MEDIEVAL music specialists Opus Anglicanum come to St Mary’s Church, Dorchester, on Thursday 18th December at 7pm with a programme of medieval carols and readings. This concert has become a favourite with fans of the ensemble which has been performing medieval and contemporary music for more than 30 years. The music varies from simple Gregorian…
THERE’S nothing quite like raising your voice in Christmas song, and who better to do it with than the Celebrate Voice youth choir and the singing stars of the popular annual event. This year’s Celebrate Voice at Christmas, at Salisbury’s atmospheric Medieval Hall in the Cathedral Close, will be performed from Thursday 11th to Saturday…
ONE of the most eagerly anticipated local concerts in the run-up to Christmas is always the male choral ensemble Opus Anglicanum’s Medieval Carols and Figgy Pudding, this year at Wells Cathedral on Tuesday 16th December and St Mary’s Church, Dorchester on Thursday 18th. For more than 30 years, the ensemble has performed this programme, which…
FANS of the brilliant folk group St Agnes Fountain have two chances to see the trio in December, with a concert at Honiton’s Beehive Centre on Thursday 11th and their regular South Petherton date at the David Hall on Sunday 14th. Folk fans have a double treat at Honiton when they are joined by Devon-based…
STURMINSTER Newton Choral Society will return to St Mary’s Church, on Saturday 6th December, at 7.30pm, for the much loved Christmas concert. This not-for-profit community choir draws its members from across North Dorset, and the beautiful parish church, with its celebrated stained glass windows, is the perfect venue for a joyful programme of traditional carols…
MUSIC at Exeter Cathedral in the weeks before Christmas ranges from Devon-based folk duo Sound of the Sirens, on Friday 5th December, to the traditional favourites, carols and Handel’s Messiah. Sound of the Sirens, pictured right, is a special homecoming gig for the singer-songwriting duo who are based in the city. Abbe Martin and Hannah…