November 2023
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Saturday 18 November: Axminster &
District Choral Society |
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J S Bach: Cantata BWV140 Wachet Auf, ruft
uns die Stimme | Vivaldi: Magnificat RV610 | Vivaldi: Credo RV591 |
Buxtehude: Cantata BuxWV4 Alles, was Ihr tut |
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The Minster, Axminster. 19:30 |
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Saturday 18 November: Beaminster
Singers |
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Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus (excerpt) |
Haydn: Te Deum, Hob.XXIIIc:2 | Mozart: Kyrie, KV 341 (368a) | Schubert:
Song of Miriam, Op 136 | HaydnL Missa Brevis in F (Jugendmesse) |
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St Mary's Church, Beaminster. 19:30 |
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Saturday 18 November: South Somerset
Choral Society |
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Handel: Messiah |
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Church of St Peter & St Paul, South
Petherton |
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Saturday 25 November: Cantamus |
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Advent Concert |
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St Mary’s Church, Cerne Abbas, Dorset DT2
7JQ. Tickets £12 on the door |
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Saturday 25 November: Glastonbury Male
Voice Choir |
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Glastonbury Frost Fair |
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Our first outing of the festive season
supporting this major event. This year you can find us in St John's
Church at 12:00 noon and in The Crown Hotel bar at 2:00pm. Come in from
the cold and enjoy some seasonal music. |
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Saturday 25 November: Opus Anglicanum |
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Mediaeval Carols. Experience a
candlelit journey into the spiritual heart of a medieval Christmas. Opus
Anglicanum return to Wells with their most popular sell-out Christmas
concert. A programme of atmospheric medieval music: Gregorian chant and
polyphony with readings by Zeb Soanes (Classic FM). |
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Wells Cathedral. 19:30. £20 |
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Saturday 25 November: Somerset
Choral Society |
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Vivaldi: Magnificat | J S Bach: Wachet
auf | Advent carols |
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St Cuthbert's Church, Wells. 19:30.
£15 |
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Saturday 25 November: Wellington
Choral Society |
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Italian Baroque. Monteverdi:
Cantate Domino 5 | Caldara: Missa Dolorosa | Isabella Leonardo: Dixit
Dominus | Vivaldi: Gloria |
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Church of St John Baptist, Wellington.
19:00. £16 |
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Sunday 26 November: The Occasional
Singers |
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Sing Joyfully. Songs for Advent
from Byrd to MacMillan |
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St Mary's Church, Edward Road,
Dorchester. 15:00. Entry free with retiring
collection for Mosaic. a local charity that supports bereaved
children |
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December 2023
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Friday 1 December:
Yeovil Chamber Choir |
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Tidings of Joy: music
celebrating Winter.
Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | Park: Here is the little
door | Victoria: O magnum mysterium | Tchaikovsky: Hymn to the
Virgin | Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols | Warlock:
Bethlehem Down | Tavener: The Lamb | Joubert: There is no rise | Walker:
In the bleak mid-winter | Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium | Hassler: Dixit
Maria |
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St Andrew's Church,
Preston Grove, Yeovil. 19:30. Tickets £10 on the door |
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Saturday 2 December: Amici |
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J S Bach: Mass in B minor |
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King's College Chapel, Taunton.
19:30 |
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Saturday 2 December: Beaminster
Singers |
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Programme tba |
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St Mary's Church, Beaminster. 19:30 |
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Saturday 2 December: Cantamus |
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Advent Concert |
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St Mary’s Church, Bridport, Dorset DT6
3NW. Tickets £12 on the door |
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Saturday 2 December: The People's
Choir |
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Festive Favourites |
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St John’s Church, Yeovil. Tickets
£10 on the door |
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Saturday 2 December: Sherborne Chamber
Choir |
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O Radiant Dawn. Aleotti: Angelus ad
pastores ait | Burton: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | Jackson:
Magnificat in G | di Lasso: Resonet in laudibus | Lauridsen: O magnum
mysterium | MacMillan: O radiant dawn | Christe, Redemptor Omnium
Plainsong | Mendelssohn: Frohlocket ihr Völker auf Erden | McDowall: O
oriens | Park: Ave maris stella | Poulenc: Salve Regina | Michael
Praetorius: In dulci jubilo | Rütti: De Virgine Maria | There is no rose
(trad) | Warlock: Benedicamus Domino |
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Sherborne Abbey. 19:30.
Tickets £5 - £18 |
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Saturday 2 December: Wimborne Choral
Society |
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Karl Jenkins: Stabat mater | Dowie:
Festival anthem: Behold the tabernacle of God | Day: Magnificat (from
the Wimborne Minster Chained Library) | Dowie: Wimborne Suite -
Magnificat (after George Day) | Haydn: Mass No. 7 in B flat,
Hob.XXII:7 (Little Organ Mass) |
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Wimborne Minster. 19:30.
