Classical Music

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 14th January at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Victoria’s ‘Missa O magnum mysterium’, Cornelius’s ‘The Three Kings’ and ‘The Shepherd’s Farewell’ by Berlioz. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards.

Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 20th January between 12.30 and 1pm for a lunchtime concert given by clarinettist Natalie Burton and pianist Rob Taylor. Their programme includes music by Weber, Stanford, Paul Reade and Saint-Saëns. Enjoy a restful half an hour in the midst of your busy Saturday! Admission is free […]

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 27th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Epiphany includes Poulenc’s ‘Videntes stellam’, Christopher Moore’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Stanford’s ‘Evening Canticles in C’ and ‘Lo! star-led chiefs’ by William Crotch. Do join us for this free event […]

On Saturday 17th February between 12.30pm and 1.00pm, there will be a free lunchtime concert at St Peter's Church, Dorchester. The soloist this month is Sam Hanson, who will perform a recital of fantastic organ music. All are welcome to this free event.

University Music Choir and Orchestra present their Spring concert on Saturday 17th February at 7.30pm in Christchurch Priory. The programme includes Beethoven's 'Mass in C' along with two orchestral works - Mozart's 'Horn Concerto in Eb' and Bruch's 'Romanze for Viola and Orchestra' - which showcase two of University Music's outstanding scholars: Ella Mainard (French […]

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24th February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Purcell’s ‘Thou knowest, Lord’, Richard Seal’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Buxtehude’s ‘Magnificat’ and Amy Beach’s ‘Nunc Dimittis’ and ‘Like as the hart’ by Herbert Howells. Do join us for this […]

Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 16th March between 12.30 and 1pm for our lunchtime concert in Lent, when we offer a performance of Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’. This plaintive choral masterpiece will be sung by vocal consort. Spend a truly restful and reflective half an hour with us in the midst of […]

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Easter Sunday 31st March at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Haydn’s ‘Little Organ Mass’, Harris’s ‘This joyful Eastertide’ and ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’ by Stanford. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards.

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 27th April at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music, which commemorates 100 years since the death of Charles Villiers Stanford, includes his ‘Beati quorum via’, ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G’ and ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ along with […]

Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 18th May between 12.30 and 1pm for our monthly lunchtime concert given by trumpeter, Winston Leese, and organist, Ian Davis. Their programme will include music by Clark, Purcell, Stanford and Archer and be interspersed with Hardy readings presented by Jan Wylde. Enjoy a wonderful half hour […]

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 25th May at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music, which marks Pentecost, includes Gibbons […]