Moving Music Concerts
Relaxed seasonal concerts with performances by Christopher Redgate (oboe, piano) and Celia Redgate (violin, flute), and sing-along songs led by Hannah Davey (soprano). All welcome, in particular people living with dementia, their family, friends and carers. Thursday 28 November 2024, Two performances: 11.30-12.30 or 14.00-15.00, Refreshments served from 30 minutes before the start of [...]
HOME-LESS art installation
HOME-LESS consists of four cardboard boxes, supporting a map of Oxford The cardboard boxes represent the temporary shelters of millions of homeless people worldwide. The traditional map of Oxford replaces the Oxford Colleges, retail outlets and distinguished Oxford celebrities with: Organisations supporting homeless people Sites of buskers in Oxford Big Issue sellers Portraits and diaries [...]
Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Enjoy beautiful sonatas played in the gorgeous acoustics of Dorchester Abbey. What better way to spend an Autumn Sunday evening? Sharon Warnes : Violin Jeremy Boughton : Piano Programme to include: Handel: Sonata in G minor Mozart: Sonata in E minor K. 304 Beethoven: Sonata in F major Op. 24 ‘The Spring’
St Birinus Festival 2024
For full listings of The 2024 St Birinus Festival in Dorchester please visit St Birinus Festival 2024 – The Davey Consort 31st October First Vespers of All Saints’ Day https://thedaveyconsort.co.uk/products/first-vespers-of-all-saints 31st October Compline for All Saints’ Day https://thedaveyconsort.co.uk/products/compline-for-all-saints-day-2024 1st November Pontifical Mass for All Saints’ Day https://thedaveyconsort.co.uk/products/pontifical-mass-for-all-saints-day-2024 1st November Second Vespers for All Saints’ Day https://thedaveyconsort.co.uk/products/second-vespers-of-all-saints-day-2024 1st November Gibbons to Purcell “Music & [...]
A Candlelit Christmas Evening
SOlLD OUT - Please follow ticket link to join a waiting list or contact organiser direct with further enquiries https://www.kingwood.org.uk This magical event is a Dorchester Abbey favourite. This year, Juliet Stevenson and Dominic West will entertain the audience with festive readings, accompanied by the beautiful voices of the Magdalen College Choir, conducted by [...]
New Year’s Eve Concert
Waltzes, Marches and Polkas Galore! Our ever-popular New Year Concert returns. A concert to set the feet tapping, the hands clapping with its joyous dance music, dispelling all thoughts of winter’s cold. Featuring Derek Paravicini and Ashleigh Turley on piano, with Poppy McGhee on violin Programme to include Strauss waltzes Sarasate Ziguenerweisen Jeremy Lubbock [...]
MESSIAH – Winds
Handel – Messiah In John Lubbock’s new reorchestration for winds. Harriet Burns soprano Charlie Tetley alto Sebastien Hill tenor Jacob Harrison bass OSJ Voices Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock, conductor
A Night of Carols at Dorchester Abbey
Join OSJ Voices for a night of Christmas favourites that are sure to spark seasonal joy through music from a range of great composers.
MOZART MASS IN C MINOR
The "Great" Mass in C Minor has long been a favourite of players and audiences. Written between 1782 and 1783, Mozart's most ambitious mass setting features some of the most vivacious melodies and vocal acrobatics from the master from Salzburg, but the piece was left incomplete. Emperor. The very word conjures up magnificence, pomp, ceremony, [...]