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
A Classic-FM line-up of three masterpieces by Mendelssohn. Starring in the violin concerto is Braimah Kanneh-Mason, the second oldest of the Kanneh-Masons, the prodigious clan from Nottingham. Plus the Hebrides Overture and Italian Symphony MENDELSSOHN Violin concerto Hebrides Overture Italian Symphony Featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin Orchestra of St John’s Free tickets available for NHS workers [...]
An inclusive evening of inspirational music-making. Following its success last year, OSJ Music for Autism presents another inclusive concert, featuring amazing pianists Michael Powell, Derek Paravicini, Ashleigh Turley and other young musicians across the spectrum of neurodiversity With Poppy McGhee violin and Hannah Davey soprano. Described by superstar pianist Lang Lang as ‘A genius…The new [...]
