The celebration of the Nasio Trust 20th anniversary will start with a thanksgiving service at 1030. At about 1200 we will all convene in the cloister garden, where there will be a bbq, bar, various stalls giving information about the work of Nasio in Kenya and entertainment. We are hoping the bishop of Mumias will [...]
Spend the afternoon wandering around glorious private gardens in our lovely village, drinking tea or pimms and eating cake on your way round. Children welcome to look for the gnomes and claim their prize at the end! All raising money for Dorchester Abbey Programme available from The Coop, Hair of Dorchester or the Abbey Tea [...]
In this time of pandemic, the ordination of Priests and Deacons this Michaelmas takes place at a number of churches. This event will be livestreamed from dorchester abbey. Links to each live stream will be posted here in the coming days. Simply click the [+] button below the info for how to connect to each [...]
In this time of pandemic, the ordination of Priests and Deacons this Michaelmas takes place at a number of churches. The Abbey will livestream the services Links to each live stream will be posted here in the coming days. Simply click the [+] button below the service for how to connect. In most instances, a recording [...]
Karlowicz ‘String Serenade’ Hurd ‘Love bade me welcome’ motet for choir Tchaikovsky ‘String Serenade’ Strings of Orchestra of St John’s OSJ Ashmolean Voices John Lubbock conductor This is the fourth of four socially distanced chamber concerts at Dorchester Abbey during the autumn. To allow as many as possible to attend, we are offering two identical [...]
Glazunov ‘Intermezzo Romantico’ Faure ‘Four songs’ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ‘African Suite: Danse nègre’ Wagner ‘Siegfried idyll’ Ilona Domnich soprano Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor This is the third of four socially distanced chamber concerts at Dorchester Abbey during the autumn. Each orchestral concert features an unknown masterpiece discovered by John Lubbock in the [...]
Mozart ‘Sonata in B Flat, KV 454’ Brahms ‘Sonata No 2 in A major op. 100’ Ravel ‘Tzigane’ Jan Schmolck violin Tim Horton piano This is the second of four socially distanced chamber concerts at Dorchester Abbey during the autumn. To allow as many as possible to attend, we are offering two identical concerts of [...]
Bloch ‘Concerto Grosso’ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ‘Summer is Gone’ motet for choir Dvorak ‘Serenade for strings’ Strings of Orchestra of St John’s OSJ Ashmolean Voices John Lubbock conductor This is the first of four socially distanced chamber concerts at Dorchester Abbey during the autumn. Each orchestral concert features an unknown masterpiece discovered by John Lubbock in [...]
Brahms Requiem Faure La Mort de Melisande Berlioz La Mort d’Ophelie Sibelius The Death of Melisande OSJ Voices Orchestra of St John’s Conductor John Lubbock
Another Corona Strings special – a concert of romantic music for Valentines! Top of the bill is Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Serenade for Strings along with stunning works by Nordic composers Sibelius and Nielsen. Also featured in this concert is the delightful concerto for Guitar and Strings by Vincent Lindsey-Clark for which the orchestra is joined by [...]
