Yeovil Chamber Choir: Concert Directory

December 2009

Monday 14 December 2009: Opus Anglicanum

Wells Cathedral. 19:30. £15

Wednesday 16 December 2009: Opus Anglicanum

Mediaeval Carols. A candle lit sequence of fifteenth century English mediaeval carols and liturgical music by Josquin, Taverner, music from the Eton Choir Book, and Christmas chant the famous mediaeval liturgy of Salisbury Cathedral.

Prior Park College, Bath. 19:30. £10

Friday 18 December 2009: Collegium Singers - with the cornetts & sackbuts of Collegium Blasen

In Dulci Jubilo. Joyful and uplifting choral works to stir the heart, mind and imagination in the lead up to the Christmas season

St John the Baptist Church, Wellington. 19:30. £12, £6

Monday 21 December 2009: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir

Noël! Noël! Our annual celebration of the festive season.

Dorset County Museum, Dorchester. 18:45 for 19:45. £12, including refreshments and access to the Museum

January 2010	♫
Friday 15 January: Tallis Voices
Wells Cathedral Promenade Concert.
Wells Cathedral
Saturday 20 January 2010: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Come & Sing. Brahms: Requiem (in English)
St Stephen’s Church, Bournemouth. 14:00 for 14:30 start. £15, under 18s £5. Wendy Dimmick 01202 518 850
Friday 29 January 2010: Opus Anglicanum
Wells Cathedral Promenade Concert. A Feast of Chant for Candlemas. A partial reconstruction of the Cathedral’s mediaeval procession for Candlemas, taken from the early 16th century printed processional in the cathedral library.
Wells Cathedral. 18:45
Saturday 20 January 2010: Yeovil Chamber Choir
Come & Sing. Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
St Andrew's Church, Preston Grove, Yeovil. 14:00 for 14:30 start. £10. Ray Drewett

February 2010	♫
Saturday 6 February 2010: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Piano duet version
Wimborne Minster. 20:00. £12, £9, (£2 under 18s) Refreshments available from 19:15
Sunday 14 February 2010: Somerset Chamber Choir, with South Somerset Youth Choir
Orff: Carmina burana: Dove: The passing of the year
Chapel of King's College, Taunton. 15:00. £20, £15, £11 (children & students half-price)

March 2010	♫
Saturday 13 March 2010: Yeovil Chamber Choir
Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Yeovil. 19:30. £10
Saturday 13 March 2010: Sherborne Chamber Choir
Celebration! An evening of music with brass and organ to celebrate the choir's thirtieth anniversary. Rutter: Gloria; Finzi: Lo, the full, final sacrifice; Holst: Nunc Dimittis; Bednall: Te Deum (first performance); Vaughan Williams: Lord, thou hast been our refuge; Bruckner: Ecce sacerdos
Sherborne Abbey. 19:30. £5 - £16
Saturday 20 March 2010: Collegium Singers
Books have their destiny - Choral Polyphony from Renaissance Treviso and Venice. Palestrina: Missa aeterna Christi munera; Nasco: Inviolata integra; Spalenza: Deus alma spes; Santacroce: Ecce nunc benedicite; Porta: Derelinquat impius, James Nares: Fili, in tua infirmitate
Chapter House, Exeter Cathedral. 20:00
Saturday 20 March 2010: The Occasional Singers
Rachmaninov: Vespers
St Mary's Church, Dorchester
Saturday 20 March 2010: Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society
John Rutter: Requiem; Magnificat
Wells Cathedral.
Saturday 27 March 2010: Beaminster Singers
Bach: St John Passion
St Mary's Church, Beaminster
Saturday 27 March 2010: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, with Bradford Baroque Band
A Musical Grand Tour. Vivaldi: Spring from Four Seasons; Pachelbel: Canon in D; Monteverdi: Beatus Vir; and music by Purcell, Buxtehude & Humfrey
Ringwood Parish Church. 19:30.
Saturday 27 March 2010: Wimborne Choral Society
Mozart: Requiem; Haydn: Nelson mass
Wimborne Minster. 19:30

