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Please check details before travelling, as these may change |
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May 2024 |
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| Saturday 4 May: Amici | |
| Psalmfest. Schutz | Palestrina | Holst | Monteverdi | |
| Taunton Minster. 19:30 | |
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| Sunday 19 May: The Occasional Singers | |
| 30th Anniversary Concert. Thomas Morley: Now is the month of Maying | John Ireland: The Hills | William Sterndale Bennett: Come live with me and be my love | Gustav Holst: Come to me in the silence of the night | Carlo Gesualdo: O vos omnes | Anton Bruckner: Os justi | Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle: Kyrie | Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth | Rick Birley: Lord of the Dance | Ivo Antognini: Come to me, in the silence of the night | James Macmillan: Give me justice | Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat: Suscepit Israel BWV 243 (SSA) | Toby Young: The Night | Edward Elgar: The Dance | Lullaby (From the Bavarian Highlands) | Arthur Sullivan: The long day closes | |
| St Mary's Church. Entrance free. Collection for Weldmar Hospicare | |
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| Saturday 25 May: Taunton Choral Society | |
| Harmony and High Tea | |
| Temple Methodist Church, Taunton. 10:00 - 12:00 | |
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June 2024 |
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| Friday 7 June: Sheldon Singers | |
| Last Night at the Proms | |
| Beehive Centre, Honiton | |
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| Saturday 8 June: Farrant Singers with Sarum Six | |
| Sing Joyfully. Tallis | Gibbons | Byrd | Stanford | The Beatles | Billy Joel | Bob Chilcott | |
| The Italianate Church, Wilton. 19:30. £15 | |
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| Saturday 8 June: Weymouth Choral Society | |
| A Summer Serenade. The famous tea party concert | |
| St Aldhelm's Church Centre, Weymouth. 15:00. £12 | |
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| Saturday 15 June: Axminster & District Choral Society | |
| Rejoice & Sing. A concert of favourite anthems and choruses chosen by the choir. Handel: Zadok the Priest | W A Mozart: Ave verum corpus | Brahms: How lovely are thy dwellings fair | |
| The Minster, Axminster | |
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| Saturday 15 June: Collegium Singers | |
| In Every Corner Sing! Music from the King’s Coronation and around the British Isles. J S Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 190 | Heinrich Schütz: Cantate Domino | Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs | Paul Mealor: Coronation Kyrie eleison | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Blest Paar of Sirens | |
| Church of St John The Evangelist, Park Street, Taunton. 19:30 | |
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| Sunday 16 June: Briantspuddle Singers | |
| Summer Concert. Including Schubert; Psalm 23 | |
| Briantspuddle Village Hall. | |
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| Saturday 22 June: Dorchester Choral Society | |
| Free Summer Concert. Bring a picnic | |
| Borough Gardens, Dorchester. 19:00 | |
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| Saturday 22 June: The People's Choir, Yeovil | |
| I give you a song! | |
| St John's Church, Yeovil. 19:30 | |
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| Saturday 22 June: Phoenix Voices | |
| Musicals Through the Decades. From Aladdin to Jersey Boys, Hairspray to Les Miserables, there is guaranteed to be something for everyone! | |
| Holy Trinity Church, Lysander Road, Yeovil. 19:30. £8 | |
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| Saturday 22 June: Salisbury Chamber Chorus | |
| Free Concert. Faure | Handel | Offenbach | Gilbert & Sullivan | Wagner | Haydn | |
| Salisbury Market Square. 13:00 | |
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| Friday 28 June: Yeovil Chamber Choir | |
| Until Dawn. Andre and Schwandt: Dream a little dream of me | Samuel Barber: Sure on this shining night Op13, No3 | Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben (Zwei Motetten Op 74) | William Byrd: O lux beata Trinitas | Daniel Elder: Twinkle, twinkle little star | Edward Grieg: Ave maris stella | Joseph Haydn: In the beginning | The heavens are telling (from Creation) | Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux | James Macmillan: O radiant dawn | Felix Mendelssohn: Nunc dimittis Op 69, #1 | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Christe qui lux es et dies | Rogers & Hammerstein: O what a beautiful morning (from Oklahoma) | Arthur Sullivan: The long day closes | Thomas Tallis: O nata lux | Michael Winikoff: Lux | |
| St Andrew's Church, Preston Grove, Yeovil. 19:30, £12 | |
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| Saturday 22 June: Salisbury Chamber Chorus | |
| A Festival of Operetta. Johann Strauss II, Offenbach, Gilbert &Sullivan, and Lehár, celebrated shows like The Merry Widow, The Mikado, Orpheus in the Underworld, and The Student Prince. There’s even a brief detour into the world of Zarzuela, Spain’s home-grown version of operetta. | |
| The Mediaeval Hall, Salisbury. 19:30 | |
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| Saturday 29 June: Wimborne Choral Society | |
| Celebration. Christopher Dowie: A Song for Saint Cecilia | Alleluia | Edward Elgar: Sursum Corda | Charles Hubert Hastings. Parry: Blest Pair Of Sirens | |
| Wimborne Minster. 19:30 | |
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July 2024 |
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| Saturday 6 July: Sherborne Chamber Choir | |
| Serenade to Music. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music | William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis | John Dowland: Flow, my tears | Edward Elgar: Give unto the Lord | Gerald Finzi: Lo! The full, final sacrifice | Benjamin Britten: Jubilate Deo in C | Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars | Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via | James MacMillan: Changed | John Ireland: Greater love | Herbert Howells: Te Deum (Collegium Regale) | |
| Sherborne Abbey. 19:30 | |
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| Sunday 7 July: The Broadstone Choir | |
| Music for a Summer Evening. Brahms, Mendelssohn, Johann Strauss | |
| Broadstone Methodist Church. 19:30. £15 | |
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| Sunday 7 July: Swan Singers | |
| The Musical Roads to Compostela. A choral pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with music by Victoria, Lobo, Philips, Vivanco and Debussy | |
| St John the Baptist Church, Frome. 19:30. £15 | |
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| Friday 12 July: Dorset Chamber Choir | |
| Summer Serenade. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Te Deum | Charpentier: Te Deum | music by Byrd, Elgar and Monteverdi | |
| Merley House, Wimborne. 19:00. £15 | |
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| Saturday 13 July: Cantilena | |
| Celtic songs and other delightful music to celebrate summer. | |
| St Benedict’s Church, Glastonbury. 19:00 | |
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| Saturday 13 July: Orlando Singers | |
| Summer Concert | |
| St Saviour's Church, Brockenhurst. 19:00 | |
| Saturday 27 July: Lyme Bay Chorale | |
| Lifeboat Week Concert in aid of the RNLI | |
| Church of St Michael the Archangel, Lyme Regis. 18:00 | |
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| Saturday 27 July: Somerset Chamber Choir | |
| Sound the trumpet. 40th Anniversary Concert. Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium | J S Bach: Magnificat | Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art | Hieronymus Praetorius: Cantate Domino G F Handel: Eternal source of light divine | Judith Weir: Drop down ye heavens | |
| Wells Cathedral. 19:00 | |
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Yeovil Chamber Choir - Page updated May 2024 |
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