Moving Music Returns for the next installment of its inclusive concert series: please note there are two performance times and refreshments will be served 30 mins before each concert Relaxed instrumental & song performances with sing-along songs led by Hannah Davey. With Derek Paravicini (Piano) All are welcome, particularly people living with [...]
Dorchester-on-Thames Amateur Dramatics Society (DADS) are performing their summer production, Robin Hood and His Merry Men by Bob Hammond, in the Abbey Cloister Garden in July 2025. Performance Dates & Times: 10 July - 7pm 11 July - 7pm 12 July - 6pm The greedy Sheriff of Nottingham forces the noble Robin of Locksley [...]
Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 7.30 pm Abbey Guest House, Dorchester-on-Thames Speaker Julian Sutton Desirable Plants: ‘Adventures with Fancy Foliage’ - the subtleties of form and colour in leaves which make the difference between an average garden plant and a great one, all illustrated by interesting perennials and bulbs. [...]
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2025 English Music Festival, which can be viewed in full on this page. The English Music Festival, now in its eighteenth year, celebrates the rich diversity of English music, bringing unjustly neglected and unheard works to life in the wonderfully atmospheric surroundings of Dorchester Abbey, [...]
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine Bach Cantata 82 Habe genug Faure Requiem Belinda Gifford-Guy soprano Alex Jones bass OSJ Voices Orchestra of St John’s Free tickets available for NHS workers and for the disabled. Please email admin@osj.org.uk. When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you consider adding a voluntary donation to support our work [...]
Our Spring concert will be a performance of Elgar's powerful and emotional oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius." A world-class team of soloists: Robert Murray as Gerontius, James Atkinson as the Priest/Angel of the Agony and Frances Gregory as the Angel will be accompanied by the English Sinfonia. Benson Choral Society will be joined by the [...]
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Rodrigo concerto for Aranjuez De Falla El amor brujo Ravel Bolero Poppy McGhee violin Nathaniel Merkies guitar Suzie Purkis soprano Orchestra of St John’s Free tickets available for NHS workers and for the disabled. Please email admin@osj.org.uk.
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey's new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!Please register that you're coming here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
The next Moving Music Concert is on Monday 24th February 2025, at 11.30-12.30 and 2.00-3.00pm (choose your preferred concert time). The concert will be at Dorchester Abbey. The 11.30 session will be talented young musicians returning from Pate’s Grammar School with their range of instruments and voices. The 2.30 session will feature Out Of The Blue a [...]
Baroque Come and immerse yourself in the vocal and chamber music of the Baroque Period with the Choir of Thames Consort! Handel, Corelli, Schutz, Croce & Bach With Sharon Warnes and Claire Parkin – Violins Judith Dallosso – ‘Cello Director and Continuo – Jeremy Boughton This is a fundraising event for Dorchester Abbey