April 2010	♫
Saturday 17 April 2010: Opus Anglicanum
The flowers appear on the Earth
Wells Cathedral
Sunday 18 April 1020: Vivat Chamber Choir
Koday: Missa brevis
United Church, Cheap Street, Sherborne. 16:00
Saturday 24 April 2010: Somerset Singers
Purcell: Funeral sentences; Bruckner: Motets; Rutter: Gloria; Parry: I was glad
St Mary's Church, Wedmore. 19:30.
Saturday 24 April 2010: South Petherton Combined Arts Choir
Psalmfest. Programme of music by Handel, Schubert, Mendelssohn & Rutter. Soloists Belinda Evans & Richard Rowntree. Organ Martin Stacey
South Petherton Parish Church

May 2010	♫
Monday 3 May 2010: Sherborne Festival Chorus
Elgar: The kingdom
Sherborne Abbey. 19:30.
Saturday 8 May 2010: West Somerset Singers
Spring Concert
St George's C of E, Wilton. 19:30
Saturday 12 May 2010: Bridgwater Choral Society
Haydn: Mass in C (Paukenmesse); Mozart: Regina caeli; Schubert: Tantum ergo; Intendene voci
St Mary's Church, Bridgwater. £11, £8.50 reserved, £6 unreserved, accompanied under 16s free
Saturday 22 May: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, with percussionists from Wells Cathedral School
The Rhythm of Life. Sinclair: The secret of the universe; Funkloops; Lambert: Rio Grande; Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre; Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts)
St Mary’s Church, Dorchester. 19:30. £12 (under 18s £2)

June 2010	♫
Saturday 19 June 2010: Collegium Singers
Music from Thomas Arne's London. Arne: Mass in G; O salutaris hostia; Poculum elevatum; William Boyce: O where shall wisdom be found; Handel: Like as the hart; Greene: Lord let me know mine end; John Travers: Jehovah reigns (Psalm 99); James Nares: By the waters of Babylon
Venue not known
Saturday 26 June 2010: Wimborne Choral Society
Vivaldi: Magnificat; Holst: Two psalms; Vierne: Messe solennelle
Wimborne Minster. 19:30
Sunday 27 June 2010: Vivat Chamber Choir
Programme tba
Venue tba. 16:00
Sunday 27 June: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Summer Soirée. A mix of madrigals, partsongs and upbeat numbers
Blandford Parish Church. 19:00. £12 (£2 under 18s) to include a light supper

July 2010	♫
Saturday 31 July 2010: Somerset Chamber Choir
The dreamers of dreams: inspirational English choral music. Elgar: The music makers; Vaughan Williams: Toward the unknown region; Parry: Blest pair of sirens; Vaughan Williams: Flos campi; Judith Bingham: The darkness is no darkness; S S Wesley: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Wells Cathedral. 19:00
Sunday 27 June 2010: Vivat Chamber Choir
Programme tba
Venue tba. 16:00

Contact details or ticket information
Beaminster Singers	www.beaminstersingers.org
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir	Box Office 01300 341 618
Bridgwater Choral Society	Pat Widgery 01278 45 88 68 Bridgwater Book Shop 01278 457 565
Burnham & Highbridge	Hazel Braund 01278 783 542
Collegium Singers	http://collegiumsingers.org.uk
Curry Rivel Music Club	Lynn Cotterill 01458 252 448
Dorset Bach Cantata Club: Choir	Elizabeth Gowers 01935 425 383
Dorset Bach Cantata Club: Orchestra	Richard Woodall 01963 250 294
Mid-Wessex Singers	Doreen St John Rushton 01935 840 248
Occasional Singers	www.occasionals.org
Opus Anglicanum	www.opus-anglicanum.com/index.html
The Orlando Singers	Choir Box Office 01202 528348 Mary Haysom 01258 452520
Sherborne Festival Chorus	www.sherbornefestivalchorus.org.uk/
Sherborne Chamber Choir	www.sherbornechamberchoir.org.uk/ Dorset Music House 01935 816 332 Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne. 01935 815 341
Somerset Chamber Choir	Music Box: 01275 349 010
Somerset Singers	Roger Hughes: rogerw.hughes ~ AT ~ virgin.net
South Petherton Combined Arts Choir	Kay Rich 01460 241630
¡Vivat!	Veronica Lee: enquiries ~ AT ~ vivatchoir.com
Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir	Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office 01749 832 201
Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society	Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office 01749 832 201 Wells Tourist Information Centre 01749 672 552
West Somerset Singers	Sue Sutton 01823 432157 allan@allansutton.wanadoo.co.uk
Wimborne Choral Society	Alastair Campbell acampbell38 AT btinternet.com
Yeovil Chamber Choir	Ray Drewett 01935 873 719


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