Concerts and Events
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| Whilst we believe event details to be correct, you should always check dates and time with the event organisers when booking. | ||
| August 2010 | ||
| Saturday 28 - Monday 30 | Traditional skills in action – the crafts that built the abbey | See master craftsmen at work and try some of the skills yourself: stone carving, lettering, building, woodworking, furniture making, blacksmithing, lead working, stained glass, bookbinding, calligraphy, illumination, fresco painting, embroidery, plastering, limewash, wattle and daub. Read more... |
| September 2010 | ||
| Thursday 16, 11.00am |
OSJ Concert weekend | Concert by the Fibonacci Ensemble for Autistic Children. All welcome to this free concert. Tickets not necessary. |
| Thursday 16, 7.30pm |
OSJ Concert weekend | Fibonacci Sequence: We are delighted to welcome this wonderful chamber group to Dorchester which happens to have amongst its members the principal oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet from the Orchestra of St John’s. Glinka - Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano; Milhaud - Suite D’apres Corrette for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon; Mendelssohn - Konzerstuck for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano; Poulenc - Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano; Brahms - Clarinet Trio. Tickets £15 and £10 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk |
| Friday 17, 7.30pm |
OSJ Concert weekend | A concert of Songs, Arias and Duets from the world of song and opera performed by the students of Christine Cairns from the Birmingham Conservatoire.Tickets £15 and £10 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk. |
| Saturday 18, 10.00am | OSJ Concert weekend | Come and sing with John Lubbock. Tickets £10 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk. |
| Saturday 18, 7.30pm |
OSJ Concert weekend | Orchestra of St John’s. Soprano: Shirin Asgari; Conductor: John Lubbock. John Woolrich - The Theatre represents a Garden Night; Mozart - Overture, The Magic Flute; Mozart - The Queen of the Night’s Aria from The Magic Flute; Strauss - Prelude to Ariadne Auf Naxos; Strauss - Zerbinetta’s Aria from Ariadne Auf Naxos; Beethoven - Symphony No 7. Tickets £25 and £15 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk. |
| Sunday 19, 7.30pm | OSJ Concert weekend | Orchestra of St John’s, OSJ Voices, Soprano: Milena Dobrzycha; Baritone: David Stout; Conductor: John Lubbock. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Minor; Saint Seans - Two Motets - Calme de Nuit - Les Fleurs et les Arbres; Villa Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras No 5; Brahms - Four Songs for female choir, two Horns and Harp; Fauré - Requiem. Tickets £25 and £15 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk. |
| October 2010 | ||
| Saturday 2, 7.30pm | The Newman Singers & Orchestra | The Dream of Gerontius, Edward Elgar and John Henry Newman. Tickets at £25 and £15 available from www.wegottickets.co.uk. Enquiries: 01235 550232 or 01235 521412 (concessions available). All proceeds in aid of the Kianda Foundation (Kenya) Outreach Projects. Refreshments included. |
| November 2010 | ||
| Friday 19, 7.30 pm | OSJ | ** CANCELLED ** |
| December 2010 | ||
| Wednesday 1, time tbc | RABI Carol Service | RABI Carol Service |
| Saturday 4, 7.30 pm | Cranford Choral Society Concert | Bach Christmas Oratorio. Details at www.cranfordchoral.org.uk. |
| Sunday 5, 2.30 pm | Reflections Service | Reflections Service |
| Wednesday 8, 7.30pm | Choir of Winchester Cathedral and Celebrity Readers | Christmas Concert in aid of the Fund for Children at the Oxford Children's Hospital. Ticket prices: £20 - £65 to include a Wine & Canapé Reception afterwards. Enquiries and Tickets from: Cynthia Charlett on 01865-743444. |
| Friday 10, 3 pm | Queen Anne’s School Carol Service | Queen Anne’s School Carol Service |
| Saturday 11, 7.30 pm | Benson Choral Society Winter Concert | (Conductor Christopher Walker) Carols for choir and audience: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony. Tickets £15, £12 and £10 from 01865 407395 (evenings) |
| Sunday 12, 3 pm | St John’s Ambulance Carol Service | St John’s Ambulance Carol Service |
| Sunday 12, 7.30 pm | OSJ Voices Christmas Music | (conductor John Lubbock) .Vivaldi Winter from the Four Seasons: Corelli Christmas Concerto: Carols and Christmas Motets. Tickets £25 and £15 from Oxboffice 08456801926 and online www.osj.org.uk |
| Wednesday 15, 8 pm | Home Farm Trust Christmas Concert | More info to follow |