Tickets £6 - £15 |
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Tuesday 4 December: Glastonbury Male
Voice Choir |
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Wells Bishops Palace Christmas Carol
Concert. This promises to be the most special night of the year
where you can enjoy beautiful seasonal songs in perfect harmony by the
unmissable Glastonbury Male Voice Choir. Get into the festive spirit and
sing along to your favourite carols within our beautifully decorated
thirteenth-century Chapel. |
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Chapel of the Bishop's Palace, Wells.
19:30. £10 |
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Saturday 9 December: Bridgwater Choral
Society's Harmonia Group |
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Christmas Concert with music from Handel
to Rutter |
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Nether Stowey Church Hall. 15:00 |
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Saturday 9 December: Cantamus |
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Advent Concert |
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St Andrew’s Church, Colyton, Devon EX24
3JS. Tickets £12 on the door |
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Saturday 9 December: Dorchester Choral
Society |
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Darkness to Light. Purcell: Music
for the funeral of Queen Mary | Bruckner motets - including Ave Maria
and Ecce Sacerdos | Buxtehude: The Newborn Child | Schütz: The Christmas
Story |
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St Mary's Church, Edward Road, Dorchester |
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Saturday 9 December: Taunton Choral
Society |
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Handel: Messiah |
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St James Church, Taunton. 19:30 |
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Saturday 9 December: Wells Cathedral
Oratorio Society |
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Handel: Messiah |
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Wells Cathedral. 19:00.
£17 - £34 |
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Saturday 9 December: West Somerset
Singers |
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Christmas Concert |
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St George's RC Church, Taunton.
19:30 |
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Sunday 10 December: Lyme Bay Chorale |
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Christmas Concert |
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Rutter: Magnificat | McDowell: Christus
natus est |
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Lyme Regis Parish Church. 16:00 |
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Sunday 10 December: Wincanton Choral
Society |
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Hallelujah!! Rousing excerpts from
Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols and
other Christmas carols for choir and audience. |
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Church of St Peter & St Paul, Wincanton.
19:30. £15 |
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Monday 11 December: Axminster Chamber
Choir |
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Purcell, Humfrey & Blow - with strings |
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The Minster, Axminster. 19:30 |
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Monday 11 December: Collegium Singers |
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A Christmas Story. The Nativity told
through music from the Renaissance to the present day |
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St John's Church, Wellington. 19:30 |
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Tuesday 12 December: Briantspuddle
Singers |
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Deck the Halls. L a programme of
Christmas music with carols to listen to and carols to join in |
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Briantspuddle Village Hall. 19:30.
Entrance free - collection for ecpenses |
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Wednesday 13 December: Glastonbury
Male Voice Choir |
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Christmas Concert & Carols. The
choir will present a selection of seasonal pieces and some favourite
carols for everyone to sing along. |
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St John's Church, Glastonbury.
19:30. £10 |
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Wednesday 13 December: Harmonia Sacra |
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Advent Reflections. Carols by candlelight |
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All Saints' church, Weston-super-Mare.
19:00 |
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Thursday 14 December: Burnham &
Highbridge Choral Society |
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Christmas Concert. J S Bach,
Charpentier and carols |
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Our Lady & the English Martyrs Catholic
Church. Burnham-on-Sea. 19:30 |
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Saturday 16 December: Sheldon Singers |
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A West Country Christmas. Capture the
spirit of Christmas with audience carols and Christmas cheer |
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St Paul's Church, Honiton. 19:30.
£12 |
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Saturday 16 December: West Somerset
Singers |
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A Season to Rejoice. Mozart: Missa
brevis in C (The Sparrow Mass) | and a selection of seasonal pieces by
Peter Cornelius, John Rutter, William Mathias, Benjamin Britten and John
Joubert. |
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St George's RC Church, Billet Street,
Taunton. 19:45. |
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Saturday 16 December: Weymouth Choral
Society with Dorset Sinfonia |
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Tidings of Joy! A selection of
choral and instrumental music with congregational carols |
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St John's Church, Greenhill. Weymouth.
19:30. £12 |
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Monday 18 December: Bruton Choral
Society |
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Christmas Concert |
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St Mary's Church, Bruton. 19:30 |
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Monday 18 December: Dorset Chamber
Choir |
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Noel! Noel! Carols, songs and
anthems for Christmas-tide. There will be Christmas items from the
16th to the 21st centuries, including items written specially for this
concert. |
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Broadstone Methodist Church. 19:30 |
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Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 December: South
Somerset Choral Society |
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Annual Carol Concerts |
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The Minster, Ilminster |
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