach Cantata Club |
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Study Weekend. J S Bach: Cantata BWV 118, O Jesu Christ,
mein’s lebens Licht | Cantata BWV 146, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal |
Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden |
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The D'Urberville Centre, Wool. Sat
14:00 - 19:30 | Sun 10:30 - 17:30 |
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Saturday 10 May Exeter Choral Society |
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Mozart: Requiem | Hummel: Mass in B flat
major |
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Exeter Cathedral? 19:00 |
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Saturday 10 May | Sunday 11 May:
ExeVox |
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Choral music that the singers have
personally selected as their favourite pieces from the choir’s
programmes over the last two decades to celebrate our 20th anniversary.
From choral classics by Purcell and Lotti to Gjeilo and Whitacre via
familiar masterpieces by Pearsall and Stanford, from sacred to secular,
and from old to new, prepare to experience a smorgasbord of memorable,
uplifting music. |
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Sat: St James's Church Exeter.
19:30 | Sun: St Swithun's Church, Woodbury. 15.30 |
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Saturday 17 May: West Dorset Singers |
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Carl Orff: Carmina burana |
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St Swithun's Church, Bridport |
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Sunday 18 May: The Occasional Singers |
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Songs for All Seasons.
Madrigals and
songs by English composers Morley, Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams,
and an exciting contemporary piece by the Estonian composer Tormis |
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St Mary's Church, Dorchester.
15:00 |
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Saturday 24 May: Beaminster Singers |
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Programme tba |
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St Mary's Church, Beaminster. 19:30 |
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Saturday 24 May: Parnham Voices |
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Love is in the Air. Palestrina 500 |
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Parish Church of St Giles, Kilmington.
19:00 |
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Saturday 31 May: Parnham Voices |
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Love is in the Air. Palestrina 500 |
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Charminster.
19:00 |
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Saturday 31 May: Somerset Choral
Society |
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We will be performing a variety of
accompanied and unaccompanied songs from several centuries inspired by
Shakespeare |
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St Mary's Church, Wedmore |
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Saturday 31 May: South West Early
Music Forum |
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Workshop for singers. Orlando
Gibbons and Thomas Weelkes: Turning Corners. Tutor: Tim Brown |
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St George's Church Hall, Fordington,
Dorchester |
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